is your pc a potato? you probably have notice this.
…it is just weird, there is a reason for this?
In order for us to provide better support, we need to see the log generated by citra. This guide will walk you through how you can obtain the log file: How to Upload the Log File
No, this shouldn’t be happening normally speaking. However, save states save Citra’s settings when you create them. So if you change your settings afterwards to ones that lower your performance, and then load an older save state, it’ll change back the settings to what they were when you created the save state. Thus improving performance. Not sure how else they would do that.
Regardless, if you’re experiencing performance issues, please upload a log file using the guide that the bot posted above. We may be able to improve it a bit.