Introduction
Analyze Intel x86 and Arm Neoverse top-down performance methodologies
Understand Intel x86 multi-level hierarchical top-down analysis
Understand Arm Neoverse top-down analysis
Evaluate cross-platform PMU counter differences
Measure cross-platform performance with topdown-tool and Perf PMU counters
Next Steps
| Skill level: | Advanced | 
| Reading time: | 30 min | 
| Last updated: | 06 Oct 2025 | 
| Skill level: | 
| Advanced | 
| Reading time: | 
| 30 min | 
| Last updated: | 
| 06 Oct 2025 | 
This is an advanced topic for software developers and performance engineers who want to understand the similarities and differences between Arm Neoverse and Intel x86 top-down performance analysis using PMU counters, Linux Perf, and the topdown-tool.
Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:
Before starting, you will need the following: