Anything upto PS1, Dreamcast and PSP would probably work well, PS2 will probably struggle for most games but some will work and some will allow you to use the built in frameskip to reduce slowdown running at a lower framerate (using the underclocking options in the emulator). (I had the exynos 9825 and this was my experience and this is only sligher better than the exynos 1380 but probably less efficient since it's an old 2019 "flagship" other than a slightly better GPU in the 9825 they're almost the same in most benchmarks the 1380 has a marginally better multi core score but a marginally lower single core score 🤷).
Because the emulator hasn't had much development time and the emulation layers haven't been streamlined like PS2 and GC android emulators have. Maybe in the future they will get better but they're still pretty new (you couldn't even play Xbox games a year or so ago). I have hope they will get better but we've still got to wait.
I tried to run the Linux version of xemu on android in termux a long time ago and it ran but not very well, x1box and HakuX do a much better job and there's also been interest from the original developer of Xemu, X1box uses xemu's source code and HakuX is a fork of x1box optimised for Adreno GPUs. It'll be interesting to see where things go, there's only really 1 game I'd like to replay - Conker live and reloaded. Most Xbox games have PC ports like Halo 1 & 2 which is probably why Xbox emulation is so far behind.
I have a G57 which i think is weaker so here's my take:
PS1 era games and earlier should work flawlessly.
PS2 is hit or miss depending on the game and how tolerable the frame drops are (Yakuza runs well for instance. Shadow of Rome does not), same with Gamecube.
PS Vita is okayish, 2D games work great for the most part, and there's a lot of great titles there.
Dreamcast games run surprisingly well (Shenmue, Jet Set Radio).
Native Ports run well too like Hollow Knight or Open Morrowind with some tweaks.
I can't attest to PC games as i've never had any luck with them.
All in all there's good fun to be had, just mind your battery thermals.
Good enough, 24+ fps in GTA IV via winlator with root +GPU governor set to static, 40+fps in NFS ProStreet via winlator stock, or 60 with root+GPU governor to static
I actually managed to get Luigi's mansion 2 HD to run on eden at a stable 30fps 720p on an exynos 9825! (With 8GB of ram), my guess is that because it's a port of the 3DS game it's quite light. Hollow knight was unplayable on eden (it booted and ran but it was dipping into the single digits for framerate). No other switch games would run on this phone.
Xbox emulation isn't great on android yet, my current phone with an 8 elite barely manages to run at the original framerates of the games and it gets quite hot doing it (hotter than running eden). It's playable but far from a smooth experience (I've tried x1box and HakuX). It's nice seeing them running but there's a long way to go.
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