The last I heard, docker was around 2x slower than Intel macs and that performan...

scoopertrooper · on Nov 13, 2021

I don't know where you heard that, but even if we accept that assertion, it's not relevant to this conversation.

We're talking about running Linux on the Mac, so you won't be paying that virtualisation penalty.

There is no reason to think ARM64 containers running on an ARM64 machine would run any worse than AMD64 images running on an AMD64 machine. So given M1 Pro/Max Macs consistently rate amongst the best performing laptops on the market, you should expect a similar experience when running ARM64 containers on Linux.

As more developers pick up ARM64 macs, more binaries and containers will be releasing in ARM64. There was already a massive boost in this kind of thing after the launch of the M1.

indemnity · on Nov 13, 2021

I want to run the same containers I deploy though, we deploy native code, and right now we are not deploying on ARM.

So paying the price of Docker x86 images chomping CPU and being significantly slower is a downgrade from Intel.

scoopertrooper · on Nov 15, 2021

Then maybe an ARM platform isn't the right choice for you.