Game Engine Performance: Unreal 5 Nanite Overhead vs Godot 4 Lightweight Rendering

The Trade-Off Between Photorealism and Frametime Fluidity

While Unreal Engine 5 delivers breathtaking filmic lighting via Lumen and Nanite, its base engine footprint can introduce severe shader compilation hitches on mid-range APUs. Lightweight engines like Godot 4 produce games that launch in 2 seconds and draw minimal wattage on portable devices.