# Metadata Source URL:: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/arm-vs-risc-v/ Topics:: #hardware, #computer-science --- # ARM vs. RISC-V: Is one better than the other? | Digital Trends If you wanted to make a CPU, there are two obvious choices: ARM and RISC-V. But what are the differences between the two, and is one better than the other? ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 290922_102048 > > ARM and RISC-V are instruction set architectures, or ISAs. The ISA is the foundation of a processor and is the most fundamental and basic component of any CPU. Both ISAs are reduced instruction set computer (or RISC) designs, meaning the base instructions the CPU has access to are inherently simple but ideally fast to calculate. The ‘R’ in ARM actually stands for RISC (though ARM is no longer treated as an acronym), so in this sense the two ISAs are similar.