DigitalOcean Regular (2 GB) vs. Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Welcome to another round of the VPS Showdown. Today I spun up fresh instances from DigitalOcean and Vultr and did some benchmarking. All instances were spun up with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Time to see who showed up today.
Overview
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:03:47 GMT
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:09:02 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-31-generic
7.0.0-29-generic
MySQL Version
8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
8.4.11-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Redis Version
8.0.5
8.0.5
Location
New York, NY
Newark, NJ
Monthly Price
$12.00
$12.00
RAM (GB)
2
2
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
50
64
Storage Type
SSD
NVMe
Transfer (TB)
2
2
Head-to-head
Category winners from the latest benchmarks.
Category
Winner
CPU (events/sec)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Memory (read MiB/s)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Disk I/O (MiB/s)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
MySQL (read/write tps)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Redis (GET/sec)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Value (CPU events per $/mo)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB) takes 6 of 6 categories.
CPU
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
GenuineIntel
Model Name
DO-Regular
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,294.61
3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB)
4,096.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
4,589.21
7,584.10
Events per Second
370.52
1,433.50
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.05
0.67
Average Latency (ms)
2.69
0.7
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.47
3.42
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.57
0.73
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
1,545,738.03
6,381,196.95
Mebibytes per second
1,509.51
6,231.64
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
40.5
0.38
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
2,729,753.92
7,590,256.83
Mebibytes per second
2,665.78
7,412.36
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
149.26
0.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second
475.95
4,797.61
Writes per Second
317.30
3,198.41
Fsyncs per Second
1,017.81
10,240.61
Read Mebibytes per Second
7.44
74.96
Written Mebibytes per Second
4.96
49.98
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.55
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
115.24
19.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.08
0.15
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,875.76
1,120.95
Average Latency (ms)
2,899.88
1,127.36
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,919.44
1,132.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,932.60
1,129.24
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,374.00
10,238.00
Queries per second
43,740.00
102,380.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.26
0.9
Average Latency (ms)
2.28
0.98
Maximum Latency (ms)
40.05
2.33
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.81
1.06
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
273.00
12,564.00
Queries per second
2,730.00
125,640.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
4.19
0.65
Average Latency (ms)
36.89
0.79
Maximum Latency (ms)
358.42
8.86
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
130.13
0.97
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
258.00
5,279.00
Queries per second
2,580.00
52,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
6.26
1.64
Average Latency (ms)
38.75
1.89
Maximum Latency (ms)
259.21
4.39
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
123.28
2.22
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
796.00
22,126.00
Queries per second
7,960.00
221,260.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.03
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
12.55
0.45
Maximum Latency (ms)
223.21
2.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
63.32
0.53
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
374,315.00
1,958,342.00
Queries per second
3,743,150.00
19,583,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.03
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3489.66
207.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
124,757.00
216,335.00
Queries per second
1,247,570.00
2,163,350.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
168.4
1.11
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.12
0.06
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,721.00
8,316.00
Queries per second
27,210.00
83,160.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.36
0.4
Average Latency (ms)
3.67
1.2
Maximum Latency (ms)
34.76
3.62
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5
1.55
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
2,783.00
11,393.00
Queries per second
27,830.00
113,930.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.51
0.24
Average Latency (ms)
3.59
0.88
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.87
2.81
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.28
1.12
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
454.00
20,610.00
Queries per second
4,540.00
206,100.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.46
0.36
Average Latency (ms)
22.01
0.48
Maximum Latency (ms)
345.88
4.53
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
102.97
0.65
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
263.00
22,150.00
Queries per second
2,630.00
221,500.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.54
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
38
0.45
Maximum Latency (ms)
442.22
9.44
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
110.66
0.54
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,343.00
162,113.00
Queries per second
13,430.00
1,621,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
7.46
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
266.15
4.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
34.33
0.09
Redis
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
35,701.54
50,327.12
PING_MBULK per Second
40,338.84
52,002.08
SET per Second
37,119.52
52,966.10
GET per Second
38,343.56
53,022.27
INCR per Second
36,710.72
53,219.80
LPUSH per Second
35,637.92
52,273.91
RPUSH per Second
34,891.84
52,056.22
LPOP per Second
33,400.13
51,679.59
RPOP per Second
32,615.79
50,890.59
SADD per Second
25,246.15
49,603.17
HSET per Second
28,645.09
51,466.80
SPOP per Second
30,138.64
53,134.96
ZADD per Second
31,735.96
51,948.05
ZPOPMIN per Second
34,770.52
52,742.62
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
17,424.64
36,832.41
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
7,678.13
22,041.00
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
5,190.49
15,622.56
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
4,344.61
13,980.15
MSET (10 keys) per Second
27,434.84
50,025.02
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.87
0.61
PING_MBULK
0.75
0.58
SET
0.84
0.59
GET
0.81
0.58
INCR
0.85
0.59
LPUSH
0.88
0.60
RPUSH
0.90
0.60
LPOP
0.94
0.60
RPOP
0.96
0.61
SADD
1.23
0.62
HSET
1.09
0.60
SPOP
1.03
0.58
ZADD
0.98
0.60
ZPOPMIN
0.89
0.59
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.84
0.85
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
3.92
1.48
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
5.58
2.02
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
6.57
2.37
MSET (10 keys)
1.39
0.66
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
Based on the benchmark results, Vultr's High Frequency Intel instance outperforms DigitalOcean's Regular (2 GB) in nearly every category, particularly in Redis operations where it achieves higher requests per second (Vultr's LPUSH rps: 52273.91 vs DigitalOcean's 36509.68) and lower latency averages. The superior performance in MySQL bulk inserts also stands out with Vultr handling significantly more transactions per second (Vultr's tps: 195682.07 vs DigitalOcean's 94643.55). This makes Vultr's instance a better choice for applications requiring high throughput and low latency in CPU-intensive and I/O-heavy tasks, while DigitalOcean's instance might be more budget-friendly for less demanding applications.
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