This guide serves as the baseline for determining if Citron will run on your specific device. While devices can run on lower hardware configurations, your performance will vary and that is not necessarily an issue with the software. All in all, use your best judgement and understand that the 8 year old phone or laptop that has been in the closet for 10 years will probably not give you a good experience.

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Computer

CPU

Any x86_64 CPU with support for the FMA instruction set, or an ARM64-v8a or newer CPU. 6 threads or more are recommended.

• Minimum: Intel Core i3-10100F / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Or newer equivalent)
• Recommended: Intel Core i5-12400F / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Or newer equivalent)
• Optimal: Intel Core i7-13700K / AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (Or newer high-end equivalent)

Dedicated Graphics

OpenGL 4.6 or Vulkan 1.1 compatible hardware and drivers are mandatory. Half-float support and VP9 decoding support are recommended. Vulkan is generally the preferred backend on modern hardware for better performance and features. Performance scales significantly with GPU power and VRAM.

• Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (GDDR6) 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 6400 4GB (Or newer equivalent)
• Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB (Or newer equivalent like RTX 4060/RX 7700 XT)
• Optimal: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB / AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB (Or higher-end cards)

• For AMD Radeon cards (especially on Vulkan) enabling Force Maximum Clocks in Advanced Graphics Settings can potentially improve performance.

Integrated Graphics

Integrated graphics will generally provide significantly lower performance compared to a dedicated GPU, often resulting in an unsatisfactory experience. A dedicated GPU is strongly recommended. This section lists supported iGPUs; performance will vary greatly depending on the specific iGPU model, RAM speed, and CPU power.

• Minimum: Intel UHD Graphics 770 / AMD Radeon 610M (From Ryzen 7000 non-APUs or similar basic iGPUs)
• Recommended: Intel Iris Xe Graphics (found in 12th Gen+ i5/i7/i9) / AMD Radeon 780M (found in Ryzen 7040/8040 series APUs)

RAM

Higher RAM frequency is strongly recommended, especially when using integrated graphics due to shared memory. 16GB is generally the standard for modern gaming systems.

• Minimum: 8 GB (With Dedicated Graphics) / 12 GB (With Integrated Graphics)
• Recommended: 16 GB
• Optimal: 32 GB

Android

CPU

• Any ARM64-v8a or newer CPU.
• 6 threads or more are recommended.
• Minimum: Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 / MediaTek Dimensity 810 or equivalent (e.g., devices from late 2021 onwards in budget/mid-range)
• Recommended: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / MediaTek Dimensity 8100 or equivalent (e.g., devices from 2022/early 2023 flagships or high mid-range)
• Optimal: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 / MediaTek Dimensity 9300 or equivalent (e.g., recent flagship devices)

GPU

• Modern Android devices use integrated GPUs (part of the SoC).
• Vulkan 1.1 compatible hardware and drivers are mandatory. OpenGL ES 3.2 compatibility is also expected on modern hardware.
• Half-float support and VP9 decoding support are recommended.
• Minimum: Qualcomm Adreno 619 / ARM Mali G68 MC4 or equivalent (typically found in the minimum recommended CPUs)
• Recommended: Qualcomm Adreno 730 / ARM Mali G610 MC6 or equivalent (typically found in the recommended CPUs)
• Optimal: Qualcomm Adreno 750 / ARM Mali G720 MC12 or equivalent (typically found in the optimal CPUs)

RAM

• Integrated GPUs use system RAM, so adequate RAM is crucial.
• Highest possible frequency is strongly recommended.
• Minimum: 8 GB
• Recommended: 12 GB
• Optimal: 16 GB or more

Notes

• These are general guidelines. Actual performance can vary significantly based on specific hardware combinations, driver versions, the specific game being emulated, and Citron configuration settings.

• An up-to-date Windows 10 version is required, old Windows 10 releases or older Windows versions are not supported. Windows 11 offers similar performance.

• The recommended/optimal specifications don’t guarantee perfect performance in all games, but rather strive to provide a cost effective recommendation while still considering performance.

• CPUs lacking the FMA instruction set will produce very poor results. Intel Core gen 3 series or older and old Pentium/Celeron/Atom CPUs will not produce optimal results.

• Mobile CPUs will not reach the same performance as their desktop counterparts due to thermal, power, and technical limitations.

• GPUs must support OpenGL 4.6 & OpenGL Compatibility profile, or Vulkan 1.1 (or higher).

  To find out if your GPU meets these requirements, visit https://opengl.gpuinfo.org or https://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/ and check your GPU details.

  

Resources

Citron Website

Download Citron

Citron Source Code

Citron Discord