What is AWS Graviton?
AWS Graviton is an Arm-based processor family designed by AWS. Per the product page it is built to deliver the best price performance for cloud workloads running in Amazon EC2.
Graviton processors are available through EC2 instance types and through several managed AWS services. AWS states on the product page that over 120,000 customers have adopted Graviton.
Core Features
- Arm-based processor family: Processors designed by AWS for Amazon EC2
- Price-performance focus: Per AWS, up to 20 percent lower cost than comparable x86-based EC2 instances
- Energy efficiency: Per AWS, up to 60 percent less energy than comparable EC2 instances for the same performance
- Graviton2: Named on the product page in the context of the free trial for
t4g.smallinstances - Graviton3: Named on the getting started page alongside C7g instances
- Graviton5: Described by AWS with 192 cores, a 5x larger cache, and up to 33 percent lower inter-core latency; EC2 M9g instances with Graviton5 were announced in preview on 4 December 2025
- Service support: Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, and Amazon EKS are named on the product page; arm64-optimised AMIs are available for Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS
Typical Use Cases
Application servers and microservices: For the Graviton5-based M9g instances AWS names application servers, microservices, gaming servers, and caching fleets.
Managed databases: Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS can run on Graviton-based instances.
Container platforms: Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS provide arm64-optimised AMIs; multi-architecture images are managed in Amazon ECR.
Agentic AI workloads: For Graviton5, AWS explicitly names workloads that require continuous, high-throughput CPU compute at scale.
Benefits
- Up to 20 percent lower cost than comparable x86-based EC2 instances per the provider’s statement
- Up to 60 percent less energy for the same performance per the provider’s statement
- Broad support in managed AWS services such as Aurora, RDS, and EKS
- No separate line item; billing runs through the EC2 instance types used
- Multi-architecture operation possible through EC2 Auto Scaling and Amazon ECR
Integration with innFactory
As an AWS Reseller, innFactory supports you with AWS Graviton: assessing whether your workloads can be ported to arm64, setting up multi-architecture builds and images, migrating container and database workloads, and evaluating the cost and energy effects against your actual usage.
Typical Use Cases
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AWS Graviton?
Per the product page, AWS Graviton is a family of processors designed to deliver the best price performance for cloud workloads running in Amazon EC2. The processors are designed by AWS and are based on the Arm architecture.
What does AWS state about cost and energy?
AWS states that Graviton instances cost up to 20 percent less than comparable x86-based Amazon EC2 instances and use up to 60 percent less energy than comparable EC2 instances for the same performance. Per the product page, over 120,000 AWS customers have adopted Graviton.
Which generations and instance types does AWS name?
The product page names Graviton2 in the context of the free trial for t4g.small instances, and Graviton5. The getting started page additionally names AWS Graviton3 and C7g instances. For the instance families currently available in your Region, consult the official product and instance documentation.
What is documented about Graviton5?
On the product page AWS describes Graviton5 as having 192 cores, a 5x larger cache, and up to 33 percent lower inter-core latency. AWS names agentic AI workloads that require continuous, high-throughput CPU compute at scale among its uses. On 4 December 2025 AWS announced EC2 M9g instances powered by Graviton5 processors in preview; per the announcement they offer up to 25 percent better compute performance and higher networking and Amazon EBS bandwidth compared with M8g instances.
Which AWS services support Graviton?
The product page names Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, and Amazon EKS. The getting started page additionally references Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS with arm64-optimised AMIs, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling with multi-architecture configurations, and Amazon ECR for multi-architecture container images.
How is Graviton billed?
Graviton has no separate line item. Billing runs through the price of the respective Amazon EC2 instance type or the managed service used.
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