You're actually wrong with regards to the branch prediction. the A7 is (according to anandtech [1]) closest to the "big processor" designs that intel makes with

You're actually wrong with regards to the branch prediction. the A7 is (according to anandtech [1]) closest to the "big processor" designs that intel makes with aggressive branch prediction (massive issue width, huge branch prediction buffer, huge caches). [1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/7910/apples-cyclone-microarchitecture-detailed http://www.anandtech.com/show/7910/apples-cyclone-microarchi...