What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at 1080p?

In a published test (Notebookcheck) the GTX 1650 averages 73 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 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?

By our estimate it gets about 81 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 52 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?

Steam lists Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 graphics, Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz) and 6 GB of RAM as the minimum.

Measured FPS benchmarks

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt FPS

2015
94/100 · 5,493 ratings

Role-playing

Measured · 34 results17 GPUs · Notebookcheckestimate within ±30%: 19/34

Check FPS on your GPU

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released in 2015. We list 34 published FPS results for it from Notebookcheck, covering 17 graphics cards. Steam lists Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 as the minimum graphics card, an entry-level card by today's standards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 19 of 34 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, 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 4060High216Notebookcheck
RTX 3060High163Notebookcheck
RTX 2060High135.7Notebookcheck
RTX 4060Ultra111Notebookcheck
Radeon RX 6500 XTHigh93Notebookcheck
GTX 1650 SUPERHigh89Notebookcheck
RTX 3060Ultra80Notebookcheck
Radeon RX 570High77Notebookcheck
GTX 1060High76Notebookcheck
GTX 1650High73Notebookcheck
RTX 2060Ultra72.7Notebookcheck
Radeon RX 6500 XTUltra54Notebookcheck
GTX 1050 TiHigh49.4Notebookcheck
GTX 1650 SUPERUltra49Notebookcheck
GTX 1060Ultra44Notebookcheck
Radeon 780MHigh44Notebookcheck
Radeon RX 570Ultra43Notebookcheck
GTX 1650Ultra41Notebookcheck
Radeon 760MHigh38Notebookcheck
GTX 1050High38Notebookcheck
Radeon 680MHigh38Notebookcheck
Intel Iris XeHigh29Notebookcheck
Radeon 780MUltra28Notebookcheck
GTX 1050 TiUltra26Notebookcheck
Radeon 760MUltra24Notebookcheck
Radeon 680MUltra23Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)High21Notebookcheck
GTX 1050Ultra20Notebookcheck
Intel Iris XeUltra14Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)Ultra14Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8High13Notebookcheck
Radeon Vega 8Ultra8Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 620High6Notebookcheck
Intel UHD Graphics 620Ultra4Notebookcheck

At 1080p the fastest measured card, RTX 4060, averages 216 FPS; the slowest, Intel UHD Graphics 620, 4 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

19/34 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%.

All 34 comparisons

GPU	Setting	Measured	Estimate	Diff.
RTX 4060	1080p High	216 FPS	≈124 FPS	-43%
RTX 4060	1080p Ultra	111 FPS	≈101 FPS	-9%
RTX 3060	1080p High	163 FPS	≈100 FPS	-39%
RTX 3060	1080p Ultra	80 FPS	≈81 FPS	+1%
RTX 2060	1080p High	135.7 FPS	≈82 FPS	-40%
RTX 2060	1080p Ultra	72.7 FPS	≈67 FPS	-8%
GTX 1650 SUPER	1080p High	89 FPS	≈63 FPS	-29%
GTX 1650 SUPER	1080p Ultra	49 FPS	≈52 FPS	+6%
GTX 1060	1080p High	76 FPS	≈63 FPS	-17%
GTX 1060	1080p Ultra	44 FPS	≈51 FPS	+16%
Radeon RX 6500 XT	1080p High	93 FPS	≈61 FPS	-34%
Radeon RX 6500 XT	1080p Ultra	54 FPS	≈49 FPS	-9%
Radeon RX 570	1080p High	77 FPS	≈52 FPS	-32%
Radeon RX 570	1080p Ultra	43 FPS	≈42 FPS	-2%
GTX 1650	1080p High	73 FPS	≈52 FPS	-29%
GTX 1650	1080p Ultra	41 FPS	≈42 FPS	+2%
Radeon 780M	1080p High	44 FPS	≈46 FPS	+5%
Radeon 780M	1080p Ultra	28 FPS	≈38 FPS	+36%
GTX 1050 Ti	1080p High	49.4 FPS	≈44 FPS	-11%
GTX 1050 Ti	1080p Ultra	26 FPS	≈35 FPS	+35%
Radeon 760M	1080p High	38 FPS	≈38 FPS	0%
Radeon 760M	1080p Ultra	24 FPS	≈31 FPS	+29%
GTX 1050	1080p High	38 FPS	≈36 FPS	-5%
GTX 1050	1080p Ultra	20 FPS	≈29 FPS	+45%
Radeon 680M	1080p High	38 FPS	≈28 FPS	-26%
Radeon 680M	1080p Ultra	23 FPS	≈23 FPS	0%
Intel Iris Xe	1080p High	29 FPS	≈21 FPS	-28%
Intel Iris Xe	1080p Ultra	14 FPS	≈17 FPS	+21%
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)	1080p High	21 FPS	≈20 FPS	-5%
Radeon Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000 / 5000)	1080p Ultra	14 FPS	≈16 FPS	+14%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p High	13 FPS	≈14 FPS	+8%
Radeon Vega 8	1080p Ultra	8 FPS	≈12 FPS	+50%
Intel UHD Graphics 620	1080p High	6 FPS	≈10 FPS	+67%
Intel UHD Graphics 620	1080p Ultra	4 FPS	≈8 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 4090349244–454
RTX 5070 Ti273191–355
Radeon RX 9070 XT273191–355
RTX 4070204143–265
Radeon RX 7800 XT174122–226
RTX 4060 Ti156109–203
RTX 406012487–161
RTX 306010070–130
Radeon RX 66008761–113
GTX 16505236–68

Cards that run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 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≈90 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈96 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈137 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

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Screenshots

Steam

System requirements

Steam

Minimum

GPU: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870
CPU: Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz)
RAM: 6 GB