Tech riderRev. 29 Sept 2026
Arm Performance Studio
- 1Runs onAndroid, Linux, Mac, Windows
- 2CostsFree plan
- 3CPU profilingYes
- 4GPU profilingYes
- 5Frame-time analysisYes
- 6Render API captureYes
- 7Remote profilingYes
- 8Supported platformsAndroid, Linux, Windows, macOS
8 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: developer.arm.com

Overview
Arm Performance Studio is ranked #8 of 22 in game profiling software on Specifiction. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.
Arm Performance Studio plans and pricing
All plansFree Free Free suite of profiling tools · Arm CPU and GPU applications developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
Compared on game profiling software
- Free plan
- Yesdeveloper.arm.com
- CPU profiling
- Yesdeveloper.arm.com
- GPU profiling
- Yesdeveloper.arm.com
- Frame-time analysis
- Yesdeveloper.arm.com
- Render API capture
- Yesdeveloper.arm.com
- Remote profiling
- Yesdeveloper.arm.com
- Supported platforms
- Android, Linux, Windows, macOSdeveloper.arm.com
Facts
- Purpose
- Arm Performance Studio is a free suite of profiling tools for optimizing applications running on devices with Arm CPUs and Arm GPUs.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Streamline
- Streamline captures CPU, GPU, and application activity data from a device for performance analysis.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Performance Advisor
- Performance Advisor converts Streamline captures into performance reports that highlight potential issues and optimization advice.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Frame Advisor
- Frame Advisor analyzes API calls and rendering data from a problem frame and provides geometry metrics.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Shader analysis
- Mali Offline Compiler estimates shader and compute-kernel performance across Arm GPUs and reports register usage, cycle cost, and stage-specific recommendations.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Graphics debugging
- The included RenderDoc for Arm GPUs is an Arm fork of the open-source graphics API debugger with support for Arm GPU extensions and Android features.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Automation
- The tools can run in headless mode in continuous integration workflows and export machine-readable data for custom reporting.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Arm provides Unity and Godot integrations for adding application markers or counters to profiling workflows.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Supported targets
- The product page describes profiling Android and Linux applications and lists Android 11 or later for Streamline, Performance Advisor, Frame Advisor, and RenderDoc for Arm GPUs.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- GPU support
- Graphics profiling supports Arm Mali GPUs from the Mali-T700 series or later; Mali-400 and Mali-T600 series products are not supported.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Support
- Arm says Performance Studio support is provided by the community through its Gaming, Graphics, and VR forum.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Downloads
- The page lists downloads for Windows x86-64, macOS Arm64, and Linux x86-64, with the 2026.5 release dated September 8, 2026.developer.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Company history
- Arm says it was officially founded in November 1990 as Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.newsroom.arm.com · 29 Sept 2026
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Sources
- developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/arm-performance-stud· checked 29 Sept 2026
- developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/renderdoc-for-arm-gp· checked 29 Sept 2026
- newsroom.arm.com/blog/arm-official-history· checked 29 Sept 2026


