It's still true for compilers -- for instance gcc 10 had a greater than 10% perf improvement for AArch64 targets compared to gcc 9 as a result of various optimi

It's still true for compilers -- for instance gcc 10 had a greater than 10% perf improvement for AArch64 targets compared to gcc 9 as a result of various optimisation work: https://community.arm.com/developer/tools-software/tools/b/tools-software-ides-blog/posts/gcc-10-better-and-faster https://community.arm.com/developer/tools-software/tools/b/t...