What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Kerbal Space Program at 1080p?

By our estimate (±30%), the GTX 1650 is the least powerful of our 10 reference cards to reach 60 FPS at 1080p High, at about 116 FPS. No published benchmark of Kerbal Space Program at that setting is in our data to confirm it.

Can a GTX 1650 run Kerbal Space Program?

By our estimate it gets about 181 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 116 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Kerbal Space Program?

Steam lists DX10 (SM 4.0) capable, 512MB VRAM graphics, Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz and 4 GB of RAM as the minimum.

FPS estimates

Kerbal Space Program FPS

2015
85/100 · 209 ratings

Indie
Simulation

Estimates only · ±30%

Check FPS on your GPU

Kerbal Space Program was released in 2015. No published benchmark of Kerbal Space Program is in our dataset yet, so every FPS figure on this page is an estimate. Steam lists DX10 (SM 4.0) capable, 512MB VRAM as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today.

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

No measured data yet. We have not found a published benchmark of Kerbal Space Program with a source we can link. The figures below come from our model and carry a ±30% band. How the estimate works.

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 Ti360model max
Radeon RX 9070 XT360model max
RTX 4070360model max
Radeon RX 7800 XT360model max
RTX 4060 Ti350245–455
RTX 4060278195–361
RTX 3060225158–293
Radeon RX 6600195137–254
GTX 165011681–151

Cards that run Kerbal Space Program 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≈203 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈215 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈308 FPSAmazon

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Screenshots

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System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU: DX10 (SM 4.0) capable, 512MB VRAM
CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz
RAM: 4 GB