Unfortunately, it looks like Intel is investing heavily into RISC-V (by buying out SiFive), so it's harder to say for sure what their future will be here.
What I would do clone the backups so that you can have your cake and eat it too, in other words testing your backups' recency while testing their clonability. How old is your SSD?
If your terminal supports something called OSC 52, then it should work great! I use Kitty which does support it and Alacrity should also too.