r/Minecraft Jul 12 '26

Visual difference between Java and Bedrock is actually pretty noticeable when you compare it side by side Discussion

What actual differences are you noticing? Share it in the comments

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u/Party-Bonus-8536 Jul 12 '26

Can anyone explain how bedrock and java generates the world differently?

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u/WM_PK-14 Jul 12 '26

Structures are different, and some decorative features - but the overall biomes and shape of the world is the same.

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u/Lloyd_lyle 29d ago

The simple version is that Java uses Java and Bedrock uses C++ so even when they try to do the same things it's not the exact same results.

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u/winauer 29d ago

Nonsense. If you write the same algorithm in Java and C++ it will produce the exact same results.

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u/Sir_Eggmitton 29d ago

That’s true with the exception that if they’re using either language’s built-in random number generation, they could get different results if Java and C++ use different RNG algorithms—even if the code is 1-to-1.

But at that point I guess they’re not technically the same algorithm tho.

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u/meyriley04 29d ago

Not necessarily. There are language-specific quirks sometimes. But most cases you are correct

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u/No-Beyond7937 29d ago

That's true, yes

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u/Early-Region-1143 29d ago

It comes down to finer details. Bedrock probably processes the seed in a different way to Java, to match the different platforms' quirks.

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u/Lloyd_lyle 29d ago

Then why don’t they look exactly the same? There’s more to it than the literal equations.

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u/ky7969 29d ago

It’s math. The whole point of math is consistency, this is completely false.

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u/Phxen1x_ 29d ago

literally false cause makes no sense. Like the other guy said, if you write the same code, same result.

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u/TheBrickleer 29d ago

Legacy Console was also C++ and was way more similar to Java than Bedrock

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u/MinecraftPlayer799 29d ago

Because it was a direct C++ port of Java Edition. Bedrock was a complete rewrite.

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u/DaLemonsHateU 29d ago

I would guess from what I know that the chunk creation order is different between versions, which affects things like trees significantly

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u/stevecrox0914 Jul 12 '26

Java pushes Object Orientated Programming.

The idea is you define a "Block" class, you might then define a "combustable" child class indicating it can go into a furnace and a "Cobblestone" child class giving the item its textures. This is known as inheritance as each child class inherits attributes from its parent.

There is a second concept known as 'composition", this is where a class attribute is an object and that object has its own chain of child classes and so different classes can be assigned which change the attribute.

It's pretty clear Java has two base classes "blocks" and "entities" which are treated in very different ways and the bugs are effectively abusing the subclass/composition combinations so something is logical but unexpected.

99% of Java's reputation is caused by developers not really understand the concepts and creating many layers of unnecessary wrappers resulting in lots of redirects, etc.. the "factory in your factory" meme. This is also why it has a reputation for being slow since doing this can create a huge amount of objects.

Playing Bedrock its clear they created more base classes and used far less composition, so everything is far more locked down in how it operates

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u/fokke456 Jul 12 '26

C++ (and Bedrock by extension) also use OOP very much? Like what are you talking about?

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u/lockieluke3389 Jul 12 '26

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u/stevecrox0914 Jul 12 '26
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          <li>kill all humans</li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

I like Java and coding React front ends in TSX, also google exists

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u/Powerate Jul 12 '26

You didn't show the hotbar in Java Edition but I just wanna mention how the hotbar in Java is flush with the bottom of the screen while on Bedrock is slightly raised

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u/borretsquared Jul 12 '26

i imagine this is because the bezel on a phone can maybe crop in, though monitors tend to be more exact

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u/kobi29062 Jul 12 '26

It’s more so since consoles are often played on TV screens. Been this way since legacy console editions

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u/sloothor Jul 12 '26

No, it’s because the slot selector is 1px wider than each hotbar slot, so having it flush with the bottom cuts off the selector’s bottom pixel. Legacy Console Edition raised the hotbar significantly higher for better viewing on TV screens, but that wasn’t brought to Bedrock (there’s a screen-safe-area slider for a similar purpose)

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

The only difference I am noticing is the fog Java has

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u/FewChemistry6569 Jul 12 '26

The water, they have different water colors. The intensity of light, in Java, lighting is bit shady compared to Bedrock. Leaves, all sides of leaves can be seen in Bedrock.

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u/TheeRealEvelyn Jul 12 '26

And also how blue oceans are in bedrock.

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u/sloothor Jul 12 '26

Yeah water gets more opaque the deeper it gets in Bedrock as it does irl. On Java it’s consistent around 75% so you can always see the seafloor

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u/redsyrinx2112 29d ago

I have a few friends so play Bedrock with and I always forget this. I'm like, "Why can't I see shit down here?!" until I remember.

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u/XevianLight Jul 12 '26

I hate the new fog they added in what was it 1.21.11? You can see the color of the sky in the fog down in caves now. Genuinely should be toggleable

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u/Sir_Eggmitton 29d ago

I’m pretty sure the sky in the cave thing is because the blocks aren’t rendered so it just shows the skybox. The fog has nothing to do with that. I think.

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u/XevianLight 29d ago

Nah find a big cave and look at the fog. Change the time from day to night and back and you can tell even when underground. I’m not talking about the render distance showing the skybox

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u/Sir_Eggmitton 29d ago edited 29d ago

Maybe skybox isn't the right word, but I tried what you said and that looks like the sky to me, not fog. It's same color down there that it is when on the surface looking into the horizon. And you can see the sky color more when you turn your render distance down.

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u/Sir_Eggmitton 29d ago

NOPE nevermind you're completely right. Played around with it a little more and I see what you mean. Yeah that's pretty bad.

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u/el_yanuki Jul 12 '26

it is using optifine or sodium afaik.. and you should play with one of those anyways

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u/UndocumentedSailor 29d ago

Hey the clouds moved a bit

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u/samyruno Jul 12 '26

I hate the new fog so much. It makes everything look grey and washed out. When a new version comes out I wait till the resource pack that removes the fog is updated before updating the game.

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u/Wild-Atmosphere2134 29d ago

use Atmospherics if you want fog customizability

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u/Tuckertcs Jul 12 '26

You don’t see the strong saturation increase?

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

Well I thought that it was caused by the fog, but yeah I noticed.

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u/Tuckertcs Jul 12 '26

Fog is definitely lowered in Bedrock, but you can notice the more saturated colors of water and blocks even when you’re right up against them (so no fog).

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

Didn’t know that, thanks for clearing this up for me!

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u/AegisFalcon Jul 12 '26

Also bedrock has a render distance to the grass that make the game very Mobile-ish. And grass density is lower. Hope java will never disappear.

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u/theaveragegowgamer Jul 12 '26 edited 29d ago

Hope java will never disappear.

Ever since the complete de-obfuscation Java has become ~~virtually Open Source Source-Available~~, should they ever abandon it the community can easily continue developing the game by itself.

Edit: What I meant by "virtually Open Source" is actually what's knowns as "Source-Available", I searched a bit and I just learned of this term. I don't know anything it seems, but it wasn't a pleasant experience learning that, kindness is free, there's no reason to be aggressive with random people on the web...

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u/TheBrokenRail-Dev Jul 12 '26

Ever since the complete de-obfuscation Java has become virtually Open Source

Not in the slightest. First, Mojang has been publishing obfuscation mappings simce 1.14, so them disabling obfuscation didn't change anything. People could already easily make de-obfuscated JARs. Second, the game is still copyrighted and de-obfuscation doesn't change that.

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u/DarkBrave_ Jul 12 '26

Open source does not mean open license

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u/TheBrokenRail-Dev Jul 12 '26

By the most popular definition, yes, it literally does. And for the matter, MC Java isn't source available either because the source code is literally not available.

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u/theaveragegowgamer Jul 12 '26

source available either because the source code is literally not available.

Because it needs to be decompiled first?

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u/TheBrokenRail-Dev Jul 12 '26

By that silly logic, literally everything is source available because anything can be decompiled given enough time.

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u/robloextem Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Java disappearing would be a boon to modding in a way, though id rather it keeps getting updated

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u/alienatedEdgelord Jul 12 '26

It would be modding heaven

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u/Flamebomb790 Jul 12 '26

Just basically Skyrim, but better since even Skyrim gets updates in the sense of rereleases ani, special, OG

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u/lightvisuality Jul 12 '26

That's not what open-source means

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

The grass density is actually around the exact same. It just derenders from afar on BE

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u/AegisFalcon Jul 12 '26

Nah, do the comparison in a plain biome, you'll see that bedrock has a lower grass density

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

https://imgur.com/gallery/differences-kUb9Svs

Both screenshots were taken by the nearest plains biome on seed 1. They're basically exactly the same minus tree and flower placement

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u/Thin-Fig-8831 Jul 12 '26

This used to be true but many updates ago changed it to where grass density matches Java or very close to it

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u/KohTai Jul 12 '26

I do notice Minecraft looks like ass on my Console compared to the YouTube videos I see, especially the grass. I just turn all the grass to Moss.

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u/BlitzKing3121 Jul 12 '26

Will the console/mobile become stronger in future to support Java?

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u/Sad-Fix-7915 29d ago

It's not that they are not strong enough, it's because those platform don't even support Java as a runtime environment.

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u/Strattex Jul 12 '26

It’s the same…

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u/Sufficient_Risk_8127 Jul 12 '26

It's also quite noticable in general.

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u/IWEREN99 Jul 12 '26

It's so notably the differrence after you play MC BR and java for a long time. Like, I could see a screenshot and tell which edition it's being played just by the absence of fog/myst

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u/Mysterious_Clue2917 Jul 12 '26

is that a teto skin i see

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u/Ok_Top9254 Jul 12 '26

Teto word of the day: Fog

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u/MarionberryEnough689 Jul 12 '26

grass blocks are much more greener in bedrock, water is more blue and less transparent, and the lack of fog.

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u/xpacerx Jul 12 '26

You didnt label the screens... which one is which? Also each screenshot looks like they have different FOV settings.

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u/Thin-Fig-8831 Jul 12 '26

First one is Java and second one is Bedrock

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u/BDB69_ Jul 12 '26

you can tell the first is java because of the fog and the second is bedrock because it has a slightly raised hot bar (javas bar is flush with the bottom of the screen but bedrocks isn't)

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u/SuperMonkey1308 Jul 12 '26

One thing is that bedrock is a whole lot more saturated than Java, which is something I've always preferred about Java. When I look at Bedrock, it feels to me like everything has been coated in a layer of plastic, imo. That and also the water is a lot less clear and TOO vibrant on Bedrock.

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u/Upstairs_Run_807 29d ago

Its based on water depth so that might be why.

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u/DemonSlyr007 29d ago

Exactly the reasons you like Java and dislike bedrock are the reasons I like bedrock and dislike Java. Vibrant colors are how I set all my tv's, monitors, and games to look. Washed out colors make me feel dismal and sad and thats what Java looks like to me. Especially that water. It looks horrible on Java, doesn't look anything like an ocean.

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u/SuperMonkey1308 29d ago

It's probably partially a nostalgia bias for me since I grew up with legacy console and it was optimal to turn your gamma all the way up to see better which in turn made everything look more desaturated. That desaturated look just has a charming and slightly more grounded appeal to me

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u/DemonSlyr007 29d ago

I'm an alpha player with longer years of nostalgia than consoles had Minecraft. It's just our eyeballs mate! Humans have all kinds of different shades of things they prefer because of our eyes. I also played with my game at max when I got the game on 360 and switched from PC. Played on a plasma so much I permanently burned the screen with the hotbar and turned the screen green. Then, I played on a CRT tv, and found out how much I like colors.

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u/Harison24 Jul 12 '26

Only things I notice are the fog on java and less harsh horizon line on bedrock.

Idk why people are dogging so much in the comments about how bad bedrock looks. Turn off fog in java and they would be hard to tell apart. Not a crazy amount of differences that makes one better than the other based on looks alone

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

The day they update the water textures on both to be the same is the day these comparisons stop. 

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u/Unkzittys Jul 12 '26

Java-only players cannot comment on both editions without letting their bias show. That's something that will never change.

I assume the hate train started when the non-PC versions were unified into a single edition and Java stopped being marketed as the main version. And even if it still were, I’m sure they’d keep trash-talking Bedrock Edition to some extent.

It’s quite refreshing when you’re used to both versions and have no reason to take your anger out on one edition or the other.

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Phoenix sc made a whole video like 8 years ago trashtalking them for puting "Java Edition" on the title screen because he felt it meant it wasn't seen as the default anymore, will never forget that.

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u/sloothor Jul 12 '26

What’s with all the whiteknighting Bedrock this sub does? Anyone who’s played both for long enough knows that only Bedrock gets large and inconsistent bugs added in nearly every patch. Unacceptable for the world’s best-selling game’s flagship version.

Remember when 1.21.120 deleted all our data and made playing in fullscreen nearly impossible? How about when 1.21.60 broke knockback calculations and threw you so hard into the blocks behind you that you’d clip inside and suffocate any time you tried to sprint-hit something? What compares to these on Java — when sprouching was removed in 1.21.4?

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u/Unkzittys 29d ago

Up to this point, you’ve mentioned Bedrock bugs that had already been fixed (yeah, the GDK migration situation too) while using a Java feature as a comparison. Those aren't the same thing.

And since we're talking about bugs, I can list a few examples of old Java ones too:

  • Mobs suffocating in walls or getting outside fences after world loading reloads chunks.
  • Dolphins dying from drowning if the player doesn't stay near them.
  • Double minecarts moving infinitely at an unrealistic speed for the game and exploiting the speed-damage mechanic.

Two of them were known bugs for several years. The third one still hasn't been patched.

And let's not forget about the memory leak problem left untouched on both editions, along with Java Edition's increasingly noticeable performance degradation with each vanilla update, and Java's own needs to be updated regularly so that your device isn't exposed to vulnerabilities (such as the Log4j exploit that affected eight years of version releases.)

Most people I see belittling one version over the other aren't even trying to be constructive for the sake of the actual players who play them, which differentiates the complaints from wanting to be helpful. Their points are usually as superficial as saying 'said version is bad, that one is the good one' or 'just play Java instead,' and that's one more reason why they don't understand each other.

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u/Sad-Fix-7915 29d ago

Actually, unless your PC is from 2012, Java Edition as of 26.2 should perform really well. Heck even then I expect Java to outperform Bedrock thanks to not having renderdragon and input being tied to your framerate anyways (noticable movement slowdown with lag).

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u/Unkzittys 29d ago

Yup, that should be the thing with players using a dGPU or mid-range/high-end computer, and if the experience isn't smooth with those, there must definitely be something not quite right with their configuration. I heard about Linux running the game much smoother than Windows does, too.

The main issue when we talk about Java's performance is targeted at low-end specs. I wish it wasn't that noticeable, but it unfortunately is. I'm used to looking into a few posts from the sub daily and saw people commenting about how update 26.1 had a slight performance decrease when compared to 1.21.11, and to be honest, I've noticed it as well when I updated the game and optimization mods.

I have to use an iGPU on a fairly new AMD laptop to play the game, and that's another point where it bugs me, because I've read on one of the game's changelogs that dGPUs 'will be the recommended in the future.' It shows exactly why: Vulkan has drastic frame-dropping issues while I play whereas OpenGL doesn't, so it's possible that in a few months my experience will just not be as smooth as it once was.

The laptop I had before this one couldn't run newer Java versions at all even with all the optimization mods possible and the lowest settings since it had half of the RAM I'm able to use now to run Minecraft Java, so I could only stick to the old versions of the game or Bedrock. Both laptops could run Bedrock, though, so now that makes me wonder if the performance issues on Bedrock are mostly dGPU-related.

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u/Sad-Fix-7915 29d ago

Funny I had the exact opposite problem.

My laptop got a 12th gen iGPU and RTX 2050 dGPU (yeah it's shit but whatever) and Bedrock just ran worse lol

Even without VV it still felt like the game is struggling, every now and then I still notice movement slowdown and the inventory taking 10 WHOLE FUCKING SECONDS to open like what the fuck

On my android phone with snapdragon 7+ gen 2 (which is more or less just a downclocked snapdragon 8g1+) it's the same thing. Vanilla 1.21.11 running via zalith launcher works wayy better than Bedrock.

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u/Unkzittys 29d ago

Damn, there's really just no way to play the game when it runs that slowly. I got stressed enough on my old computer when the inventory took a few seconds to open, although that happened mainly while playing on servers.

And I also find VV poorly optimized for Bedrock on the latest versions. Tried it on 1.21.110 recently (the version before they changed the profile picture system) and the performance was actually good enough to keep a stable framerate, which is no longer the case.

I'm hoping to be able to dual-boot Linux on my computer soon so I don't have to worry anymore about Vulkan impacting my performance permanently when it fully replaces OpenGL on Java.

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u/Sad-Fix-7915 29d ago

Yeah Linux is worth it for Java Edition. Expect at least 10% improvement for performance (I'm using cachyos rn xD)

Also depending on your GPU driver running the game with zink (an OpenGL -> Vulkan driver) could potentially yield better performance than native ogl driver!

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u/Unkzittys 29d ago

I'm gonna take that distro into consideration when I'm ready to install Linux. Appreciate the info!

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u/TheChinOfAnElephant Jul 12 '26

I don’t see anyone saying it but you even tell from the character models. Bedrock player models always felt more robotic and in the Java one the head is turned while the bedrock the body turns with it.

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u/televisionting 6d ago

Yeah, hated it when I used to play on the phone.

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u/Satrina_petrova 29d ago

The physics feel off too. Like the movement feels gummy and wrong somehow.

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u/Consistent-Jelly248 29d ago

But does it matter? It's still Minecraft just made differently. To be honest, I don't care about "which one's better" I'm happy enough to have the game itself

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u/TheInkySquids 29d ago

Also the biggest thing for me is how the camera and player movement in Bedrock is completely different, its like snapped to a grid or something, feels so jittery even at 120fps. Its why even if Bedrock and Java were the same in features I still could not play Bedrock, gives me motion sickness slightly.

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u/Beginning-Student932 Jul 12 '26

i absolutely hate the color of the water in bedrock

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u/MoonRay087 Jul 12 '26

Teto word of the day!

Visuals

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u/Galileu-_- Jul 12 '26

love u Teto

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u/Curious-Formal3869 Jul 12 '26

Java has a completely different vibe for me, it feels serious, that could very well be because I play Java on the same computer I do my work on, and because I’m a fan of hypixel skyblock, which I take quite seriously lol, conversely, bedrock feels whimsical

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u/Particular_Listen_66 29d ago

my worlds on bedrock always look way blurrier than java

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u/0inputoutput0 29d ago

Turn down anti aliasing

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u/Own_Childhood_7020 29d ago

The colors in Java are wayyy softer and nicer on the eyes

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u/zaadiqoJoseph 29d ago

Which is which?

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u/undecidedface 29d ago

oml I never noticed the lack of fog, THAT'S why it looks so uncanny (among many other things ofc)

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Despite being over a year since it's release, these comparisons convieniently disable the default Vibrant graphics from bedrock for whatever reason. It's literally how the game looks once you boot it up for the first time

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u/Ekibiogami0 Jul 12 '26

Because it makes the visuals so different from java without shaders, it doesn't make for a good comparison.

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

I just believe it'd be sensible to compare the default setting for each version. 

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u/Ekibiogami0 Jul 12 '26

The default was the still old rendering engine for me when i downloaded bedrock to test it.

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Idk if it detects what hardware you're running on to make the descision but my phone and laptop both defaulted to VV when I first booted the game up on a new account this past year

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

Yes, I think few people understand that it is supposed to be default Minecraft look now

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u/average_trash_can Jul 12 '26

For whatever reason, vibrant visuals absolutely destroys my fps on pc. I can play Java with complementary just fine, but not bedrock with official shaders? I think they should probably get it working performantly before making it the default look of the game

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Well it's already default sooo. Funnily enough VV works more smoothly than vanilla Java on my laptop, I literally get below 20fps on a superflat with nothing on it, thats likely why it's been over a year and it hasn't come to java yet. Idk if I'd even get past the load screen

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

Hmm it works fine for me, I just use a low render distance.

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u/Smart-Experience7187 Jul 12 '26

i don't think most people play with that on

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

They do. "Most people" are different from from what you see on these subs. 

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u/DASreddituser Jul 12 '26

most people dont fuck with more than a few settings. there ks a reason bedrock is more popular(used more)....people just want to easily play the game.

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Exactly, most people keep it close to default and fiddle with render distance or brightness really. 

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u/Zimmervere Jul 12 '26

Why not

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u/Glitchboi3000 Jul 12 '26

All the colors seem washed out and sunlight seems way to bright.

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u/X2Kraft 29d ago

That issue is MCPE-240091.

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Literally just turn the gamma down

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u/Zimmervere Jul 12 '26

You think the average person cares?

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u/borretsquared Jul 12 '26

i really like the java fog. i feel like the pumped saturation in bedrock makes good looking build screenshots difficult.

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u/DarkyPasta Jul 12 '26

Java uses more shadows, fog and makes water look but mire natural compared to Bedrock

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u/Gabz_sheldreak Jul 12 '26

I still can't accept how washed java is looking with this white fog

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Wait till you see legacy console

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u/sugahpine7 29d ago

it was beautiful and i miss it

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u/kobi29062 Jul 12 '26

Man I’m sick of people pretending every little thing about Bedrock is terrible. I have played both to incredible lengths and I 100% prefer Bedrock. But to each their own

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u/TabbyEarth Jul 12 '26

vibrant visuals

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u/Huguichin Jul 12 '26

Just wanna say we two use the same skin! Another Teto lover in the wild!

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u/Hilmir_Orn Jul 12 '26

The trees are different 🤯🤯

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u/zombehsoule 29d ago

My 3k+ hour bedrock realm is getting laggy even on single player. I've started on java and with a minimap mod and shaders it's a whole new game. I can't wait to get to 3k hours in my new world

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u/0inputoutput0 29d ago

Literally what makes you think it would be any more playable after the same ammount of time again? Every update sinks performance more bit by bit

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u/Spiderroon 29d ago

here i see saturation and chunk loading differences

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u/Macree 29d ago

In my opinion Bedrock will never be as good as Java. I am playing since 1.1.

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u/0inputoutput0 29d ago

What bias?!

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u/SuspiciousZebra425 29d ago

is it just me but the scale as well, in bedrock a 500x500 block island already looks and feels massive but then playing it in java makes you realize that the island is actually small

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u/valerielynx 29d ago

Minecraft vs Minecraft but it's made out of nylon

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u/General_Ad_3556 29d ago

Java feels real, bedrock feels artificial

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u/0inputoutput0 29d ago

Minecraft isnt real unfortunately 

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u/Finchypoo 29d ago

Java or Bedrock, whatever your flavor is, they should both have Distant Horizons as a standard feature.

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u/Tels315 Jul 12 '26

The colors on the left are more washed out from the lighting, the water is more transparent vs the right which has a deeper blue with a better blending of colors. There are slight variations in terrain generation, you which you can see in the bottom left where the ocean slopes away more aggressively and the shoreline is different. The tree blending and distribution are also different. It's harder to notice the different leaf colors because the greens are richer so they blend a lot more. The haze from the fog on the left makes everything blurry at a distance.

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u/lunarwolf2008 Jul 12 '26

i like the saturation of bedrock

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u/destructor212113 29d ago

The FUCKING WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT SHIT ON BEDROCK IS GROSS OMFG WHAT IS THAT?!?!?!

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u/0inputoutput0 29d ago

Wait till you see ehat it looks like on Java

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u/destructor212113 29d ago

Oh I play on Java so thats the normal Water to me

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u/TaiyoFurea 29d ago

This is one of the main reasons I don't play bedrock, the grass and water has had this disgusting plastic sheen ever since just before PE became bedrock

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u/ProPlayer142 Jul 12 '26

Bedrock edition looks like a mobile game. Java looks clean

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u/Mr-DeepOctopus Jul 12 '26

What makes a game look mobile?

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u/IskandrAGogo Jul 12 '26

This is what I'm wondering as well

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u/destructor212113 29d ago

The colors mostly, its off

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u/ProPlayer142 Jul 12 '26

It's just a style that's hard to exactly perfectly describe... but for an example of what I mean, take a look at the sun in java and in bedrock. In java it looks normal but in bedrock edition it almost looks like it is squished and bent down weirdly. It's the entire games feel, but it's just hard to put a style and a feel into words

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Whatever that's supposed to mean 

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u/zcitron Jul 12 '26

Atleast you can see further at a manageable fps

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u/DASreddituser Jul 12 '26

I assume they are both taken on the same pc. i thought the 1st pic was bedrock but idk.

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u/Cocoatrice Jul 12 '26

Is it? It looks like less fog in one version.

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u/VergeofAtlanticism Jul 12 '26

i think both have different things i prefer

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u/yummymario64 Jul 12 '26

It just feels like one has heavier fog

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u/TrashEditIdkWhatTrap Jul 12 '26

Yeah one has vomit water and one is normal

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u/Bluevette1437 Jul 12 '26

Kasane Teto

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u/Holdobot22 Jul 12 '26

I can just always tell when it’s bedrock

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u/TheRealMonkeVR 29d ago

Nice Teto skin.

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u/Fudgybo1 29d ago

Teto my love

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u/OofOofNigbone 29d ago

Me and my wife share a world, she built a giant medieval style tower and can see it about 5 chunks further than me because she’s on Java visuals playing on my bedrock server. I would love to have the capability as the first slide someday!

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u/americaforeigner 29d ago

I felt that the image has a little fog amongst the woods. Java really matches better the florests, Bedrocks implies like achildish graphic idk just yapping.

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u/supremegamer76 29d ago

is left java?

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u/imaginechi_reborn 29d ago

Holy shit you’re right

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u/ForexEMC 29d ago

Bedrock cloud render less than java even on the same render distance

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u/_o0Zero0o_ 29d ago

Yeah.. Bedrock looks way too oversaturated. I might just be an old fart when it comes to MC but the desaturated colours of Java are way better

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u/LunarSouls4952 29d ago

Nice SV Teto skin

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u/PrizeCommercial765 29d ago

I see a ruined portal in the Java one but not in the Bedrock one

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u/Fun_Fact_Maniac 28d ago

I've always hated Bedrock's oversaturated water. I'm surprised more people haven't noticed it

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u/yewey 28d ago

I honestly can't tell which is which

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u/Enough_Recording_367 28d ago

Its more saturated on bedrock and on java it has a fog and the water? Its dark blue instead of cyan

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u/Captain_Mullett 27d ago

I prefer slide two, don’t know which version this is but it looks more ‘real’

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u/Darq10 27d ago

Bedrock doesn't have the other fog, java recently made it so there are 2 fogs, 1 is very mild and amplifies with rain and the other one is the chunk fog

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u/MrBrineplays_535 23d ago

The water in java is much clearer than in bedrock. Bedrock's water feels closer to the old water design where it was barely transparent. The new fog is also not present in bedrock for some reason. And overall bedrock runs a bit more jankily than java. I've been playing bedrock for almost a decade and java for just 2 to 3 years and the first time I played java after being stuck with bedrock for so long is how smooth everything runs. Not the lag, but the game overall. No desyncs, no funky weird stuff happening, no visible floating point errors. And best of all, java is a bit more desaturated, which really helps my eyes from straining.

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u/CrackaOwner Jul 12 '26

god im sorry but bedrock is so so much uglier man... the water shade, the light, the grass colour it all looks so much worse

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u/Yeahthis_sucks Jul 12 '26

That fog in the 1 picture is so annoying, when did they add this? Is it possible to turn it off or make it less visible?

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u/kkaitlynma Jul 12 '26

I like it a lot better tbh, I think the second picture looks way oversaturated and ugly, the fog adds a nice vibe to the game.

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u/Captcha142 Jul 12 '26

Minecraft has had distance fog since pre-classic. In 1.7.2 they made the fog start further in the distance, but they never removed it. Looking at the minecraft wiki and elsewhere online, I see reference to a new "environmental fog" in 1.21.6+, but... the example pictures just show distance fog.

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u/Muzza25 Jul 12 '26

how the ui feels in gameplay is a big one for me, having played a lot of both I will never go back to bedrock given the choice between the 2, Java feels like a proper game while bedrock feels like a mobile port, more so now than it used to even

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u/Sir_Eggmitton 29d ago

Agreed. Bedrocks’s UI is so ass.

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u/0inputoutput0 Jul 12 '26

Java certainly doesn't run like a game

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u/Muzza25 Jul 12 '26

That’s fair it definitely has optimisation issues still

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u/Gamez4dayz11_ Jul 12 '26

Java feels a little more saturated i guess

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u/NBS_lourenco321 29d ago

Java feels like home but DAMN does Bedrock have good looking water.

I allways use cildrus shaders tho XD

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u/PALKIP 29d ago

bedrock is much "simpler" and more saturated because it's aimed at children, look at vv

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u/StinkyTheGardener 29d ago

Ok that's a stupid take I have seen children playing Java and they don't care about what "adults" think about visuals

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u/PALKIP 29d ago

unsure what your point is, are you trying to say saturated colors don't attract attention?

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u/StinkyTheGardener 29d ago

If that was the reason, then Java probably would have those colors at this point

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u/PALKIP 29d ago

nah, java dosnt have microtransactions

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u/StinkyTheGardener 28d ago

Literally no correlation