Respawn Entertainment · 2019 · Battle Royale
Apex Legends is Respawn Entertainment’s free-to-play battle royale built on a modified Source engine, known for fast movement mechanics that reward a consistently high, stable frame rate.
Its requirements are modest by current standards, making it accessible on older hardware, though competitive players often target frame rates well above what the minimum spec can sustain.
| Requirement | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i3-6300 / AMD FX-4350 | AMD Ryzen 5 or equivalent |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 950 / AMD Radeon HD 7790 2GB | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB | 75 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit |
Source: the publisher's own officially listed system requirements (view source). Actual performance still depends on drivers, background load and in-game settings.
Want to know how YOUR specific CPU and GPU actually pair up, not just whether you clear the minimum?
Test Your ConfigurationBattle royale maps load dozens of players, vehicles and destructible objects into memory at once, so CPU load climbs sharply in the endgame even when the GPU still has spare headroom — this genre tends to be more CPU-sensitive in practice than its recommended GPU spec alone suggests.
The jump from 6GB to 8GB of RAM between the minimum and recommended spec is where Apex Legends stops paging textures and level data from disk mid-play — below 8GB, that shows up as short stutters and pop-in rather than a flat drop in average framerate. At roughly 75GB, plan storage for Apex Legends the same way you would for any modern title: an NVMe SSD keeps load times and texture streaming noticeably smoother than a hard drive at the same free-space total.
6GB is the publisher's stated minimum, meaning Apex Legends will start and run, but 8GB (the recommended figure) avoids the stuttering that comes from paging assets off your storage drive mid-session. Use our RAM calculator to check your exact total against everything else you run alongside it.
For Apex Legends specifically, the CPU tends to be the more common limiting part in practice, not just the GPU — check your exact pairing with our PC Bottleneck Calculator before assuming a GPU upgrade alone will fix low or inconsistent framerates.
Plan for at least 75GB free, not exactly 75GB — day-one patches, DLC and shader/texture caches routinely add several more gigabytes after install. Our Storage Calculator can help you plan an upgrade if you are close to full.