https://www.embarcadero.com/starthere/xe7/mobdevsetup/android/en/running_your_android_application_on_an_android_emulator.html

Для ведроида есть и arm и x86 эмуляторы. Софт работающий на arm-эмуляторах будет дико тормозить. На x86 эмуляторы используют аппаратную виртуализацию поэтому софт работает относительно быстро, но только тот, который не имеет зависимостей от NDK. Дельфийский на x86 эмуляторах работать не будет (есть сборки ведра для x86 с установленной libhoudini для исполнения arm кода).

Яблочный эмулятор - x86 и дельфя комплирует приложения для эмулятора, как x86. То есть, на маке с интелом работать должно.

Официально от гугля неделю назад ставил arm'овый.

Кстати, вот:

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/03/run-arm-apps-on-android-emulator.htmlAs part of the Android 11 developer preview we’ve released Android 11 system images, which are capable of executing ARM binaries with significantly improved performance. Previously, developers who were dependent on ARM libraries and could not build an x86 variant of their app either had to use system images with full ARM emulation, which are much slower than x86 system images when run on x86-based computers, or resort to physical devices. The new Android 11 system images are capable of translating ARM instructions to x86 without impacting the entire system. This allows the execution of ARM binaries for testing without the performance overhead of full ARM emulation.

https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/emulator#support_for_arm_binaries_on_android_9_and_11_system_imagesIf you were previously unable to use the Android Emulator because your app depended on ARM binaries, you can now use the Android 9 x86 system image or any Android 11 system image to run your app – it is no longer necessary to download a specific system image to run ARM binaries. These Android 9 and Android 11 system images support ARM by default and provide dramatically improved performance when compared to those with full ARM emulation.