diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-duckdb/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-duckdb/action.yml
index 58964dda51d..51d920304e9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-duckdb/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-duckdb/action.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,17 @@ runs:
     - name: Download DuckDB
       shell: bash
       run: |
+        case "$(uname -m)" in
+          x86_64) duckdb_arch=amd64 ;;
+          aarch64|arm64) duckdb_arch=arm64 ;;
+          *)
+            echo "Unsupported architecture: $(uname -m)" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        esac
+
         wget -qO- \
-          "https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v${{ inputs.duckdb_version }}/duckdb_cli-linux-amd64.zip" \
+          "https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/releases/download/v${{ inputs.duckdb_version }}/duckdb_cli-linux-${duckdb_arch}.zip" \
           | funzip > duckdb
         chmod +x duckdb
         echo "$PWD" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop-bench.yml b/.github/workflows/develop-bench.yml
index 203d34011d3..80106b43af8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/develop-bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop-bench.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c6id.8xlarge/extras=s3-cache/tag=build-{1}', github.run_id, matrix.benchmark.id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c8gd.8xlarge/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/extras=s3-cache/tag=build-{1}', github.run_id, matrix.benchmark.id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sccache: s3
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           enable-sccache: ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex' && 'true' || 'false' }}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c6id.metal/extras=s3-cache/tag={1}', github.run_id, matrix.benchmark.id)
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c8gd.metal-24xl/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/extras=s3-cache/tag={1}', github.run_id, matrix.benchmark.id)
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-bench.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-bench.yml
index cc90e07316f..879edc0ba45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-bench.yml
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         machine_type:
-          - id: x86
-            instance_name: c6id.metal
+          - id: arm64
+            instance_name: c8gd.metal-24xl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-bench-runner.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-bench-runner.yml
index e1fe46ef502..bc68ee2ef73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-bench-runner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-bench-runner.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c6id.8xlarge/tag=build-{1}{2}', github.run_id, inputs.benchmark_id, github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && '/extras=s3-cache' || '')
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c8gd.8xlarge/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/tag=build-{1}{2}', github.run_id, inputs.benchmark_id, github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && '/extras=s3-cache' || '')
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           enable-sccache: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && 'true' || 'false' }}
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c6id.metal/tag={1}{2}', github.run_id, inputs.benchmark_id, github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && '/extras=s3-cache' || '')
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c8gd.metal-24xl/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/tag={1}{2}', github.run_id, inputs.benchmark_id, github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false && '/extras=s3-cache' || '')
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       # `extras=s3-cache` points ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL at the RunsOn artifact proxy, but only
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sql-bench-matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/sql-bench-matrix.yml
index cae3630d6b8..ca77eb4f32a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sql-bench-matrix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sql-bench-matrix.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
       machine_type:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: c6id.metal
+        default: c8gd.metal-24xl
 
 jobs:
   resolve-matrix:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       FLAT_LAYOUT_INLINE_ARRAY_NODE: "1"
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c6id.8xlarge/tag=build{1}', github.run_id, (inputs.mode != 'pr' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false) && '/extras=s3-cache' || '')
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family=c8gd.8xlarge/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/tag=build{1}', github.run_id, (inputs.mode != 'pr' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false) && '/extras=s3-cache' || '')
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.mode == 'pr' && github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           enable-sccache: ${{ (inputs.mode != 'pr' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false) && 'true' || 'false' }}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: >-
       ${{ github.repository == 'vortex-data/vortex'
-          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family={1}/tag={2}{3}', github.run_id, inputs.machine_type, matrix.id, (inputs.mode != 'pr' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false) && '/extras=s3-cache' || '')
+          && format('runs-on={0}/runner=bench-dedicated/family={1}/image=ubuntu24-full-arm64-pre-v2/tag={2}{3}', github.run_id, inputs.machine_type, matrix.id, (inputs.mode != 'pr' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false) && '/extras=s3-cache' || '')
           || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@v2
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.mode == 'pr' && github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
           fetch-depth: ${{ inputs.mode == 'pr' && '0' || '1' }}
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-rust
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-prebuild
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           enable-sccache: ${{ (inputs.mode != 'pr' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false) && 'true' || 'false' }}