List of ARM processors

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This is a list of central processing units based on the ARM family of instruction sets designed by ARM Ltd. and third parties, sorted by version of the ARM instruction set, release and name. In 2005, ARM provided a summary of the numerous vendors who implement ARM cores in their design.[1] Keil also provides a somewhat newer summary of vendors of ARM based processors.[2] ARM further provides a chart[3] displaying an overview of the ARM processor lineup with performance and functionality versus capabilities for the more recent ARM core families.

Processors[edit]

Designed by ARM[edit]

Product family ARM architecture Processor Feature Cache (I / D), MMU Typical MIPS @ MHz Reference
ARM1 ARMv1 ARM1 First implementation None
ARM2 ARMv2 ARM2 ARMv2 added the MUL (multiply) instruction None 0.33 DMIPS/MHz
ARM2aS ARMv2a ARM250 Integrated MEMC (MMU), graphics and I/O processor. ARMv2a added the SWP and SWPB (swap) instructions None, MEMC1a
ARM3 First integrated memory cache KB unified 0.50 DMIPS/MHz
ARM6 ARMv3 ARM60 ARMv3 first to support 32-bit memory address space (previously 26-bit).
ARMv3M first added long multiply instructions (32x32=64).
None 10 MIPS @ 12 MHz
ARM600 As ARM60, cache and coprocessor bus (for FPA10 floating-point unit) 4 KB unified 28 MIPS @ 33 MHz
ARM610 As ARM60, cache, no coprocessor bus 4 KB unified 17 MIPS @ 20 MHz
0.65 DMIPS/MHz
[4]
ARM7 ARMv3 ARM700 coprocessor bus (for FPA11 floating-point unit) 8 KB unified 40 MHz
ARM710 As ARM700, no coprocessor bus 8 KB unified 40 MHz [5]
ARM710a As ARM710, also used as core of ARM7100 8 KB unified 40 MHz
0.68 DMIPS/MHz
ARM7T ARMv4T ARM7TDMI(-S) 3-stage pipeline, Thumb, ARMv4 first to drop legacy ARM 26-bit addressing None 15 MIPS @ 16.8 MHz
63 DMIPS @ 70 MHz
ARM710T As ARM7TDMI, cache 8 KB unified, MMU 36 MIPS @ 40 MHz
ARM720T As ARM7TDMI, cache 8 KB unified, MMU with FCSE (Fast Context Switch Extension) 60 MIPS @ 59.8 MHz
ARM740T As ARM7TDMI, cache MPU
ARM7EJ ARMv5TEJ ARM7EJ-S 5-stage pipeline, Thumb, Jazelle DBX, enhanced DSP instructions None
ARM8 ARMv4 ARM810 5-stage pipeline, static branch prediction, double-bandwidth memory 8 KB unified, MMU 84 MIPS @ 72 MHz
1.16 DMIPS/MHz
[6][7]
ARM9T ARMv4T ARM9TDMI 5-stage pipeline, Thumb None
ARM920T As ARM9TDMI, cache 16 KB / 16 KB, MMU with FCSE (Fast Context Switch Extension) 200 MIPS @ 180 MHz [8]
ARM922T As ARM9TDMI, caches 8 KB / 8 KB, MMU
ARM940T As ARM9TDMI, caches 4 KB / 4 KB, MPU
ARM9E ARMv5TE ARM946E-S Thumb, enhanced DSP instructions, caches Variable, tightly coupled memories, MPU
ARM966E-S Thumb, enhanced DSP instructions No cache, TCMs
ARM968E-S As ARM966E-S No cache, TCMs
ARMv5TEJ ARM926EJ-S Thumb, Jazelle DBX, enhanced DSP instructions Variable, TCMs, MMU 220 MIPS @ 200 MHz
ARMv5TE ARM996HS Clockless processor, as ARM966E-S No caches, TCMs, MPU
ARM10E ARMv5TE ARM1020E 6-stage pipeline, Thumb, enhanced DSP instructions, (VFP) 32 KB / 32 KB, MMU
ARM1022E As ARM1020E 16 KB / 16 KB, MMU
ARMv5TEJ ARM1026EJ-S Thumb, Jazelle DBX, enhanced DSP instructions, (VFP) Variable, MMU or MPU
ARM11 ARMv6 ARM1136J(F)-S 8-stage pipeline, SIMD, Thumb, Jazelle DBX, (VFP), enhanced DSP instructions, unaligned memory access Variable, MMU 740 @ 532–665 MHz (i.MX31 SoC), 400–528 MHz [9]
ARMv6T2 ARM1156T2(F)-S 9-stage pipeline, SIMD, Thumb-2, (VFP), enhanced DSP instructions Variable, MPU [10]
ARMv6Z ARM1176JZ(F)-S As ARM1136EJ(F)-S Variable, MMU + TrustZone 965 DMIPS @ 772 MHz, up to 2,600 DMIPS with four processors [11]
ARMv6K ARM11MPCore As ARM1136EJ(F)-S, 1–4 core SMP Variable, MMU
SecurCore ARMv6-M SC000 As Cortex-M0 0.9 DMIPS/MHz
ARMv4T SC100 As ARM7TDMI
ARMv7-M SC300 As Cortex-M3 1.25 DMIPS/MHz
Cortex-M ARMv6-M Cortex-M0 Microcontroller profile, most Thumb + some Thumb-2,[12] hardware multiply instruction (optional small), optional system timer, optional bit-banding memory Optional cache, no TCM, no MPU 0.84 DMIPS/MHz [13]
Cortex-M0+ Microcontroller profile, most Thumb + some Thumb-2,[12] hardware multiply instruction (optional small), optional system timer, optional bit-banding memory Optional cache, no TCM, optional MPU with 8 regions 0.93 DMIPS/MHz [14]
Cortex-M1 Microcontroller profile, most Thumb + some Thumb-2,[12] hardware multiply instruction (optional small), OS option adds SVC / banked stack pointer, optional system timer, no bit-banding memory Optional cache, 0–1024 KB I-TCM, 0–1024 KB D-TCM, no MPU 136 DMIPS @ 170 MHz,[15] (0.8 DMIPS/MHz FPGA-dependent)[16] [17]
ARMv7-M Cortex-M3 Microcontroller profile, Thumb / Thumb-2, hardware multiply and divide instructions, optional bit-banding memory Optional cache, no TCM, optional MPU with 8 regions 1.25 DMIPS/MHz [18]
ARMv7E-M Cortex-M4 Microcontroller profile, Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / optional VFPv4-SP single-precision FPU, hardware multiply and divide instructions, optional bit-banding memory Optional cache, no TCM, optional MPU with 8 regions 1.25 DMIPS/MHz (1.27 w/FPU) [19]
Cortex-M7 Microcontroller profile, Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / optional VFPv5 single and double precision FPU, hardware multiply and divide instructions 0−64 KB I-cache, 0−64 KB D-cache, 0–16 MB I-TCM, 0–16 MB D-TCM (all these w/optional ECC), optional MPU with 8 or 16 regions 2.14 DMIPS/MHz [20]
ARMv8-M Baseline Cortex-M23 Microcontroller profile, Thumb-1 (most), Thumb-2 (some), Divide, TrustZone Optional cache, no TCM, optional MPU with 16 regions 1.03 DMIPS/MHz [21]
ARMv8-M Mainline Cortex-M33 Microcontroller profile, Thumb-1, Thumb-2, Saturated, DSP, Divide, FPU (SP), TrustZone, Co-processor Optional cache, no TCM, optional MPU with 16 regions 1.50 DMIPS/MHz [22]
Cortex-M35P Microcontroller profile, Thumb-1, Thumb-2, Saturated, DSP, Divide, FPU (SP), TrustZone, Co-processor Built-in cache (with option 2–16 KB), I-cache, no TCM, optional MPU with 16 regions 1.50 DMIPS/MHz [23]
ARMv8.1-M Mainline Cortex-M52 1.60 DMIPS/MHz [24]
Cortex-M55 1.69 DMIPS/MHz [25]
Cortex-M85 3.13 DMIPS/MHz [26]
Cortex-R ARMv7-R Cortex-R4 Real-time profile, Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / optional VFPv3 FPU, hardware multiply and optional divide instructions, optional parity & ECC for internal buses / cache / TCM, 8-stage pipeline dual-core running lockstep with fault logic 0–64 KB / 0–64 KB, 0–2 of 0–8 MB TCM, opt. MPU with 8/12 regions 1.67 DMIPS/MHz[27] [28]
Cortex-R5 Real-time profile, Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / optional VFPv3 FPU and precision, hardware multiply and optional divide instructions, optional parity & ECC for internal buses / cache / TCM, 8-stage pipeline dual-core running lock-step with fault logic / optional as 2 independent cores, low-latency peripheral port (LLPP), accelerator coherency port (ACP)[29] 0–64 KB / 0–64 KB, 0–2 of 0–8 MB TCM, opt. MPU with 12/16 regions 1.67 DMIPS/MHz[27] [30]
Cortex-R7 Real-time profile, Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / optional VFPv3 FPU and precision, hardware multiply and optional divide instructions, optional parity & ECC for internal buses / cache / TCM, 11-stage pipeline dual-core running lock-step with fault logic / out-of-order execution / dynamic register renaming / optional as 2 independent cores, low-latency peripheral port (LLPP), ACP[29] 0–64 KB / 0–64 KB, ? of 0–128 KB TCM, opt. MPU with 16 regions 2.50 DMIPS/MHz[27] [31]
Cortex-R8 TBD 0–64 KB / 0–64 KB L1, 0–1 / 0–1 MB TCM, opt MPU with 24 regions 2.50 DMIPS/MHz[27] [32]
ARMv8-R Cortex-R52 TBD 0–32 KB / 0–32 KB L1, 0–1 / 0–1 MB TCM, opt MPU with 24+24 regions 2.09 DMIPS/MHz [33]
Cortex-R52+ TBD 0–32 KB / 0–32 KB L1, 0–1 / 0–1 MB TCM, opt MPU with 24+24 regions 2.09 DMIPS/MHz [34]
Cortex-R82 TBD 16–128 KB /16–64 KB L1, 64K–1MB L2, 0.16–1 / 0.16–1 MB TCM,

opt MPU with 32+32 regions

3.41 DMIPS/MHz[35] [36]
Cortex-A
(32-bit)
ARMv7-A Cortex-A5 Application profile, ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / SIMD / Optional VFPv4-D16 FPU / Optional NEON / Jazelle RCT and DBX, 1–4 cores / optional MPCore, snoop control unit (SCU), generic interrupt controller (GIC), accelerator coherence port (ACP) 4−64 KB / 4−64 KB L1, MMU + TrustZone 1.57 DMIPS/MHz per core [37]
Cortex-A7 Application profile, ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / VFPv4 FPU / NEON / Jazelle RCT and DBX / Hardware virtualization, in-order execution, superscalar, 1–4 SMP cores, MPCore, Large Physical Address Extensions (LPAE), snoop control unit (SCU), generic interrupt controller (GIC), architecture and feature set are identical to A15, 8–10 stage pipeline, low-power design[38] 8−64 KB / 8−64 KB L1, 0–1 MB L2, MMU + TrustZone 1.9 DMIPS/MHz per core [39]
Cortex-A8 Application profile, ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / VFPv3 FPU / NEON / Jazelle RCT and DAC, 13-stage superscalar pipeline 16–32 KB / 16–32 KB L1, 0–1 MB L2 opt. ECC, MMU + TrustZone Up to 2000 (2.0 DMIPS/MHz in speed from 600 MHz to greater than 1 GHz) [40]
Cortex-A9 Application profile, ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / Optional VFPv3 FPU / Optional NEON / Jazelle RCT and DBX, out-of-order speculative issue superscalar, 1–4 SMP cores, MPCore, snoop control unit (SCU), generic interrupt controller (GIC), accelerator coherence port (ACP) 16–64 KB / 16–64 KB L1, 0–8 MB L2 opt. parity, MMU + TrustZone 2.5 DMIPS/MHz per core, 10,000 DMIPS @ 2 GHz on Performance Optimized TSMC 40G (dual-core) [41]
Cortex-A12 Application profile, ARM / Thumb-2 / DSP / VFPv4 FPU / NEON / Hardware virtualization, out-of-order speculative issue superscalar, 1–4 SMP cores, Large Physical Address Extensions (LPAE), snoop control unit (SCU), generic interrupt controller (GIC), accelerator coherence port (ACP) 32−64 KB 3.0 DMIPS/MHz per core [42]
Cortex-A15 Application profile, ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / VFPv4 FPU / NEON / integer divide / fused MAC / Jazelle RCT / hardware virtualization, out-of-order speculative issue superscalar, 1–4 SMP cores, MPCore, Large Physical Address Extensions (LPAE), snoop control unit (SCU), generic interrupt controller (GIC), ACP, 15-24 stage pipeline[38] 32 KB w/parity / 32 KB w/ECC L1, 0–4 MB L2, L2 has ECC, MMU + TrustZone At least 3.5 DMIPS/MHz per core (up to 4.01 DMIPS/MHz depending on implementation)[43] [44]
Cortex-A17 Application profile, ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / VFPv4 FPU / NEON / integer divide / fused MAC / Jazelle RCT / hardware virtualization, out-of-order speculative issue superscalar, 1–4 SMP cores, MPCore, Large Physical Address Extensions (LPAE), snoop control unit (SCU), generic interrupt controller (GIC), ACP 32 KB L1, 256 KB–8 MB L2 w/optional ECC 2.8 DMIPS/MHz [45]
ARMv8-A Cortex-A32 Application profile, AArch32, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, dual issue, in-order pipeline 8–64 KB w/optional parity / 8−64 KB w/optional ECC L1 per core, 128 KB–1 MB L2 w/optional ECC shared [46]
Cortex-A
(64-bit)
ARMv8-A Cortex-A34 Application profile, AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 2-width decode, in-order pipeline 8−64 KB w/parity / 8−64 KB w/ECC L1 per core, 128 KB–1 MB L2 shared, 40-bit physical addresses [47]
Cortex-A35 Application profile, AArch32 and AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 2-width decode, in-order pipeline 8−64 KB w/parity / 8−64 KB w/ECC L1 per core, 128 KB–1 MB L2 shared, 40-bit physical addresses 1.78 DMIPS/MHz [48]
Cortex-A53 Application profile, AArch32 and AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 2-width decode, in-order pipeline 8−64 KB w/parity / 8−64 KB w/ECC L1 per core, 128 KB–2 MB L2 shared, 40-bit physical addresses 2.3 DMIPS/MHz [49]
Cortex-A57 Application profile, AArch32 and AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 3-width decode superscalar, deeply out-of-order pipeline 48 KB w/DED parity / 32 KB w/ECC L1 per core; 512 KB–2 MB L2 shared w/ECC; 44-bit physical addresses 4.1–4.8 DMIPS/MHz[50][51] [52]
Cortex-A72 Application profile, AArch32 and AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 3-width superscalar, deeply out-of-order pipeline 48 KB w/DED parity / 32 KB w/ECC L1 per core; 512 KB–2 MB L2 shared w/ECC; 44-bit physical addresses 6.3-7.3 DMIPS/MHz[53] [54]
Cortex-A73 Application profile, AArch32 and AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 2-width superscalar, deeply out-of-order pipeline 64 KB / 32−64 KB L1 per core, 256 KB–8 MB L2 shared w/ optional ECC, 44-bit physical addresses 7.4-8.5 DMIPS/MHz[53] [55]
ARMv8.2-A Cortex-A55 Application profile, AArch32 and AArch64, 1–8 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 2-width decode, in-order pipeline[56] 16−64 KB / 16−64 KB L1, 256 KB L2 per core, 4 MB L3 shared 3 DMIPS/MHz[53] [57]
Cortex-A65 Application profile, AArch64, 1–8 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 2-wide decode superscalar, 3-width issue, out-of-order pipeline, SMT [58]
Cortex-A65AE As ARM Cortex-A65, adds dual core lockstep for safety applications 64 / 64 KB L1, 256 KB L2 per core, 4 MB L3 shared [59]
Cortex-A75 Application profile, AArch32 and AArch64, 1–8 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 3-width decode superscalar, deeply out-of-order pipeline[60] 64 / 64 KB L1, 512 KB L2 per core, 4 MB L3 shared 8.2-9.5 DMIPS/MHz[53] [61]
Cortex-A76 Application profile, AArch32 (non-privileged level or EL0 only) and AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 4-width decode superscalar, 8-way issue, 13 stage pipeline, deeply out-of-order pipeline[62] 64 / 64 KB L1, 256−512 KB L2 per core, 512 KB−4 MB L3 shared 10.7-12.4 DMIPS/MHz[53] [63]
Cortex-A76AE As ARM Cortex-A76, adds dual core lockstep for safety applications [64]
Cortex-A77 Application profile, AArch32 (non-privileged level or EL0 only) and AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 4-width decode superscalar, 6-width instruction fetch, 12-way issue, 13 stage pipeline, deeply out-of-order pipeline[62] 1.5K L0 MOPs cache, 64 / 64 KB L1, 256−512 KB L2 per core, 512 KB−4 MB L3 shared 13-16 DMIPS/MHz[65] [66]
Cortex-A78 [67]
Cortex-A78AE As ARM Cortex-A78, adds dual core lockstep for safety applications [68]
Cortex-A78C [69]
ARMv9-A Cortex-A510
Cortex-A710 [70]
Cortex-A715
Cortex-A520
Cortex-A720
Cortex-X ARMv8.2-A Cortex-X1 Performance-tuned variant of Cortex-A78
ARMv9-A Cortex-X2
Cortex-X3
Cortex-X4
Neoverse ARMv8.2-A Neoverse N1 Application profile, AArch32 (non-privileged level or EL0 only) and AArch64, 1–4 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 4-width decode superscalar, 8-way dispatch/issue, 13 stage pipeline, deeply out-of-order pipeline[62] 64 / 64 KB L1, 512−1024 KB L2 per core, 2−128 MB L3 shared, 128 MB system level cache [71]
Neoverse E1 Application profile, AArch64, 1–8 SMP cores, TrustZone, NEON advanced SIMD, VFPv4, hardware virtualization, 2-wide decode superscalar, 3-width issue, 10 stage pipeline, out-of-order pipeline, SMT 32−64 KB / 32−64 KB L1, 256 KB L2 per core, 4 MB L3 shared [72]
ARMv8.4-A Neoverse V1 [73]
ARMv9-A Neoverse N2 [74]
ARM family ARM architecture ARM core Feature Cache (I / D), MMU Typical MIPS @ MHz Reference

Designed by third parties[edit]

These cores implement the ARM instruction set, and were developed independently by companies with an architectural license from ARM.

Product family ARM architecture Processor Feature Cache (I / D), MMU Typical MIPS @ MHz
StrongARM
(Digital)
ARMv4 SA-110 5-stage pipeline 16 KB / 16 KB, MMU 100–233 MHz
1.0 DMIPS/MHz
SA-1100 derivative of the SA-110 16 KB / 8 KB, MMU
Faraday[75]
(Faraday Technology)
ARMv4 FA510 6-stage pipeline Up to 32 KB / 32 KB cache, MPU 1.26 DMIPS/MHz
100–200 MHz
FA526 Up to 32 KB / 32 KB cache, MMU 1.26 MIPS/MHz
166–300 MHz
FA626 8-stage pipeline 32 KB / 32 KB cache, MMU 1.35 DMIPS/MHz
500 MHz
ARMv5TE FA606TE 5-stage pipeline No cache, no MMU 1.22 DMIPS/MHz
200 MHz
FA626TE 8-stage pipeline 32 KB / 32 KB cache, MMU 1.43 MIPS/MHz
800 MHz
FMP626TE 8-stage pipeline, SMP 1.43 MIPS/MHz
500 MHz
FA726TE 13 stage pipeline, dual issue 2.4 DMIPS/MHz
1000 MHz
XScale
(Intel / Marvell)
ARMv5TE XScale 7-stage pipeline, Thumb, enhanced DSP instructions 32 KB / 32 KB, MMU 133–400 MHz
Bulverde Wireless MMX, wireless SpeedStep added 32 KB / 32 KB, MMU 312–624 MHz
Monahans[76] Wireless MMX2 added 32 KB / 32 KB L1, optional L2 cache up to 512 KB, MMU Up to 1.25 GHz
Sheeva
(Marvell)
ARMv5 Feroceon 5–8 stage pipeline, single-issue 16 KB / 16 KB, MMU 600–2000 MHz
Jolteon 5–8 stage pipeline, dual-issue 32 KB / 32 KB, MMU
PJ1 (Mohawk) 5–8 stage pipeline, single-issue, Wireless MMX2 32 KB / 32 KB, MMU 1.46 DMIPS/MHz
1.06 GHz
ARMv6 / ARMv7-A PJ4 6–9 stage pipeline, dual-issue, Wireless MMX2, SMP 32 KB / 32 KB, MMU 2.41 DMIPS/MHz
1.6 GHz
Snapdragon
(Qualcomm)
ARMv7-A Scorpion[77] 1 or 2 cores. ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / SIMD / VFPv3 FPU / NEON (128-bit wide) 256 KB L2 per core 2.1 DMIPS/MHz per core
Krait[77] 1, 2, or 4 cores. ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / SIMD / VFPv4 FPU / NEON (128-bit wide) 4 KB / 4 KB L0, 16 KB / 16 KB L1, 512 KB L2 per core 3.3 DMIPS/MHz per core
ARMv8-A Kryo[78] 4 cores. ? Up to 2.2 GHz

(6.3 DMIPS/MHz)

Ax
(Apple)
ARMv7-A Swift[79] 2 cores. ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / SIMD / VFPv4 FPU / NEON L1: 32 KB / 32 KB, L2: 1 MB shared 3.5 DMIPS/MHz per core
ARMv8-A Cyclone[80] 2 cores. ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / SIMD / VFPv4 FPU / NEON / TrustZone / AArch64. Out-of-order, superscalar. L1: 64 KB / 64 KB, L2: 1 MB shared
SLC: 4 MB
1.3 or 1.4 GHz
ARMv8-A Typhoon[80][81] 2 or 3 cores. ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / SIMD / VFPv4 FPU / NEON / TrustZone / AArch64 L1: 64 KB / 64 KB, L2: 1 MB or 2 MB shared
SLC: 4 MB
1.4 or 1.5 GHz
ARMv8-A Twister[82] 2 cores. ARM / Thumb / Thumb-2 / DSP / SIMD / VFPv4 FPU / NEON / TrustZone / AArch64 L1: 64 KB / 64 KB, L2: 2 MB shared
SLC: 4 MB or 0 MB
1.85 or 2.26 GHz
ARMv8-A Hurricane and Zephyr[83] Hurricane: 2 or 3 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 6-decode, 6-issue, 9-wide
Zephyr: 2 or 3 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar.
L1: 64 KB / 64 KB, L2: 3 MB or 8 MB shared
L1: 32 KB / 32 KB. L2: none
SLC: 4 MB or 0 MB
2.34 or 2.38 GHz
1.05 GHz
ARMv8.2-A Monsoon and Mistral[84] Monsoon: 2 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 7-decode, ?-issue, 11-wide
Mistral: 4 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar. Based on Swift.
L1I: 128 KB, L1D: 64 KB, L2: 8 MB shared
L1: 32 KB / 32 KB, L2: 1 MB shared
SLC: 4 MB
2.39 GHz
1.70 GHz
ARMv8.3-A Vortex and Tempest[85] Vortex: 2 or 4 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 7-decode, ?-issue, 11-wide
Tempest: 4 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 3-decode. Based on Swift.
L1: 128 KB / 128 KB, L2: 8 MB shared
L1: 32 KB / 32 KB, L2: 2 MB shared
SLC: 8 MB
2.49 GHz
1.59 GHz
ARMv8.4-A Lightning and Thunder[86] Lightning: 2 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 7-decode, ?-issue, 11-wide
Thunder: 4 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar.
L1: 128 KB / 128 KB, L2: 8 MB shared
L1: 32 KB / 48 KB, L2: 4 MB shared
SLC: 16 MB
2.66 GHz
1.73 GHz
ARMv8.5-A Firestorm and Icestorm[87] Firestorm: 2 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 8-decode, ?-issue, 14-wide
Icestorm: 4 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 4-decode, ?-issue, 7-wide.
L1: 192 KB / 128 KB, L2: 8 MB shared
L1: 128 KB / 64 KB, L2: 4 MB shared
SLC: 16 MB
3.0 GHz
1.82 GHz
ARMv8.5-A Avalanche and Blizzard Avalanche: 2 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 8-decode, ?-issue, 14-wide
Blizzard: 4 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 4-decode, ?-issue, 8-wide.
L1: 192 KB / 128 KB, L2: 12 MB shared
L1: 128 KB / 64 KB, L2: 4 MB shared
SLC: 32 MB
2.93 or 3.23 GHz
2.02 GHz
ARMv8.5-A Everest and Sawtooth Everest: 2 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 8-decode, ?-issue, 14-wide
Sawtooth: 4 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 4-decode, ?-issue, 8-wide.
L1: 192 KB / 128 KB, L2: 16 MB shared
L1: 128 KB / 64 KB, L2: 4 MB shared
SLC: 24 MB
3.46 GHz
2.02 GHz
Mx
(Apple)
ARMv8.4-A Firestorm and Icestorm Firestorm: 4, 6, 8 or 16 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 8-decode, ?-issue, 14-wide
Icestorm: 2 or 4 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 4-decode, ?-issue, 7-wide.
L1: 192 KB / 128 KB, L2: 12, 24 or 48 MB shared
L1: 128 KB / 64 KB, L2: 4 or 8 MB shared
SLC: 8, 24, 48 or 96 MB
3.2-3.23 GHz
2.06 GHz
ARMv8.5-A Avalanche and Blizzard Avalanche: 4, 6, 8 or 16 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 8-decode, ?-issue, 14-wide
Blizzard: 4 or 8 cores. AArch64, out-of-order, superscalar, 4-decode, ?-issue, 8-wide.
L1: 192 KB / 128 KB, L2: 16, 32 or 64 MB shared
L1: 128 KB / 64 KB, L2: 4 or 8 MB shared
SLC: 8, 24, 48 or 96 MB
3.49 GHz
2.42 GHz
X-Gene
(Applied Micro)
ARMv8-A X-Gene 64-bit, quad issue, SMP, 64 cores[88] Cache, MMU, virtualization 3 GHz (4.2 DMIPS/MHz per core)
Denver
(Nvidia)
ARMv8-A Denver[89][90] 2 cores. AArch64, 7-wide superscalar, in-order, dynamic code optimization, 128 MB optimization cache,
Denver1: 28 nm, Denver2:16 nm
128 KB I-cache / 64 KB D-cache Up to 2.5 GHz
Carmel
(Nvidia)
ARMv8.2-A Carmel[91][92] 2 cores. AArch64, 10-wide superscalar, in-order, dynamic code optimization, ? MB optimization cache,
functional safety, dual execution, parity & ECC
? KB I-cache / ? KB D-cache Up to ? GHz
ThunderX
(Cavium)
ARMv8-A ThunderX 64-bit, with two models with 8–16 or 24–48 cores (×2 w/two chips) ? Up to 2.2 GHz
K12
(AMD)
ARMv8-A K12[93] ? ? ?
Exynos
(Samsung)
ARMv8-A M1 ("Mongoose")[94] 4 cores. AArch64, 4-wide, quad-issue, superscalar, out-of-order 64 KB I-cache / 32 KB D-cache, L2: 16-way shared 2 MB 5.1 DMIPS/MHz

(2.6 GHz)

ARMv8-A M2 ("Mongoose") 4 cores. AArch64, 4-wide, quad-issue, superscalar, out-of-order 64 KB I-cache / 32 KB D-cache, L2: 16-way shared 2 MB 2.3 GHz
ARMv8-A M3 ("Meerkat")[95] 4 cores, AArch64, 6-decode, 6-issue, 6-wide. superscalar, out-of-order 64 KB I-cache / 64 KB D-cache, L2: 8-way private 512 KB, L3: 16-way shared 4 MB 2.7 GHz
ARMv8.2-A M4 ("Cheetah")[96] 2 cores, AArch64, 6-decode, 6-issue, 6-wide. superscalar, out-of-order 64 KB I-cache / 64 KB D-cache, L2: 8-way private 1 MB, L3: 16-way shared 3 MB 2.73 GHz
ARMv8.2-A M5 ("Lion") 2 cores, AArch64, 6-decode, 6-issue, 6-wide. superscalar, out-of-order 64 KB I-cache / 64 KB D-cache, L2: 8-way shared 2 MB, L3: 12-way shared 3 MB 2.73 GHz

Timeline[edit]

The following table lists each core by the year it was announced.[97][98]

Year Classic cores Cortex cores Neoverse cores
ARM1-6 ARM7 ARM8 ARM9 ARM10 ARM11 Microcontroller Real-time Application
(32-bit)
Application
(64-bit)
Application
(64-bit)
1985 ARM1
1986 ARM2
1989 ARM3
1992 ARM250
1993 ARM60
ARM610
ARM700
1994 ARM710
ARM7DI
ARM7TDMI
1995 ARM710a
1996 ARM810
1997 ARM710T
ARM720T
ARM740T
1998 ARM9TDMI
ARM940T
1999 ARM9E-S
ARM966E-S
2000 ARM920T
ARM922T
ARM946E-S
ARM1020T
2001 ARM7TDMI-S
ARM7EJ-S
ARM9EJ-S
ARM926EJ-S
ARM1020E
ARM1022E
2002 ARM1026EJ-S ARM1136J(F)-S
2003 ARM968E-S ARM1156T2(F)-S
ARM1176JZ(F)-S
2004 Cortex-M3
2005 ARM11MPCore Cortex-A8
2006 ARM996HS
2007 Cortex-M1 Cortex-A9
2008
2009 Cortex-M0 Cortex-A5
2010 Cortex-M4(F) Cortex-A15
2011 Cortex-R4
Cortex-R5
Cortex-R7
Cortex-A7
2012 Cortex-M0+ Cortex-A53
Cortex-A57
2013 Cortex-A12
2014 Cortex-M7(F) Cortex-A17
2015 Cortex-A35
Cortex-A72
2016 Cortex-M23
Cortex-M33(F)
Cortex-R8
Cortex-R52
Cortex-A32 Cortex-A73
2017 Cortex-A55
Cortex-A75
2018 Cortex-M35P(F) Cortex-A65AE
Cortex-A76
Cortex-A76AE
2019 Cortex-A77 Neoverse E1
Neoverse N1
2020 Cortex-M55(F) Cortex-R82 Cortex-A78
Cortex-X1[99]
Neoverse V1[100]
2021 Cortex-A510
Cortex-A710
Cortex-X2
Neoverse N2
2022 Cortex-M85(F) Cortex-R52+ Cortex-A715
Cortex-X3
2023 Cortex-M52(F) Cortex-A520
Cortex-A720
Cortex-X4
2024 Cortex-R82AE Cortex-A520AE
Cortex-A720AE
Neoverse N3
Neoverse V3
Neoverse V3AE

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