White paper
Price-performance gains with Aerospike and AWS Graviton
What you'll learn
Aerospike benchmarked its real-time data platform on AWS Graviton2 and x86 processors to deliver a head-to-head price-performance comparison. Running a read-only Ad Tech workload across clusters with identical vCPU counts, the Graviton2 configuration processed 25 million transactions per second versus 21.1 million on x86, with 99% of all transactions completing in under 1 millisecond on both clusters.
The Graviton2 cluster cost an estimated 27% less annually, and its price-performance proved 63% better than the x86 alternative. AWS also estimated that the Graviton2 environment cut carbon emissions by 49% per transaction per second. Read the benchmark to understand the workload setup, cost calculations, and the architectural advantages that make Aerospike and AWS Graviton a compelling choice for real-time operational workloads.
Key highlights
63% better price-performance on Graviton2 versus a comparable x86 cluster running the same real-time Ad Tech workload
18% higher transaction throughput on Graviton2, averaging 25 million TPS with 99% of transactions completing under 1ms
27% lower estimated annual cluster cost on Graviton2 based on 1-year upfront Linux on-demand pricing in US East
49% reduction in carbon emissions per transaction per second on Graviton2 versus x86, supporting sustainability goals
Same 192 vCPUs across both clusters, isolating CPU performance as the key variable in a rigorous side-by-side comparison