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DigitalOcean New York 1 VPS benchmarks

Plans sold here
22
3 tested here
Runs here
5
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 12, 2026
Most recent result

Tested plans

3 plans tested in New York 1. 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
3 runs
Other locations
 994 1,190 83,404 -3%
vs 3 other locations
 Oct 12, 2026
CPU-Optimized
 4 dedicated vCPU 8 GB $84.00/mo
1 run
Other locations
 1,030 2,341 109,180 Only here
Not tested elsewhere
 Oct 6, 2026
CPU-Optimized
 8 dedicated vCPU 16 GB $168.00/mo
1 run
Other locations
 972 4,207 91,971 Only here
Not tested elsewhere
 Oct 10, 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 New York 1, including network results to each iperf3 target from here.

Geekbench 7 single-core

Weekly average per plan, higher is better

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Geekbench 7 multi-core

Weekly average per plan, higher is better

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Disk 4K mixed IOPS

Weekly average per plan, higher is better

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iperf3 receive over IPv4

Every run per target, in Mbps. Each target is only compared with itself.

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iperf3 target changes

  • Edgoo, Sao Paulo, BR (1G) was last seen on Oct 5, 2026.
  • Uztelecom, Tashkent, UZ (10G) was last seen on Oct 5, 2026.

Recent runs

Every DigitalOcean run in New York

5 runs, newest first.

Server Specs Storage Network Single-core Multi-core 4K IOPS Monthly price Tested
DigitalOcean
CPU-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB
New York 1
994
2 vCPU 4 GB 25 GB SSD
$42.00/mo
DigitalOcean
CPU-Optimized 8 vCPU / 16 GB
New York 1
972
8 vCPU 16 GB 100 GB SSD
$168.00/mo
DigitalOcean
CPU-Optimized 4 vCPU / 8 GB
New York 1
1,030
4 vCPU 8 GB 50 GB SSD
$84.00/mo
DigitalOcean
CPU-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB
New York 1
934
2 vCPU 4 GB 25 GB SSD
$42.00/mo
DigitalOcean
CPU-Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB
New York 1
1,258
2 vCPU 4 GB 25 GB SSD
$42.00/mo

Also sold here

Every DigitalOcean plan

19 plans sold here without a run in New York 1 yet.

Plan vCPU RAM Storage Transfer Price
Basic
 1 shared vCPU 1 GB 25 GB SSD 1 TB $6.00/mo
Basic AMD
 1 shared vCPU 1 GB 25 GB NVMe 1 TB $7.00/mo
Basic Intel
 1 shared vCPU 1 GB 25 GB NVMe 1 TB $7.00/mo
Basic
 2 shared vCPU 2 GB 60 GB SSD 3 TB $18.00/mo
Basic AMD
 2 shared vCPU 2 GB 60 GB NVMe 3 TB $21.00/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 AMD
 4 shared vCPU 8 GB 160 GB NVMe 5 TB $56.00/mo
Basic Intel
 4 shared vCPU 8 GB 160 GB NVMe 5 TB $56.00/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 AMD
 8 shared vCPU 16 GB 320 GB NVMe 6 TB $112.00/mo
Basic Intel
 8 shared vCPU 16 GB 320 GB NVMe 6 TB $112.00/mo
General Purpose
 8 dedicated vCPU 32 GB 100 GB SSD 6 TB $252.00/mo

Location details

Provider ID
nyc1
City
New York
Region
NY
Country
US
Status
Active
Location data
Synced from API
Last synced
Oct 14, 2026

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