Infinity Ward / Raven Software · 2020 · Battle Royale
Call of Duty: Warzone is the free-to-play battle royale mode built on the Call of Duty engine, notable for a very large install size and system requirements that have grown substantially across its live-service updates.
It’s one of the more storage- and RAM-hungry titles in this list, which is worth planning for separately from raw CPU/GPU performance.
| Requirement | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 5 1400 | Intel Core i7-6700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970/1060 / AMD RX 470 / Intel Arc A580 | NVIDIA RTX 3060 / AMD RX 6600XT / Intel Arc B580 |
| RAM | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Storage | 116 GB | 116 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 11 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 roughly what frame rate your own CPU and graphics card get in Call of Duty: Warzone, not just whether you clear the minimum?
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Battle 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 8GB to 12GB of RAM between the minimum and recommended spec is where Call of Duty: Warzone stops paging textures and level data from disk mid-play — below 12GB, that shows up as short stutters and pop-in rather than a flat drop in average framerate. At roughly 116GB, plan storage for Call of Duty: Warzone 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.
Call of Duty: Warzone recommends 12GB of RAM; 10 of the other 15 games we cover recommend more. 1 other game asks for the same amount. Its 116GB install ranks #5 of 16 by size, so 4 of the games we cover need more free space.
Games with the closest published requirements (recommended RAM, install size and minimum RAM):
| Game | Recommended RAM | Install size | Recommended GPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty: Warzone (this page) | 12 GB | 116 GB | NVIDIA RTX 3060 / AMD RX 6600XT / Intel Arc B580 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12 GB | 150 GB | NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX 480 4GB |
| Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced | 16 GB | 105 GB | NVIDIA RTX 3060 8GB / AMD RX 6600XT 8GB |
| Helldivers 2 | 16 GB | 135 GB | NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD RX 6600XT |
The Bottleneck Calculator treats Call of Duty: Warzone as one of the typical AAA games. Here is which part would set the frame rate on 6 pairings from budget to high-end at high settings; each pairing links to its full page.
| CPU + GPU | 1080p | 1440p |
|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 5 3600 + GTX 1660 Super | GPU-limited | GPU-limited |
| Ryzen 5 7600 + RTX 4060 | GPU-limited | GPU-limited |
| Core i5-12400F + RX 6700 XT | Balanced | GPU-limited |
| Ryzen 7 5800X + RTX 3080 10GB | CPU ~15% | GPU-limited |
| Ryzen 5 7600X3D + RTX 5070 | Balanced | GPU-limited |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D + RTX 5070 Ti | Balanced | GPU-limited |
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What the parts in the table above do: CPU, GPU, RAM and SSD.
8GB is the publisher's stated minimum, meaning Call of Duty: Warzone will start and run, but 12GB (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 Call of Duty: Warzone 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 116GB free, not exactly 116GB — 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.
The publisher lists NVIDIA GTX 970/1060 / AMD RX 470 / Intel Arc A580 as the minimum and NVIDIA RTX 3060 / AMD RX 6600XT / Intel Arc B580 as the recommended graphics card for Call of Duty: Warzone. To see how your own card is likely to perform at your resolution, try our FPS Calculator, and check memory needs with the GPU VRAM Calculator.
The publisher lists Windows 10 64-bit for the minimum spec and Windows 11 64-bit for the recommended spec of Call of Duty: Warzone.