Riot Games · 2009 · MOBA
League of Legends is Riot Games’ long-running MOBA, an intentionally low-spec-friendly title that still runs on hardware from over a decade ago.
Its requirements have barely grown over the game’s lifetime, making it one of the most accessible competitive titles on PC by a wide margin.
| Requirement | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i3-530 | Intel Core i5-8250 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 400 series / AMD Radeon HD 6570 / Intel HD 4600 | NVIDIA GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 6950 |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Storage | 16 GB | 16 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.
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MOBAs render a fixed, zoomed-out view rather than a full first-person 3D world, so hardware requirements stay modest across the board — almost any PC from the last decade clears the recommended spec, and perceived smoothness is limited more by network/server tick rate than by local hardware.
The jump from 2GB to 4GB of RAM between the minimum and recommended spec is where League of Legends stops paging textures and level data from disk mid-play — below 4GB, that shows up as short stutters and pop-in rather than a flat drop in average framerate. At roughly 16GB, plan storage for League of 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.
League of Legends recommends 4GB of RAM; 15 of the other 15 games we cover recommend more. Its 16GB install ranks #15 of 16 by size, so 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| League of Legends (this page) | 4 GB | 16 GB | NVIDIA GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 6950 |
| Valorant | 8 GB | 25 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 / AMD Radeon R7 240 |
| Overwatch 2 | 8 GB | 50 GB | NVIDIA GTX 1060/1650 / AMD R9 380/RX 6400 |
| Apex Legends | 8 GB | 75 GB | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 |
The Bottleneck Calculator treats League of Legends as one of the esports 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Core i3-12100F + RTX 3060 12GB | GPU-limited | GPU-limited |
| Ryzen 5 5600 + RTX 5060 | CPU ~8% | GPU-limited |
| Core i5-12400F + RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | CPU ~13% | GPU-limited |
| Core i5-14600K + RTX 4070 Super | CPU ~8% | GPU-limited |
| Ryzen 7 7700X + RX 9070 XT | CPU ~26% | GPU-limited |
| Ryzen 7 7800X3D + RTX 5080 | CPU ~22% | GPU-limited |
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What the parts in the table above do: CPU, GPU, RAM and SSD.
2GB is the publisher's stated minimum, meaning League of Legends will start and run, but 4GB (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 League of Legends, the GPU is the more common limiting part at higher resolutions and settings — our PC Bottleneck Calculator breaks this down by your exact CPU and GPU pairing instead of a generic rule of thumb.
Plan for at least 16GB free, not exactly 16GB — 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 GeForce 400 series / AMD Radeon HD 6570 / Intel HD 4600 as the minimum and NVIDIA GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 6950 as the recommended graphics card for League of Legends. 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 League of Legends.