Post #1178393

2026-04-14 06:15 UTC

ARM cpus are great for battery life and aren't saddled with decades of legacy support, what they are not is a physics bending device. It's not a geekbench benchmark that is going to change the reality of physics. Now, if one's use of a computing device is circumscribed to opening web pages, then the iPhone is the device for you. Also, don't forget to breathe in and breathe out.

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@theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 06:22

As someone who was very excited about ARM several years ago and still is using ARM for half of my homelab equipment, it's unfortunately rapidly become irrelevant. x86 CPUs can now run as efficiently at the same TDP while still beating it in performance with all the benefits of x86. Unless something unforeseen changes, I probably won't be buying any more ARM machines for homelab/server use. Still using what I already own, of course. RISC-V seems cool though, but not sure that it will be more attractive than x86.

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@ripcord@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 06:37

This seems nonsensical to me. It's physically impossible for ARM competitors to match the performance of Apple ARM? Not to mention that we're talking about their lowest-specced CPU here and there are far more powerful ones.

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