AYN Odin2 Portal Review – Snapdragon 8 powered premium Android gaming handheld (DROIX Blog)

Summary

DROIX blog review of the ayn-odin-2-portal. Published 2025-03-14 on droix.net.

The PlayStation 2 emulator AetherSX2 runs great. With my go to game OutRun we get a smooth 60+ FPS at 1x resolution. We can go as high as 3x resolution and keep at 60 FPS which is great.
For the now discounted Yuzu emulator we see fairly good performance. Don’t expect to run first party titles at full speed, but for mid and lower demanding you will get some good results. We get a full speed on Cruisn’ Blast with some minor dips below 60 FPS now and again.

AetherSX2
Vita3K
PPSSPP emulator on the AYN Odin2 Portal
Citra emulator on the AYN Odin2 Portal
Citra for the most part runs very well. With the more demanding games you may experience a few shader lags here and there but overall no major issues. Medium and lower demanding games run great and you can even increase rendering resolutions.
The PlayStation 2 emulator AetherSX2 runs great. With my go to game OutRun we get a smooth 60+ FPS at 1x resolution. We can go as high as 3x resolution and keep at 60 FPS which is great.
AetherSX2 emulator on the AYN Odin2 Portal
With Vita3K you can run many compatible games just fine at full speed. Depending on how demanding the game is, you can increase the rendering resolution up to 1080P if you wanted to.
YuZu emulator on the AYN Odin2 Portal
Vita3K emulator on the AYN Odin2 Portal
For the now discounted Yuzu emulator we see fairly good performance. Don’t expect to run first party titles at full speed, but for mid and lower demanding you will get some good results. We get a full speed on Cruisn’ Blast with some minor dips below 60 FPS now and again.
But as we mentioned in our AYANEO Pocket S review. Do you actually need the extra performance? AetherSX2 and YuZu for example are discontinued and no longer in active development. There is nothing to really demand higher performance unless you want a few extra games to perform faster on the emulators.