Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB)
My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Linode and ran some benchmarks. Each instance was running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in or around the New York / New Jersey area. Time to see who showed up today.
Overview
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 09:00:51 GMT
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 17:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
6.8.0-71-generic
6.8.0-71-generic
MySQL Version
8.0.44-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
8.0.44-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
Redis Version
7.0.15
7.0.15
Location
Newark, NJ
New York, NY
Monthly Price
$5.00
$6.00
RAM (GB)
1
1
CPU Cores
1
1
Storage (TB)
25
25
Storage Type
SSD
SSD
Transfer (TB)
1
1
CPU
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vendor
AuthenticAMD
GenuineIntel
Model Name
AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
DO-Regular
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,000.00
2,494.14
CPU Cache Size (KB)
512.00
4,096.00
BogoMips
3,999.99
4,988.27
Events per Second
1,664.06
658.25
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.28
0.91
Average Latency (ms)
0.6
1.52
Maximum Latency (ms)
29.07
4.37
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.86
2.76
Memory
Memory Read
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Operations per second
2,695,177.67
4,590,506.96
Mebibytes per second
2,632.01
4,482.92
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
3.64
1.47
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Operations per second
5,064,699.38
4,461,825.89
Mebibytes per second
4,946.00
4,357.25
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
2.03
1.05
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Reads per Second
2,101.42
2,902.70
Writes per Second
1,400.94
1,935.13
Fsyncs per Second
4,487.49
6,204.32
Read Mebibytes per Second
32.83
45.35
Written Mebibytes per Second
21.89
30.24
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.12
0.09
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.63
31.01
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.3
0.24
Mutex
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
1,779.50
1,886.90
Average Latency (ms)
1,789.35
1,902.88
Maximum Latency (ms)
1,804.14
1,917.74
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1,803.47
1,903.57
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
6,359.00
6,616.00
Queries per second
63,590.00
66,160.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.3
1.13
Average Latency (ms)
1.57
1.51
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.8
6.91
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.89
2.22
MySQL Write-only
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
4,913.00
5,741.00
Queries per second
49,130.00
57,410.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.35
0.97
Average Latency (ms)
2.03
1.74
Maximum Latency (ms)
8.51
25.7
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.81
2.61
MySQL Read/Write
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,408.00
2,490.00
Queries per second
24,080.00
24,900.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
3.1
2.67
Average Latency (ms)
4.15
4.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.3
26.68
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5.18
5.67
MySQL INSERT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,492.00
9,069.00
Queries per second
74,920.00
90,690.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.95
0.48
Average Latency (ms)
1.33
1.1
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.48
80.73
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.79
1.73
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,201,092.00
1,055,467.00
Queries per second
12,010,920.00
10,554,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
508.44
1012.19
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
127,654.00
188,955.00
Queries per second
1,276,540.00
1,889,550.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.08
0.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
6.3
1.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.11
0.08
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
8,562.00
5,352.00
Queries per second
85,620.00
53,520.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.29
0.55
Average Latency (ms)
1.17
1.87
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.19
6.67
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.58
2.97
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
9,338.00
5,879.00
Queries per second
93,380.00
58,790.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.41
0.5
Average Latency (ms)
1.07
1.7
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.81
5.23
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.39
3.02
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,211.00
9,925.00
Queries per second
72,110.00
99,250.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.77
0.47
Average Latency (ms)
1.39
1.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
7.29
48.42
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2
1.67
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
7,966.00
9,177.00
Queries per second
79,660.00
91,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.92
0.46
Average Latency (ms)
1.25
1.09
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.36
103.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.64
1.73
MySQL DELETE
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
52,482.00
77,722.00
Queries per second
524,820.00
777,220.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.05
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.19
0.13
Maximum Latency (ms)
11.04
27.76
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
1.16
0.48
Redis
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
35,448.42
41,597.34
PING_MBULK per Second
35,373.19
42,826.55
SET per Second
35,100.04
45,516.61
GET per Second
36,310.82
44,923.63
INCR per Second
35,498.76
46,317.74
LPUSH per Second
35,511.36
47,348.48
RPUSH per Second
35,373.19
45,106.00
LPOP per Second
35,038.54
42,444.82
RPOP per Second
34,566.20
43,271.31
SADD per Second
35,663.34
42,087.54
HSET per Second
35,298.27
37,509.38
SPOP per Second
36,483.04
40,567.95
ZADD per Second
35,893.75
37,369.21
ZPOPMIN per Second
36,023.05
41,823.50
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
25,284.45
20,128.82
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
15,195.26
10,488.78
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
10,902.75
6,303.18
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
9,585.89
5,894.49
MSET (10 keys) per Second
29,078.22
38,461.54
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Linode – Nanode (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.93
0.80
PING_MBULK
0.93
0.77
SET
0.95
0.74
GET
0.91
0.74
INCR
0.93
0.72
LPUSH
0.94
0.71
RPUSH
0.94
0.75
LPOP
0.96
0.79
RPOP
0.97
0.78
SADD
0.93
0.79
HSET
0.94
0.89
SPOP
0.91
0.81
ZADD
0.93
0.90
ZPOPMIN
0.92
0.79
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.34
1.80
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.22
3.47
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
3.08
5.67
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
3.55
6.06
MSET (10 keys)
1.16
0.92
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
After a detailed comparison of the benchmarks, DigitalOcean's Regular (1 GB) instance provides slightly higher performance in most metrics, especially in Redis operations and MySQL OLTP tasks, achieving higher RPS and lower latency across various tests. However, the Linode Nanode (1 GB) instance shows better CPU utilization and slightly lower file I/O latency, indicating robust file handling capabilities. Overall, DigitalOcean's instance is more suited for applications that require high throughput and low latency in Redis operations and database transactions, whereas the Linode Nanode would excel in scenarios where file I/O performance is a critical factor. The choice between them depends on whether the priority lies in database operations or file system performance.
From the friendly human:
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