AWS Graviton Economics: Cloud Computing That Pays for Itself
In the rapidly evolving era of cloud computing, businesses are constantly seeking solutions that are affordable, high-performing, and scalable. AWS Graviton processors with Arm-based architecture have been a revolutionary technology that meets all these demands. This blog highlights how TechPartner helps businesses revolutionize their IT infrastructure with the power of AWS Graviton-based cloud solutions.
What are AWS Graviton Processors?
AWS Graviton processors are designed by Amazon Web Services (AWS) specifically to provide improved price-performance for cloud workloads.. They were initially introduced in 2018 via first-generation A1 instances and later enhanced with Graviton2. The processors are optimized to improve general-purpose, computer-optimized, memory-optimized, and storage-optimized workloads. The processors utilize advanced features such as large L1 and L2 caches, physical CPU cores to provide better isolation, and high bisection bandwidth to provide efficient data sharing for cores.
Graviton-based instances are available across most AWS regions, making them accessible globally for businesses of all sizes.
Major Strengths of Graviton Processors
1. Cost Efficiency
Graviton processors offer 40% improved price-performance than the traditional x86-based processors. To give this some context, Paytm realized 35% cost saving on their total compute expense by moving to Graviton-enabled instances. Cost savings such as these make Graviton an ideal choice for organizations that require optimizing their IT cost.
2. Enhanced Performance AI/ML Workloads
Graviton processors are optimized to execute cloud-native workloads. They have improved runtimes and responsiveness for workloads such as data processing, machine learning, and web hosting. Companies such as DoubleCloud experienced 15–20% price-performance gain after switching to Graviton-based instances.
AWS Graviton processors deliver enhanced performance for AI and ML workloads, accelerating model training by 30-40% over comparable x86 instances, with a price-performance improvement of nearly 50%. They support popular machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, ensuring faster inference and training times.
3. Energy Efficiency
The Graviton processor design is such that they are power-efficient and compute-capable. The power efficiency equates to lower cost of operation and is in line with sustainability goals and Use up to 60% less energy than similar EC2 instances for the same performance.
4. Scalability and Flexibility
Graviton-based instances support various workloads, allowing companies to scale effectively without impacting performance. They easily integrate with AWS services such as Amazon EC2, and migration becomes seamless.
5 . Security with Modern Architecture Graviton processors are built on a modern Arm-based architecture that includes advanced security features. These processors natively support the AWS Nitro System, which provides enhanced workload isolation, encryption, and minimizes attack surfaces
Real-Life Success Stories
- Nailbiter
Nailbiter revolutionizes market research with its Behavioral Videometrics Platform, enabling real behavior analysis through mobile-recorded videos. To optimize costs for speech-to-text conversion, Techpartner recommended AWS Transcribe and a containerized approach using AWS EKS with AWS Graviton processors. This integration provided a cost-effective, scalable, and high-performance solution, improving transcription accuracy and boosting user engagement by 20%.[2]
- Quickwork
Quickwork, an automation platform, needed a scalable and cost-efficient infrastructure to handle millions of real-time events with minimal delay. Techpartner implemented AWS EKS with a mix of on-demand and spot instances, migrating over 50% of Kubernetes nodes and databases to Graviton processors. The optimized architecture supported 5000 API transactions per second, improved response times, and reduced costs by 35%, enhancing Quickwork’s ability to serve users efficiently [3]
- Food Delivery Business (Zomato)
A leading food delivery company Zomato reduced peak capacity utilization by 25% and improved resource efficiency by utilizing Graviton2-based instances for its Apache Druid and Trino clusters [4].
Why Companies Should Adopt Graviton
1. Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Migration to Graviton instances is a future investment that saves on infrastructure and operational expenses. The enhanced price-performance ratio allows organizations to extract the best out of cloud expenditures.
2. Improved Security
Graviton processors are designed to natively support the AWS Nitro System, which delivers security via workload isolation and eliminates potential attack surfaces.
3. Future-Proofing IT Infrastructure
As cloud computing evolves, businesses need scalable solutions that can adapt based on changing needs. The elasticity of instances powered by Graviton makes them ideal for future-proofing IT infrastructure.
How TechPartner helps businesses Migrate to Graviton-Powered Cloud Solutions
At TechPartner, we are dedicated to empowering businesses with cutting-edge technology to drive innovation and productivity. With the adoption of AWS Graviton-based solutions, our clients can:
- Reduce operating costs significantly.
- Enhance application performance across diverse workloads.
- Achieve sustainability goals through energy-efficient computing.
- Scale their IT infrastructure step by step with their growing business.
Our TechPartner specialists offer end-to-end migration support on Graviton-based instances that is less Disruptive and have a seamless conversion.
Conclusion
AWS Graviton processors are the future of cost-effective IT with never-before-seen price-performance benefit, improved security, and elasticity. Paytm and DoubleCloud have already begun reaping the advantages by adopting this technology. At TechPartner, we aim to help enterprises realize the complete potential of cloud solutions through the use of Graviton.
If you are ready to transform your IT infrastructure with AWS Graviton, contact TechPartner today!
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