What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Apex Legends at 1080p?

In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1650 averages 73 FPS at 1080p High: the least powerful card in our data with a 60+ FPS result at 1080p High or Ultra.

Can a GTX 1650 run Apex Legends?

By our estimate it gets about 85 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 54 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Apex Legends?

Steam lists AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950 graphics, AMD FX 4350 or Equivalent, Intel Core i3 6300 or Equivalent and 6 GB of RAM as the minimum.

Measured FPS benchmarks

Apex Legends FPS

2019
75/100 · 665 ratings

Action
Adventure
Free To Play

Measured · 17 results9 GPUs · Notebookcheckestimate within ±30%: 9/17

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Apex Legends was released in 2019. We list 17 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 9 graphics cards. Steam lists AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950 as the minimum graphics card, an entry-level card by today's standards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 9 of 17 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Apex Legends, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

Measured results

Published · with sources

60+ FPS 30–59 under 30 lower bound (frame cap, CPU or VRAM limit). Average FPS from published tests.

Radeon RX 570High87Notebookcheck
GTX 1650 SUPERHigh82Notebookcheck
GTX 1650 SUPERUltra81Notebookcheck
Radeon RX 570Ultra77Notebookcheck
GTX 1650High73Notebookcheck
GTX 1650Ultra69Notebookcheck
GTX 1050 TiHigh46.7Notebookcheck
GTX 1050 TiUltra45Notebookcheck
Intel Iris XeMedium38Notebookcheck
GTX 1050High37Notebookcheck
GTX 1050Ultra36.7Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)Medium34.7Notebookcheck
Intel Iris XeHigh29Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)High26.6Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8Medium23Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8High18Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 630Medium13.1Notebookcheck

At 1080p the fastest measured card, Radeon RX 570, averages 87 FPS; the slowest, Intel UHD Graphics 630, 13 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

9/17 within ±30% · median -21%

Each dot is one published result: how far our model's figure for the same card and setting was from it. The shaded band is ±30%.

All 17 comparisons

GPU	Setting	Measured	Estimate	Diff.
GTX 1650 SUPER	1080p High	82 FPS	≈67 FPS	-18%
GTX 1650 SUPER	1080p Ultra	81 FPS	≈54 FPS	-33%
Radeon RX 570	1080p High	87 FPS	≈54 FPS	-38%
Radeon RX 570	1080p Ultra	77 FPS	≈44 FPS	-43%
GTX 1650	1080p High	73 FPS	≈54 FPS	-26%
GTX 1650	1080p Ultra	69 FPS	≈44 FPS	-36%
GTX 1050 Ti	1080p High	46.7 FPS	≈46 FPS	-1%
GTX 1050 Ti	1080p Ultra	45 FPS	≈37 FPS	-18%
GTX 1050	1080p High	37 FPS	≈38 FPS	+3%
GTX 1050	1080p Ultra	36.7 FPS	≈31 FPS	-16%
Intel Iris Xe	1080p Medium	38 FPS	≈28 FPS	-26%
Intel Iris Xe	1080p High	29 FPS	≈22 FPS	-24%
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)	1080p Medium	34.7 FPS	≈26 FPS	-25%
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)	1080p High	26.6 FPS	≈21 FPS	-21%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p Medium	23 FPS	≈19 FPS	-17%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p High	18 FPS	≈15 FPS	-17%
Intel UHD Graphics 630	1080p Medium	13.1 FPS	≈15 FPS	+15%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

RTX 4090360model max
RTX 5070 Ti286200–372
Radeon RX 9070 XT286200–372
RTX 4070214150–278
Radeon RX 7800 XT183128–238
RTX 4060 Ti163114–212
RTX 406013091–169
RTX 306010574–137
Radeon RX 66009164–118
GTX 16505438–70

Cards that run Apex Legends at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

Intel Arc B580launch price $249≈95 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈101 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈144 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

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No player reports for Apex Legends yet.

Screenshots

Steam

System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU: AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950
CPU: AMD FX 4350 or Equivalent, Intel Core i3 6300 or Equivalent
RAM: 6 GB

Apex Legends FPS questions

What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Apex Legends at 1080p?: In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1650 averages 73 FPS at 1080p High: the least powerful card in our data with a 60+ FPS result at 1080p High or Ultra.
Can a GTX 1650 run Apex Legends?: By our estimate it gets about 85 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 54 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.
What are the minimum system requirements for Apex Legends?: Steam lists AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950 graphics, AMD FX 4350 or Equivalent, Intel Core i3 6300 or Equivalent and 6 GB of RAM as the minimum.