Can I Run Tomb Raider?
Tomb Raider is an action adventure game from Crystal Dynamics, released in 2016. Crystal Dynamics both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign. It is localised into 14 languages according to the store listing. Metacritic places it at 86. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Completionists have 143 achievements to work through. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Over 125 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 | Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 64bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3770K |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 980Ti 2560x1440 or NVIDIA GTX 970 1920x1080 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64 bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Tomb Raider structures its play around one continuous open world. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments. That openness is what costs performance. Tomb Raider has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The view is from a third person view.
Why Tomb Raider is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Tomb Raider. NVIDIA GTX 980Ti 2560x1440 or NVIDIA GTX 970 1920x1080 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Tomb Raider within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Tomb Raider needs only 8 GB of RAM. Tomb Raider takes about 25 GB of disk space. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 2 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Tomb Raider?
Tomb Raider targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GTX 980Ti 2560x1440 or NVIDIA GTX 970 1920x1080 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Tomb Raider'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 Tomb Raider?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Tomb Raider?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 64bit.
How much storage does Tomb Raider need?
Tomb Raider needs about 25 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Tomb Raider?
The RTX 3060 runs Tomb Raider comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Tomb Raider?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Tomb Raider is the GPU.