Is there any performance overhead due to android emulation on linux?

Question

Is there any performance overhead due to android emulation on linux since android uses a linux kernel. Does it utilize the underlying kernel to achieve minimum performance overhead similar to a container. I am currently using Anbox for emulation.

Answer 1

According to the anbox website:

Anbox puts Android apps into a tightly sealed box without direct access to hardware or your data.

So the emulation isn't hardware passthrough, which does mean overhead, however

Anbox runs the Android system under the same kernel as the host operating system does

So there is less slowdown than on full-blown emulators.