Minecraft - FPS and system requirements

Find out which graphics card you need to run Minecraft smoothly, and how many FPS popular processor and graphics card pairings give at 1080p, 1440p and 4K on “High” settings.

Which graphics card do you need for Minecraft?

Shows the cheapest graphics card that reaches the target with a AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor on “High” settings; a dash means no card gets there. A weaker processor can hold back high FPS targets.

FHD - 1080pQHD - 1440pUHD - 2160p (4K)
60 FPS - smooth gameplayGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050 Ti
144 FPS - for a 144 Hz monitorGeForce GTX 1050 TiRadeon RX 580GeForce GTX 1070
240 FPS - competitive esportsGeForce GTX 1660 SuperGeForce RTX 3050Radeon RX 7600

Prices in shops

FPS with popular configurations

ProcessorGraphics cardFHD - 1080pQHD - 1440pUHD - 2160p (4K)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GeForce RTX 4060325 FPS325 FPS240 FPS
Intel Core i5-12400FGeForce RTX 3060340 FPS335 FPS205 FPS
AMD Ryzen 5 7600GeForce RTX 5070395 FPS395 FPS395 FPS
Intel Core i5-14600KRadeon RX 9070 XT435 FPS435 FPS435 FPS
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DGeForce RTX 5080505 FPS505 FPS505 FPS
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3DGeForce RTX 5090570 FPS570 FPS570 FPS

Other games

Figures are approximate - real FPS depends on the game scene, settings and drivers.