Leadership Performance on Microsoft Cobalt

Cloud computing on Microsoft Azure Cobalt, built on a custom-designed Arm architecture, helps enhance application performance and energy efficiency across a wide range of workloads. The Microsoft Cobalt processor is available for Azure virtual machines (VMs) to meet customer compute requirements while providing versatility and availability.

 

In addition to industry leaders such as Databrick, Snowflake, and Elastic adopting Cobalt with measurable performance and efficiency impact, Microsoft Teams and Azure’s end-to-end AI architecture has shown up to a 45% performance improvement1 with Arm versus legacy computing instances. Here are some examples of the performance and efficiency benefits with Arm and Microsoft Azure Cobalt:

Up to 30% Better Price-Performance

Running SQL databases on Arm-based VMs.2
Up to 20% More Performance

Running web server workloads, such as NGINX, on Arm-based VMs.2

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Rescale

Achieved up to 40% More Compute Performance

Delivered on Microsoft Cobalt 100 VMs compared to previous generation VMs.3

Elastic

Achieved up to 37% Improved Performance

Delivered on Microsoft Cobalt 100 VMs compared to previous generation VMs.4

Databricks

With up to 50% Better Price-Performance

Compared to previous generations, Cobalt 100 VMs enable Databricks customers to benefit from superior performance and lower operating costs.5

Unlock the Benefits of Arm-Based Microsoft Azure Cobalt Virtual Machines

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Azure virtual machines (VMs), featuring the Azure Cobalt 100 Arm-based processor are based on the Neoverse N-series (N2) Arm CPU design. This is optimized for the performance of scale-out cloud-based applications, including data analytics, web and application servers, open-source databases, caches, and more.

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1. Azure Cobalt 100-Based Virtual Machines Are Now Generally Available
2. For detailed benchmarks, please reach out to sw-ecosystem@arm.com
3. Unleashing Cloud Efficiency: Arm Neoverse-Powered Azure Cobalt 100 VMs Now Available
4. Preliminary results not verified by Arm - Azure Cobalt 100-Based Virtual Machines Are Now Generally Available
5. Preliminary results not verified by Arm - Announcing Azure Cobalt 100 VMs: Powering the Future of Azure Databricks