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ARM vs Intel…Performance? Power? OS support? Or ubiquity?

(University of Texas – 2010) and credit the ARM based IC (OMAP3540) of a power consumption in standby mode of 7mW and 1.5W in “full on”
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That's actually not that low as generally believed. When comparing power consumption, one must know the difference between "average power" and TDP/max.
 
You can't directly compare them as they have different ways of doing things. ARM specializes the chip based on the task. Intel is more brute force and generalizes the task.
 
Modelworks said:
You can't directly compare them as they have different ways of doing things. ARM specializes the chip based on the task. Intel is more brute force and generalizes the task.
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i was gonna say the same thing.

Its like comparing a Prius... vs. Mac Truck, in both power/consumption and cost.


And yeah im giving a bad car analogy!
But it makes sense no? 😛
 
In that case, it's only a matter of time before they are comparable. Intel is very much gunning for low-cost, low-power SoCs for less general markets. I don't think they'll be able to truly defeat ARM as they are, but they most certainly are comparable.

Several popular ARM SoCs are general-purpose CPUs with a couple cell phone pieces added. It's not like they are all super-specialized processors, any more than the current and future legacy-free Atoms.
 
When comparing X86 and ARM, remember all software for one would have to be re-compiled (with a compiler that supports ARM) to run on the other, even with the same OS. That would prevent anyone needing/wanting older non-open source software going to ARM. And would slow down adoption, thereby slowing down software going to ARM. It's about like going to Linux, except that it would have all the libraries etc. (kind of like Wine tries to provide) necessary. Of course, Linux is already available for ARM, complete with software.
 
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