

Meanwhile, BlueStacks 4 showed a CPU usage of 1.7% with Eco Mode running, which corresponds to around 84% reduction in usage in relation to the initial value. BlueStacks 5 shows around 0.3% to 0.8% CPU consumption under these conditions, which means that Eco Mode effectively reduces the usage by up to 97%. In these comparison pictures, both BlueStacks clients have Eco Mode activated and configured to 5 FPS.

Nevertheless, a good point of entry for this comparison would be the boot times and loading times for both games, which are some of the first things you’ll encounter in the game.

Luckily, since they’re lighter than most games out there, these mobile titles often feature very short and quick loading screens, especially if you’re playing them on BlueStacks and have a decent PC.

Some titles on other platforms have managed to disguise their loading screens with gameplay elements to give the illusion of no loading, but mobile games still haven’t gotten to this point. Our objective here is to show you through our own testing and data how BlueStacks 5 measures up so that you can decide for yourself if it’s worth upgrading (protip: It definitely is).Īs gamers, we’re no strangers to load screens these are just things you get used to as virtually every game features them. This time around, we’ll be taking a look at Rise of Kingdoms, the popular war game. In this series of articles, we will be comparing the new BlueStacks 5 to its predecessor for playing specific popular games, in relation to several aspects such as resource consumption, multi-instance capabilities, performance, and load times. But what does this mean in practice? Furthermore, if you’ve already been able to run BlueStacks 4 adequately with your current hardware, what would the improvements that we’ve implemented in BlueStacks 5 be worth to you? You’ve probably heard about how the new BlueStacks 5 is the fastest and lightest our Android emulator has ever been, at least when compared to the previous versions.
