General Purpose 2 cores by DigitalOcean
Specifications and performance for DigitalOcean - General Purpose 2 cores
Instance Type: General Purpose Droplets
This plan belongs to the DigitalOcean General Purpose Droplets server line (General purpose).
Instance Type Description
General Purpose Droplets have a balanced ratio of memory to dedicated CPU, suitable for a wide variety of production workloads. They’re best for general purpose workloads that require dedicated computer power.
Around 25GB storage per vCPU. Double the storage for 8% more.
Instance Type Specifications
| Approximate Cost per vCPU | $31.50 |
| Approximate RAM per vCPU | 4GB |
| Hourly billing | yes |
| CPU type | MIX |
| Shared CPU | no |
| Storage included | yes |
See also all DigitalOcean instance types.
"General Purpose 2 cores" Plan Specifications
| Provider | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|
| Plan URL | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ |
| Price per month | $68.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Hourly Billing | Yes: $0.1012/hour |
| Disk GB | 50 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated CPU | Yes |
Badges of Quality
Badges are awards granted to VPS plans that meet certain quality criteria.
| Stable Performance | DigitalOcean - General Purpose 2 cores performance is very stable over long periods of time |
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Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst. The grades below are those of the most recent trial run for this plan.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 59
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for DigitalOcean - General Purpose 2 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
| Yabs | Web Runs | Network Transfers | Sysbench | Endurance |
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Performance trials run on the General Purpose 2 cores plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the General Purpose 2 cores plan with its grade and CPU type.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Datacenter | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15 2022 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8280 CPU @ 2.70GHz | New York, USA | C |
| Jun 08 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz | New York, USA | B |