It is the same engine+supercharger that the A6M5 has, minus the ejector stacks. Most people don't realize it, but the A6M5 has pretty decent performance at altitude.
What most people don't realize is that, while it had the same engine model, it did NOT have the same performance. It was only about 10mph faster than the A6M2, and that performance was gradually reduced as they added the wingtips bad, added back the removed fuel tank (that pilots missed once it was removed).
Outside of the weapons loadout, it's very VERY similar in overall performance to an A6M2, despite having a different engine.
EDIT: It just had different power chart peaks, because of that engine.