This paper investigates the combined influence of texturing parameters, fluid inertia and cavitation in the case of hydrodynamic journal bearings. The mass-conserving—Jakobsson–Floberg–Olson (JFO) boundary conditions have been applied to account for the cavitation. The modified Reynolds equation has been solved by using the Gauss–Seidel method of successive iteration and the Progressive mesh densification method has been used to accelerate the numerical solution. The findings from the study indicate that square texturing gives higher load-carrying capacity and lesser friction coefficients at high modified Reynolds numbers, whereas spherical texturing gives higher load-carrying capacity and lesser friction variables at low modified Reynolds numbers. Further, higher load-carrying capacity and lesser friction variables are observed at a dimple area density of 0.15, whereas higher flow is observed at a dimple area density of 0.35.