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- Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GB in Frankfurt 1 Web framework tests, 81%
DigitalOcean London 1 VPS benchmarks
- London, GB
- London, Western Europe, Europe
Tested plans
1 plan tested in London 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 |
1 run
|
1,025 | 1,212 | 63,808 |
-3%
vs 3 other locations
|
Oct 8, 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 London 1, including network results to each iperf3 target from here.
Geekbench 7 single-core
One run per plan so far, higher is better
Geekbench 7 multi-core
One run per plan so far, higher is better
Disk 4K mixed IOPS
One run per plan so far, higher is better
iperf3 receive over IPv4
One run per target so far, in Mbps. Each target is only compared with itself.
Recent runs
Every DigitalOcean run in London1 run, newest first.
| CPU · Geekbench 7 | Disk | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Server | Specs | Storage | Network | Single-core | Multi-core | 4K IOPS | Monthly price | Tested |
2 vCPU 4 GB |
25 GB SSD | 2 Gbps | 1,025 | 1,212 | 63,808 | $42.00per month | Oct 8, 2026 | |
Also sold here
Every DigitalOcean plan23 plans sold here without a run in London 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
|
1 shared vCPU | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 2 TB | $12.00/mo |
|
Basic AMD
|
1 shared vCPU | 2 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 2 TB | $14.00/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 |
|
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 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 |
|
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
- lon1
- City
- London
- Country
- GB
- Status
- Active
- Location data
- Synced from API
- Last synced
- Oct 8, 2026