The

worlds most power-efficient processors

Arm Cortex
processors
Performance and scalability
for client, infrastructure,
embedded and IoT solutions

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Arm Cortex-A portfolio
ARMv7-A
Armv7-A Armv8-A ARMv8-A
Cortex-A15/A17 Cortex-A57 Cortex-A72 Cortex-A73 Cortex-A75
Infrastructure Proven For all For mobile and Ground-breaking Cortex-A7x
performance; infrastructure applications consumer performance for
mobile efficiency performance all markets series
Cortex-A57 Cortex-A72
32-bit 64/32-bit 64/32-bit 64/32-bit 64/32-bit

Cortex-A9 Cortex-A53 Cortex-A55

Highest efficiency
Well-established, Balanced mid-range Cortex-A5x
mid-range performance and
processor efficiency
processor series
32-bit 64/32-bit
64/32-bit

Cortex-A5/A7 Cortex-A35 Cortex-A32

Smallest and Smallest, lowest Smallest, lowest Cortex-A3x
lowest power power Armv8-A power 32-bit
Armv7-A Armv8-A series
32-bit 64/32-bit 32-bit

2008 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Year of IP release, volume devices in the subsequent year Arm big.LITTLE compatible
Arm Cortex-R portfolio

Cortex-R7 Cortex-R8
High Highest
Storage
performance performance and
4G modem and 5G modem and modem
storage storage

Cortex-R4 Cortex-R5 Cortex-R52

Real-time Real-time Most advanced Functional
performance performance processor for
functional safety safety
with functional
safety

Armv7-R Armv8-R

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Arm Cortex-M and Arm SecurCore portfolio
Cortex-M3 Cortex-M4 Cortex-M7 Cortex-M33
Performance Mainstream Maximum Flexibility, control Performance
efficiency control and DSP performance, and DSP with efficiency
Available via DesignStart control and DSP Arm TrustZone

Cortex-M0 Cortex-M0+ Cortex-M23

TrustZone in Lowest
Lowest cost, Highest energy
low power efficiency smallest area, power and
lowest power area
Available via DesignStart

SC000 SC300
Optimized area, Performance,
anti-tampering anti-tampering SecurCore

Armv6-M or Armv7-M Armv8-M

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 Performance and scalability for a diverse range of applications
Previous Armv6 Armv7 Armv8
Armv5 Armv6 Armv7-A Armv8-A
Cortex-A17 Cortex-A73 Cortex-A75 High
Cortex-A15 Cortex-A57 Cortex-A72 performance

Cortex-A
Arm11MPCore
Cortex-A9 High
Arm1176JZ(F)-S Cortex-A53 Cortex-A55
Cortex-A8 efficiency
Arm1136J(F)-S
Arm968E-S
Arm946E-S Cortex-A7 Cortex-A35 Ultra high
Cortex-A5 Cortex-A32 efficiency
Arm926EJ-S

Armv7-R Armv8-R
Cortex-R
Cortex-R8
Arm1156T2(F)-S Cortex-R7
Cortex-R52 Real time
Cortex-R5
Cortex-R4

Armv4 Armv6-M Armv7-M Armv8-M High

Cortex-M

Cortex-M7 performance
Arm7TDMI Cortex-M4 Cortex-M33 Performance
Arm920T Cortex-M3 efficiency
Cortex-M0+ Lowest power
Cortex-M23
Cortex-M0 and area

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