DigitalOcean Regular (2 GB) vs. Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've got brand new instances from DigitalOcean and Vultr and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. Each instance was 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
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:31:21 GMT
Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:36:36 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
7.0.0-27-generic
7.0.0-27-generic
MySQL Version
8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
8.4.10-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
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)
2,494.14
3,792.05
CPU Cache Size (KB)
4,096.00
16,384.00
BogoMips
4,988.28
7,584.10
Events per Second
411.59
1,466.74
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.99
0.67
Average Latency (ms)
2.42
0.68
Maximum Latency (ms)
19.9
3.3
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.96
0.72
Memory
Memory Read
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
4,123,717.02
7,681,495.84
Mebibytes per second
4,027.07
7,501.46
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.54
0.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Operations per second
4,007,053.05
7,602,534.50
Mebibytes per second
3,913.14
7,424.35
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
1.82
0.35
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Reads per Second
2,758.95
4,496.60
Writes per Second
1,839.23
2,997.70
Fsyncs per Second
5,895.77
9,593.60
Read Mebibytes per Second
43.11
70.26
Written Mebibytes per Second
28.74
46.84
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.09
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.81
2.12
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.3
0.18
Mutex
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,498.24
1,184.90
Average Latency (ms)
2,546.75
1,190.04
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,562.19
1,196.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,585.31
1,191.92
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,626.00
9,469.00
Queries per second
56,260.00
94,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.18
0.89
Average Latency (ms)
1.77
1.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.44
5.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.39
2.03
MySQL Write-only
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
4,813.00
10,900.00
Queries per second
48,130.00
109,000.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.92
0.63
Average Latency (ms)
2.07
0.92
Maximum Latency (ms)
29.26
8.97
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.19
1.18
MySQL Read/Write
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
1,931.00
4,779.00
Queries per second
19,310.00
47,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
2.94
1.69
Average Latency (ms)
5.17
2.09
Maximum Latency (ms)
17.66
7.55
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
7.17
2.52
MySQL INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
6,585.00
19,198.00
Queries per second
65,850.00
191,980.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.56
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
1.51
0.52
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.88
4.58
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.71
0.65
MySQL Bulk INSERT
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
833,039.00
2,016,592.00
Queries per second
8,330,390.00
20,165,920.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
568.39
230.01
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
148,439.00
218,879.00
Queries per second
1,484,390.00
2,188,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.07
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.95
2
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.1
0.05
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
3,505.00
7,852.00
Queries per second
35,050.00
78,520.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.98
0.41
Average Latency (ms)
2.85
1.27
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.79
3.85
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
4.25
1.7
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
5,769.00
11,560.00
Queries per second
57,690.00
115,600.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.53
0.29
Average Latency (ms)
1.73
0.86
Maximum Latency (ms)
4.73
3.31
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.66
1.12
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
6,299.00
18,734.00
Queries per second
62,990.00
187,340.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.57
0.38
Average Latency (ms)
1.58
0.53
Maximum Latency (ms)
28.52
4.34
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.07
0.72
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
7,198.00
18,579.00
Queries per second
71,980.00
185,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.51
0.37
Average Latency (ms)
1.39
0.54
Maximum Latency (ms)
167.69
12.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.35
0.69
MySQL DELETE
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
Transactions per second
33,426.00
154,977.00
Queries per second
334,260.00
1,549,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.04
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.3
0.06
Maximum Latency (ms)
22.19
4.05
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.61
0.09
Redis
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
34,188.04
54,734.54
PING_MBULK per Second
44,483.99
53,475.94
SET per Second
40,112.31
54,288.82
GET per Second
40,883.07
54,914.88
INCR per Second
39,729.84
55,401.66
LPUSH per Second
40,404.04
53,792.36
RPUSH per Second
37,397.16
54,525.63
LPOP per Second
37,257.82
53,078.56
RPOP per Second
36,114.12
52,631.58
SADD per Second
37,425.15
54,436.58
HSET per Second
38,759.69
53,619.30
SPOP per Second
45,641.26
54,734.54
ZADD per Second
42,283.30
52,659.29
ZPOPMIN per Second
47,438.33
53,561.86
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
23,089.36
36,845.98
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
12,169.89
22,696.32
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
8,394.19
15,885.62
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
6,932.89
13,700.51
MSET (10 keys) per Second
31,796.50
50,968.40
Redis Average Latency (ms)
DigitalOcean – Regular (2 GB)
Vultr – High Frequency Intel (2 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.94
0.56
PING_MBULK
0.69
0.57
SET
0.77
0.57
GET
0.75
0.56
INCR
0.78
0.56
LPUSH
0.78
0.58
RPUSH
0.84
0.57
LPOP
0.85
0.59
RPOP
0.87
0.59
SADD
0.83
0.57
HSET
0.81
0.58
SPOP
0.68
0.56
ZADD
0.74
0.59
ZPOPMIN
0.65
0.57
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.40
0.84
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.63
1.44
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
3.62
2.04
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
4.24
2.35
MSET (10 keys)
1.06
0.64
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
The Vultr High Frequency Intel (2 GB) instance outperforms the DigitalOcean Regular (2 GB) in most benchmarks, especially in CPU throughput with 1466.74 events per second versus 411.59, and MySQL bulk insert with 199596.07 transactions per second compared to 82488.07. Vultr also excels in Redis requests per second for various commands and has higher MySQL OLTP performance. Ideal for CPU-intensive tasks and high transactional workloads.
From the friendly human:
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