
DeSmuME ( servers) DeSmuME has had significant improvements since 2018 new features include less CPU/GPU resource usage and high-resolution 3D rendering, though Wi-Fi capability remains neither emulated nor supported. In May 2023, it was confirmed that there are plans for high-level emulation of Arm7 on MelonDS. Switching to OpenGL in core options may give a performance boost. (Example) While the developers of No$GBA had documented the Wi-Fi capabilities first, melonDS is the first and only emulator that's gotten as far as it has, and it's been found to work reasonably well with a handful of games.

Both can display the two screens in a variety of ways, but melonDS has a hybrid mode. Both can run games at a higher internal resolution (sharper 3D objects) and can open ROMs inside a compressed archive (ZIP, RAR, 7Z etc.). Has similar DS game compatibility as DeSmuME. In terms of being user-friendly, options in melonDS are more simplified.

If you turn on C-Gear, after a few minutes you'll be unable to save.

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 melonDS libretro core two versions out of date (still on 0.9.3), and the generation 5 Pokemons are broken.
