Google Axion CPU Performance With The New Google Cloud N4A Instances

Written by Michael Larabel in Cloud on 27 January 2026 at 12:00 PM EST. Page 3 of 5. 12 Comments.

The cryptography performance was substantially more performant on Google Axion's N4A powered VMs.

👁 CockroachDB benchmark with settings of Workload: KV, 60% Reads, Concurrency: 128. N4A was the fastest.

👁 CockroachDB benchmark with settings of Workload: KV, 95% Reads, Concurrency: 128. N4A was the fastest.

👁 CockroachDB benchmark with settings of Workload: KV, 60% Reads, Concurrency: 128. N4A was the fastest.

👁 CockroachDB benchmark with settings of Workload: KV, 95% Reads, Concurrency: 128. N4A was the fastest.

For database workloads like CockroachDB, Google Cloud N4A delivered much greater performance and value.

👁 Pogocache benchmark with settings of Set To Get Ratio: 1:5. N4A was the fastest.

👁 Pogocache benchmark with settings of Set To Get Ratio: 1:10. N4A was the fastest.

Solid wins in performance and value too for the in-memory Pogocache database too.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 250, Mode: Read Only. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 250, Mode: Read Only, Average Latency. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 500, Mode: Read Only. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 500, Mode: Read Only, Average Latency. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 1000, Mode: Read Only. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 1000, Mode: Read Only, Average Latency. N4A was the fastest.

The PostgreSQL 18 database server was also delivering much greater throughput and lower latency with the Google Cloud N4A instances powered by their Axion processors.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 250, Mode: Read Write. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 250, Mode: Read Write, Average Latency. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Write. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 800, Mode: Read Write, Average Latency. N4A was the fastest.

👁 PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 100, Clients: 1000, Mode: Read Write. N4A was the fastest.

Google Cloud N4A is a solid win in performance and value compared to the aging VMs powered by Ampere Altra.

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