DigitalOcean Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) vs. Linode Nanode (1 GB)
New day, new benchmarks. Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Linode and did some benchmarking. All instances were running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and all resided in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Time to see who showed up today.
Overview
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Last Benchmarked | Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:52 GMT | Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:53 GMT |
| Linux Distro | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 |
| Kernel Version | 6.8.0-71-generic | 6.8.0-111-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 | $48.00 | $5.00 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 1 |
| CPU Cores | 4 | 1 |
| Storage (TB) | 160 | 25 |
| Storage Type | SSD | SSD |
| Transfer (TB) | 5 | 1 |
CPU
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | GenuineIntel | AuthenticAMD |
| Model Name | DO-Regular | AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core Processor |
| Clock Speed (MHz) | 2,494.14 | 2,300.00 |
| CPU Cache Size (KB) | 4,096.00 | 512.00 |
| BogoMips | 4,988.27 | 4,599.99 |
| Events per Second | 956.36 | 1,022.23 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.91 | 0.61 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.04 | 0.98 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 1.47 | 5.4 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.23 | 2.39 |
Memory
Memory Read
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,415,190.25 | 5,296,233.64 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,311.71 | 5,172.10 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.13 | 3.05 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
Memory Write
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Operations per second | 4,364,099.63 | 5,154,651.90 |
| Mebibytes per second | 4,261.82 | 5,033.84 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 0.1 | 3.06 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
File I/O
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Reads per Second | 5,118.53 | 2,055.76 |
| Writes per Second | 3,412.35 | 1,370.51 |
| Fsyncs per Second | 10,921.52 | 4,389.22 |
| Read Mebibytes per Second | 79.98 | 32.12 |
| Written Mebibytes per Second | 53.32 | 21.41 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.05 | 0.13 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 24.89 | 12.79 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.2 | 0.35 |
Mutex
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 388.91 | 1,633.32 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 492.55 | 1,644.62 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 543.67 | 1,653.29 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 539.71 | 1,648.20 |
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,472.00 | 7,575.00 |
| Queries per second | 54,720.00 | 75,750.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.23 | 1.22 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.82 | 1.32 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.46 | 4.67 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.35 | 1.42 |
MySQL Write-only
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,458.00 | 5,800.00 |
| Queries per second | 44,580.00 | 58,000.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 1.03 | 1.15 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.24 | 1.72 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 9.15 | 12.35 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 3.19 | 2.39 |
MySQL Read/Write
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 2,244.00 | 2,955.00 |
| Queries per second | 22,440.00 | 29,550.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 2.84 | 2.64 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 4.45 | 3.38 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 25.6 | 22.69 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 5.67 | 4.41 |
MySQL INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,974.00 | 8,921.00 |
| Queries per second | 59,740.00 | 89,210.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.72 | 0.65 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.67 | 1.12 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 15.64 | 8.92 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.61 | 1.42 |
MySQL Bulk INSERT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 1,346,717.00 | 1,288,467.00 |
| Queries per second | 13,467,170.00 | 12,884,670.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 400.11 | 398.24 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0 | 0 |
MySQL SELECT
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 132,510.00 | 170,179.00 |
| Queries per second | 1,325,100.00 | 1,701,790.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 4.3 | 7.27 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 0.11 | 0.08 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 5,509.00 | 7,819.00 |
| Queries per second | 55,090.00 | 78,190.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.65 | 0.42 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.81 | 1.28 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 6.18 | 6.03 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.61 | 1.64 |
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 4,947.00 | 7,328.00 |
| Queries per second | 49,470.00 | 73,280.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.62 | 0.3 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 2.02 | 1.36 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 8.42 | 4.97 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.97 | 1.76 |
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 6,409.00 | 8,603.00 |
| Queries per second | 64,090.00 | 86,030.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.75 | 0.69 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.56 | 1.16 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 12.82 | 6.97 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2.39 | 1.7 |
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 7,214.00 | 7,719.00 |
| Queries per second | 72,140.00 | 77,190.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.68 | 0.65 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 1.38 | 1.29 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.08 | 54.76 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 2 | 1.73 |
MySQL DELETE
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| Transactions per second | 66,354.00 | 80,451.00 |
| Queries per second | 663,540.00 | 804,510.00 |
| Minimum Latency (ms) | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Average Latency (ms) | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| Maximum Latency (ms) | 5.89 | 16.14 |
| 95th Percentile Latency (ms) | 1.01 | 0.42 |
Redis
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE per Second | 51,867.22 | 44,052.86 |
| PING_MBULK per Second | 53,022.27 | 44,563.28 |
| SET per Second | 57,770.08 | 44,072.28 |
| GET per Second | 58,513.75 | 44,345.89 |
| INCR per Second | 53,619.30 | 42,535.09 |
| LPUSH per Second | 49,950.05 | 41,545.49 |
| RPUSH per Second | 60,679.61 | 37,299.52 |
| LPOP per Second | 62,073.25 | 43,327.55 |
| RPOP per Second | 59,417.71 | 43,103.45 |
| SADD per Second | 66,666.66 | 43,994.72 |
| HSET per Second | 60,532.69 | 43,956.04 |
| SPOP per Second | 55,803.57 | 44,130.62 |
| ZADD per Second | 58,823.53 | 42,390.84 |
| ZPOPMIN per Second | 61,199.51 | 43,159.26 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second | 38,895.37 | 28,843.38 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second | 17,892.29 | 15,153.81 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second | 11,713.72 | 10,595.47 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second | 10,884.95 | 9,122.42 |
| MSET (10 keys) per Second | 58,927.52 | 40,112.31 |
Redis Average Latency (ms)
| DigitalOcean – Regular (8 GB, 4 Cores) | Linode – Nanode (1 GB) | |
|---|---|---|
| PING_INLINE | 0.51 | 0.78 |
| PING_MBULK | 0.50 | 0.77 |
| SET | 0.48 | 0.78 |
| GET | 0.45 | 0.77 |
| INCR | 0.49 | 0.80 |
| LPUSH | 0.56 | 0.82 |
| RPUSH | 0.43 | 0.90 |
| LPOP | 0.44 | 0.80 |
| RPOP | 0.47 | 0.80 |
| SADD | 0.45 | 0.78 |
| HSET | 0.45 | 0.79 |
| SPOP | 0.47 | 0.77 |
| ZADD | 0.45 | 0.81 |
| ZPOPMIN | 0.51 | 0.79 |
| LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) | 0.82 | 1.23 |
| LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) | 1.73 | 2.38 |
| LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) | 2.62 | 3.44 |
| LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) | 2.81 | 3.96 |
| MSET (10 keys) | 0.51 | 0.88 |
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
In benchmarking, DigitalOcean's Regular instance (8 GB RAM, 4 vCPUs) demonstrates superior performance in terms of RAM, CPU processing power, and throughput, particularly excelling in complex memory operations, CPU-intensive tasks, and high concurrency scenarios such as Redis benchmarks and MySQL OLTP operations, which show significantly lower latencies and higher request rates per second across various operations. In contrast, Linode's Nanode instance (1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU) performs well in low-resource scenarios and shows competitive Redis performance, but lags in CPU-intensive tasks and complex memory operations due to its single vCPU and limited RAM. Therefore, the DigitalOcean instance is better suited for CPU-intensive, I/O-heavy workloads, and resource-demanding applications, while the Linode Nanode is ideal for minimal workloads and cost-effective, low-resource operations.
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