vps-comparison Digitalocean VPS from around 2014 (originally AMS1) compared to OVH SSD-VPS-2016 digitalocean-ams1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2630L 0 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 512 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian 7.8, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-686-pae (i686), Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4 ovh-vps-2016 #1: Processor: Intel Xeon E312xx @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v2014.2.3, Memory: 1 x 2000 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext3, System Layer: KVM ovh-vps-2016 #2: Processor: Intel Xeon E312xx @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v2014.2.3, Memory: 1 x 2000 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext3, System Layer: KVM ovh-vps-2016 #3: Processor: Intel Xeon E312xx @ 2.39GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v2014.2.3, Memory: 1 x 2000 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext3, System Layer: KVM AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 239.07 |=================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 60.99 |============= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 6938.33 |================================= ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 10204.27 |================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 8838.10 |========================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 10232.65 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better 2000 MB RAM - Intel Xeon E312xx . 10871.57 |=================================== digitalocean-ams1 ............... 9739.98 |=============================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ................. 10849.41 |=================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2630L 0 ........... 386.63 |=================================== 2000 MB RAM - Intel Xeon E312xx . 143.81 |============= digitalocean-ams1 ............... 407.10 |===================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ................. 143.64 |============= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2630L 0 ........... 28.01 |====================================== 2000 MB RAM - Intel Xeon E312xx . 17.37 |======================== digitalocean-ams1 ............... 27.60 |===================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ................. 17.42 |======================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 55.70 |==================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 39.37 |===================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 18.18 |==================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 12.17 |=================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2630L 0 ........... 4346.14 |============================ 2000 MB RAM - Intel Xeon E312xx . 5595.59 |==================================== digitalocean-ams1 ............... 4252.78 |=========================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ................. 5545.19 |==================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 192.43 |=================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 127.73 |================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 185.18 |=================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 138.27 |====================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 308.29 |=================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 265.28 |============================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 1147.40 |================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 811.63 |=================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 467.83 |=================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 316.52 |=================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 7135.34 |================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 10146.55 |================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 893 |====================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 169 |========== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 417.85 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 525.07 |=================================================== POV-Ray 3.7.0 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 1530.67 |================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 890.49 |============================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 0.02 | ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 110.73 |=================================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 3882 |===================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 2520 |================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 56201 |============================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 96179 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 49 |============================ ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 95 |======================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 19.40 |=========== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 93.67 |==================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 500 |======================================= ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 701 |====================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 48.51 |==================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 26.11 |============================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 867.39 |==================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 1219.95 |================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 138.55 |=================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 71.51 |========================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 57.70 |==================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 39.49 |==================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 750.37 |=================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 485.42 |================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 142.45 |=================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 70.02 |========================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 13.40 |==================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 8.10 |=============================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 4.02 |===================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 2.08 |=========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 1637.92 |============================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 2736.20 |================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 9413.14 |================================================ ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 9791.96 |================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 9421.58 |================================================== ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 9462.56 |================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better digitalocean-ams1 . 9724.81 |============================================ ovh-vps-2016 #1 ... 10843.98 |================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better ovh-vps-2016 #1 . 103.48 |===================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better ovh-vps-2016 #1 . 329.04 |===================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better ovh-vps-2016 #1 . 105.82 |===================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better ovh-vps-2016 #1 . 322.44 |=====================================================