TrimUI Smart Pro
Not viable on this hardware, regardless of settings or custom firmware.
Tested by: Retro Handhelds Online
Nintendo GameCube (Nintendo, 2001) tested on 11 devices, cheapest first.
10 of 11 tested handhelds run GameCube well enough to play, starting at $150.
4 of them hold full speed. Ratings come from 16 publishers who had the hardware; the comparison across all of them is ours.
Impressive on most of the library, with known hard failures.
Not viable on this hardware, regardless of settings or custom firmware.
Tested by: Retro Handhelds Online
Impressive on most of the library, with known hard failures.
Tested by: Joey's Retro Handhelds, RetroGameTalk
Runs well at 30 fps, including at 2x internal resolution on lighter titles.
Tested by: GBAtemp, Retro Handhelds Online
Broadly comparable to its PS2 performance, with the heaviest titles needing settings dropped.
Tested by: Handheld Index, RetroResolve
Solid 30 fps with minimal frame drops on the usual benchmark titles.
Tested by: Retro Handhelds Online, RetroSpecGame
Excellent through Dolphin, with a handful of known problem titles.
Tested by: DroiX, Joey's Retro Handhelds
Near-perfect, frequently upscaled to 2x or 3x native resolution.
Tested by: Android Authority, Held Games
Near-flawless, with room to raise resolution above native and add filters.
Tested by: RetroResolve, AndroidAyuda
Handles the library upscaled to 1080p.
Tested by: overkill.wtf, Retro Handhelds
Runs at 3x native resolution, including the titles that defeat everything below it.
Tested by: Retro Dodo, Stuff
Full speed with room for upscaling. Dolphin is well optimised for the hardware.
Tested by: Retro Dodo, NerdBurglars
Devices are ordered by price, not by score, because the useful question is usually the cheapest thing that clears the bar rather than the best thing available. “Playable” is where most people should stop reading upward: past that you are paying for headroom and upscaling, not for the game running.
Devices absent from this list have no published GameCube testing found. That is a gap in the data, not a verdict on the hardware.
Every rating on this page traces to one of these. The compilation is ours; the measurements are theirs.