"Which would win in a fight; an M1 Abrams, or an M48 Patton?"
Of course, that the question can still be asked without being laughed off of the internet says a lot about the German's aeronautical engineering.
Anyone able to explain why they were more advanced? Was it just allocation of resources?
The simple answer is that they weren't
Germany had a lot of the same/similar stuff on the drawing board in 1944, 1945 as the US, USSR and UK. Jet engines were simultaneously invented in the UK, Germany and Italy, and the US and the USSR got their own jets from the UK and were building lack luster jet fighters at the same time Germany was. Unlike the latter powers, however, which just continued to develop them into the post war years, in Germany there were a lot of half baked designs that were pressed into service out of desperation. The reality of the situation is that by late 1944 Germany was relying on fighters that were supposed to be phased out at least a year before hand, but couldn't because development resources were focused on experimental aircraft that really should've never been fielded in the first place.
"Of course, that the question can still be asked without being laughed off of the internet says a lot about the German's aeronautical engineering."
Not really, it says a lot more about the myth of German technical superiority. The idea that the Me 262, which is honestly the second-best jet of that war anyway, could compete with the F86 is actually ridiculous.
There's a gigantic myth about German military technology during the Second World War that has surfaced because a lot of designs and novel ideas were put forth that never got far enough into development for everyone to say 'hey, this is stupid and it will never work', and to us they look like amazing creations from some sort of fantasy sci-fi world... because that's exactly where they came from.
