Although I’m definitely not convinced enough to make the jump yet, those emulation benchmarks… Remember, it's not emulation; Rosetta translates the x86 binary

Although I’m definitely not convinced enough to make the jump yet, those emulation benchmarks… Remember, it's not emulation; Rosetta translates the x86 binary into ARM code and runs it. That's why there's a small pause when launching x86 apps—it translates the app on the fly.