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Battlefield 6: PC system requirements & FPS

Does Battlefield 6 run on your PC, and at how many FPS? Pick your card: the answer is measured, not estimated.

  • 31graphics cards measured
  • 29processors
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Will Battlefield 6 run on your PC?

Pick your graphics card and you get the verdict and the FPS measured on this game. We remember your card for the next game you check.

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LowMediumHighOVERKILL
8 GB16 GB32 GB

Battlefield 6 official PC requirements

What the studio publishes. The tags update with the card you picked above.

Minimum

  • OSWindows 10
  • ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 5 2600
  • Memory16 GB RAM
  • GraphicsNvidia RTX 2060, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB, Intel Arc A380
  • DirectXVersion 12
  • NetworkBroadband Internet connection
  • Storage55 GB available space
  • Sound CardNo Recommendation
  • VR SupportNot Supported
  • Additional NotesTPM 2.0 Enabled UEFI SECURE BOOT Enabled HVCI Capable VBS Capable

Recommended

  • OSWindows 11
  • ProcessorIntel Core i7-10700, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
  • Memory16 GB RAM
  • GraphicsNvidia RTX 3060Ti, AMD Radeon RX 6700-XT, Intel Arc B580
  • DirectXVersion 12
  • NetworkBroadband Internet connection
  • Storage80 GB available space
  • Sound CardNo Recommendation
  • VR SupportNot Supported
  • Additional NotesTPM 2.0 Enabled UEFI SECURE BOOT Enabled HVCI Capable VBS Capable

A pair like "RX 6700 XT / RTX 2080" means either of the two: the bar is set by the lower one.

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Battlefield 6 FPS by graphics card

Real benchmarks at OVERKILL quality, no upscaling. Your card is highlighted in the table.

60 FPS RTX 5090 32 GB 197–254 RTX 5080 16 GB 150–198 RTX 4090 24 GB 146–194 RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB 132–174 RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB 131–167 RTX 4080 16 GB 130–165 RX 9070 XT 16 GB 115–154 RX 7900 XTX 24 GB 120–154 RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB 114–145 RTX 5070 12 GB 110–144 RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB 104–137 RX 7900 XT 20 GB 105–135
Graphics card1080p1440p 4KBest at 60 FPSPrice from
RTX 5090 32 GB 197–254 152–196 96–120 4K on OVERKILL 5.200–8.548 €approx.
RTX 5080 16 GB 150–198 107–136 60–77 4K on OVERKILL 1.530–4.549 €approx.
RTX 4090 24 GB 146–194 118–146 70–87 4K on OVERKILL
RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB 132–174 94–119 52–66 1440p on OVERKILL 1.106–1.978 €approx.
RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB 131–167 94–120 54–66 4K on OVERKILL
RTX 4080 16 GB 130–165 93–118 53–64 1440p on OVERKILL 1.984 €approx.
RX 9070 XT 16 GB 115–154 85–113 49–65 1440p on OVERKILL 839–1.969 €approx.
RX 7900 XTX 24 GB 120–154 89–117 50–67 1440p on OVERKILL 2.064 €approx.
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB 114–145 82–104 46–56 1440p on OVERKILL
RTX 5070 12 GB 110–144 76–96 41–51 1440p on OVERKILL 820–1.466 €approx.
RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB 104–137 74–96 40–51 1440p on OVERKILL
RX 7900 XT 20 GB 105–135 77–102 41–55 1440p on OVERKILL 868 €approx.
RX 9070 16 GB 100–134 74–98 42–56 1440p on OVERKILL 729–1.222 €approx.
RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB 97–127 68–88 36–46 1440p on OVERKILL
RX 7900 GRE 16 GB 92–119 66–88 35–47 1440p on OVERKILL
RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB 95–119 68–88 38–49 1440p on OVERKILL 1.619–2.746 €approx.
RTX 4070 12 GB 88–116 61–80 30–39 1440p on OVERKILL
RTX 3080 12 GB 92–115 66–85 36–47 1440p on OVERKILL 1.243–1.579 €approx.
RX 6950 XT 16 GB 88–112 64–82 36–46 1440p on OVERKILL
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 84–111 58–73 30–38 1440p on OVERKILL 473–1.140 €approx.
RX 7800 XT 16 GB 84–108 61–81 32–43 1440p on OVERKILL
RX 6900 XT 16 GB 81–103 59–75 32–41 1440p on OVERKILL 887–1.778 €approx.
RX 6800 XT 16 GB 78–99 57–72 30–39 1440p on OVERKILL 895–1.118 €approx.
RX 7700 XT 12 GB 74–95 52–69 26–35 1440p on OVERKILL 897 €approx.
RX 9060 XT 16 GB 67–90 47–63 26–34 1080p on OVERKILL 418–1.699 €approx.
RX 6800 16 GB 70–89 50–64 26–34 1080p on OVERKILL
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB 69–87 48–60 24–30 1080p on OVERKILL
RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB 60–85 44–57 24–31 1080p on OVERKILL
RX 6750 XT 12 GB 57–74 40–52 22–28 1080p on OVERKILL
RX 6700 XT 12 GB 52–68 37–48 20–26 1080p on OVERKILL 958 €approx.
RTX 3060 12 GB 50–63 35–45 17–22 1080p one step down 433–732 €approx.

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Green 60+ · Amber 30–60 · Red below 30. All at OVERKILL quality and with no upscaling.

Of the 31 cards tested, 30 clear 60 FPS at 1080p, 24 hold 60 at 1440p and only 4 keep them at 4K. What really decides whether you need a new card is the resolution you play at, not the game.

What do you gain by lowering quality in Battlefield 6?

From OVERKILL: to High +42% · to Medium +70% · to Low +117%

⚠️ Approximate: nobody has measured the preset ladder on Battlefield 6, so these are the median gains across the 20 games where it has been measured. The FPS in the tables above are measured on this game; only this step-down is borrowed.

One step yes, two no: coming down from OVERKILL, not every card gains the same, and that spread is what widens the range in the calculator above. If your card sits ten or fifteen FPS short of 60, the first step gets you there; if you are thirty short, not even lowering everything gets you comfortable.

Does your processor hold Battlefield 6 back?

What "holding you back" means

In a game the graphics card draws the frames and the processor prepares them. If the processor cannot prepare as many as the card could draw, your FPS stop at whatever the processor delivers no matter how good the card is: that is a bottleneck.

This table measures it by isolating the variable: every processor with the same card, an RTX 5090, so the limit you see is its own and not the card's. That figure is its ceiling: however good the card you pair it with, it goes no higher.

The second column turns that ceiling into the only thing you have to decide: how far up the range it is worth going. It is the fastest card — of those measured on this same game — that your processor still feeds. Go above it and the FPS stop rising: the processor sets them.

In practice: if the card you are thinking of buying sits below the one in your row, the money is well spent on the card. If it sits above, start with the processor.

⚠️ This holds at 1080p, which is how they were measured. At 1440p and 4K the card works harder, FPS drop and the processor stops calling the shots: the higher the resolution, the less this table matters.

ProcessorCeiling at 1080pHow far up the range it pays off
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 197–254 Any
Intel Core i9 14900K 3.2 GHz 197–254 Any
Intel Core i9 13900K 4.3 GHz 197–254 Any
Intel Core i9 14700K 3.5 GHz 191–248 Any
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 188–254 Any
Intel Core i7 13700K 3.4 GHz 187–242 Any
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 4.3 GHz 174–239 Any
Intel Core i9 12900K 3.2 GHz 169–219 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
Intel Core i5 12600K 3.7 GHz 159–204 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 157–215 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 154–213 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
Intel Core i5 13400 3.3 GHz 153–195 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 147–207 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
Intel Core i9 11900K 3.5 GHz 140–190 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
Intel Core i5 12400 2.4 GHz 139–177 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
Intel Core i5 11600K 3.9 GHz 134–182 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 132–180 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 130–179 up to a RTX 5080 16 GB
Intel Core i9 10900K 3.7 GHz 127–173 up to a RTX 4090 24 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 124–173 up to a RTX 4090 24 GB
Intel Core i7 10700K 3.8 GHz 124–170 up to a RTX 4090 24 GB
Intel Core i5 10600K 4.1 GHz 118–161 up to a RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 108–143 up to a RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 106–142 up to a RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
Intel Core i3 13100 3.4 GHz 101–146 up to a RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 100–139 up to a RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
Intel Core i3 12100 3.3 GHz 97–140 up to a RX 7900 XTX 24 GB
Intel Core i3 10100 3.6 GHz 82–114 up to a RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz 66–101 up to a RX 6950 XT 16 GB

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Of the 29 processors tested, 7 keep up with a RTX 5090 32 GB, which is the fastest card we have tested on this game. The rest are not "bad": it is that past a certain card they stop giving you more. So what matters is not a yes or a no, but where your ceiling sits — and unless you are coming from an eight-year-old quad core, on this game that ceiling is well above the card most people have installed.

Battlefield 6: VRAM and CPU cores

How much VRAM it asks for

Measured peak of 10,0 GB at 1080p. With 8 GB you have room; with 6 GB you are tight.

How many cores it uses

Measured from 1 to 12 cores. The jump is between 4 and 6; past 8 it barely changes.

With a 10,0 GB peak, Battlefield 6 fits comfortably on any 8 GB card and runs tight on 6 GB ones. And it uses up to 12 cores: a modern processor with that many is as well served as a sixteen-core one.

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Upscaling in Battlefield 6: DLSS, FSR and XeSS

They render the game at a lower resolution and rebuild the image. It is the single biggest gain there is, and the only one that does not force you to lower graphics quality.

DLSSNVIDIA RTX only+25 to +35%

In Quality mode. The best-looking of the three. At 4K the gain is bigger; at 1080p, smaller and with more loss of sharpness.

FSRAny card, NVIDIA and Intel included+20 to +30%

The universal option. A step behind DLSS in image quality, mostly on moving foliage, but it works on cards where DLSS does not exist.

XeSSBest on Intel Arc+20 to +30%

Performs best on Arc, where it uses dedicated units. It works on NVIDIA and AMD, but FSR is usually the better pick there.

The tables above are all without upscaling, so these gains add on top of them.

Upscaling is the only lever that gives you FPS without touching visual quality, and that is why it is the first one to try: before turning shadows down, switch DLSS or FSR to Quality mode. The rule is simple: the higher the resolution, the more it gives and the less you notice it. At 4K it can save your session; at 1080p it gains little and the image loses sharpness.

Tips for your card's brand in Battlefield 6

NVIDIA
  • Resizable BAR on in the BIOS. On boards from 2020 onwards it ships disabled more often than it should.
  • Low latency mode to "Ultra" in the NVIDIA panel: it gives no FPS, but it removes the feeling of lag.
  • Don't force antialiasing from the control panel. The in-game one is cheaper, and forcing it costs 10-15% without you noticing.
AMD
  • Smart Access Memory on if your board and processor support it. It is free and worth several FPS.
  • Radeon Anti-Lag yes; Radeon Boost no, if the game has slow motion or wide vistas: it lowers resolution in motion and it shows.
  • Radeon Chill off while you measure: it caps your FPS and looks like a problem with the game.
Intel Arc
  • The driver is the number one factor. Arc has gained performance through drivers like no other card: one six months old can cost you 20%.
  • Resizable BAR is mandatory, not optional: without it an Arc performs far below what it should.
All cards
  • Close the overlays (Steam, Discord, GeForce Experience): they are the most common cause of micro-stutter.
  • On a laptop, plugged in and in performance mode. On battery you can lose half your FPS.
  • Borderless window if fullscreen stutters on Windows 11.

Almost everything above is free and done once: Resizable BAR and Smart Access Memory ship disabled on many boards and are free FPS. If you own an Arc, updating the driver is literally the best investment you can make without spending a cent.

Which card to buy for Battlefield 6

Only cards measured on this game that average 60 FPS at 1080p, cheapest first. A card that cannot move Battlefield 6 has no place on this list.

RX 9060 XT 67–90 FPS

1080p OVERKILL, measured.

418–1.699 € approx.
RTX 5060 Ti 84–111 FPS

1080p OVERKILL, measured.

473–1.140 € approx.
RX 9070 100–134 FPS

1080p OVERKILL, measured.

729–1.222 € approx.

Stuttering in Battlefield 6: how to fix it

1 · Shader compilation

Stutter in the first few minutes after updating the game or the drivers is normal. It sorts itself out.

2 · Turn off overlays

Steam, Discord and GeForce Experience overlays cause micro-stutter.

3 · The SSD is not optional

The studio lists it as required. On a mechanical drive, stutter while areas load is not fixed by any setting.

Battlefield 6 requirements FAQ

What are the minimum requirements for Battlefield 6?

With a Nvidia RTX 2060, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB, Intel Arc A380 and 16 GB of RAM you are in. Minimum specs are exactly that: the setup where the game starts and is playable, usually at 1080p with quality turned down — not the one that gives you a comfortable experience. The full table is above.

And the recommended requirements for Battlefield 6? How do they differ?

The recommended specs ask for a Nvidia RTX 3060Ti, AMD Radeon RX 6700-XT, Intel Arc B580. The minimum guarantees the game works; the recommended one, that it looks and moves the way the studio designed it, around 60 FPS at 1080p on high quality. If you land between the two, the game runs: you will have to turn a setting down.

What card do I need to play Battlefield 6 at 60 FPS?

At 1080p on the highest quality, the most modest one that reaches 60 of all we have tested is a RX 6700 XT 12 GB. To hold that at 1440p you need to step up to a RX 7700 XT 12 GB. And at 4K, a RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB. Drop one quality step and any of those figures eases off.

How many FPS does Battlefield 6 get with a RTX 4070 12 GB?

88–116 FPS at 1080p on the highest quality. At 1440p, 61–80. At 4K, 30–39. That is a real measurement with that same card, not a calculation. For any other, use the calculator at the top.

What if my card is not in the table?

The calculator places it between the two nearest measured cards and gives you the range it falls into on Battlefield 6. You will not see an invented exact number: you will see between which values it sits and whether it is enough. If your card falls outside everything tested, we say so rather than making a figure up.

How many FPS are enough?

It depends on the game, and Battlefield 6 is no exception. 30 is the playable floor in a slow-paced game, and you can feel it is tight. 60 is the sensible target: the image responds and does not tire you out. Past 120 it only pays off with a monitor faster than 60 Hz. And steadiness matters more than the average: a constant 50 FPS plays better than swinging between 40 and 90.

How much RAM and video memory does Battlefield 6 need?

The game asks for 16 GB of RAM. On video memory, the peak measured at 1080p is 10,0 GB: with an 8 GB card you have room, with a 6 GB one you are tight, especially if you push textures. Being short on RAM does not lower your average FPS so much as it causes stutter while areas load.

Will the processor hold me back in Battlefield 6?

Of the 29 tested, 7 keep up with the fastest card we have measured. In this game the processor is rarely the brake from a recent generation onwards. Pick yours in the calculator and we tell you, with your specific card, whether it caps you and by how much.

How many FPS do I gain by lowering quality in Battlefield 6?

Dropping to High gives +42%, Dropping to Medium gives +70%, Dropping to Low gives +117%. As a rule, the first step is the one that pays off most: it gets you close to 60 with barely any visible change. If you are thirty FPS short, not even lowering everything gets you comfortable — the problem is somewhere else.

Do DLSS and FSR raise FPS in Battlefield 6?

Between 20% and 35% more, depending on mode and resolution, without touching graphics quality: it is the first lever to try, before turning shadows down. The higher the resolution, the more it gives and the less you notice it; at 1080p it gains little and the image loses some sharpness.

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