Stellaris: PC requirements & FPS
Official minimum and recommended specs, and the frame rate to expect on your hardware.
Estimated FPS by graphics card
Estimates from the official requirements, not benchmarks (±20%).
| Graphics card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 5090 | ~280 | ~280 | ~280 |
| GeForce RTX 5080 | ~280 | ~280 | ~275 |
| GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | ~280 | ~280 | ~275 |
| GeForce RTX 5070 | ~280 | ~280 | ~265 |
| GeForce RTX 5060 | ~275 | ~270 | ~215 |
| GeForce RTX 4090 | ~280 | ~280 | ~280 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | ~280 | ~280 | ~265 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 | ~275 | ~255 | ~185 |
| GeForce RTX 3060 | ~270 | ~240 | ~165 |
| Radeon RX 9070 XT | ~280 | ~280 | ~275 |
| Radeon RX 7800 XT | ~280 | ~275 | ~255 |
| Radeon RX 7600 | ~270 | ~245 | ~170 |
| Arc B580 | ~275 | ~255 | ~185 |
| GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | ~215 | ~165 | ~95 |
| GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | ~170 | ~125 | ~70 |
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How we estimate: a PC exactly at the recommended spec is taken as ~60 FPS at 1080p Medium and one at the minimum spec as ~30 FPS at 1080p Low; your CPU and GPU scores are compared with those, then fixed multipliers for resolution and preset apply. Real results vary with drivers, patches and upscalers.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Intel® iCore™ i3-530 · not recognisedAMD® FX-6350 · not recognised | Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K · 2200AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G · 3000 |
| Graphics | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 · 150AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM) · 175Intel® HD Graphics 4600 · 38 | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) · 190AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2 GB VRAM) · 320 |
| Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Video memory | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| DirectX | 9 | 12 |
| Operating system | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit |
From the publisher's Steam page; each part is matched to our performance score (1–10,000). Some parts were identified with AI help — treat them with care.
Cheapest PC for Stellaris at 60 FPS
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About the game
Stellaris is a real-time 4X grand strategy game set in a procedurally generated galaxy. Players control an interstellar civilization, exploring star systems connected by hyperlane networks, colonizing habitable worlds, and managing their empire's economy across resources like energy, minerals, and alloys. The game emphasizes empire customization through species traits, ethics, government types, and civics that shape both aesthetics and mechanics. Gameplay progresses through diplomacy, trade, and warfare with other civilizations, while mid-game and late-game galactic crises introduce escalating threats such as extragalactic invasions or hostile artificial intelligence awakenings. Players can pursue ascension paths including genetic engineering, cybernetic augmentation, or psionic abilities. Originally released for PC, the game later received a console edition and has been supported with numerous expansions adding megastructures, new empire types, espionage mechanics, and additional crisis scenarios.
Questions about this game
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Game data: IGDB.com · official requirements and artwork from the publishers' Steam pages.