Dimensity 8300

ARMSX2 2.6.9 spent a month optimising the PS2 graphics core for ARM handhelds. The two chips it was benchmarked on are the Retroid Pocket 5's Snapdragon 865 and the Anbernic RG477M's Dimensity 8300. Here is what actually changed.

Same chip as the RG477M, bigger battery, lower price. The RG477V is the vertical Anbernic that quietly became the better buy, as long as you can live with the trigger placement.

These two are closer than the price gap suggests. Identical chip, identical screen. The RG477V has the bigger battery and lower price, the RG477M has metal and Hall sticks.

The Anbernic RG477M is the brand's first true premium metal handheld — a Dimensity 8300, 12GB of RAM, a 120Hz LTPS panel, and PS2 at 2.5x. Here's what early launch coverage tells us about the strongest Anbernic Android device yet.