Reviewed measurements

Compare the evidence.

Two reports. The same workloads. Measured medians in view.

Selected plans
Vultrvoc-c-2c-4gb-50s-amd
DigitalOceanc2-2vcpu-4gb
Matching observed resources: x86_64 · 2 vCPU · 3.8 GiB RAMSource location: Bangalore, IN · same agent build and methodology.
CPU allocation
2 vCPU
2 vCPU
Observed memory
3.8 GiB
3.8 GiB
Processor
AMD EPYC-Rome
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 2.70GHz
Location
Bangalore, INBLR
Bangalore, INblr1
OS / architecture
Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS / x86_64
Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS / x86_64
Sampling
1 deployment · 24h run skipped
1 deployment · 24h run skipped
Report date
17 Oct 2026
17 Oct 2026
Methodology
pilot-1 · AI-assisted review
pilot-1 · AI-assisted review
Each column is one deployment. Matching context does not establish equivalent physical hosts.Reviewed data · within-run medians
PerformanceReviewed data
Vultr2 vCPU · 3.8 GiB
DigitalOcean2 vCPU · 3.8 GiB
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CPU performance

sysbench prime events · max prime 20,000 · gzip level 6 · higher is better

MetricVultr voc-c-2c-4gb-50s-amdDigitalOcean c2-2vcpu-4gb
Single thread
1,361events/s91% of 1,500
470.9events/s31% of 1,500
All 2 vCPUs
2,693events/s90% of 3,000
737.5events/s25% of 3,000
gzip compression
181.3MiB/s73% of 250
207.2MiB/s83% of 250

Identical thread counts and test settings. Bars use a common scale within each row.

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Memory bandwidth

sysbench · 256 MiB block · one thread · higher is better

MetricVultr voc-c-2c-4gb-50s-amdDigitalOcean c2-2vcpu-4gb
Read
16,421MiB/s82% of 20,000
9,536MiB/s48% of 20,000
Write
15,724MiB/s79% of 20,000
10,177MiB/s51% of 20,000

Bars share one scale across both rows. A memory copy workload is not part of this profile.

PerformanceReviewed data
VultrBangalore, IN
DigitalOceanBangalore, IN
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Disk performance

fio · direct I/O · 1 MiB / QD32 sequential · 4 KiB / QD32 random

MetricVultr voc-c-2c-4gb-50s-amdDigitalOcean c2-2vcpu-4gb
Sequential read
3,359MB/s
8,759MB/s
Sequential write
2,222MB/s
1,730MB/s
Random read
101,699IOPS
145,439IOPS
Random write
80,346IOPS
123,920IOPS
Random read p95
411.6µs
284.7µs
Random write p95
528.4µs
370.7µs

Throughput and IOPS: higher is better. Latency: lower is better. Mixed 70/30 runs and p50/p99 latency are in each full report.

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Network performance

Same two controlled London endpoints · one iperf3 stream · 100 Mbit/s rate setting

MetricVultr voc-c-2c-4gb-50s-amdDigitalOcean c2-2vcpu-4gb
Download · endpoint 1
99.9Mbit/s
99.9Mbit/s
Download · endpoint 2
99.9Mbit/s
99.9Mbit/s
Upload · endpoint 1
97.5Mbit/s
97.6Mbit/s
Upload · endpoint 2
95.5Mbit/s
97.4Mbit/s
Latency · endpoint 1
146.1ms
132.2ms
Latency · endpoint 2
251.5ms
156.5ms

Source location affects latency. Actual bytes can exceed the 64 MiB target; these routes do not measure maximum link capacity. Jitter and packet loss are not reported.

PerformanceReviewed data
Vultr2 vCPU · 3.8 GiB
DigitalOcean2 vCPU · 3.8 GiB
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PostgreSQL performance

PostgreSQL 16 · pgbench read/write · 4 clients · durability enabled

MetricVultr voc-c-2c-4gb-50s-amdDigitalOcean c2-2vcpu-4gb
In-memory throughput
2,041transactions/s
3,048transactions/s
In-memory average latency
1.96ms
1.31ms
Storage-bound throughput
2,479transactions/s
2,437transactions/s
Storage-bound average latency
1.61ms
1.64ms

Both dataset profiles shown. This profile records average latency, not percentiles; read throughput and latency together.

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Consistency over 24 hours

Separate 24-hour profile · hourly CPU, memory read and random disk read

Hourly repeat runsCPU · memory · disk
Vultr
Not measured24-hour run skipped
DigitalOcean
Not measured24-hour run skipped
No hourly samples exist for these reports, so no chart is drawn.Skipped runs are not scores.

No 24-hour consistency or long-term reliability is established.

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Inspect the source reports.

Different workloads reveal different trade-offs. Every number links back to its test.