Linode Nanode (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB)

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Fresh benchmarks coming at ya. Today I've spun up brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Linode and ran my world famous suite of benchmarking scripts. Each instance was spun up with 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

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:00:52 GMT Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:52 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 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
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 4,000.00 4,988.28
Events per Second 1,709.10 954.20
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.28 0.91
Average Latency (ms) 0.58 1.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 3.53 2.11
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.03 1.27

Memory

Memory Read

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Operations per second 5,389,227.66 4,209,859.81
Mebibytes per second 5,262.92 4,111.19
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.68 1.49
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

Memory Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Operations per second 5,415,718.29 4,189,329.99
Mebibytes per second 5,288.79 4,091.14
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0 0
Maximum Latency (ms) 2.63 1.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

File I/O

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Reads per Second 2,297.45 2,467.11
Writes per Second 1,531.64 1,644.74
Fsyncs per Second 4,911.47 5,269.57
Read Mebibytes per Second 35.90 38.55
Written Mebibytes per Second 23.93 25.70
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.11 0.11
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.66 14.6
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.29 0.3

Mutex

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms) 1,636.97 2,239.74
Average Latency (ms) 1,644.52 2,269.10
Maximum Latency (ms) 1,650.06 2,285.87
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1,648.20 2,279.14

MySQL

MySQL Read-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 7,736.00 6,274.00
Queries per second 77,360.00 62,740.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.18 1.15
Average Latency (ms) 1.29 1.59
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.12 5.02
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.47 2.26

MySQL Write-only

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 5,729.00 4,050.00
Queries per second 57,290.00 40,500.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 1.16 1.18
Average Latency (ms) 1.74 2.46
Maximum Latency (ms) 19.56 45.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 2.3 3.96

MySQL Read/Write

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 2,905.00 1,942.00
Queries per second 29,050.00 19,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 2.54 3.07
Average Latency (ms) 3.44 5.14
Maximum Latency (ms) 9.03 40.59
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 4.25 7.04

MySQL INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 8,887.00 6,791.00
Queries per second 88,870.00 67,910.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.67 0.58
Average Latency (ms) 1.12 1.47
Maximum Latency (ms) 6.15 21.15
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.42 2.48

MySQL Bulk INSERT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 1,608,842.00 1,026,342.00
Queries per second 16,088,420.00 10,263,420.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0 0
Average Latency (ms) 0.01 0.01
Maximum Latency (ms) 340.01 577.57
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0 0

MySQL SELECT

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 165,329.00 156,704.00
Queries per second 1,653,290.00 1,567,040.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.06 0.06
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.74 2.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.08 0.1

MySQL SELECT (Random Points)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 9,736.00 4,865.00
Queries per second 97,360.00 48,650.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.37 0.62
Average Latency (ms) 1.03 2.05
Maximum Latency (ms) 4.34 12.45
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.32 3.19

MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 9,526.00 5,861.00
Queries per second 95,260.00 58,610.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.39 0.65
Average Latency (ms) 1.05 1.7
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.19 5.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.34 2.76

MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 8,339.00 5,999.00
Queries per second 83,390.00 59,990.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.7 0.61
Average Latency (ms) 1.2 1.66
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.67 43.09
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.58 2.91

MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 8,527.00 7,513.00
Queries per second 85,270.00 75,130.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.7 0.54
Average Latency (ms) 1.17 1.33
Maximum Latency (ms) 5.57 43.22
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 1.5 2

MySQL DELETE

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second 80,676.00 60,867.00
Queries per second 806,760.00 608,670.00
Minimum Latency (ms) 0.05 0.04
Average Latency (ms) 0.12 0.16
Maximum Latency (ms) 10.37 16.04
95th Percentile Latency (ms) 0.34 0.99

Redis

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second 47,528.52 49,529.47
PING_MBULK per Second 48,332.53 49,067.71
SET per Second 46,882.33 48,007.68
GET per Second 47,483.38 48,520.13
INCR per Second 44,228.22 50,025.02
LPUSH per Second 47,058.82 46,446.82
RPUSH per Second 46,948.36 49,431.54
LPOP per Second 45,829.52 49,164.21
RPOP per Second 46,598.32 48,590.86
SADD per Second 46,926.32 44,642.86
HSET per Second 47,192.07 30,562.35
SPOP per Second 47,778.31 35,739.81
ZADD per Second 43,535.05 42,643.92
ZPOPMIN per Second 47,393.37 44,782.80
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second 31,836.99 22,212.35
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second 17,771.46 9,703.09
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second 12,277.47 8,345.85
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second 10,720.41 7,045.73
MSET (10 keys) per Second 43,290.04 38,299.50

Redis Average Latency (ms)

Linode – Nanode (1 GB) DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
PING_INLINE0.730.67
PING_MBULK0.720.67
SET0.740.70
GET0.730.69
INCR0.770.67
LPUSH0.740.73
RPUSH0.730.68
LPOP0.750.69
RPOP0.750.70
SADD0.740.75
HSET0.741.09
SPOP0.730.93
ZADD0.800.80
ZPOPMIN0.730.75
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)1.101.61
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)1.993.73
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)2.804.31
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)3.215.03
MSET (10 keys)0.810.93

Conclusion

From the friendly robots:

After analyzing the benchmark results for both DigitalOcean's Regular (1 GB) and Linode's Nanode (1 GB) instances, it's clear that Linode's Nanode offers slightly higher performance across the board, particularly in CPU-intensive tasks and memory operations, likely due to its more powerful AMD EPYC processor. DigitalOcean's instance shows competitive Redis performance and solid file I/O capabilities, making it a good choice for applications that prioritize cost-effectiveness and simplicity. For developers and sysadmins looking for a balance of performance and affordability, DigitalOcean's instance is a solid option, while Linode's Nanode would be better suited for workloads that demand higher CPU performance and memory throughput.

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