Excellent › Good › Playable › Limited › Unsupported
System
Pimax Portal
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U
Classic systems
Game Boy
NES
Genesis
GBA
SNES
PS1
Mid-generation systems
DS
N64
Dreamcast
PSP
Saturn
Sixth-generation systems
GameCube
Wii
PS2
Modern systems
3DS
Switch
Wii U
PS3
Emulation source notes
Pimax Portal DS: Nintendo DS: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U DS: Nintendo DS: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal 3DS: Nintendo 3DS: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U 3DS: Nintendo 3DS: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal GBA: Nintendo Game Boy Advance: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U GBA: Nintendo Game Boy Advance: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal N64: Nintendo 64: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U N64: Nintendo 64: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal NES: Nintendo Entertainment System: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U NES: Nintendo Entertainment System: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal PS1: Sony Playstation: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U PS1: Sony Playstation: All games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal PS2: Sony Playstation 2: Most games playable at full speed, a few games have lower frame rates but still mostly playable with frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U PS2: Sony Playstation 2: Most games playable at full speed, a few games have lower frame rates but still mostly playable with frameskip
Pimax Portal PS3: Sony Playstation 3: RPCS3 was recently ported to ARM (2024/12/9), so please leave a comment if you know how well this device can handle PS3
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U PS3: Sony Playstation 3: Either cannot run any games at all or games are unplayably slow
Pimax Portal PSP: Sony Playstation Portable: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U PSP: Sony Playstation Portable: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal Wii: Nintendo Wii: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U Wii: Nintendo Wii: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal SNES: Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U SNES: Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal Wii U: Nintendo Wii U: Only the easiest to emulate games are barely playable
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U Wii U: Nintendo Wii U: Cemu for Android is only compatible with Adreno GPUs and Android 11-14, so any device with a Mali GPU will not run Cemu.
Pimax Portal Saturn: Sega Saturn: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U Saturn: Sega Saturn: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal Switch: Nintendo Switch: Most games playable but mostly with frameskip, struggles with harder to emulate games
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U Switch: Nintendo Switch: Most games playable but mostly with frameskip, struggles with harder to emulate games
Pimax Portal Genesis: Sega Genesis / Mega Drive: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U Genesis: Sega Genesis / Mega Drive: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal Game Boy: Game Boy / Game Boy Color: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U Game Boy: Game Boy / Game Boy Color: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal GameCube: Nintendo GameCube: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U GameCube: Nintendo GameCube: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Pimax Portal Dreamcast: Sega Dreamcast: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U Dreamcast: Sega Dreamcast: Almost all games playable at full speed without frameskip
Frequently asked
What's the difference between the Pimax Portal and the TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U?
Pimax Portal has similar emulation coverage to TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U. TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U is about $9 cheaper based on catalog pricing. Pimax Portal has a 144 Hz LCD Touchscreen screen, versus 60 Hz IPS Touchscreen on TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U. Pimax Portal runs Android 12; TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U runs Android.
Which is cheaper, the Pimax Portal or the TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U?
The TRIMUI Brick Hammer Pro U is the cheaper of the two at around $290, roughly $9 less than the Pimax Portal based on catalog pricing.