Retroid Pocket 4 vs Retroid Pocket 4 PRO with video – Which has the best price versus performance? (DROIX Blog)

Summary

DROIX blog review of the retroid-pocket-4-pro. Published 2024-04-26 on droix.net.

| DISPLAY | 4.7″ touchscreen, 750×1334 @60fps, 500nits |
I tried the same games on the Retroid Pocket 4 to compare. On AetherSX2 I saw that Gran Turismo 3 did drop to around 40 frames per second in busy scenes, compared to the 4 PRO remaining mostly at 60.

For emulation you are going to see decent performance on both Android Gaming Handhelds. Some things to keep in mind are that the AetherSX2, Citra and Yuzu emulators are no longer in development. These are the three high end emulators and they were quite demanding. We saw in our Retroid Pocket 4 PRO review some very good performance on these three emulators.
I tried the same games on the Retroid Pocket 4 to compare. On AetherSX2 I saw that Gran Turismo 3 did drop to around 40 frames per second in busy scenes, compared to the 4 PRO remaining mostly at 60.
Citra running Sonic Generations
On Citra there was shader caching lag on both devices. The Pocket 4 PRO had smaller freezes and lower drops in frames compared to the Pocket 4, which had longer and higher drops in frame rate. However, once shaders have been cached I did not see a massive difference in overall performance between the two models.
Vita3K running Street Fighter X Tekken
Yuzu running Cave Story
And last but not least is Yuzu. On the Retroid Pocket 4 we get some OK performance on Cruis’n Blast. We did get a lot of freezes and frame drops playing the game the first time around, but it was fairly smooth when racing the same map again. On the Pocket 4 PRO we saw less time freezing and an overall smoother experience in comparison when first playing.
God of War runs perfect on PPSSPP