What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Borderlands 4 at 1080p?

In a published test (GameGPU) the Radeon RX 7900 XTX averages 72 FPS at 1080p Ultra: the least powerful card in our data with a 60+ FPS result at 1080p High or Ultra.

Can a GTX 1650 run Borderlands 4?

By our estimate it gets about 45 FPS at 1080p Low (playable) and 28 FPS at 1080p High (struggles), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Borderlands 4?

Steam lists NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580 graphics, Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and 16 GB of RAM as the minimum.

Measured FPS benchmarks

Borderlands 4 FPS

2025
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Measured · 66 results17 GPUs · GameGPU and TechPowerUpestimate within ±30%: 0/64

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Borderlands 4 was released in 2025. We list 66 published FPS results for it from GameGPU and TechPowerUp, covering 17 graphics cards. 2 of them hit a frame cap, CPU limit or VRAM limit in the source and count as lower bounds. Steam lists NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580 as the minimum graphics card, a high-end card by today's standards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 0 of 64 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Borderlands 4, 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.

At 1080p the fastest measured card, RTX 5090, averages 104 FPS; the slowest, GTX 1060, 15 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

0/64 within ±30% · median +77%

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 64 comparisons

GPU	Setting	Measured	Estimate	Diff.
RTX 5090	1080p Ultra	104 FPS	≈162 FPS	+56%
RTX 5090	1440p Ultra	75 FPS	≈117 FPS	+56%
RTX 5090	4K Ultra	48 FPS	≈63 FPS	+31%
RTX 4090	1080p Ultra	94 FPS	≈157 FPS	+67%
RTX 4090	1440p Ultra	64.7 FPS	≈113 FPS	+75%
RTX 4090	1440p Ultra	66 FPS	≈113 FPS	+71%
RTX 4090	4K Ultra	35.4 FPS	≈61 FPS	+72%
RTX 4090	4K Ultra	41 FPS	≈61 FPS	+49%
RTX 5080	1080p Ultra	76 FPS	≈142 FPS	+87%
RTX 5080	1440p Ultra	50.2 FPS	≈102 FPS	+103%
RTX 5080	1440p Ultra	54 FPS	≈102 FPS	+89%
RTX 5080	4K Ultra	27.1 FPS	≈55 FPS	+103%
RTX 5080	4K Ultra	30 FPS	≈55 FPS	+83%
RTX 4080 SUPER	1080p Ultra	78 FPS	≈133 FPS	+71%
RTX 4080 SUPER	1440p Ultra	53 FPS	≈96 FPS	+81%
RTX 4080 SUPER	4K Ultra	29 FPS	≈52 FPS	+79%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	1440p Ultra	48.5 FPS	≈88 FPS	+81%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	4K Ultra	25.4 FPS	≈48 FPS	+89%
RTX 5070 Ti	1440p Ultra	44.5 FPS	≈88 FPS	+98%
RTX 5070 Ti	4K Ultra	23.6 FPS	≈48 FPS	+103%
RTX 4070 Ti	1080p Ultra	62 FPS	≈117 FPS	+89%
RTX 4070 Ti	1440p Ultra	41 FPS	≈84 FPS	+105%
RTX 4070 Ti	4K Ultra	20 FPS	≈46 FPS	+130%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	1080p Ultra	72 FPS	≈116 FPS	+61%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	1440p Ultra	46.8 FPS	≈83 FPS	+77%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	1440p Ultra	52 FPS	≈83 FPS	+60%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	4K Ultra	25.3 FPS	≈45 FPS	+78%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	4K Ultra	28 FPS	≈45 FPS	+61%
Radeon RX 9070	1440p Ultra	41.8 FPS	≈78 FPS	+87%
Radeon RX 9070	4K Ultra	21.8 FPS	≈42 FPS	+93%
RTX 5070	1440p Ultra	33.8 FPS	≈73 FPS	+116%
RTX 4070	1080p Ultra	53 FPS	≈91 FPS	+72%
RTX 4070	1440p Ultra	31 FPS	≈66 FPS	+113%
RTX 4070	1440p Ultra	34 FPS	≈66 FPS	+94%
RTX 4070	4K Ultra	15 FPS	≈36 FPS	+140%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	1080p Ultra	50 FPS	≈78 FPS	+56%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	1440p Ultra	32.5 FPS	≈56 FPS	+72%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	1440p Ultra	36 FPS	≈56 FPS	+56%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	4K Ultra	16.6 FPS	≈30 FPS	+81%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	4K Ultra	18 FPS	≈30 FPS	+67%
RTX 4060 Ti	1080p Ultra	41 FPS	≈70 FPS	+71%
RTX 4060 Ti	1440p Ultra	27 FPS	≈50 FPS	+85%
RTX 4060 Ti	4K Ultra	13 FPS	≈27 FPS	+108%
RTX 3060	1080p Ultra	29 FPS	≈45 FPS	+55%
RTX 3060	1440p Ultra	19 FPS	≈32 FPS	+68%
RTX 3060	4K Ultra	9 FPS	≈18 FPS	+100%
GTX 1660 SUPER	1080p Low	44 FPS	≈65 FPS	+48%
GTX 1660 SUPER	1080p Medium	36 FPS	≈52 FPS	+44%
GTX 1660 SUPER	1080p High	28 FPS	≈42 FPS	+50%
GTX 1660 SUPER	1440p Low	28 FPS	≈47 FPS	+68%
GTX 1660 SUPER	1440p Medium	23 FPS	≈38 FPS	+65%
GTX 1660 SUPER	1440p High	18 FPS	≈30 FPS	+67%
GTX 1660	1080p Low	39 FPS	≈61 FPS	+56%
GTX 1660	1080p Medium	32 FPS	≈49 FPS	+53%
GTX 1660	1080p High	25 FPS	≈39 FPS	+56%
GTX 1660	1440p Low	25 FPS	≈44 FPS	+76%
GTX 1660	1440p Medium	20 FPS	≈35 FPS	+75%
GTX 1660	1440p High	16 FPS	≈28 FPS	+75%
GTX 1060	1080p Low	25 FPS	≈54 FPS	+116%
GTX 1060	1080p Medium	20 FPS	≈43 FPS	+115%
GTX 1060	1080p High	15 FPS	≈35 FPS	+133%
GTX 1060	1440p Low	17 FPS	≈39 FPS	+129%
GTX 1060	1440p Medium	13 FPS	≈31 FPS	+138%
GTX 1060	1440p High	11 FPS	≈25 FPS	+127%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

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

RTX 4090193135–251
RTX 5070 Ti150105–195
Radeon RX 9070 XT151106–196
RTX 407011379–147
Radeon RX 7800 XT9667–125
RTX 4060 Ti8660–112
RTX 40606848–88
RTX 30605539–72
Radeon RX 66004834–62
GTX 16502820–36

Cards that run Borderlands 4 at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

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

RTX 5060launch price $299≈76 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBlaunch price $349≈71 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060 Ti 16GBlaunch price $429≈86 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

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No player reports for Borderlands 4 yet.

Screenshots

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System requirements

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Minimum

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT / Intel Arc A580
CPU: Intel Core i7-9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
RAM: 16 GB