diff --git a/nimbus/core/executor/process_block.nim b/nimbus/core/executor/process_block.nim
index b1642bcc7..3e4941f9a 100644
--- a/nimbus/core/executor/process_block.nim
+++ b/nimbus/core/executor/process_block.nim
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ proc procBlkEpilogue(
     if vmState.collectWitnessData:
       db.collectWitnessData()
 
-    db.persist(clearEmptyAccount = vmState.determineFork >= FkSpurious)
+    # Clearing the account cache here helps manage its size when replaying
+    # large ranges of blocks, implicitly limiting its size using the gas limit
+    db.persist(
+      clearEmptyAccount = vmState.determineFork >= FkSpurious,
+      clearCache = true)
 
   if not skipValidation:
     let stateDB = vmState.stateDB
diff --git a/nimbus/db/ledger/accounts_ledger.nim b/nimbus/db/ledger/accounts_ledger.nim
index 2190ed758..d65cab878 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/ledger/accounts_ledger.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/ledger/accounts_ledger.nim
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ type
     witnessCache: Table[EthAddress, WitnessData]
     isDirty: bool
     ripemdSpecial: bool
+    cache: Table[EthAddress, AccountRef]
+      # Second-level cache for the ledger save point, which is cleared on every
+      # persist
     code: KeyedQueue[Hash256, CodeBytesRef]
       ## The code cache provides two main benefits:
       ##
@@ -258,6 +261,11 @@ proc getAccount(
       return
     sp = sp.parentSavepoint
 
+  if ac.cache.pop(address, result):
+    # Check second-level cache
+    ac.savePoint.cache[address] = result
+    return
+
   # not found in cache, look into state trie
   let rc = ac.ledger.fetch address
   if rc.isOk:
@@ -651,7 +659,8 @@ proc clearEmptyAccounts(ac: AccountsLedgerRef) =
     ac.ripemdSpecial = false
 
 proc persist*(ac: AccountsLedgerRef,
-              clearEmptyAccount: bool = false) =
+              clearEmptyAccount: bool = false,
+              clearCache = false) =
   # make sure all savepoint already committed
   doAssert(ac.savePoint.parentSavepoint.isNil)
 
@@ -683,6 +692,11 @@ proc persist*(ac: AccountsLedgerRef,
     acc.flags = acc.flags - resetFlags
   ac.savePoint.dirty.clear()
 
+  if clearCache:
+    # This overwrites the cache from the previous persist, providing a crude LRU
+    # scheme with little overhead
+    ac.cache = move(ac.savePoint.cache)
+
   ac.savePoint.selfDestruct.clear()
 
   # EIP2929
diff --git a/nimbus/db/ledger/base.nim b/nimbus/db/ledger/base.nim
index 52628ac7c..f939f6ed4 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/ledger/base.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/ledger/base.nim
@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ proc makeMultiKeys*(ldg: LedgerRef): MultiKeysRef =
   result = ldg.ac.makeMultiKeys()
   ldg.ifTrackApi: debug apiTxt, api, elapsed
 
-proc persist*(ldg: LedgerRef, clearEmptyAccount = false) =
+proc persist*(ldg: LedgerRef, clearEmptyAccount = false, clearCache = false) =
   ldg.beginTrackApi LdgPersistFn
-  ldg.ac.persist(clearEmptyAccount)
-  ldg.ifTrackApi: debug apiTxt, api, elapsed, clearEmptyAccount
+  ldg.ac.persist(clearEmptyAccount, clearCache)
+  ldg.ifTrackApi: debug apiTxt, api, elapsed, clearEmptyAccount, clearCache
 
 proc ripemdSpecial*(ldg: LedgerRef) =
   ldg.beginTrackApi LdgRipemdSpecialFn
diff --git a/nimbus/db/opts.nim b/nimbus/db/opts.nim
index 0aeb8d6db..7c63eb192 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/opts.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/opts.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const
   # https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Setup-Options-and-Basic-Tuning
   defaultMaxOpenFiles* = 512
   defaultWriteBufferSize* = 64 * 1024 * 1024
-  defaultRowCacheSize* = 512 * 1024 * 1024
+  defaultRowCacheSize* = 2048 * 1024 * 1024
   defaultBlockCacheSize* = 256 * 1024 * 1024
 
 type DbOptions* = object # Options that are transported to the database layer