I don’t think it’s risc-the-philosophy per se, but a difference of priority. X86 historically prioritized clock speed (ultimately culminating in the utter dead

I don’t think it’s risc-the-philosophy per se, but a difference of priority. X86 historically prioritized clock speed (ultimately culminating in the utter dead end that was Pentium 4). Then Intel back tracked to The Core/iN/M series, which actually reverted to essentially an updated Pentium 3 design, and has focused on raw power, power draw, heat, and cost be damned. ARM, in the other hand focused on power-per-watt from day 1. My M1 studio, fully wide open, draws less than a quarter of what my old i7/3080 beat did at idle.