BlueStacks App Player Versus
LDPlayer , Memu and Nox

The Verdict

• Efficient CPU Consumption

  Unlike other emulators, BlueStacks 5 consumes fewer resources and is easy on your PC.

  • BlueStacks 5 outshined all the emulators, consuming about 10% CPU.
  • LDPlayer registered a massive 145% higher CPU usage.
  • Nox consumed 37% more CPU resources with a noticeable lag in-app performance.
  • Memu pulled all its weight, but still, its CPU usage was 37% higher.

• App Player Boot Times

  We ran a couple of tests to see how quickly we can get gaming. The tests were done on machines with identical specs.

  • BlueStacks 5 was the fastest with a boot time of 9 seconds
  • LDPlayer tried hard but was still 122% slower.
  • Memu was a whopping 322% slower, which meant a lot of waiting.
  • Nox, too, took a while. It was 133% slower.

• RAM consumption – Single Instance

  We tested BlueStacks against other App Players to see how efficiently they use a crucial resource like RAM.

  • BlueStacks 5 consumed the least amount of RAM
  • LDPlayer tried to power through but consumed 26% more RAM.
  • Nox took up 53% extra RAM putting a lot of strain on the system.
  • Memu too struggled a bit and consumed 31% more RAM.

• RAM consumption – Multiple Instances

  We ran graphically demanding strategy games and MMORPGs on 3 simultaneous instances each of all App Players with identical test setups.

  • BlueStacks 5 required the least amount of RAM.
  • LDPlayer needed 22% more RAM.
  • The yawning gap was evident in the case of Nox, which used 65% more RAM.
  • Memu tried its best but still ended up being 36% slower.

• APK Install Times

  We picked up some popular titles and tried to install their .apk files on all the app players.

  • BlueStacks 5 had the fastest install time of 5 seconds.
  • LDPlayer came in super close with a 20% difference.
  • Nox took twice as long, making it 100% slower.
  • Memu took its sweet time installing the APK and was 160% slower.

• Geekbench Score: Single & Multi Core

  We ran graphically demanding games using different App Players on identical PCs and compared the results against the benchmarking scores in Geekbench.
  (Geekbench is a cross-platform utility for benchmarking Android devices & PC performance analysis)

  • BlueStacks 5 was at par with MEmu with a negligible difference.
  • Memu followed close behind with a difference of 1.3% & 0.3%.
  • LDPlayer lagged behind by a huge gap of 21% & 26%.
  • Nox too underperformed in comparison. Scored 17% less for both.