Cities: Skylines on PC: requirements and FPS by GPU

To play Cities: Skylines at 60 FPS at 1080p on High, a GTX 1050 Ti is enough (~64 FPS estimated). For 1440p at 60 FPS, a RX 580 or better.

Updated November 15, 2026

Estimated FPS by graphics card

Graphics card	1080p	1440p	4K
GTX 1050 Ti	64	46	27
GTX 1650	79	57	33
RX 580	86	62	36
GTX 1060	96	69	40
GTX 1660 SUPER	115	83	48
RTX 3060 Laptop	119	86	50
RTX 2060	126	91	53
RTX 3060	152	109	64
RTX 4060 Laptop	158	113	66
RTX 4060	189	136	79
RTX 3060 Ti	200	144	84
RTX 3070	229	165	96
RTX 4060 Ti	237	171	100
RTX 3080	277	200	116
RTX 4070	300+	223	130
RTX 4070 SUPER	300+	260	151

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Estimated FPS at High quality with a high-end processor and 32 GB of RAM. Real results can vary by up to 30%.

	Minimum	Recommended
Graphics card	Nvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) \| AMD® R7 250 (2 GB) \| Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake)	Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 (1.5 GB) \| AMD® Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB)
Processor	Intel® Core™ I7 930 \| AMD® FX 6350	Intel® Core™ I7 2700K \| AMD® Ryzen 7 2700X
RAM	8 GB	16 GB

What graphics card do I need for Cities: Skylines?

To play Cities: Skylines at 60 FPS at 1080p on High, a GTX 1050 Ti is enough (~64 FPS estimated). For 1440p at 60 FPS, a RX 580 or better.

How much RAM does Cities: Skylines need?

It asks for at least 8 GB. With less it may stutter or not launch.

Does my PC run Cities: Skylines better than a PS5?

A card like the RTX 2070 Super performs about like a PS5's. Add your PC to Specta and we'll tell you for your setup.