Spring Boot on the JVM vs GraalVM Native: What Actually Wins on AWS
A head-to-head benchmark of the same Spring Boot app built for the JVM and as a GraalVM native binary — on real AWS hardware with a real database, run multiple times. Native wins startup, memory, and predictability; the warm JVM wins the median, peak throughput, and often the tail too — but the JVM swings run-to-run while native stays flat.