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Is there any decent ARM CPU in works for this Windows on ARM that can be comparable to M1 in terms of performance?

Nothing you can buy today. However, I imagine AWS' ARM Neoverse based Gaviton2s are quite spritely, but you can't run Windows on them yet.

I suspect the successor to the Qualcomm 8cx Gen 2 will integrate X2 cores, which should give the M1 a run for its money.

> I suspect the successor to the Qualcomm 8cx Gen 2 will integrate X2 cores, which should give the M1 a run for its money.

And by that time I guess M2 will drop... As much as I dislike Apple's walled garden, I'm having hard time finding a reason to choose Windows on ARM over it.

Quite possibly, but progress isn't linear. Apple managed to leapfrog ARM and Qualcomm this generation, but there is nothing to say that some manufacturer won't be able to leapfrog Apple in the next. No doubt, they've had teams carefully dissecting the M1 and drawing inspiration for future generations.

However, yes I suspect Apple will retain dominance for at least the next few years. Thankfully for incumbents though, Apple doesn't want to be an OEM, else they'd be in some real trouble!

You, and everyone else. The SQ1 and SQ2, which are upclocked versions of the 8cx by Microsoft, are lethargic compared to an M1. And the device they come in is more expensive.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Microsoft-SQ2-vs-Micros...

> I suspect the successor to the Qualcomm 8cx Gen 2 will integrate X2 cores, which should give the M1 a run for its money.

Qualcomm has been trying to catch up to Apple ever since the Apple A7. I don't think they'll manage to do it but I'd love to be wrong. They are probably catch up to the M1 when the successor or even the successor of that one is available.

I find it troubling that it seems like Qualcomm is the only viable ARM option right now, and even then they are a ways behind the M1 at the moment

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