The wireless adapter just seems more stable and reliable is the main reason I use it. If the only Bluetooth device you have is the controller it's usually fine but I've run into issues having both the controller and a Bluetooth headset connected at the same time (and yes this was with a very nice wireless card with giant antennas and everything). Imo it's never a bad idea to give your controller it's own dedicated wireless lane, so to speak.

Dude, great video! Thank you! Very much appreciated, this is exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you. I was searching everywhere for a video like this. Well done.

You presented the raw data, explained your methodology and specified all your constraints - exactly what I was hoping to find! A question or two if I may? Did you use the same button for all tests? Has any testing that you've done shown any differences in input latency for different buttons? Thank you for putting all this data together! :-)

Wasn't expecting such precise data, thank you.

This guy is a legend.. exactly what I was searching for. Thanks!

People asked and you delivered. Thank you!!

Thanks for taking the time. Very useful video. I won't bother getting the adapter now. The only BS using Bluetooth is that you have to re-sync the wireless controller every time I use it with a different PC.

Great video, just what I needed.

The problem is that with bluetooth the control often disconnects. It gets in the way of gambling a lot.

Awesome thanks for the video... I'm waiting on my wireless adapter to be delivered today. The main reason why I got the wireless adapter is because I heard it does not suffer from the frequent disconnects that Bluetooth does... but great to hear it also has less latency.

The difference between the Bluetooth and Xbox adapter doesn't seem all that significant. I get a really stable connection over Bluetooth so I'm good sticking with that. For those struggling with Bluetooth connection, consider using an extension adapter to place your dongle somewhere where it's not impeded by other electronics.

Just got a new controller for my PC hardly any lag via bluetooth from what I can tell vs the adapter. I'm sooo glad MS decided to add bluetooth feature to these controllers. :)

Really useful video, simple and easy to understand the methodology. Thank you! Also, 55ms for wired, 58 for adapter and 64 for bluetooth doesn't seem like a big difference, unless you're a pro player.

I would expect some variance between different bluetooth chips. I purchased the xbox adapter after noticing a difference between Bluetooth and wired, hoping to strike a middle ground for casual gaming, which it did. I am interested to run these tests myself now, on my own devices.

Great job with the test! However, such tests do not say the whole story. When you are constantly pressing multiple buttons at the same time while playing, the bluetooth mode will struggle with the inputs. You can actually fell a delay in comparison to wireless adapter. As always, wired is the best! 👍

The biggest reason to get the adapter is for the passthrough audio, letting you plug your wired headset into your wireless controller.

Thank you for this video, I am trying to use Game Stream and it felt laggy to me. After messing with some settings I got it down to about 3-4ms of latency added by streaming, but every bit I can cut off will help. I think a couple of other things to note. The XBox adapter adds some extra features and in some cases may be more stable than BT. Also one thing missing is what BT adapter you were using, a dongle, built in, etc and what BT version it was using. You may find better/different results using a newer BT protocol or built in vs external for interference reasons.

Man I was not expecting this video to be exactly what I needed and more! Awesome work ❤️ I’m so glad you also included the wired latency too

My biggest issue with bluetooth is the random drops in connection on occassion, otherwise the latency has come a long way since the early 2000s.

Great video. Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for making this!

Hi! Very useful video and tests! It's seems a little strange to me, that this information is not part of a public specification parameters. And we have to Google it and make our own tests. BTW I have Xbox Series gamepad and using it via bluetooth and I didn't notice any delays. Thank you!

Was looking for a video exactly like this. searched for it and thought there probably won’t be anything like this. Thank you!! Excellent video :) subbed

I'm not sure if I'm not understanding the test here but you would need some sort of digital indicator of the button press on video for the test to be valid, an LED lighting up as the button has truly sent it's signal. I would wire an LED to the + on the button signal.

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great video, well done man.

Incredible video and extremelly precise! That's exactly what I was looking for!

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You are crazy, this is great test, thanks.

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This is the best video I have seen on this subject. Thank you. Subscribed!

look at how consistent the wired connection is! wired is really the way to go if you're doing competitive gaming. But I use my controller to play single-player/campaign/stories, so I don't really care about the lag. I even turn on v-sync when I play those non-competitive games.

I know this is old but using the Xbox controller on Windows Bluetooth causes games to randomly dip FPS, seems crazy but look it up, happened to me with the Xbox One controller, then later with a completely new PC with a new Xbox Series controller, searching a bit I found others with the same problem and after using wired or the adapter everything was fine.

Bluetooth when it works feels fine, but when the random drops on bluetooth happen or needing to repair the controller with the bluetooth makes it superior.

Thanks for doing this, it was really helpful! Subbed

Thx for this. Finally found what I was looking for 👍🏻

I have both XOne and XSeries controllers, and One's controller has significant less BT signal strength than the Series. Any object between them makes it loose connection while the Series controller have no negative effect (tested with the same batteries).

Ah yes the video I needed, I've been curious every time I've been wired in vs on bluetooth

What a great analysis

Fun fact you can have just 1 controller with Bluetooth so using wired if it's just you and close but have 8 with a Xbox adapter with close latency is a win add to it you could use heads sets or speakers and other stuff :)

very useful video which i was searching for long time. big thanks.

I was just searching for this on google and found this video, thought it was clickbait.. Wow was I wrong THANKS!

Just what I was looking for. Thanks man.

Dude great video, excellent data, short, and straight to the point.

Thanks! saved me a few bucks, so here is your cut :-)

Thank you. Very interesting. As mentioned below, my controller also cuts off every now and then with Bluetooth. If I charge the controller using my PC, I have to remove my connection in system settings and redo. Hopefully the wireless adapter will make this less of a hassle.

Thanks. This was informative. I'm curious though about the battery drain on both the adapter and Bluetooth. Do they eat battery at the same rate?

Did you account for your monitor refresh rate? If it’s 60 Hz the minimum possible latency is 16 ms

Thank you for your hard working on frame counting

Also depends on the Bluetooth adapter that you are using on your device, my motherboard doesn't come with native Bluetooth adapter and I had to buy a USB Bluetooth adapter which is not the best. That's why I think the Xbox adapter is good for me

I have the older style one. The big original Xbox one. I’ve had that 6 years now. 5 years with the original Xbox one controller until it broke and 1 year with my new Xbox X controller. This adapter never drops signal and it very stable. It still works great

Thanks. This is great information. I used PS3 controller with modified BT drivers to eliminate lag and xinput support, now i need new controller. I'll go with wireless adapter I tried PS4 controller over BT. What a mess with input lag.. Works better with BetterDS4 modified drivers

Perfect video! Thanks.

mind blowing data collection and analysis!

Excellent, thank you !!

Really well explained video. Awesome work!

Thanks, I saved some money because of this video, my TP-Link UB500 adapter will do just fine, no need for paying extra :)

If you using Bluetooth while playing heavy game that use most of your PC's resources, the delay will be really huge. Oh and from the distance around 5m+

Really great tests! I thought the Bluetooth is going to have much more latency, like it is with wireless mice!

For Warzone or any other competitive game use wired and for all the rest of games use Bluetooth and in the night use Xbox adapter to the benefit of putting a headphone jack to thecontroller and don't annoying anybody with the sound

I notice a significant change in feel and responsiveness of Bluetooth vs wired

Thank you. I have been using the Series controller with a PC over Bluetooth and it's fast enough that I cannot notice the delay.

Great video, thank for the data, its helps so much, congrats

So do you recommend buying an adaptr for playing story game or co op games i do care if there is a noticeable latency i dont like it thats why i dont want to play woth bluetooth ( i use a wireless logitech mouse does this affect the adapter ?)

thank you.. this help a lot!

I've had issues running the Xbox Elite controller over bluetooth on Fortnite with Bluetooth. Managed to finally snag one of these a couple of days ago, so hopefully it'll help with my stuttering issues going forward wirelessly. I didn't experience much stuttering and weird lag issues when I was wired. Might be the bluetooth.

Great job and useful video, thank you.

thanks for the video, great analysis

great video, very informative, thank you!

Very informative. Nice vid.

Dude you rock fuck yeah data like this makes the world go round!

Nice video, helped me to save 30$, also I use bluetooth built into my mobo and it works flawlessly, no disconnects, lags etc.

I thought wired connection would be less than half of either wireless connection, surprised.

Fantastic video, I have been wanting to know the actual difference between BT and adapter for awhile. Were you using the new xbox series controller (with the share button) or the previous generation one?

Exactly what I needed thanks.

thanks for making this

Very good video. Good job. The video is great!

I used to have the last version of the Xbox adaptor, and most of the time i had to unplug and re-insert the adaptor after pc reboot, was annoying, have the BT version of the Xbox series X (type c) and Xbox one S (micro usb) both work fine over Bluetooth, the new controller needed a firmware update. i used the adaptor because I had the 1st gen elite controller which did not have Bluetooth. good video.

According to my experience wifi feels instant whereas on bluetooth mode there is a relative "huge" delay. I notice that in several fighting games like Theken, DoA or even quick time puzzle games like Catherine where every ms is important. (maybe I have a faster monitor with 22ms delay). Great video btw!

With Bluetooth my controller acts like a small weight attached to a rubber band. It takes a moment to catch up then BAM! Max stretch and all of the energy and force goes crazy and becomes unpredictable.

This dude is a freaking legend

Don't sweat over 3 ms difference. A second has 1000 ms.

EXCELLENT VIDEO THANKS

Really useful test with smart design. Yet the end to end latency did not exclude the system latency, e.g. monitor flash rate, gpu latency etc . Let us say wired input latency is 5ms. Then according to this test, Xbox wireless has input latency 8ms, BT latency is around 15ms. This is a considerable latency improvement. Of course, the end to end latency is dominated by the system latency now so it doesn't matter what wireless connection we are using.

I used my, DualSense Controller. Its fine. But so many games don’t support it. Or are really wonky. Im tired of using third party apps. Or vibration doesn’t work. Bought an xbox controller with the adapter. Vibration always works. The games always work. No more headaches. Thats why i personally recommend the controller and adapter. I use a gaming laptop, so i just generally plug it into the TV and play from a distance.

Hi can you also share your experience with regard to distance? And maybe also BT 4,0 vs 5,0? What do you use in the vid? Just rough data would suffice ;) no need for scientific measures and big effort like in the vid. Would really help me!

Thank you so much, I already took a decision about buying just the xbox controller series x

Can you make a video comparing battery life using the Xbox Wireless Adapter VS Bluetooth VS Wired?

What a great video! Good job!

Ok think that 71ms outlier on the wireless adaptor test skews the result slightly because no other single results are even close to that one.

Amazing video congratulations bro

Something that wasnt mentioned in the video, playing with bluetooth while gaming gives some pretty nasty stuttering in games. My frames will just die sometimes

Amazing, good work ;)

very interesting video .it also depends on wich bluetooth you have bt4 or bt5 i guess .

actually useful information. thanks.

Wired still requires either bluetooth connection or the wireless adapter, correct? If I had to guess, you were still using the wireless adapter and essentially getting similar numbers.

weird because rhythm games were miles better with wired pad, definitely felt better than just 9ms difference

Thanks dude it helped me a lot

Thanks for the informative video

Brilliant video!