DigitalOcean Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GB benchmarks

1 shared vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD

[Shared CPU](https://rackcensus.com/vps-categories/shared-cpu-vps-benchmarks)

$6.00/mo

$0.0089/hr

$6.52/mo at 730 hours

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# Performance by location
[Every run of this plan](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks?filter%5Bplan%5D=digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb&filter%5Bsort%5D=location)

Medians over the last 90 days. Multi per $ is the multi-core median divided by the current monthly price, USD only.

Price position

Cheaper than 31% of 26 similar plans

Same vCPU count and CPU type, 0.8 to 1.3 GB RAM, median $5

| Location | Runs | GB7 single | GB7 multi | 4K IOPS | Price | Multi per $ | Last tested |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Amsterdam 3](https://rackcensus.com/locations/amsterdam-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Amsterdam") Amsterdam, NL | 1 | n/a | n/a | 34,767 | $6.00/mo | n/a | [Oct 6, 2026](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks/uov1zx-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-ams3-benchmark) |
| [Bangalore 1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/bangalore-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Bangalore") Bangalore, IN | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $6.00/mo | n/a | Not tested yet |
| [Frankfurt 1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/frankfurt-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Frankfurt") Frankfurt, DE | 1 | n/a | n/a | 45,838 | $6.00/mo | n/a | [Oct 6, 2026](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks/gtg1rz-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-fra1-benchmark) |
| [London 1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/london-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in London") London, GB | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $6.00/mo | n/a | Not tested yet |
| [New York 1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/new-york-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in New York") New York, NY, US | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $6.00/mo | n/a | Not tested yet |
| [New York 2](https://rackcensus.com/locations/new-york-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in New York") New York, NY, US | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $6.00/mo | n/a | Not tested yet |
| [New York 3](https://rackcensus.com/locations/new-york-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in New York") New York, NY, US | 1 | n/a | n/a | 63,071 | $6.00/mo | n/a | [Oct 5, 2026](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks/cgmqz4-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-nyc3-benchmark) |
| [San Francisco 2](https://rackcensus.com/locations/san-francisco-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in San Francisco") San Francisco, CA, US | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $6.00/mo | n/a | Not tested yet |
| [San Francisco 3](https://rackcensus.com/locations/san-francisco-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in San Francisco") San Francisco, CA, US | 1 | n/a | n/a | 87,344 | $6.00/mo | n/a | [Oct 6, 2026](https://rackcensus.com/benchmarks/mn01sf-digitalocean-basic-1-vcpu-1-gb-sfo3-benchmark) |
| [Singapore 1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/singapore-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Singapore") Singapore, SG | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $6.00/mo | n/a | Not tested yet |
| [Sydney 1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/sydney-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Sydney") Sydney, NSW, AU | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $6.00/mo | n/a | Not tested yet |
| [Toronto 1](https://rackcensus.com/locations/toronto-vps-benchmarks "Every provider in Toronto") Toronto, ON, CA | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $6.00/mo | n/a | Not tested yet |

## Geekbench 7 single-core

Per location, medians over the last 90 days

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## Disk 4K mixed IOPS

Per location, medians over the last 90 days

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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.