Additional cores will not make Dolphin go any faster, though an 'extra' core that Dolphin isn’t using may help slightly by keeping background tasks from using the same cores as Dolphin. The Android version of Dolphin is in alpha and should not be expected to work as well as the PC counterpart.ĭolphin is a dual core application that relies upon IPC (Instructions Per Clock) for performance. Operating systems are required to be 64-bit to run Dolphin.Īs well, Dolphin runs on Android 5.0 and up on 64-bit Android devices. Other Unix-like systems (such as FreeBSD) may work but are not officially supported. For their ease of use and additional graphics backend options, Windows is generally recommended for most users. Dolphin is a cross-platform emulator that runs on Windows (7 and newer), Linux, and Mac OS X (Yosemite and up).