QEMU - ArchWiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/QEMUThe argument accel=kvm of the -machine option is equivalent to the -enable-kvm or the -accel kvm option. CPU model host requires KVM; If you start your VM with a GUI tool and experience very bad performance, you should check for proper KVM support, as QEMU may be falling back to software emulation.