How to choose the most effective renderer, Canvas or WebGL

Question

I am developing a game with PIXI.js for desktop devices. PIXI has both WebGL and Canvas renderers; we will use WebGL wherever it is supported by the device.

My problem is that some low-level devices technically support WebGL, although it does not work well due to the slow GPU. In some cases, Canvas rendering will work much better.

How can I decide at runtime which visualizer to use?

Perhaps the WebGL context contains some useful information.

Answer 1

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