I'm sorry but your first claim has no basis in reality. Any benchmark shows the lowest end Panther Lake chip performing at least 15% faster than M1 and 10% faster than M2 in single core performance which is where Apple Silicon excels, and greatly outperforming them in both multi-core and GPU performance while having equivalent battery life.
Not sure what you're referring to. 5-10% of different is exactly what I meant by "matching". The real-life battery numbers also don't support your statement, as tested by e.g. notebookcheck.com
And, again, the actual context is Wildcat Lake here, an step down from Panther Lake.