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Arm Performix vs perf: catalog facts
Arm Performixperf
Free

Free to download and use.

Free

Free and open source as part of the Linux kernel.

Linux, Command line Linux, Command line
  • Profiles applications and captures hardware-level metrics
  • Provides visualizations and guided bottleneck analysis
  • Uses hardware performance counters and kernel tracepoints
  • Profiles both the whole system and single processes
  • Supports Linux on Arm Neoverse systems
  • Linux only
  • Command-line output takes practice to interpret
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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