What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Sid Meier's Civilization VI at 1080p?

In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1060 averages 67 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 Sid Meier's Civilization VI?

By our estimate it gets about 119 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 76 FPS at 1080p High (smooth), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Sid Meier's Civilization VI?

Steam lists 1 GB & AMD 5570 or nVidia 450 or Intel Integrated Graphics 530 graphics, Intel Core i3 2.5 Ghz or AMD Phenom II 2.6 Ghz or greater and 4 GB of RAM as the minimum.

Measured FPS benchmarks

Sid Meier's Civilization VI FPS

2016
80/100 · 632 ratings

Simulation
Strategy
Turn-based strategy
Strategie

Measured · 10 results5 GPUs · Notebookcheckestimate within ±30%: 5/10

Check FPS on your GPU

Sid Meier's Civilization VI was released in 2016. We list 10 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 5 graphics cards. Steam lists 1 GB & AMD 5570 or nVidia 450 or Intel Integrated Graphics 530 as the minimum graphics card, about what integrated graphics deliver today. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 5 of 10 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Sid Meier's Civilization VI, 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.

GTX 1060High66.5Notebookcheck
GTX 1060Ultra63.8Notebookcheck
GTX 1050 TiHigh57.5Notebookcheck
GTX 1050High48Notebookcheck
GTX 1050 TiUltra47.3Notebookcheck
GTX 1050Ultra40.2Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8High13Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8Ultra11.5Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 620High6Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 620Ultra6Notebookcheck

At 1080p the fastest measured card, GTX 1060, averages 67 FPS; the slowest, Intel UHD Graphics 620, 6 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

5/10 within ±30% · median +29%

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 10 comparisons

GPU	Setting	Measured	Estimate	Diff.
GTX 1060	1080p High	66.5 FPS	≈93 FPS	+40%
GTX 1060	1080p Ultra	63.8 FPS	≈75 FPS	+18%
GTX 1050 Ti	1080p High	57.5 FPS	≈64 FPS	+11%
GTX 1050 Ti	1080p Ultra	47.3 FPS	≈52 FPS	+10%
GTX 1050	1080p High	48 FPS	≈54 FPS	+13%
GTX 1050	1080p Ultra	40.2 FPS	≈43 FPS	+7%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p High	13 FPS	≈21 FPS	+62%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p Ultra	11.5 FPS	≈17 FPS	+48%
Intel UHD Graphics 620	1080p High	6 FPS	≈15 FPS	+150%
Intel UHD Graphics 620	1080p Ultra	6 FPS	≈12 FPS	+100%

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 4070302211–393
Radeon RX 7800 XT258181–335
RTX 4060 Ti231162–300
RTX 4060184129–239
RTX 3060148104–192
Radeon RX 660012890–166
GTX 16507653–99

Cards that run Sid Meier's Civilization VI 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≈134 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈142 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈203 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

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Screenshots

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System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU: 1 GB & AMD 5570 or nVidia 450 or Intel Integrated Graphics 530
CPU: Intel Core i3 2.5 Ghz or AMD Phenom II 2.6 Ghz or greater
RAM: 4 GB