DigitalOcean v5 General Purpose 2 vCPU / 8 GB benchmarks

2 dedicated vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD

$73.87/mo

$0.099/hr

Performance by location

Averages over the last 90 days. Same plan, same provider, different datacenters.

Location	GB7 single	GB7 multi	4K IOPS	Price	Last tested
Atlanta 1 (atl1) Atlanta, GA, US	n/a	n/a	n/a	$73.87/mo	Not tested yet
Kansas City 1 (mkc1) Kansas City	n/a	n/a	n/a	$73.87/mo	Not tested yet
Memphis 1 (mem1) Memphis	n/a	n/a	n/a	$73.87/mo	Not tested yet
Richmond 1 (ric1) Richmond	n/a	n/a	n/a	$73.87/mo	Not tested yet

A location is highlighted only when it leads the next best by 5 percent or more. Smaller gaps are normal run-to-run variance.

Network results are not compared here. iperf3 targets are third-party servers, so distance to each target dominates the number.

We have not benchmarked this plan yet. It shows up here after its first scheduled run.

Provider	Plan	vCPU	RAM	Storage	Monthly
Amazon Lightsail	Memory Optimized Large 2 vCPU / 16 GB, 5 TB transfer	2 dedicated vCPU	16 GB	160 GB SSD	$74.00
Amazon Lightsail	Memory Optimized Large 2 vCPU / 16 GB, 2.5 TB transfer	2 dedicated vCPU	16 GB	160 GB SSD	$74.00
Vultr	Optimized Cloud Storage AMD 1 vCPU / 8 GB	1 dedicated vCPU	8 GB	150 GB	$75.00
Scaleway	POP2-HM-2C-16G	2 dedicated vCPU	16 GB		€75.19 EUR
Linode	Dedicated 8GB	4 dedicated vCPU	8 GB	160 GB SSD	$72.00
Scaleway	POP2-HC-4C-8G	4 dedicated vCPU	8 GB		€77.67 EUR
Kamatera	2D 4GB 80GB	2 dedicated vCPU	4 GB	80 GB SSD	$70.00
Cherry Servers	Cloud VDS 2 (Gen 2)	2 dedicated vCPU	16 GB	100 GB NVMe	$69.03