Measured FPS benchmarks
No Man's Sky FPS
- 2016
- 72/100 · 636 ratings
- Action
- Adventure
No Man's Sky was released in 2016. We list 4 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 2 graphics cards. Steam lists Nvidia GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 470 4GB, Intel UHD graphics 630 as the minimum graphics card, a mid-range card by today's standards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 2 of 4 times.
Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for No Man's Sky, 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 sources60+ FPS 30–59 under 30 lower bound (frame cap, CPU or VRAM limit). Average FPS from published tests.
- GTX 1060High80.1Notebookcheck
- GTX 1050 TiHigh44.6Notebookcheck
- GTX 1060Ultra37.6Notebookcheck
- GTX 1050 TiUltra20.7Notebookcheck
At 1080p the fastest measured card, GTX 1060, averages 80 FPS; the slowest, GTX 1050 Ti, 21 FPS.
Estimate vs measured
2/4 within ±30% · median -24%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 4 comparisons
| GPU | Setting | Measured | Estimate | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTX 1060 | 1080p High | 80.1 FPS | ≈41 FPS | -49% |
| GTX 1060 | 1080p Ultra | 37.6 FPS | ≈33 FPS | -12% |
| GTX 1050 Ti | 1080p High | 44.6 FPS | ≈28 FPS | -37% |
| GTX 1050 Ti | 1080p Ultra | 20.7 FPS | ≈23 FPS | +11% |
Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs
Estimate ±30%Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.
- RTX 4090226158–294
- RTX 5070 Ti176123–229
- Radeon RX 9070 XT177124–230
- RTX 407013292–172
- Radeon RX 7800 XT11379–147
- RTX 4060 Ti10171–131
- RTX 40608056–104
- RTX 30606546–85
- Radeon RX 66005639–73
- GTX 16503323–43
Cards that run No Man's Sky at 60+ FPS
1080p High · cheapest firstCurrent cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).
- Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈62 FPSAmazon
- RTX 5060launch price $299≈89 FPSAmazon
- Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBlaunch price $349≈84 FPSAmazon
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Player reports
0 reportsNo player reports for No Man's Sky yet.
Screenshots
SteamSystem requirements
SteamMinimum
- GPU
- Nvidia GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 470 4GB, Intel UHD graphics 630
- CPU
- Intel Core i3
- RAM
- 8 GB
No Man's Sky FPS questions
- What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in No Man's Sky at 1080p?
- In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1060 averages 80 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 No Man's Sky?
- By our estimate it gets about 52 FPS at 1080p Low (playable) and 33 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.
- What are the minimum system requirements for No Man's Sky?
- Steam lists Nvidia GTX 1060 3GB, AMD RX 470 4GB, Intel UHD graphics 630 graphics, Intel Core i3 and 8 GB of RAM as the minimum.
