Virtualized Windows 11 test shows Apple's M5 destroying Intel and AMD's best in single-core benchmark — Chinese enthusiast pits Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Core i9 14900KS against Apple's latest SoC

An experiment by a Chinese enthusiast reveals that Apple's M5 processor outperforms high-end CPUs from Intel and AMD in single-core benchmarks when running Windows 11 in virtualization mode. The M5 SoC achieves the highest single-thread score ever recorded on a non-overclocked CPU in the CPU-Z database. In multi-thread performance, the M5 competes well with CPUs running 8 threads but falls behind when compared to CPUs with higher thread counts. The results, while impressive, are based on synthetic benchmarks in virtualization, leaving room for further testing to understand the M5's performance in different scenarios.