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Some A limited number of laptops might come installed with have full desktop processors: however, due to thermal and power requirements, they are relatively heavy and in many cases noisy and expensive. As above, the constraints of a desktop CPUportable system often reduces the performance of the device, but so such laptops hybrid devices are not generally considered affordablerecommended.
For information on DualShock 3 controller support, see [[SCP Driver Package]].
;Minimum*[https://pcsx2.net/docs/setup/requirements/#system-requirements Official requirements page for PCSX2]:*Windows[https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Category: XP with Service Pack 3 CPU_intensive_games CPU-intensive games (32-bitPCSX2 wiki) or later*macOS], [http: Snow Leopard (10//forums.6pcsx2.3) net/Thread-LIST-The-Most-CPU-Intensive-Games CPU-intensive games (32-bitPCSX2 forum thread) or later*Linux] and [https: Distributions using kernel 3//wiki.pcsx2.2 net/Category:Software_rendering_only_games Software rendering only (32-bitPCSX2 wiki) or later]:*CPU[http: Intel Core 2 Duo E8700 @ 3//forums.5 GHz or AMD Phenom II X2 B60 @ 3pcsx2.5 GHz or betternet/Thread-LIST-Games-that-don-t-need-a-strong-CPU-to-emulate Games that don-t need a strong CPU to emulate for weak processors]*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 3870 or better*RAM[https: 2 GB or more;Recommended//wiki.pcsx2.net/Category:*Windows: Vista with Service Pack 2 GPU_intensive_games GPU-intensive games (32-bitPCSX2 wiki) or later*macOS], [http: Snow Leopard (10//forums.6pcsx2.8) net/Thread-LIST-The-Most-GPU-Intensive-Games GPU-intensive games (32-bitPCSX2 forum thread) or later]*Linux: Distributions using kernel For information on DualShock 3controller support, see [[SCP Driver Package]].18.124 (32-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3See [[PCSX2#Windows_XP.2F7.2F8.1_Compatibility|Windows XP/7/8 GHz or AMD Athlon 240GE @ 3.5 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or ATI Radeon HD 5830 or better*RAM: 4 GB or more1 compatibility]] section for running specific PCSX2 build with older Windows OSes.
For information on DualShock 3 controller support, see [[SCP Driver Package]]. ===[[Mednafen|Mednafen PS1]]===;Minimum:*Windows: XP with Service Pack 3 (32-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 2Depends on which core used for emulation.6 (32-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X2 545 @ 3 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 or ATI Radeon 9550 or Intel GMA 900 or S3 GammaChrome S14 or better*RAM: 1 GB or more;Recommended[https:*Windows: XP Professional x64 with Service Pack 2 (64-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 2//mednafen.6github.39io/documentation/ss.4 (64-bit) or laterhtml Official requirements for Saturn core page]*CPU[https: Intel Core i3-560 @ 3//mednafen.33 GHz or AMD FX-4170 @ 4github.3 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS or ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO or Intel HD Graphics 2500 or better*RAM: 2 GB or moreio/documentation/psx.html#Section_intro Official requirements for PSX core page]
;MinimumSee [http:*Windows//web.archive.org/web/20240228020658/https: 7 with Service Pack 1 (64//citra-bit) or later*macOS: High Sierra (10emu.13) (64org/wiki/faq/#can-i-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 4.15 (64expect-_citra_-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core i3to-4370 @ 3.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 240GE @ 3.5 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS or ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO or Intel HD Graphics 2500 or better*RAM: 4 GB or more;Recommended:*Windows: 8 (64play-bit) or later*macOS: Mojave (10.14) (64game-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 4.15.18 (64at-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core i3full-7350K @ 4speed official requirements page for Citra].2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2300X @ 3.5 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 or AMD Radeon HD 6990 or better*RAM: 6 GB or more
;Minimum:*Windows: XP with Service Pack 3 (32-bit) <small>(Needs msvcp100.dll and msvcr100.dll in the program's directory to run, See [https://imgurwiki.com/a/fgWhs proof] also applies for XP Pro x64 64-bitdesmume.)<org/small> or later*macOS: Leopard (10.5.8) (32-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 2.6 (32-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.4C (Northwood) @ 3.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 3400+ (Barton) @ 2.3 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX100 or ATI Radeon 7000 or 3dfx Voodoo4 4500 or Intel Extreme Graphics 2 or S3 DeltaChrome S4 or PowerVR Kyro 2 or Trident XP4 or XGI Volari V3 or Matrox Millennium G450 or better*RAM: 1 GB or more;Recommended:*Windows: Vista with Service Pack 2 (64-bit) or later*macOS: Snow Leopard (10.6.8) (64-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 2.6.39.4 (64-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8700 @ 3index.5 GHz or AMD Phenom II X2 B60 @ 3php?title=Faq#What_are_the_minimum_hardware_requirements_for_DeSmuME.5 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS or ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO or Intel HD Graphics 2500 or better*RAM: 2 GB or moreEnable the dynarec option 3F official requirements page for speedupsDeSmuME].
;MinimumSee [https:*Windows: XP with Service Pack 3 (32//mgba.io/faq.html#what-bit) or later *macOS: Leopard (10.5) (32are-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel kernel 4.4.161 (64the-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4A (Northwood) @ 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (Thoroughbredsystem-B) @ 2 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce2 Pro or ATI Radeon 8500 LE or 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 or Intel Extreme Graphics 2 or Matrox Parheliarequirements-512 or PowerVR Kyro 2 SE or better*RAM: 1 GB or more;Recommended:*Windows: Vista with Service Pack 2 (64for-bit) or later*macOSmgba official requirements page for mGBA], also see [https: Lion (10//github.7) (64com/mgba-emu/mgba?tab=readme-ov-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 4.18.20 (64file#system-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.2C (Northwood) @ 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton) @ 2requirements this section].2 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 or ATI Radeon 9550 or Intel GMA 900 or S3 GammaChrome S14 or better*RAM: 2 GB or more
===[[BGB]]===
*Windows: NT 4.0 (16-bit/32-bit hybrid) or later*CPU: Intel Pentium MMX (P55C) @ 200 MHz or AMD K6 (Little Foot) @ 233 MHz or Cyrix 6x86MX PR366 @ 250 MHz or IDT WinChip 240 (C6) @ 240 MHz or Rise mP6 PR366 @ 250 MHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA RIVA 128 or ATI 3D Rage PRO or 3dfx Voodoo2 1000 or Intel 82740 or Matrox Mystique 220 or S3 Savage3D or SiS 6326 AGP or Trident 3DImage 9850 or Rendition Verite V2100 or PowerVR PCX2 or better*RAM: 128 MB or more;Recommended:*Windows: 2000 with Service Pack 4 (32-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Pentium 2 450 @ 450 MHz or AMD K6-2 550 @ 550 MHz or Transmeta Crusoe TM5400 @ 700 MHz or VIA C3-800 (Samuel 2) @ 800 MHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR or ATI Radeon 7000 or 3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV or Intel Extreme Graphics or Matrox Millennium P650 or Trident Blade XP 9980 or better*RAM: 256 MB or more ===[[higan]]===;Minimum:*Windows: 7 with Service Pack 1 (32-bit) or later*macOS: Lion (10.7) (64-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 3.2 (32-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8700 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Phenom II X2 B60 @ 3.5 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 or ATI Radeon 9550 or Intel GMA 900 or S3 GammaChrome S14 or better*RAM: 2 GB or more;Recommended:*Windows: 7 with Service Pack 1 (based on 64-bit) or later*macOS[https: Mountain Lion (10//www.8) (64-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 3.18org/category/releases.124 (64-bit) or laterhtml active kernel releases/EOL]*CPU: Intel Core i3-2153 @ 3.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 220GE @ 3.4 GHz or betterAny x86 processor with SSE2 instructions*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS or ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO or Intel HD Graphics 2500 or betterAny OpenGL 1.1 supported hardware*RAM: 4 GB or moreMinimum amount required by the operating system
→Dolphin
Whenever a CPU has a high clock speed (e.g: Pentium 4 580 @ 4 GHz), it does not always necessarily mean that it is powerful.<ref>http://www.computer-hardware-explained.com/megahertz-myth.html</ref> This is usually a common misconception, that stems from lack of detailed information on how a CPU works. However, it is true that a higher CPU clock speed guarantees improved emulation performance. While it is true that a high clock speed is one of the main factors for good CPU performance, it is not always the sole determining factor. For example, a Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 GHz will nearly always outperform a Pentium D 940 @ 3.2 GHz.<ref>http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2097</ref> Even though the Pentium D 940 is clocked significantly higher, the Core 2 Duo E6600 is still faster due to the reduced amount of pipeline stages and a wider execution unit. This improves the amount of instructions it can output per cycle, which means better performance at a lower clock speed. In other words, the particular architecture of the CPU itself matters more than the clock speed.
AMD's FX (Bulldozer) CPUs also follows the aforementioned Pentium 4 (NetBurst) example, which has the same issue that the NetBurst-derived CPUs suffer from. They also share the same high clock speed traits, which might cause confusion and misleading performance conclusions. Because of this, it is recommended to completely avoid Bulldozer at all costs. To further discourage the use of a Bulldozer-derived CPU; its single-threaded performance is somewhat lower when compared to an equally-clocked Phenom II or Core 2,<ref>https://www.overclock.net/photopost/data/1501987/b/b1/b16fb0b4_ScreenShot005.jpeg</ref> though the multi-threaded performance of Bulldozer far exceeds the fastest Phenom II or Core 2 offerings.<ref>https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1100T-vs-AMD-FX-9590/2004vs1812</ref> The actual problem here is Bulldozer's under-average single-threaded performance that will not help in high-end emulation that uses 4 or fewer cores, and the fact that Bulldozer has a shared FPU between 2 cores. What this means, is that a FX-4350 would have 2 FPUs (1 FPU per 2 cores), and a FX-9590 would have 4 FPUs (1 FPU per 2 cores x 4). This will lead to weaker performance in floating-point heavy calculations, which is also another reason why it is not recommended. If you are still not convinced, have a look at the benchmarks.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AunYlOAfGABxdFQ0UzJyTFAxbzZhYWtGcGwySlRFa1E#gid=1></ref><ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AunYlOAfGABxdFQ0UzJyTFAxbzZhYWtGcGwySlRFa1E#gid=0</ref><ref>http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-CPU-Benchmark-designed-for-PCSX2-based-on-FFX-2?page=107</ref><ref>https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-new-dolphin-cpu-benchmark-no-game-required?page=15</ref><ref>https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-new-dolphin-cpu-benchmark-no-game-required?page=15</ref><ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=pl&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.pl&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://pclab.pl//art55934.html</ref><ref>http://wccftech.com/ultimate-cpu-gpu-floating-point-performance-battle-amd-intel/</ref><ref>http://www.anandtech.com/show/7711/floating-point-peak-performance-of-kaveri-and-other-recent-amd-and-intel-chips</ref><ref>http://vr-zone.com/articles/ivy-bridge-e-i7-4960x-vs-amd-fx-9590-battle-2013-flagships/54295.html/2</ref><ref>http://www.extremetech.com/computing/159619-5ghz-showdown-overclocked-5ghz-amd-haswell-ivy-bridge/2</ref>
===AMD vs. Intel===
The release of Pinnacle Ridge has not brought any architectural improvements to Ryzen yet, apart from it being manufactured on a better process that allows for higher clock speeds. Due to that, the instructions-per-cycle performance remains the same as Summit Ridge.
Current processors manufactured by both Intel and AMD (including Rocket Lake and Alder lake from Intel and Vermeer from AMD) have significantly improved single-threaded performance compared to previous generations of hardware from both companies. Of these, the Alder Lake architecture displays the best single threaded performance, followed by Vermeer and finally Rocket Lake<ref> https://www.tomshardware.com/amp/features/intel-core-i9-11900K-vs-amd-ryzen-9-5900x</ref>.
===Emulation on a non-x86/ARM CPU===
===Desktop vs. Laptop===
Laptop CPUs are typically much weaker than their desktop variants due to being clocked lower, for battery life clock speeds and heat management reasonsrequirements. They may also come with fewer cores when compared with their desktop variants with similar naming schemes, which may confuse yoube confusing. Also, please be aware that while some different laptops might come with the same CPU, their may vary in actual performance will vary from atrocious due to goodthe aforementioned restrictions, as well as manufacturer-implemented settings. This is due to their strongly correlated with cooling system's differencescapabilities, which will be either bad or goodwith thicker and larger laptops typically having better performance. As such, it is strongly recommended to pick a laptop with a decent cooling system for if emulation. Otherwise, the CPU will clock down to prevent itself from overheating, which would mean decreased performanceis one of your primary goals.
===More Cores and Threads===
==Recommended Specifications==
;Before diving in:
*This list excludes inactive or unsupported emulators as much as possible, see [[History of emulation]] page for older software emulators. For seeing recommended specifications for obsolete, non-active and older emulators, see [https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php?title=Computer_specifications&diff=77290&oldid=77289#Recommended_Specifications this page].
*'''We discourage recommending outdated hardware[https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx][https://www.amd.com/en/support], operating systems, or inactive emulators'''.
::Why? Because active and popular emulators such as Dolphin, Ryujinx, PCSX2 and others[https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/ucit8l/ryujinx_will_officially_drop_support_for_windows/i6btthj/] implements newest frontends, API related stuff and functions from time to time such as "XAudio2 situation[https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/pull/15248][https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PCSX2#Windows_XP.2F7.2F8.1_Compatibility][https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/xaudio2/xaudio2-versions]", "using [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/hlk/testref/d82297bd-09ae-47d2-a40e-02977e6fd773 D3D12]", "[https://github.com/qt/qtbase qt6]" "[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/memoryapi/nf-memoryapi-virtualalloc2 VirtualAlloc2]", "[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/memoryapi/nf-memoryapi-mapviewoffile3 mapviewoffile3]" which usually depends on latest operating system versions (considering using binaries provided by official sources, not building software by yourself without some serious patching).
*Provide only the official system requirements page URL if available (nothing else), but for emulators '''lacking detailed''' official information, we offer unofficial guidelines/data to help you decide.
*Also see [https://www.youtube.com/@natemasterson7274 Nate Masterson's YouTube channel] for benchmarks with emulators using obsolete hardware. [https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/issues/1492#issuecomment-1646644783 Supported instruction sets for various chips].
===[[DEmulYuzu]]/[[Suyu]]===;MinimumSee [https:*Windows//web.archive.org/web/20240302185354/https: Vista with Service Pack 2 (32//yuzu-bit) or later*CPUemu.org/help/quickstart/#hardware-requirements official requirements page for yuzu]. Also see [https: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 B40 @ 3 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 or ATI Radeon HD 5750 or better*RAM: 2 GB or more;Recommended:*Windows: 7 with Service Pack 1 (32//github.com/MaxLastBreath/TOTK-mods?tab=readme-ov-file#--quick-installation-guide-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.7 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2200G @ 3TOTK Optimizer recommended specs].65 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 280X or better*RAM: 4 GB or more
===[[Phoenix (emulator)|PhoenixRyujinx]]===;MinimumSee [https:*Windows: XP with Service Pack 3 (32-bit) or later*macOS: Snow Leopard (10//github.6) (32-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 3.13 (32-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 @ 2.83 GHz or AMD Phenom II X2 B53 @ 2.8 GHz or better *GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 or ATI Radeon 9550 or Intel GMA 900 or S3 GammaChrome S14 or better*RAM: 1 GB or more;Recommended:*Windows: XP Professional x64 with Service Pack 2 (64com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx/wiki/Ryujinx-bit) or later*macOS: Snow Leopard (10.6.8) (64Setup-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 3.18.124 (64&-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core i5Configuration-680 @ 3.73 GHz or AMD FXGuide#system-4350 @ 4requirements official requirements page for Ryujinx].3 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT or ATI Radeon X700 XT or Intel HD Graphics (Westmere) or S3 Chrome S27 or better*RAM: 2 GB or more
===[[Cxbx-Reloaded]]===
See [https://github.com/Cxbx-Reloaded/Cxbx-Reloaded?tab=readme-ov-file#system-requirements official requirements page for CXBX-Reloaded]
===[[Xenia]]===
:[https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/wiki/Quickstart#system-requirements Official requirements page]
;Minimum:
*Windows: 7 with Service Pack 1 10 (x64)*Linux: Distributions based on 64-bit[https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html active kernel releases/EOL] (you need to use [[Compatibility_layers|Proton]]. If using [[Wrappers|VKD3D]] with D3D12 backend for Linux giving you incompatibility issues, use Vulkan backend, see [[Xenia#Linux_and_SteamOS.2FSteam_Deck|Xenia Linux and Steam Deck guide]].) or later*CPU: x86-64 processor with AVX support and 4-cores, 4-threads - ''(Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66 GHz i5-2300 or overclocked AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 2.6 GHz or betterFX-4350)''*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS GTX 750Ti or ATI Radeon HD 2350 PRO or Intel HD Graphics 2500 or betterAMD RX 460*RAM: 2 4 GB or more;Recommendedand using [[Xbox_360_emulators#Enhancements|enhancements]]:*CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3 GHz [https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html Latest lineup of x86-64 processor] with AVX2 or AMD Phenom II X2 545 @ 3 GHz or betterAVX512[https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia/blob/master/src/xenia/cpu/backend/x64/x64_backend.cc#L29] support and at least 6-cores[https://discord.com/channels/308194948048486401/308194948048486401/1222104538195038228]*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 RTX 3060Ti or ATI Radeon HD 2600 AMD RX 6650 XT or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or better::''Some of the titles needs the latest lineup of graphics cards to play on 4K internal resolution.''*RAM: 4 8 GB or more
===[[RPCS3]]===
*[https://rpcs3.net/quickstart#requirements_desktop Official requirements page for RPCS3]
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rpq_2D4Rf3g6O-x2R1fwTSKWvJH7X63kExsVxHnT2Mc/edit#gid=0 CPU Tier List for RPCS3]
*For information on DualShock 3 controller support, see [[SCP Driver Package]].
===[[xemu]]===
:[https://xemu.app/docs/about/#system-requirements Official requirements page for xemu]
As mentioned in [[Xbox emulators#Comparisons]] section, some titles require powerful hardware for full-speed emulation, particularly [https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html single-threaded performance], is often the bottleneck. Additionally, using demanding graphical [[#Enhancements|enhancements]] may also require a strong GPU.
;Minimum:
*Windows: 7 with Service Pack 1 10 (64-bitx64) or later*Linux: Distributions using based on 64-bit [https://www.kernel 3.18org/category/releases.124 (64-bit) or laterhtml active kernel releases/EOL]*macOS: [[Wikipedia:Template:MacOS_versions|Still maintained version]]*CPU: x86-64 processor with SSE4.2 support[https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/issues/1492#issuecomment-1793758595] and 4-cores, 4-threads - ''(Intel Core i7i5-2700K @ 3.6 GHz 750 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @ 3.6 GHz or betterFX 4350)''*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 or AMD Radeon HD 7470 or betterOpenGL 4.0-compatible hardware*RAM: 4 GB or more;Recommendedand using [[Xbox_emulators#Enhancements|enhancements]]:*LinuxCPU: [https: Distributions using kernel 4//www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.0 (html Latest lineup of x86-64processor] with AVX2 or AVX512 support and at least 4-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core i7cores, 8-5960X @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Ryzen 7 1700X @ 3.5 GHz or betterthreads*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 1650 or AMD Radeon HD 8990 or betterRX 570::''Some of the titles needs the latest lineup of graphics cards to play on 4K internal resolution.''
*RAM: 8 GB or more
===[[PCSX2]]===
===[[PPSSPP]]===
See [https://www.ppsspp.org/docs/getting-started/system-requirements/ official requirements page for PPSSPP]. Also see [https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10560#issuecomment-360733737 this issue page].
;Minimum:
*WindowsCPU: XP with Service Pack 3 (32-bit) or later*macOS: Lion (10Any reasonably modern CPU will be just fine.7) (64-bit) or later*LinuxGPU: Distributions using kernel 2.6.39.4 (32-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Any GPU that can handle OpenGL 3.4E (Prescott) @ 30 should have no issue.4 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Clawhammer) @ 2 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 or ATI Radeon 9550 or Intel GMA 3000 or S3 Chrome S25 or better*RAM: 1 GB or moreMinimum amount required by the operating system
;Recommended:
*Windows: XP Professional x64 with Service Pack 2 Windows 10 (64-bit) or later*macOS: Lion (10.7.5) (64-bit) Any M1 or laterMac*Linux: Distributions using based on 64-bit [https://www.kernel 2.6org/category/releases.39.4 (64-bit) or laterhtml active kernel releases/EOL]*CPU: Intel Pentium D 970 @ 3.8 GHz Any AVX2 instruction set supported x86-64 hardware or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (Windsor) @ 2 GHz [[Wikipedia:ARM_architecture_family#Cores|ARM64 v8-A or betterlater]]*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS or ATI Radeon X1600 or Intel GMA X4500HD or S3 Chrome 430 GT or betterAny Vulkan 1.3 supported hardware*RAM: 2 4 GB or moreEnable the dynarec option for speedups.
===[[Cemu]]===
See [https://cemu.info/ official requirements page for cemu];Minimum:Similar to [[#PCSX2]] situation, some release titles and 2D games which underutilized the Wii U hardware may run on less powerful hardware, but for the best experience you need something like below.*WindowsCPU: 7 with Service Pack 1 (Any SSE4.2 x86-64hardware and 4-bit) cores, 4-threads - ''i5-750 or laterAMD FX-4100''*CPUGPU: Intel Core i7-970 @ 3OpenGL 4.33 GHz 5 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3Vulkan 1.3 GHz or better*GPU: 2 required - ''NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 GTX 750 or AMD Radeon HD 7730 or betterRX 460''*RAM: 4 GB or more;Recommendedand using enhancements[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Wii_U_emulators#Enhancements]:*CPU: Any AVX2[https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_11_0.txt][https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_16_1.txt] (including AVX[https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_8_2.txt]) and BMI supported[https://cemu.info/changelog/cemu_1_5_1.txt] x86-64 hardware and at least 4-cores, 8-threads - ''Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.7 GHz 4770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X @ 3.7 GHz 1600AF or better''*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 1660 or AMD Radeon R7 360 RX 580 or better
*RAM: 8 GB or more
===[[Dolphin]]===
See [https://en.dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/performance-guide/ official requirements page for Dolphin]
;Minimum:
*Windows: 7 with Service Pack 1 10 1803 (64-bit) or later*macOSLinux: Yosemite (10.10) (Distributions based on 64-bit) or later*Linux[https: Distributions using //www.kernel 4.4org/category/releases.6 (64html active kernel releases/EOL]*RAM: 4GB*Desktop CPU: Intel Core i5-bit) 750 or laterAMD FX 4350*Mobile CPU: Intel Any x86-64 or AArch64 processor::''Some release titles and 2D games which underutilized the GameCube and Wii hardware may run on even less powerful hardware such as: Core 2 Extreme QX9770 @ 3.2 GHz Duo E8400 or AMD Phenom Athlon II X4 955 Black Edition @ 3X2 255 CPUs, on top of that there are several performance and hack options such as "VBI Skip" which is a powerful tool for weaker devices, especially in games that struggle. It's obviously not perfect, but the mixture of slowdown and frameskip keeps the game fairly playable[https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2023/02/12/dolphin-progress-report-december-2022-january-2023/#50-18271-video-hack-vbi-skip-by-sam-belliveau].2 GHz or better*Desktop GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 7770 or betterDirect3D 11 / OpenGL 4.4 required.*RAMMobile GPU: 2 GB or moreOpenGL ES 3.0 required
;Recommended:
*WindowsRAM: 8 (GB or more*Desktop CPU: Any AVX2 instruction set supported x86-64hardware[https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/634#issuecomment-119015467] and at least 4-cores, 4-bit) threads - Intel Core i5-4460 or laterAMD Ryzen 3 1200*macOS: Yosemite (10:''Some intensive titles and incompatible ones with performance options such as "[https://en.10dolphin-emu.5) (64org/docs/guides/performance-guide/#Dolphin_Configuration dual core]"[https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2022/07/07/dolphin-progress-report-may-and-june-2022/#50-16448-fix-some-dual-core-full-screen-panic-alert-deadlocks-by-bit) or later*Linuxjosjuice][https: Distributions using kernel 4//dolphin-emu.4org/blog/2022/02/08/dolphin-progress-report-nov-and-dec-2021-jan-2022/#50-15579-delay-single-core-gpu-interrupts-by-phire][https://dolphin-emu.161 (64org/blog/2021/08/01/dolphin-progress-report-june-and-july-2021/#50-14359-aarch64-jit-fix-branch-following-optimization-by-bit) or later*CPUjosjuice][https: //dolphin-emu.org/blog/2021/06/06/dolphin-progress-report-april-and-may-2021/#50-14019-fifo-runsync-with-the-gpu-on-command-processor-register-access-by-stenzek] '''may''' require Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.4 GHz 7600 or OC'ed AMD Ryzen 3 1200 @ 32300X level of [https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html single thread performance] for running on full speed.''*Mobile CPU: For Qualcomm devices, processors with 2 or more "big cores" recommended.1 GHz Snapdragon 700 or betternewer is typically recommended.*Desktop GPU: Vulkan 1.1 supported hardware. ''NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon R7 360 RX 460''*Mobile GPU: OpenGL ES 3.2 / Vulkan 1.1 supported hardware:;For using enhancements[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/GameCube_emulators#Enhancements][https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Wii_emulators#Enhancements];:*Desktop GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1650 or AMD RX 570 or better:*RAMMobile GPU: 4 GB Recent RDNA2 or moreSnapdragon based graphics processors hardware
:See the [[Dolphin]] page for further recommendations, such as controller setups. ===[[Mupen64Plus]]===;Minimum:*Windows: XP with Service Pack 3 (32-bit) <small>(Needs msvcp120.dll and msvcr120.dll in the program's directory to run, also applies for XP x64 64-bit.)</small> or later*macOS: Snow Leopard (10.6) (64-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 2.6 (32-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Pentium 4 670 @ 3.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (San Diego) @ 2.4 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 or ATI Radeon 8500 or 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 or Intel Extreme Graphics 2 or XGI Volari V3 XT or better*RAM: 1 GB or more;Recommended:*Windows: Vista with Service Pack 2 (32-bit) or later*macOS: Snow Leopard (10.6.8) (64-bit) or later*Linux: Distributions using kernel 2.6.39.4 (64-bit) or later*CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ (Brisbane) @ 2.8 GHz or better*GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 or ATI Radeon 9550 or Intel GMA 900 or S3 GammaChrome S14 or better*RAM: 2 GB or more
===[[Citra]]===
===[[DeSmuME]]===
===[[mGBA]]===
;Minimum:
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