I don’t think that is fair. ARM and Apple have very different objectives. Apple does not care if its CPU design division makes any money and they can get away with very large SoCs that rely on cutting edge manufacturing. ARM on the other hand needs to sell designs that manufacturers can use to make money. So there is a tendency to go towards simpler designs that are easier to manufacture. So sure, Apple has an edge in performance. But they don’t have the same business model or optimise for the same things.