Lakka vs Adroid + Retroarch: who performs better?

RetroArch General
#1

Hi guys,

I am trying to tuning my new board (Rock64) so I am wondering which OS performs better Retroarch; I mean, by yours opinions, which one is it better in terms of performance: Lakka or Android + Retroarch?

#2

You can typically get better sync with lower audio latency in Linux vs Android, but if there are other things you want to do with Android, it’s come a long way in the past few years.

#3

Thanks for your reply, I was just thinking that maybe android would had some tunings in the kernel that generally Linux distros do not apply.

#4

If there is, it’s for the worse. The Nvidia Shield devices are the only ones I have any experience with that are on par with plain ol’ linux.

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#5

It is in my thoughts… I am still thinking to buy it or the Odroid-XU4, indisputably buying a Rock64 was been a mistake, let see what I will be able to do with this board.

#6

If the only thing you want to do with your board is retrogaming, go Lakka. As Hunterk said, you’ll get better performance and lower input lag with Linux + KMS than with Android.

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