ARM Takes Wing: Qualcomm vs. Intel CPU comparison

In this blog post, Vlad Krasnov shares his findings after testing the Qualcomm Centriq server and comparing it with Intel Skylake and Broadwell based servers. The author highlights that Falkor, the core of the Qualcomm server, looks competitive on paper and has a higher base frequency at a lower TDP rating compared to Intel's offerings. Although Intel still holds an advantage in terms of single-core performance, Falkor performs significantly better at the system level due to its higher core count. The author also discusses the current state of ecosystem readiness for ARM servers and provides benchmark results for OpenSSL, compression algorithms, Go language performance, LuaJIT, and NGINX workload. Overall, the engineering sample of Falkor impressed the author with its competitive performance and low power consumption.