The terminology is that x86 has a Total Store Order memory model, while ARM doesn't; acquire operations on x86 imply that all relaxed store operations on the co

The terminology is that x86 has a Total Store Order memory model, while ARM doesn't; acquire operations on x86 imply that all relaxed store operations on the core that released are also visible to the reader, which is not true on ARM unless the released value has a data dependency, or until you execute a memory barrier. ARM still has a coherent cache, however. Basically every modern OS and program depends on having a coherent data cache (though ARM doesn't keep i-cache and d-cache coherent with each other, which basically only comes in play with self-modifying code)