DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB) vs. Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB)
New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up some brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Vultr to run some benchmarks on. Each instance was running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Without further ado, here's the results.
Overview
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:00:52 GMT
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:00:51 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
6.8.0-71-generic
6.8.0-100-generic
MySQL Version
8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
8.0.45-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
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)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
GenuineIntel
Model Name
DO-Regular
Intel Core Processor (Haswell, no TSX, IBRS)
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,294.61
2,400.00
CPU Cache Size (KB)
4,096.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
4,589.21
4,799.99
Events per Second
387.61
789.59
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.99
1.16
Average Latency (ms)
2.57
1.27
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.65
3.45
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.33
1.34
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Operations per second
2,159,653.01
3,918,177.35
Mebibytes per second
2,109.04
3,826.35
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.81
0.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Operations per second
3,104,196.36
3,908,567.36
Mebibytes per second
3,031.44
3,816.96
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.47
0.45
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Reads per Second
764.77
1,594.63
Writes per Second
509.85
1,063.09
Fsyncs per Second
1,635.99
3,407.62
Read Mebibytes per Second
11.95
24.92
Written Mebibytes per Second
7.97
16.61
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.34
0.16
Maximum Latency (ms)
141.7
32.52
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.21
0.42
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,605.86
2,039.00
Average Latency (ms)
2,616.99
2,047.18
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,630.24
2,058.11
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,632.28
2,045.74
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
3,580.00
4,857.00
Queries per second
35,800.00
48,570.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.7
1.84
Average Latency (ms)
2.79
2.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
20.85
8.4
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.36
2.18
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,094.00
2,825.00
Queries per second
10,940.00
28,250.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
4.94
1.95
Average Latency (ms)
9.14
3.54
Maximum Latency (ms)
173.39
32.06
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
13.46
6.32
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
812.00
1,532.00
Queries per second
8,120.00
15,320.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
7.49
4.34
Average Latency (ms)
12.31
6.52
Maximum Latency (ms)
54.05
35
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
17.01
10.27
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,557.00
4,892.00
Queries per second
15,570.00
48,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.96
1.12
Average Latency (ms)
6.41
2.04
Maximum Latency (ms)
36.41
19.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
9.73
3.96
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
636,443.00
833,039.00
Queries per second
6,364,430.00
8,330,390.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.02
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
841.96
655.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
106,875.00
102,586.00
Queries per second
1,068,750.00
1,025,860.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.07
Average Latency (ms)
0.09
0.1
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.01
2.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.15
0.13
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,896.00
5,155.00
Queries per second
28,960.00
51,550.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.53
0.65
Average Latency (ms)
3.45
1.94
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.99
10.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.49
2.52
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,687.00
5,999.00
Queries per second
26,870.00
59,990.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.95
0.53
Average Latency (ms)
3.72
1.67
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.93
7.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.47
2.18
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,241.00
3,979.00
Queries per second
12,410.00
39,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
4.3
1.1
Average Latency (ms)
8.06
2.51
Maximum Latency (ms)
160.26
36.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
13.95
4.91
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,307.00
4,131.00
Queries per second
13,070.00
41,310.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
4.05
1.21
Average Latency (ms)
7.66
2.42
Maximum Latency (ms)
98.17
24.52
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
12.52
4.91
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,422.00
30,696.00
Queries per second
64,220.00
306,960.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.08
Average Latency (ms)
1.56
0.32
Maximum Latency (ms)
49.19
51.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
7.84
1.76
Redis
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
30,284.68
33,715.44
PING_MBULK per Second
32,573.29
35,663.34
SET per Second
30,293.85
34,602.07
GET per Second
29,904.30
37,243.95
INCR per Second
27,932.96
35,310.73
LPUSH per Second
28,571.43
35,549.23
RPUSH per Second
30,571.69
35,739.81
LPOP per Second
30,193.24
36,818.85
RPOP per Second
30,321.41
35,460.99
SADD per Second
32,289.31
36,589.83
HSET per Second
31,959.09
36,114.12
SPOP per Second
32,299.74
37,299.52
ZADD per Second
33,057.85
35,511.36
ZPOPMIN per Second
31,969.31
37,009.62
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
13,513.51
23,986.57
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
6,263.70
12,658.23
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
4,185.15
8,469.55
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
3,583.97
7,245.33
MSET (10 keys) per Second
25,614.75
32,819.17
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
1.09
0.99
PING_MBULK
1.00
0.91
SET
1.09
0.95
GET
1.10
0.88
INCR
1.16
0.93
LPUSH
1.15
0.93
RPUSH
1.08
0.93
LPOP
1.10
0.91
RPOP
1.10
0.94
SADD
1.03
0.90
HSET
1.04
0.91
SPOP
1.02
0.88
ZADD
1.03
0.93
ZPOPMIN
1.03
0.89
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
2.68
1.39
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
5.61
2.66
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
8.12
4.01
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
9.50
4.62
MSET (10 keys)
1.44
1.06
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
When comparing the benchmark performance of the DigitalOcean and Vultr instances, it's clear that Vultr's Cloud Compute (1 GB) generally outperforms DigitalOcean's Regular (1 GB) in terms of Redis operations, file I/O, and memory operations. Vultr shows higher request rates per second for most Redis commands and better throughput and latency in file I/O and memory operations, indicating it may handle I/O-heavy workloads more efficiently. However, DigitalOcean has lower latency in specific memory operations and slightly better CPU performance, suggesting it could be more suitable for CPU-intensive tasks. Overall, Vultr's superior benchmarks make it more ideal for applications requiring high throughput and low latency in I/O operations, while DigitalOcean might be preferable for tasks that favor lower memory operation latency and CPU efficiency.
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