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DigitalOcean San Francisco 2 VPS benchmarks

Plans sold here
19
1 tested here
Runs here
1
Completed benchmarks
Starting price
$6.00/mo
Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GB
Single-core vs other locations
+3%
Median gap across 1 plan
Last tested
Oct 7, 2026
Most recent result

Tested plans

1 plan tested in San Francisco 2. Scores are medians over the last 90 days. The gap column compares single-core here with the median of the same plan in DigitalOcean's other tested locations.

Plan vCPU RAM Price Runs GB7 single GB7 multi 4K IOPS Single-core gap Last tested
CPU-Optimized
2 dedicated vCPU 4 GB $42.00/mo
1 run
1,057 1,251 60,279 +3%
vs 3 other locations
Oct 7, 2026

Gaps under 5 percent are normal run-to-run variance and aren't highlighted.

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

Performance over time

Every DigitalOcean plan tested in San Francisco 2, including network results to each iperf3 target from here.

Geekbench 7 single-core

One run per plan so far, higher is better

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Geekbench 7 multi-core

One run per plan so far, higher is better

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Disk 4K mixed IOPS

One run per plan so far, higher is better

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iperf3 receive over IPv4

One run per target so far, in Mbps. Each target is only compared with itself.

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1 run, newest first.

Benchmark runs
Server Specs Storage Network Single-core Multi-core 4K IOPS Monthly price Tested
2 vCPU
4 GB
25 GB SSD 2 Gbps 1,057 1,251 60,279 $42.00per month Oct 7, 2026
2 vCPU 4 GB 25 GB SSD
$42.00/mo

Also sold here

Every DigitalOcean plan

18 plans sold here without a run in San Francisco 2 yet.

Plan vCPU RAM Storage Transfer Price
Basic
1 shared vCPU 1 GB 25 GB SSD 1 TB $6.00/mo
Basic Intel
1 shared vCPU 1 GB 25 GB NVMe 1 TB $7.00/mo
Basic
1 shared vCPU 2 GB 50 GB SSD 2 TB $12.00/mo
Basic
2 shared vCPU 2 GB 60 GB SSD 3 TB $18.00/mo
Basic Intel
2 shared vCPU 2 GB 60 GB NVMe 3 TB $21.00/mo
General Purpose
2 dedicated vCPU 8 GB 25 GB SSD 4 TB $63.00/mo
Memory-Optimized
2 dedicated vCPU 16 GB 50 GB SSD 4 TB $84.00/mo
Storage-Optimized
2 dedicated vCPU 16 GB 300 GB NVMe 4 TB $131.00/mo
Basic
4 shared vCPU 8 GB 160 GB SSD 5 TB $48.00/mo
Basic Intel
4 shared vCPU 8 GB 160 GB NVMe 5 TB $56.00/mo
CPU-Optimized
4 dedicated vCPU 8 GB 50 GB SSD 5 TB $84.00/mo
General Purpose
4 dedicated vCPU 16 GB 50 GB SSD 5 TB $126.00/mo
Memory-Optimized
4 dedicated vCPU 32 GB 100 GB SSD 6 TB $168.00/mo
Storage-Optimized
4 dedicated vCPU 32 GB 600 GB NVMe 6 TB $262.00/mo
Basic
8 shared vCPU 16 GB 320 GB SSD 6 TB $96.00/mo
Basic Intel
8 shared vCPU 16 GB 320 GB NVMe 6 TB $112.00/mo
CPU-Optimized
8 dedicated vCPU 16 GB 100 GB SSD 6 TB $168.00/mo
General Purpose
8 dedicated vCPU 32 GB 100 GB SSD 6 TB $252.00/mo

Location details

Provider ID
sfo2
City
San Francisco
Region
CA
Country
US
Status
Active
Location data
Synced from API
Last synced
Oct 8, 2026

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