Can I Run Rainbow Six Siege?
Ubisoft Montreal released Rainbow Six Siege in 2015. It is an action game, published by Ubisoft. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. The base game is free to play, so trying it costs only disk space and download time. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. The game ships for Windows alone. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. With more than 1247 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 48 achievements to chase. Steam lists support for 16 languages.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel i3-8100 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 5500XT 4GB / Intel ARC A380 6GB |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 65 GB |
| OS | Windows 10, Windows 11 (64-bit versions) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen5 3600 / Intel i5-10400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2060 6GB / AMD RX 6600 8GB |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 65 GB |
| OS | Windows 11 (64-bit versions) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Rainbow Six Siege places its action in a military setting, and the player works through combat arenas. Play is presented from a first person view. There are 11 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Rainbow Six Siege is demanding
The ask Rainbow Six Siege makes is moderate. NVIDIA RTX 2060 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 6 GB, so on Rainbow Six Siege the speed of the graphics chip binds before its memory does. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Rainbow Six Siege at the floor and Rainbow Six Siege at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Rainbow Six Siege calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Rainbow Six Siege names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first. Rainbow Six Siege takes about 65 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Rainbow Six Siege?
Older hardware holds up here: Rainbow Six Siege runs on modest graphics, with Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 5500XT 4GB / Intel ARC A380 6GB enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Rainbow Six Siege needs about 65 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Rainbow Six Siege'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 Rainbow Six Siege?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Rainbow Six Siege?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel i3-8100; GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX 5500XT 4GB / Intel ARC A380 6GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10, Windows 11 (64-bit versions).
How much storage does Rainbow Six Siege need?
Rainbow Six Siege needs about 65 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Rainbow Six Siege?
The RTX 3060 runs Rainbow Six Siege comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Rainbow Six Siege?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Rainbow Six Siege is the GPU.