Security News > 2020 > November > Windows 10 ARM runs faster on M1 Macs than on a Surface Pro X
It turns out that the M1 chip not only performs fantastic for macOS BigSur but it may also be a better choice for Windows 10 than Microsoft's own devices.
This is illustrated when developer Alexander Graf used the QEMU virtualization software to install Windows 10 on ARM on an M1 Apple device, and the results are astounding.
Other users also began performing similar tests, with one person uploading their stats to GeekBench and showing that a virtualized Windows 10 on ARM on the M1 chip significantly outperforms Windows 10 on Microsoft's ARM-based Surface Pro X. As you can see below, Windows 10 on the Apple M1 device scored 1,317 for single-core benchmarks and 5,685 for multi-core.
These scores, especially considering it's Windows 10 running in a virtualized environment, should concern Microsoft who has been using ARM chips for Windows operating systems for some time.
If you own an Apple device with an M1 CPU, you can test Windows 10 under QEMU by following the steps in this video.
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