Vultr Cloud Compute (1 GB) vs. DigitalOcean Regular (1 GB)
My friend, I'm so glad you're here! Today I've spun up some brand new instance from DigitalOcean and Vultr to run some benchmarks on. All instances were running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 and were created in the New York area (or close to it). Without further ado, here's the results.
Overview
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Last Benchmarked
Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:00:51 GMT
Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:52 GMT
Linux Distro
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64
Kernel Version
6.8.0-79-generic
6.8.0-71-generic
MySQL Version
8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
8.0.43-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
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
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Vendor
GenuineIntel
GenuineIntel
Model Name
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
DO-Regular
Clock Speed (MHz)
2,394.45
2,294.61
CPU Cache Size (KB)
16,384.00
4,096.00
BogoMips
4,788.90
4,589.21
Events per Second
615.53
434.72
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.88
0.97
Average Latency (ms)
1.62
2.29
Maximum Latency (ms)
5.49
5.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.61
3.82
Memory
Memory Read
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Operations per second
3,650,861.12
2,271,077.10
Mebibytes per second
3,565.29
2,217.85
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.86
3.16
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
Memory Write
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Operations per second
3,964,071.36
3,571,915.45
Mebibytes per second
3,871.16
3,488.20
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0
0
Maximum Latency (ms)
0.65
1.03
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
File I/O
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Reads per Second
1,335.03
1,689.67
Writes per Second
890.02
1,126.45
Fsyncs per Second
2,849.25
3,608.72
Read Mebibytes per Second
20.86
26.40
Written Mebibytes per Second
13.91
17.60
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.01
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.2
0.15
Maximum Latency (ms)
12
4.63
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.51
0.44
Mutex
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Minimum Latency (ms)
2,016.43
2,188.92
Average Latency (ms)
2,026.59
2,208.20
Maximum Latency (ms)
2,036.58
2,224.28
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2,045.74
2,238.47
MySQL
MySQL Read-only
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
4,681.00
4,947.00
Queries per second
46,810.00
49,470.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.57
1.23
Average Latency (ms)
2.13
2.02
Maximum Latency (ms)
22.59
8.78
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.75
2.66
MySQL Write-only
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
2,680.00
2,404.00
Queries per second
26,800.00
24,040.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.66
2.38
Average Latency (ms)
3.73
4.15
Maximum Latency (ms)
34.94
30.52
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
6.67
5.67
MySQL Read/Write
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
1,752.00
1,197.00
Queries per second
17,520.00
11,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
4.22
4.72
Average Latency (ms)
5.71
8.35
Maximum Latency (ms)
16.45
22.84
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
8.28
11.45
MySQL INSERT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
4,351.00
3,197.00
Queries per second
43,510.00
31,970.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.34
1.76
Average Latency (ms)
2.29
3.12
Maximum Latency (ms)
26.21
13.76
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.36
4.41
MySQL Bulk INSERT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
865,805.00
833,039.00
Queries per second
8,658,050.00
8,330,390.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0
0
Average Latency (ms)
0.01
0.01
Maximum Latency (ms)
955.84
685.52
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0
0
MySQL SELECT
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
105,481.00
147,814.00
Queries per second
1,054,810.00
1,478,140.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.06
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.09
0.07
Maximum Latency (ms)
9.22
1.74
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
0.16
0.11
MySQL SELECT (Random Points)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
3,665.00
4,051.00
Queries per second
36,650.00
40,510.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.5
0.57
Average Latency (ms)
2.73
2.46
Maximum Latency (ms)
13.84
11.75
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
5
3.62
MySQL SELECT (Random Ranges)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,236.00
3,658.00
Queries per second
52,360.00
36,580.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.72
0.69
Average Latency (ms)
1.91
2.73
Maximum Latency (ms)
10.33
6.66
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.76
4.74
MySQL UPDATE (Indexed)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
4,511.00
3,277.00
Queries per second
45,110.00
32,770.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.26
1.7
Average Latency (ms)
2.21
3.05
Maximum Latency (ms)
14.93
32.29
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
3.55
4.41
MySQL UPDATE (Non-Indexed)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
5,148.00
3,525.00
Queries per second
51,480.00
35,250.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
1.25
1.62
Average Latency (ms)
1.94
2.83
Maximum Latency (ms)
19.95
12.51
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.81
4.1
MySQL DELETE
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
Transactions per second
19,636.00
17,063.00
Queries per second
196,360.00
170,630.00
Minimum Latency (ms)
0.08
0.04
Average Latency (ms)
0.51
0.58
Maximum Latency (ms)
33.94
22.64
95th Percentile Latency (ms)
2.48
3.3
Redis
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
PING_INLINE per Second
34,270.05
25,503.70
PING_MBULK per Second
34,638.03
31,585.60
SET per Second
35,211.27
32,216.49
GET per Second
34,977.27
40,144.52
INCR per Second
34,965.04
42,863.27
LPUSH per Second
36,443.15
38,226.30
RPUSH per Second
33,898.30
42,480.88
LPOP per Second
35,855.14
43,478.26
RPOP per Second
34,831.07
44,365.57
SADD per Second
35,829.45
40,584.41
HSET per Second
34,977.27
42,517.01
SPOP per Second
34,423.41
43,591.98
ZADD per Second
35,174.11
37,327.36
ZPOPMIN per Second
35,410.77
41,459.37
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements) per Second
23,364.48
20,020.02
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements) per Second
12,325.90
9,682.42
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements) per Second
8,369.60
5,348.74
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements) per Second
7,555.15
5,316.60
MSET (10 keys) per Second
33,123.55
30,684.26
Redis Average Latency (ms)
Vultr – Cloud Compute (1 GB)
DigitalOcean – Regular (1 GB)
PING_INLINE
0.96
1.28
PING_MBULK
0.92
1.02
SET
0.93
1.03
GET
0.94
0.83
INCR
0.92
0.77
LPUSH
0.92
0.88
RPUSH
0.95
0.78
LPOP
0.93
0.78
RPOP
0.93
0.76
SADD
0.92
0.82
HSET
0.93
0.78
SPOP
0.94
0.76
ZADD
0.93
0.90
ZPOPMIN
0.92
0.80
LRANGE_100 (first 100 elements)
1.43
1.77
LRANGE_300 (first 300 elements)
2.77
3.72
LRANGE_500 (first 500 elements)
4.07
6.50
LRANGE_600 (first 600 elements)
4.48
6.60
MSET (10 keys)
1.03
1.15
Conclusion
From the friendly robots:
After analyzing the benchmark performance of both DigitalOcean and Vultr's 1 GB instances, it's clear that DigitalOcean's instance excels in Redis operations, particularly in handling complex commands like LRANGE with higher RPS and lower latency, indicating better performance in I/O-heavy workloads. Vultr's instance, while slightly behind in Redis benchmarks, shows competitive CPU and memory performance, with a notable advantage in MySQL bulk insert operations. DigitalOcean's instance is ideal for applications requiring high Redis throughput and low latency, while Vultr's instance might be more suitable for workloads that benefit from robust MySQL performance and slightly better file I/O operations.
From the friendly human:
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