DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB) vs. Linode Nanode (1 GB)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Linode to run some benchmarks on. All instances were running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Let's get into the numbers.
Overview
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:52 GMT | Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:00:52 GMT |
| Linux Distro | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 |
| Kernel Version | 6.8.0-71-generic | 6.8.0-71-generic |
| MySQL Version | 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 | 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 |
| Redis Version | 7.0.15 | 7.0.15 |
| Location | New York, NY | Newark, NJ |
| Monthly Price | $6.00 | $5.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 1 | 1 |
| CPU Cores | 1 | 1 |
| Storage (TB) | 25 | 25 |
| Storage Type | SSD | SSD |
| Transfer (TB) | 1 | 1 |
CPU
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | GenuineIntel | AuthenticAMD |
| Model Name | DO-Regular | AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 2,294.61 | 2,200.00 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 4,096.00 | 512.00 |
| BogoMips | 4,589.21 | 4,399.99 |
| Events per Second | 434.72 | 626.39 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.97 | 0.67 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.29 | 1.6 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.84 | 8.53 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.82 | 4.25 |
Memory
Memory Read
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 2,271,077.10 | 1,992,468.11 |
| Mebibytes per second | 2,217.85 | 1,945.77 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 3.16 | 4.79 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 3,571,915.45 | 2,048,078.98 |
| Mebibytes per second | 3,488.20 | 2,000.08 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.03 | 7.36 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 1,689.67 | 1,569.23 |
| Writes per Second | 1,126.45 | 1,046.16 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 3,608.72 | 3,352.99 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 26.40 | 24.52 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 17.60 | 16.35 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.63 | 6.62 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.44 | 0.4 |
Mutex
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 2,188.92 | 2,118.43 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2,208.20 | 2,136.64 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 2,224.28 | 2,147.24 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2,238.47 | 2,159.29 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,947.00 | 4,513.00 |
| Queries per second | 49,470.00 | 45,130.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.23 | 1.69 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.02 | 2.21 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.78 | 14.39 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.66 | 2.48 |
MySQL Write-only
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,404.00 | 3,583.00 |
| Queries per second | 24,040.00 | 35,830.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 2.38 | 1.87 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.15 | 2.79 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 30.52 | 27.89 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 5.67 | 4.03 |
MySQL Read/Write
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,197.00 | 1,726.00 |
| Queries per second | 11,970.00 | 17,260.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 4.72 | 4.55 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 8.35 | 5.8 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 22.84 | 20.42 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 11.45 | 7.04 |
MySQL INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,197.00 | 6,224.00 |
| Queries per second | 31,970.00 | 62,240.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.76 | 1.13 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.12 | 1.6 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 13.76 | 9.35 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.41 | 2.03 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 833,039.00 | 734,741.00 |
| Queries per second | 8,330,390.00 | 7,347,410.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 685.52 | 693.48 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 147,814.00 | 96,019.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,478,140.00 | 960,190.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.07 | 0.1 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.74 | 4.17 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.11 | 0.14 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,051.00 | 5,082.00 |
| Queries per second | 40,510.00 | 50,820.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.57 | 0.71 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.46 | 1.97 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 11.75 | 13.24 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.62 | 2.61 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,658.00 | 5,444.00 |
| Queries per second | 36,580.00 | 54,440.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.69 | 0.49 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.73 | 1.84 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.66 | 7.22 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.74 | 2.57 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,277.00 | 5,363.00 |
| Queries per second | 32,770.00 | 53,630.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.7 | 1.08 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.05 | 1.86 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 32.29 | 7.65 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.41 | 2.86 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,525.00 | 6,025.00 |
| Queries per second | 35,250.00 | 60,250.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.62 | 1.23 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.83 | 1.66 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 12.51 | 7.39 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.1 | 2.22 |
MySQL DELETE
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 17,063.00 | 32,847.00 |
| Queries per second | 170,630.00 | 328,470.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.58 | 0.3 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 22.64 | 13.38 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.3 | 1.64 |
Redis
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 25,503.70 | 31,162.36 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 31,585.60 | 32,414.91 |
| SET per Second | 32,216.49 | 32,488.63 |
| GET per Second | 40,144.52 | 31,979.53 |
| INCR per Second | 42,863.27 | 32,082.13 |
| LPUSH per Second | 38,226.30 | 31,847.13 |
| RPUSH per Second | 42,480.88 | 32,195.75 |
| LPOP per Second | 43,478.26 | 31,959.09 |
| RPOP per Second | 44,365.57 | 31,426.78 |
| SADD per Second | 40,584.41 | 32,030.75 |
| HSET per Second | 42,517.01 | 31,585.60 |
| SPOP per Second | 43,591.98 | 32,123.36 |
| ZADD per Second | 37,327.36 | 31,347.96 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 41,459.37 | 32,061.56 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 20,020.02 | 19,459.04 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 9,682.42 | 10,030.09 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 5,348.74 | 6,825.94 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 5,316.60 | 5,909.47 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 30,684.26 | 29,931.16 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 1.28 | 1.05 |
| PING_MBULK | 1.02 | 1.00 |
| SET | 1.03 | 1.02 |
| GET | 0.83 | 1.02 |
| INCR | 0.77 | 1.02 |
| LPUSH | 0.88 | 1.03 |
| RPUSH | 0.78 | 1.02 |
| LPOP | 0.78 | 1.04 |
| RPOP | 0.76 | 1.05 |
| SADD | 0.82 | 1.02 |
| HSET | 0.78 | 1.04 |
| SPOP | 0.76 | 1.01 |
| ZADD | 0.90 | 1.05 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.80 | 1.01 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 1.77 | 1.70 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 3.72 | 3.22 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 6.50 | 4.67 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 6.60 | 5.25 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 1.15 | 1.16 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
After analyzing the benchmark results for both DigitalOcean's Regular (1 GB) and Linode's Nanode (1 GB) instances, it's clear that DigitalOcean's instance excels in Redis operations, particularly in high-throughput scenarios like LPUSH and LRANGE, with lower latency and higher requests per second compared to Linode's Nanode. Linode's instance, however, shows better performance in CPU-intensive tasks, as evidenced by higher events per second and lower average latency in CPU benchmarks. Both instances offer comparable file I/O and memory performance, but Linode's Nanode has a slight edge in memory operations. For developers needing high Redis performance and lower latency for data-intensive applications, DigitalOcean's instance is recommended, whereas for workloads that require more CPU power and less emphasis on Redis, Linode's Nanode would be more suitable.
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