Can I Run Apex Legends?
Apex Legends is an action adventure game from Respawn, released in 2020. Electronic Arts published it. It offers cooperative play. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. There are 12 achievements to chase. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is localised into 14 languages according to the store listing. Entry is free, which makes the disk requirement the only real barrier. Critics scored it 88 on Metacritic. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Over 1 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD FX 4350 or Equivalent, Intel Core i3 6300 or Equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950 |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Ryzen 5 CPU or Equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around a shrinking play area. The publisher supplies 5 storefront screenshots of these environments. The view is from a first person view.
Why Apex Legends is demanding
Apex Legends is undemanding on the graphics side. Its AMD Radeon R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Apex Legends. At 2 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Apex Legends. Apex Legends needs 64 bit Windows. DirectX 12 is named, so Apex Legends expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Apex Legends scales hard with the hardware you give it. Apex Legends needs only 8 GB of RAM. The install is small at roughly 75 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Apex Legends?
Older hardware holds up here: Apex Legends runs on modest graphics, with AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950 enough to meet the minimum. Add 6 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Apex Legends needs about 75 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.58x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.45x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.64x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Apex Legends's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Apex Legends?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Apex Legends?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD FX 4350 or Equivalent, Intel Core i3 6300 or Equivalent; GPU: AMD Radeon™ HD 7790 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 950; 6 GB RAM; OS: 64-bit Windows 10.
How much storage does Apex Legends need?
Apex Legends needs about 75 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Apex Legends?
The RTX 3060 runs Apex Legends comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Apex Legends?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Apex Legends is the GPU.