[zeograd]

Not that it'd cover for the difference but note that you're only using one of the 4 threads of the C1.

If I'm not mistaken you only have 1 CPU for a droplet at this price.

[werkshy]

  ubuntu@c1-10-1-18-157:~$ sysbench --test=cpu --cpu-max-prime=2000 --num-threads=4 run                                                                           
  sysbench 0.4.12:  multi-threaded system evaluation benchmark                    
                                                                                
  Running the test with following options:                                        
  Number of threads: 4                                                            
                                                                                
  Doing CPU performance benchmark                                                 
                                                                                
  Threads started!                                                                
  Done.                                                                           
                                                                                
  Maximum prime number checked in CPU test: 2000                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
  Test execution summary:                                                         
      total time:                          6.7674s                                
      total number of events:              10000                                  
      total time taken by event execution: 27.0485                                
      per-request statistics:                                                     
           min:                                  2.69ms                           
           avg:                                  2.70ms                           
           max:                                  7.00ms                           
           approx.  95 percentile:               2.70ms                           
                                                                                
  Threads fairness:                                                               
      events (avg/stddev):           2500.0000/17.36                              
      execution time (avg/stddev):   6.7621/0.00

[dwild]

The Arm cores are also dedicated while the one on digital ocean is shared.