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.

60 FPS - smooth gameplay · 144 FPS - for a 144 Hz monitor · 240 FPS - competitive esports

1080p1440p4K
60 FPSGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050 Ti
144 FPSGeForce GTX 1050 TiRadeon RX 580GeForce GTX 1070
240 FPSGeForce GTX 1660 SuperGeForce RTX 3050Radeon RX 7600

Prices in shops

Prices checked:

FPS with popular configurations

Processor + Graphics card1080p FPS1440p FPS4K FPS
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 + GeForce RTX 4060325 FPS325 FPS240 FPS
Intel Core i5-12400F + GeForce RTX 3060340 FPS335 FPS205 FPS
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 + GeForce RTX 5070395 FPS395 FPS395 FPS
Intel Core i5-14600K + Radeon RX 9070 XT435 FPS435 FPS435 FPS
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D + GeForce RTX 5080505 FPS505 FPS505 FPS
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + GeForce RTX 5090570 FPS570 FPS570 FPS

Other games

Figures are approximate - real FPS depends on the game scene, settings and drivers. The FPS model is calibrated against public TechPowerUp, Tom’s Hardware and Hardware Unboxed benchmarks. CPU and GPU calibration: July 2026 · Newest games added: September 2026. How we calculate FPS