Not particularly defending the M1, but it might be that much of what you're usin...

jinto36 on Oct 20, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple M1 Max Geekbench Score

Not particularly defending the M1, but it might be that much of what you're using so far isn't available native and is going through Rosetta2? The other issues could be OS issues, but maybe it would be worth doing a RAM test?