One of the places that macOS has always excelled, all the way back to classic Mac OS.
Even System 1 on almost infinitely less powerful gear 40+ years ago super-prioritized cursor responsiveness, outshining all competitors. The OS and UI underpinnings are now 100% different, but the priority remains.
Most of this is offset by the godawful mouse acceleration profile MacOS uses by default. Many external mice, even with the sensitivity turned up to max, will not respond to small wrist movements at all and instead require disabled acceleration curves or more exaggerated mouse movements.
Those curves work fine for the Magic Trackpad, but they should not come default for any desktop Macs that use mice as their primary input.
Even System 1 on almost infinitely less powerful gear 40+ years ago super-prioritized cursor responsiveness, outshining all competitors. The OS and UI underpinnings are now 100% different, but the priority remains.