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Starfield FPS

  • 2023
  • 71/100 · 348 ratings
  • Role-playing
Measured · 24 results8 GPUs · GameGPUestimate within ±30%: 18/24
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Starfield was released in 2023. We list 24 published FPS results for it from GameGPU, covering 8 graphics cards. Steam lists AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti as the minimum graphics card, a high-end card by today's standards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 18 of 24 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Starfield, 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. Radeon RX 7900 XTXUltra107GameGPU
  2. RTX 4090Ultra102GameGPU
  3. RTX 4070 TiUltra67GameGPU
  4. RTX 4070Ultra56GameGPU
  5. RTX 4060 TiUltra49GameGPU
  6. RTX 3070Ultra45GameGPU
  7. Radeon RX 6600Ultra35GameGPU
  8. RTX 3060Ultra31GameGPU

At 1080p the fastest measured card, Radeon RX 7900 XTX, averages 107 FPS; the slowest, RTX 3060, 31 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

18/24 within ±30% · median -1%

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 24 comparisons
GPUSettingMeasuredEstimateDiff.
RTX 40901080p Ultra102 FPS≈133 FPS+30%
RTX 40901440p Ultra89 FPS≈96 FPS+8%
RTX 40904K Ultra69 FPS≈52 FPS-25%
RTX 4070 Ti1080p Ultra67 FPS≈99 FPS+48%
RTX 4070 Ti1440p Ultra60 FPS≈71 FPS+18%
RTX 4070 Ti4K Ultra42 FPS≈39 FPS-7%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX1080p Ultra107 FPS≈98 FPS-8%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX1440p Ultra91 FPS≈71 FPS-22%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX4K Ultra65 FPS≈38 FPS-42%
RTX 40701080p Ultra56 FPS≈77 FPS+38%
RTX 40701440p Ultra50 FPS≈56 FPS+12%
RTX 40704K Ultra32 FPS≈30 FPS-6%
RTX 4060 Ti1080p Ultra49 FPS≈59 FPS+20%
RTX 4060 Ti1440p Ultra41 FPS≈43 FPS+5%
RTX 4060 Ti4K Ultra27 FPS≈23 FPS-15%
RTX 30701080p Ultra45 FPS≈57 FPS+27%
RTX 30701440p Ultra37 FPS≈41 FPS+11%
RTX 30704K Ultra26 FPS≈22 FPS-15%
RTX 30601080p Ultra31 FPS≈38 FPS+23%
RTX 30601440p Ultra26 FPS≈27 FPS+4%
RTX 30604K Ultra17 FPS≈15 FPS-12%
Radeon RX 66001080p Ultra35 FPS≈33 FPS-6%
Radeon RX 66001440p Ultra28 FPS≈24 FPS-14%
Radeon RX 66004K Ultra18 FPS≈13 FPS-28%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

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

  1. RTX 4090163114–212
  2. RTX 5070 Ti12789–165
  3. Radeon RX 9070 XT12890–166
  4. RTX 40709567–124
  5. Radeon RX 7800 XT8157–105
  6. RTX 4060 Ti7351–95
  7. RTX 40605841–75
  8. RTX 30604733–61
  9. Radeon RX 66004129–53
  10. GTX 16502417–31

Cards that run Starfield 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≈64 FPSAmazon
  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GBlaunch price $349≈61 FPSAmazon
  • RTX 5060 Ti 16GBlaunch price $429≈73 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

0 reports

No player reports for Starfield yet.

Screenshots

Steam

System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU
AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
RAM
16 GB

Recommended

GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K
RAM
16 GB

Starfield FPS questions

What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Starfield at 1080p?
In a published test (GameGPU) the Radeon RX 7900 XTX averages 107 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 Starfield?
By our estimate it gets about 38 FPS at 1080p Low (playable) and 24 FPS at 1080p High (struggles), each ±30%.
What are the minimum system requirements for Starfield?
Steam lists AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti graphics, AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K and 16 GB of RAM as the minimum.

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