Introducing Premium CPU-Optimized Droplets

We’re excited to announce the availability of a new DigitalOcean Droplet plan: Premium CPU-Optimized Droplets, virtual machines built for high network throughput and powerful performance. Powered by some of the latest generations of Intel^® Xeon^® processors, these Droplets feature up to 10Gbps outbound data speeds, superfast NVMe storage, and dedicated vCPUs.

Premium CPU-Optimized Droplets deliver up to 58% increase in single-core performance, five times higher outbound network speeds, and 290% faster disk writes* compared to Regular CPU-Optimized Droplets.

Here’s why you should consider deploying Premium CPU-Optimized Droplets:

• Better user experience. 

Higher outbound data speeds mean a faster and smoother app experience, especially if your applications are streaming audio, video, or games.

• Scale your operations seamlessly.

The mix of newer CPUs, faster network speeds, and NVMe SSDs makes it easy to scale your apps for data-intensive workloads. 

• Maximize the performance reliability of your apps.

Premium CPU-Optimized Droplets deliver powerful performance across all Droplets, enabling you to provide consistently superior experiences to your users, even when running multiple Droplets.

Learn more about Premium CPU-Optimized Droplets in our official announcement. Premium CPU-Optimized Droplets are available to spin up now—they also make effective worker nodes in DigitalOcean Kubernetes.

Thank you,

The DigitalOcean Team

* The benchmark CPU, network, and file I/O performance numbers are based on DigitalOcean’s internal testing framework and parameters. Actual performance numbers may vary depending on factors such as system configuration, operating environment, and type of workloads.