People argue over these minimal differences for good reasons.

If <insert objective measurement> = binary size, and I'm buying ROM in volume to hold that binary, +10% ROM address space can easily cost more than the ARM license.

That can matter quite a lot for adoption. Especially in the short term.

Obviously, priorities differ and change as a function of time but as the saying goes, the only thing worse than making a decision with benchmarks is making a decision without benchmarks.