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Its not a straightforward comparison, each aircraft had advantages over the other, and the marks of Spitfire in service when the 190 was introduced
were outclassed, by both the 190 and the 109G. Later marks redressed the imbalance. The Hurricane and Spit both had the same Achilles heel, that being that the engine, unlike its German counterparts, was not fuel injected, and hence if the aircraft was inverted for more than a second or two, the engine spluttered and took a few valuable seconds to get back to its desired power output. Only the late marks of Spit had a clear superiority over the 190.
Then the 262 came along, and would have made both of them obsolete
had the 262 been produced in large numbers before the war ended.
raymo
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