Why can most computers run modern games really well but extremely stutter when emulating old games

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Why can most computers run games like RDR2, Cyberpunk, etc. Really fast but when emulating ps3/Xbox360 games it lags and can barely run it?

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A computer running a native game is like an English speaker reading an English book.

A computer running an emulator is like an English speaker reading a French book using a French-to-English dictionary.

Consoles usually have different processors with different instruction sets than a PC. This means the emulator needs to translate the instructions in runtime, which makes it significantly slower.

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