AWS Introduces Fifth-Generation Graviton Processor With M9g Instances
InfoQ, Monday, January 5th, 2026
AWS recently announced the new Graviton5 processor and the preview of the first EC2 instances running on it, the general-purpose M9g instances.
According to the cloud provider, the latest chip delivers up to 25% higher performance than Graviton4, introduces the Nitro Isolation Engine, and provides a larger L3 cache, improving latency, memory bandwidth, and network throughput.
According to the press release, the new Arm-powered EC2 M9g instances provide up to 192 CPU cores per instance. The higher core density reduces inter-core latency by up to 33% and increases bandwidth, improving scaling for workloads such as databases, analytics, application servers, gaming, and Electronic Design Automation (EDA).