Google Axion C4A vs. AWS Graviton4 Benchmarks Google Axion C4A versus AWS Graviton4 cloud performance at 48 vCPU size. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. R8g.12xlarge Graviton4: Processor: ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 (48 Cores), Motherboard: Amazon EC2 r8g.12xlarge (1.0 BIOS), Chipset: Amazon Device 0200, Memory: 384GB, Disk: 215GB Amazon Elastic Block Store, Network: Amazon Elastic OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-1016-aws (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: amazon C4A Axion: Processor: ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 (48 Cores), Motherboard: KVM Google Compute Engine, Memory: 12 x 16GB RAM, Disk: 215GB nvme_card-pd, Network: Google Compute Engine Virtual OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-1015-gcp (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: google C4A Axion highmem: Processor: ARMv8 Neoverse-V2 (48 Cores), Motherboard: KVM Google Compute Engine, Memory: 24 x 16GB RAM, Disk: 215GB nvme_card-pd, Network: Google Compute Engine Virtual OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-1015-gcp (aarch64), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: google Xmrig 6.21 Variant: GhostRider - Hash Count: 1M H/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 4498.7 |============================================== C4A Axion .............. 4298.2 |============================================ C4A Axion highmem ...... 4393.9 |============================================= CloverLeaf 1.3 Input: clover_bm64_short Seconds < Lower Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 21.14 |====================================== C4A Axion .............. 26.15 |=============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 26.40 |=============================================== GROMACS 2024 Implementation: MPI CPU - Input: water_GMX50_bare Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 3.700 |============================================ C4A Axion .............. 3.984 |=============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 3.989 |=============================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 23Jun2022 Model: 20k Atoms ns/day > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 37.81 |=========================================== C4A Axion .............. 40.83 |=============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 40.97 |=============================================== Rodinia 3.1 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 3.328 |=============================================== C4A Axion .............. 3.106 |============================================ C4A Axion highmem ...... 3.075 |=========================================== ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve MPI - Degridding Mpix/sec > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 17302.2 |============================================ C4A Axion .............. 17695.6 |============================================= C4A Axion highmem ...... 17624.1 |============================================= ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve MPI - Gridding Mpix/sec > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 16748.7 |========================================== C4A Axion .............. 17890.6 |============================================= C4A Axion highmem ...... 17892.2 |============================================= ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Gridding Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 14792.0 |========================== C4A Axion .............. 25980.1 |============================================= C4A Axion highmem ...... 25854.6 |============================================= ASKAP 1.0 Test: tConvolve OpenMP - Degridding Million Grid Points Per Second > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 19993.6 |===================== C4A Axion .............. 43530.7 |============================================= C4A Axion highmem ...... 40995.0 |========================================== ASKAP 1.0 Test: Hogbom Clean OpenMP Iterations Per Second > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 1796.53 |================================== C4A Axion .............. 2254.71 |=========================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 2380.95 |============================================= Pennant 1.0.1 Test: sedovbig Hydro Cycle Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 7.508963 |============================================ C4A Axion .............. 7.310130 |=========================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 7.321922 |=========================================== Pennant 1.0.1 Test: leblancbig Hydro Cycle Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 5.522060 |============================================ C4A Axion .............. 5.041512 |======================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 5.091936 |========================================= Algebraic Multi-Grid Benchmark 1.2 Figure Of Merit > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 2501386333 |========================================== C4A Axion .............. 2188353000 |===================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 2173682333 |==================================== LULESH 2.0.3 z/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 19648.31 |========================================== C4A Axion .............. 20794.05 |============================================ C4A Axion highmem ...... 20782.75 |============================================ miniFE 2.2 Problem Size: Small CG Mflops > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 57879.6 |============================================= C4A Axion .............. 47199.6 |===================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 46384.5 |==================================== OpenSSL Algorithm: ChaCha20-Poly1305 byte/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 57535482267 |================================= C4A Axion .............. 70429152870 |========================================= C4A Axion highmem ...... 70444492573 |========================================= OpenSSL Algorithm: AES-128-GCM byte/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 227771012073 |================================== C4A Axion .............. 266141028803 |======================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 265880362097 |======================================== OpenSSL Algorithm: AES-256-GCM byte/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 199853678320 |================================== C4A Axion .............. 231857666003 |======================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 231804249520 |======================================== Xcompact3d Incompact3d 2021-03-11 Input: input.i3d 193 Cells Per Direction Seconds < Lower Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 10.05601720 |========================================= C4A Axion .............. 9.67658011 |======================================= C4A Axion highmem ...... 9.87251345 |======================================== OpenSSL Algorithm: ChaCha20 byte/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 78575208403 |=============================== C4A Axion .............. 100837228180 |======================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 100858921053 |======================================== Coremark 1.0 CoreMark Size 666 - Iterations Per Second Iterations/Sec > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 1371372.25 |======================================= C4A Axion .............. 1441191.86 |========================================= C4A Axion highmem ...... 1464649.88 |========================================== 7-Zip Compression 24.05 Test: Compression Rating MIPS > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 303046 |============================================= C4A Axion .............. 306082 |============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 307992 |============================================== 7-Zip Compression 24.05 Test: Decompression Rating MIPS > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 249500 |=========================================== C4A Axion .............. 266745 |============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 266620 |============================================== John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: bcrypt Real C/S > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 42813 |============================================ C4A Axion .............. 45749 |=============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 45758 |=============================================== John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 42800 |============================================ C4A Axion .............. 45763 |=============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 45701 |=============================================== John The Ripper 2023.03.14 Test: HMAC-SHA512 Real C/S > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 86991000 |========================================== C4A Axion .............. 89864667 |============================================ C4A Axion highmem ...... 90421667 |============================================ Timed LLVM Compilation 16.0 Build System: Ninja Seconds < Lower Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 218.48 |============================================== C4A Axion .............. 204.05 |=========================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 204.76 |=========================================== Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation 4.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 166.73 |============================================== C4A Axion .............. 153.60 |========================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 153.34 |========================================== Timed Node.js Compilation 21.7.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 426.88 |============================================== C4A Axion .............. 260.46 |============================ C4A Axion highmem ...... 262.18 |============================ srsRAN Project 23.10.1-20240325 Test: PDSCH Processor Benchmark, Throughput Total Mbps > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 11558.0 |======================================= C4A Axion .............. 13010.9 |============================================ C4A Axion highmem ...... 13225.5 |============================================= srsRAN Project 23.10.1-20240325 Test: PUSCH Processor Benchmark, Throughput Total Mbps > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 1103.3 |============================================ C4A Axion .............. 1152.5 |============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 1152.5 |============================================== ClickHouse 22.12.3.5 100M Rows Hits Dataset, First Run / Cold Cache Queries Per Minute, Geo Mean > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 430.54 |============================================= C4A Axion .............. 438.85 |============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 438.49 |============================================== ClickHouse 22.12.3.5 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Second Run Queries Per Minute, Geo Mean > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 446.90 |============================================ C4A Axion .............. 465.02 |============================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 449.54 |============================================ ClickHouse 22.12.3.5 100M Rows Hits Dataset, Third Run Queries Per Minute, Geo Mean > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 450.80 |=========================================== C4A Axion .............. 480.41 |============================================= C4A Axion highmem ...... 486.43 |============================================== RocksDB 9.0 Test: Random Read Op/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 263379870 |======================================= C4A Axion .............. 288511691 |=========================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 281897910 |========================================== RocksDB 9.0 Test: Update Random Op/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 1076237 |============================================= C4A Axion .............. 999493 |========================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 1013706 |========================================== RocksDB 9.0 Test: Read While Writing Op/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 6621081 |============================================= C4A Axion .............. 6282429 |=========================================== C4A Axion highmem ...... 6305434 |=========================================== RocksDB 9.0 Test: Read Random Write Random Op/s > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 4606078 |============================================= C4A Axion .............. 4550050 |============================================ C4A Axion highmem ...... 4565384 |============================================= Geometric Mean Of All Test Results Result Composite - Google Axion C4A vs. AWS Graviton4 Benchmarks Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better R8g.12xlarge Graviton4 . 30297.35 |======================================== C4A Axion .............. 33153.56 |============================================ C4A Axion highmem ...... 33124.37 |============================================