What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Rainbow Six Siege at 1080p?

In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1050 averages 82 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 Rainbow Six Siege?

By our estimate it gets about 49 FPS at 1080p Low (playable) and 31 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Rainbow Six Siege?

Steam lists Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 5500XT 4GB / Intel ARC A380 6GB graphics, AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel i3-8100 and 8 GB of RAM as the minimum.

Measured FPS benchmarks

Rainbow Six Siege FPS

2015
79/100 · 565 ratings

Shooter
Tactical
Action
Free To Play

Measured · 16 results8 GPUs · Notebookcheckestimate within ±30%: 0/16

Check FPS on your GPU

Rainbow Six Siege was released in 2015. We list 16 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 8 graphics cards. Steam lists Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 5500XT 4GB / Intel ARC A380 6GB as the minimum graphics card, a mid-range card by today's standards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 0 of 16 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Rainbow Six Siege, 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.

RTX 2060High238Notebookcheck
RTX 2060Ultra223Notebookcheck
Radeon RX 570High165.3Notebookcheck
GTX 1060High154Notebookcheck
GTX 1650High146.2Notebookcheck
Radeon RX 570Ultra138.3Notebookcheck
GTX 1060Ultra130Notebookcheck
GTX 1650Ultra124Notebookcheck
GTX 1050 TiHigh95Notebookcheck
GTX 1050High82.4Notebookcheck
GTX 1050 TiUltra79Notebookcheck
GTX 1050Ultra65.9Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8High29Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8Ultra22Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 620High15Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 620Ultra10.8Notebookcheck

At 1080p the fastest measured card, RTX 2060, averages 238 FPS; the slowest, Intel UHD Graphics 620, 11 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

0/16 within ±30% · median -74%

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 16 comparisons

GPU	Setting	Measured	Estimate	Diff.
RTX 2060	1080p High	238 FPS	≈50 FPS	-79%
RTX 2060	1080p Ultra	223 FPS	≈41 FPS	-82%
GTX 1060	1080p High	154 FPS	≈38 FPS	-75%
GTX 1060	1080p Ultra	130 FPS	≈31 FPS	-76%
Radeon RX 570	1080p High	165.3 FPS	≈31 FPS	-81%
Radeon RX 570	1080p Ultra	138.3 FPS	≈26 FPS	-81%
GTX 1650	1080p High	146.2 FPS	≈31 FPS	-79%
GTX 1650	1080p Ultra	124 FPS	≈25 FPS	-80%
GTX 1050 Ti	1080p High	95 FPS	≈26 FPS	-73%
GTX 1050 Ti	1080p Ultra	79 FPS	≈21 FPS	-73%
GTX 1050	1080p High	82.4 FPS	≈22 FPS	-73%
GTX 1050	1080p Ultra	65.9 FPS	≈18 FPS	-73%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p High	29 FPS	≈9 FPS	-69%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p Ultra	22 FPS	≈7 FPS	-68%
Intel UHD Graphics 620	1080p High	15 FPS	≈6 FPS	-60%
Intel UHD Graphics 620	1080p Ultra	10.8 FPS	≈5 FPS	-54%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

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

RTX 4090212148–276
RTX 5070 Ti165115–215
Radeon RX 9070 XT165115–215
RTX 407012487–161
Radeon RX 7800 XT10674–138
RTX 4060 Ti9466–122
RTX 40607553–98
RTX 30606143–79
Radeon RX 66005337–69
GTX 16503122–40

Cards that run Rainbow Six Siege 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≈83 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBlaunch price $349≈78 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060 Ti 16GBlaunch price $429≈95 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

0 reports

No player reports for Rainbow Six Siege yet.

Screenshots

Steam

System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 5500XT 4GB / Intel ARC A380 6GB
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel i3-8100
RAM: 8 GB

Rainbow Six Siege FPS questions

What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Rainbow Six Siege at 1080p?: In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1050 averages 82 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 Rainbow Six Siege?: By our estimate it gets about 49 FPS at 1080p Low (playable) and 31 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.
What are the minimum system requirements for Rainbow Six Siege?: Steam lists Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 5500XT 4GB / Intel ARC A380 6GB graphics, AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel i3-8100 and 8 GB of RAM as the minimum.