DigitalOcean Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) vs. Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores)
Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Vultr and did some benchmarking. Each instance was running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Time to see who showed up today.
Overview
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Sat, 30 May 2026 15:00:52 GMT | Sun, 31 May 2026 07:00:52 GMT |
| Linux Distro | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 |
| Kernel Version | 6.8.0-71-generic | 6.8.0-117-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 | $24.00 | $18.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 4 | 2 |
| CPU Cores | 2 | 2 |
| Storage (TB) | 80 | 60 |
| Storage Type | SSD | NVMe |
| Transfer (TB) | 4 | 4 |
CPU
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | GenuineIntel | AuthenticAMD |
| Model Name | DO-Regular | AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 2,494.15 | 2,899.99 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 4,096.00 | 1,024.00 |
| BogoMips | 4,988.29 | 5,799.98 |
| Events per Second | 871.36 | 4,648.14 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.91 | 0.2 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.15 | 0.21 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.11 | 1.26 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.34 | 0.23 |
Memory
Memory Read
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,167,908.44 | 7,548,502.85 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,070.22 | 7,371.58 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.26 | 0.08 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,455,346.90 | 7,544,807.09 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,350.92 | 7,367.98 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.26 | 0.12 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 2,278.19 | 5,114.79 |
| Writes per Second | 1,518.80 | 3,409.86 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 4,871.44 | 10,914.44 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 35.60 | 79.92 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 23.73 | 53.28 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.11 | 0.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 12.59 | 3.7 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.37 | 0.12 |
Mutex
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1,307.95 | 574.03 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1,349.23 | 637.47 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1,391.63 | 663.74 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1,401.61 | 657.93 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,297.00 | 9,622.00 |
| Queries per second | 42,970.00 | 96,220.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.39 | 0.73 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.32 | 1.04 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.78 | 2.22 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.97 | 1.12 |
MySQL Write-only
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 3,514.00 | 9,585.00 |
| Queries per second | 35,140.00 | 95,850.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.29 | 0.8 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.84 | 1.04 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 13.78 | 2.18 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 4.1 | 1.32 |
MySQL Read/Write
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,947.00 | 4,686.00 |
| Queries per second | 19,470.00 | 46,860.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 2.91 | 1.57 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 5.13 | 2.13 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 13.08 | 4.26 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 6.67 | 2.52 |
MySQL INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,796.00 | 15,965.00 |
| Queries per second | 67,960.00 | 159,650.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.65 | 0.45 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.47 | 0.62 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 10.09 | 2.23 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.18 | 0.74 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,055,467.00 | 3,065,092.00 |
| Queries per second | 10,554,670.00 | 30,650,920.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 573.76 | 208.51 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 123,372.00 | 217,035.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,233,720.00 | 2,170,350.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.53 | 0.61 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.12 | 0.06 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,146.00 | 14,818.00 |
| Queries per second | 41,460.00 | 148,180.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.81 | 0.24 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.41 | 0.67 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 21.02 | 1.94 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.36 | 0.86 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,644.00 | 14,341.00 |
| Queries per second | 46,440.00 | 143,410.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.75 | 0.27 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.15 | 0.7 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.73 | 1.67 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.19 | 0.89 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,918.00 | 14,864.00 |
| Queries per second | 59,180.00 | 148,640.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.61 | 0.47 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.69 | 0.67 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 17.54 | 2.36 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.71 | 0.87 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,844.00 | 15,284.00 |
| Queries per second | 68,440.00 | 152,840.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.7 | 0.46 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.46 | 0.65 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 11.43 | 1.65 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.11 | 0.83 |
MySQL DELETE
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 55,206.00 | 151,536.00 |
| Queries per second | 552,060.00 | 1,515,360.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.18 | 0.07 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.66 | 4.83 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.18 | 0.08 |
Redis
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 50,607.29 | 55,991.04 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 44,169.61 | 57,903.88 |
| SET per Second | 44,444.45 | 57,703.40 |
| GET per Second | 47,619.05 | 57,703.40 |
| INCR per Second | 48,638.13 | 57,372.34 |
| LPUSH per Second | 49,603.17 | 57,836.90 |
| RPUSH per Second | 47,664.44 | 58,173.36 |
| LPOP per Second | 50,942.43 | 58,343.06 |
| RPOP per Second | 48,216.01 | 58,343.06 |
| SADD per Second | 48,379.30 | 58,241.12 |
| HSET per Second | 48,053.82 | 58,858.15 |
| SPOP per Second | 50,301.81 | 58,892.82 |
| ZADD per Second | 54,495.91 | 57,504.31 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 50,864.70 | 57,870.37 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 33,523.30 | 49,236.83 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 16,619.58 | 34,818.94 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 10,716.96 | 26,766.60 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 9,849.31 | 24,207.21 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 46,189.38 | 58,548.01 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) | Vultr – High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.55 | 0.48 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.59 | 0.44 |
| SET | 0.60 | 0.45 |
| GET | 0.56 | 0.45 |
| INCR | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| LPUSH | 0.54 | 0.44 |
| RPUSH | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| LPOP | 0.53 | 0.44 |
| RPOP | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| SADD | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| HSET | 0.57 | 0.44 |
| SPOP | 0.53 | 0.44 |
| ZADD | 0.50 | 0.45 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.52 | 0.44 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 1.04 | 0.53 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 1.78 | 0.74 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 2.92 | 0.95 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 3.43 | 1.05 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.67 | 0.44 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
After analyzing the benchmark results for both instances, the DigitalOcean Regular (4 GB, 2 Cores) and Vultr High Performance AMD (2 GB, 2 Cores) offer distinct advantages based on workload requirements. The DigitalOcean instance excels in memory operations, with high read and write throughput, and performs well in CPU-intensive tasks such as bulk MySQL inserts and OLTP operations, though it lags slightly in some Redis commands. The Vultr instance, with its faster CPU and higher frequency, shows remarkable performance in Redis operations, including higher request rates per second and lower latencies, though it performs moderately in CPU and memory benchmarks. Overall, the DigitalOcean instance is ideal for applications requiring substantial memory and CPU performance, while the Vultr instance is best suited for workloads that prioritize high Redis performance, such as real-time data processing and caching.
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