Each column is one deployment. Matching context does not establish equivalent physical hosts.Benchmark medians · network trials linked separately
PerformanceReviewed data
DigitalOcean4 vCPU · 7.8 GiB
Vultr4 vCPU · 7.7 GiB
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CPU performance
sysbench prime events · max prime 20,000 · gzip level 6 · higher is better
MetricDigitalOcean s-4vcpu-8gbVultr vc2-4c-8gb
Single thread
339.5events/s
68% of 500
421.1events/s
84% of 500
All 4 vCPUs
1,263events/s
63% of 2,000
1,634events/s
82% of 2,000
gzip compression
144.8MiB/s
72% of 200
181.0MiB/s
91% of 200
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
MetricDigitalOcean s-4vcpu-8gbVultr vc2-4c-8gb
Read
5,332MiB/s
53% of 10,000
8,586MiB/s
86% of 10,000
Write
5,525MiB/s
55% of 10,000
8,358MiB/s
84% of 10,000
Bars share one scale across both rows. A memory copy workload is not part of this profile.
PerformanceReviewed data
DigitalOceanLondon, UK
VultrLondon, UK
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Disk performance
fio · direct I/O · 1 MiB / QD32 sequential · 4 KiB / QD32 random
MetricDigitalOcean s-4vcpu-8gbVultr vc2-4c-8gb
Sequential read
3,959MB/s
552.8MB/s
Sequential write
1,774MB/s
507.5MB/s
Random read
75,993IOPS
90,080IOPS
Random write
47,558IOPS
49,710IOPS
Random read p95
634.9µs
440.3µs
Random write p95
1,057µs
872.4µs
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
LibreSpeed CLI · HTTPS / IPv4 · three streams · 10 seconds per direction
MetricDigitalOcean s-4vcpu-8gbVultr vc2-4c-8gb
Frankfurt · source
Network reportSeparate VM test · 17 Oct 2026, 17:26 UTCLondon, UK · Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider)
Network reportSeparate VM test · 17 Oct 2026, 17:11 UTCLondon, UK · Frankfurt, Germany (Clouvider)
Frankfurt · Download
1,220Mbit/s
2,513Mbit/s
Frankfurt · Upload
1,005Mbit/s
1,033Mbit/s
Frankfurt · HTTP latency
17.5ms
12.5ms
Frankfurt · HTTP jitter
0.09ms
0.07ms
New York · source
Network reportSeparate VM test · 17 Oct 2026, 17:26 UTCLondon, UK · New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
Network reportSeparate VM test · 17 Oct 2026, 17:11 UTCLondon, UK · New York, United States (2) (Clouvider)
New York · Download
815.2Mbit/s
1,149Mbit/s
New York · Upload
290.3Mbit/s
227.1Mbit/s
New York · HTTP latency
71.6ms
71.9ms
New York · HTTP jitter
0.06ms
0.09ms
Each network source is a linked same-VM supplement when available, otherwise a later test on a separate VM matching provider, plan, recorded region and resources. Frankfurt and New York are separate paths, with one trial per direction. HTTP latency and jitter are recorded; packet loss is not measured. Routes and times affect results; these trials do not establish maximum link capacity or long-term consistency.