AWS Graviton instances are a family of Amazon EC2 VM’s powered by custom-built, 64-bit processors designed by AWS using the ARM architecture that are optimized for performance and cost savings.
- AWS Graviton Documentation
Benefits
- Cost savings (BIG WIN!)
- Less energy usage
- Enhanced Performance
Draw-backs
- Native binaries or low-level code (C/C++) must be recompiled.
AWS Graviton Savings Dashboard