Xbox Cloud Gaming just completely boggles my mind. So I have both a M1 iPad Pro and a A12Z iPad Pro, and consistently the M1 iPad Pro's performance is completely unplayable, while the A12Z is perfectly fine (some minor audio glitches, but especially on less action filled games, it's perfectly enjoyable).
Here, let me illustrate with Hades, the most extreme example:
I can barely even start the game on the M1, forget about playing it. While the A12Z has some audio glitches, but was pretty responsive. I've got a 600Mbit connection (speed tested) on both, so that's fine. I even hooked up the M1 to Ethernet. I tried both with controller and without controller, connected to power or not, all same results. The A12Z will run games fine, the M1 will consistently hang, by a blocky mess, and have the biggest input lag.
I am so confused as to why this would be.