[als0]

This. Vendors skimp on cache size because of overall cost. But cache size is just as critical as CPU core when it comes to performance. Apple doesn't sell chips to anyone else, so they have no pressure to have small caches.

[GeekyBear]

Which chip that shipped to customers had performance that did align with ARM's projections?

[als0]

None, because of bad cache sizes and horrendous software

[GeekyBear]

None, from any vendor who licenses stock ARM cores?

[dagmx]

They only license the cores, but they pair them with lower cache sizes.

So you can’t actually find any chips that match ARMs own benchmarks because nobody makes ones at the recommended spec for it.