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GPU-accelerated Apache Spark with Amazon EMR and NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 on Amazon EC2 G7 instances runs up to 3.7x faster

calendar_today August 25, 2026 person McCall Peltier domain aws-glue

Amazon EMR on EKS now runs Apache Spark up to 3.7x faster on Amazon EC2 G7 instances with NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell GPUs than on comparable CPU instances, with no changes to existing Spark code. See the TPC-DS benchmark results, the cost comparison, and how to get started.

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