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Measured FPS benchmarks

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive FPS

  • 2012
  • 82/100 · 1,347 ratings
  • Action
  • Free To Play
Measured · 6 results6 GPUs · Notebookcheckestimate within ±30%: 2/6
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was released in 2012. We list 6 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 6 graphics cards. Steam lists Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pi… as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 2 of 6 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, 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.

  1. GTX 1050Ultra250Notebookcheck
  2. Intel Iris XeUltra95.9Notebookcheck
  3. Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)Ultra47.5Notebookcheck
  4. Radeon Vega 8Ultra41.9Notebookcheck
  5. Intel UHD Graphics 620Ultra37.1Notebookcheck
  6. Intel UHD Graphics 630Ultra28.6Notebookcheck

At 1080p the fastest measured card, GTX 1050, averages 250 FPS; the slowest, Intel UHD Graphics 630, 29 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

2/6 within ±30% · median -37%

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%.

×⅓×½−30%exact+30%×2×3
All 6 comparisons
GPUSettingMeasuredEstimateDiff.
GTX 10501080p Ultra250 FPS≈74 FPS-70%
Intel Iris Xe1080p Ultra95.9 FPS≈44 FPS-54%
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)1080p Ultra47.5 FPS≈40 FPS-16%
Radeon Vega 81080p Ultra41.9 FPS≈29 FPS-31%
Intel UHD Graphics 6301080p Ultra28.6 FPS≈24 FPS-16%
Intel UHD Graphics 6201080p Ultra37.1 FPS≈21 FPS-43%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

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

  1. RTX 4090360model max
  2. RTX 5070 Ti360model max
  3. Radeon RX 9070 XT360model max
  4. RTX 4070360model max
  5. Radeon RX 7800 XT360model max
  6. RTX 4060 Ti360model max
  7. RTX 4060312218–406
  8. RTX 3060252176–328
  9. Radeon RX 6600218153–283
  10. GTX 165013091–169

Cards that run Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

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

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Player reports

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No player reports for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive yet.

Screenshots

Steam

System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU
Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0
CPU
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
RAM
2 GB

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive FPS questions

What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at 1080p?
In a published test (Notebookcheck) the Intel Iris Xe averages 96 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 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive?
By our estimate it gets about 203 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 130 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.
What are the minimum system requirements for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive?
Steam lists Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0 graphics, Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better and 2 GB of RAM as the minimum.

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