"Apple M-series chips emulating x86," in certain benchmarks and behaviors, was right up there with the fastest x86 chips at the time - I'd guess largely in stuf

"Apple M-series chips emulating x86," in certain benchmarks and behaviors, was right up there with the fastest x86 chips at the time - I'd guess largely in stuff that benefited from the huge L1I/L1D cache (compared to x86). I had a M1 Mini for a while, and it played Kerbal Space Program (x86) far better than my previous Intel Mini, which had Intel Integrated Graphics that could barely manage a 4k monitor, much less actual gaming. I believe there's a way to use Rosetta with Linux VMs, too (to translate x86 VM applications to ARM and run them natively) - but I no longer have any Macs, so I've not had a chance to play with it.