Valorant - FPS and system requirements

Find out which graphics card you need to run Valorant smoothly, and how many FPS popular processor and graphics card pairings give at 1080p, 1440p and 4K on “High” settings.

Valorant is extremely light on the graphics card and runs at hundreds of FPS even on a budget PC - the limit is almost always the processor.

Which graphics card do you need for Valorant?

Shows the cheapest graphics card that reaches the target with a AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor on “High” settings; a dash means no card gets there. A weaker processor can hold back high FPS targets.

FHD - 1080pQHD - 1440pUHD - 2160p (4K)
60 FPS - smooth gameplayGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1050 TiGeForce GTX 1060
144 FPS - for a 144 Hz monitorGeForce GTX 1660 SuperGeForce GTX 1070GeForce RTX 3060
240 FPS - competitive esportsGeForce RTX 2060GeForce RTX 3060GeForce RTX 5060 Ti

Prices in shops

FPS with popular configurations

ProcessorGraphics cardFHD - 1080pQHD - 1440pUHD - 2160p (4K)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GeForce RTX 4060340 FPS250 FPS155 FPS
Intel Core i5-12400FGeForce RTX 3060295 FPS215 FPS130 FPS
AMD Ryzen 5 7600GeForce RTX 5070615 FPS450 FPS275 FPS
Intel Core i5-14600KRadeon RX 9070 XT685 FPS545 FPS335 FPS
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DGeForce RTX 5080800 FPS660 FPS405 FPS
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3DGeForce RTX 5090900 FPS840 FPS520 FPS

Other games

Figures are approximate - real FPS depends on the game scene, settings and drivers.