Will ARM Processors Surpass x86 in Performance?

Aditya Bhuyan
8 min readNov 16, 2024

One of the topics that has garnered a growing amount of interest in the world of technology is the subject of whether or not ARM processors will someday exceed x86 processors in terms of computing capability. ARM-based chips have been increasingly prevalent in recent years, transitioning from being the foundation of mobile devices to being used to power a wide range of devices, including desktop computers, laptops, servers, and cloud computing infrastructures. High-performance computing has been dominated by traditional x86 processors for a long time. The introduction of powerful ARM processors, such as Apple’s M1 and M2 chips, has caused many experts to speculate about the possibility that these processors could compete with or perhaps succeed traditional x86 processors.

In the following paragraphs, we will investigate the characteristics that make ARM processors an appealing option for meeting the requirements of modern computing, as well as investigate whether or not they have the potential to surpass x86 chips in terms of performance. In the next section, we will examine the challenges that ARM is confronted with, dissect the benefits that ARM offers in various industries, and speculate on how the industry might develop over the next few years.

The Dominance of x86: A Historical Perspective

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Aditya Bhuyan
Aditya Bhuyan

Written by Aditya Bhuyan

I am Aditya. I work as a cloud native specialist and consultant. In addition to being an architect and SRE specialist, I work as a cloud engineer and developer.

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