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The only reason ARM is competitive with x86 is due to heavy borrowing of its tricks (i.e. OOO execution). At the end of the day, Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen cores ar

The only reason ARM is competitive with x86 is due to heavy borrowing of its tricks (i.e. OOO execution). At the end of the day, Apple M2 and AMD Ryzen cores are not all that dissimilar.

awill 4y ago
But Ryzen has to support a bunch of legacy instructions, and M2 does not. That’s a huge advantage
- bob1029 4y ago
  I don't think it's a huge advantage. x86 instructions are not executed directly on fixed-function hardware anymore. Everything is microcode.