

Up to 60 percent better DirectX 11 performance: Parallels Desktop 16.5 running on an M1 Mac delivers up to 60 percent better DirectX 11 performance than on an Intel-based MacBook Pro with Radeon Pro 555X GPU.Up to 250 percent less energy used: On a Mac with an Apple M1 chip, Parallels Desktop 16.5 uses 2.5 times less energy than on a 2020 Intel-based MacBook Air computer.This enables our users to enjoy the best Windows-on-Mac experience available.Īccording to Parallels, there are also some significant performance enhancements in the M1 chip compatible version including: However, virtual machines are an exception and thus Parallels engineers implemented native virtualization support for the Mac with M1 chip. The transition has been smooth for most Mac applications, thanks to Rosetta technology.

Parallels Senior Vice President of Engineering and Support, Nick Dobrovolskiy said about the release:Īpple’s M1 chip is a significant breakthrough for Mac users. We rated Parallels the best way to run Windows on a Mac and support for Apple silicon ARM M1 chip Macs makes it one of the first and only ways to run Windows on M1 Macs especially since Boot Camp is no longer available on them. Virtualization software Parallels announced today that it has released Parallels 16.5 which is officially compatible with M1 chip Macs.
