Install Go and Benchstat on an AWS Graviton-based Amazon EC2 instance

Install Go on Arm Linux

After the instance starts running, install Go from the Linux arm64 go.dev archive by following the steps in the Go install guide .

Verify that Go is installed for arm64 Linux:

    

        
        
go version
go env GOOS GOARCH

    

The output is similar to:

    

        
        go version go1.26.3 linux/arm64
linux
arm64

        
    

Install Benchstat

Benchstat is a Go performance analysis tool that compares benchmark results and provides statistical analysis of performance differences between runs.

You’ll use Benchstat to determine whether observed changes in benchmark metrics are statistically significant rather than the result of normal measurement variability.

Install Benchstat:

    

        
        
go install golang.org/x/perf/cmd/benchstat@latest

    

The output is similar to:

    

        
        go: downloading golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20260512194132-3cf34090a3db
go: downloading github.com/aclements/go-moremath v0.0.0-20210112150236-f10218a38794

        
    

Finally, verify that Benchstat is installed:

    

        
        
benchstat -h

    

The output is similar to:

    

        
        Usage: benchstat [flags] inputs...

benchstat computes statistical summaries and A/B comparisons of Go
...

        
    

If you see this output, Benchstat is installed and ready to use.

What you’ve accomplished and what’s next

You’ve now installed Go and Benchstat on an AWS Graviton-based Amazon EC2 instance.

Next, you’ll create a Go garbage collection benchmark.