Adobe Photoshop
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Can My PC Run Unreal Engine 5?
Epic’s real-time 3D engine used for games, film and visualisation.
Unreal Engine 5 System Requirements
Version 5.xMinimum Requirements
- CPU
- Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or fasterIntel Core i5-8400 specs →AMD Ryzen 5 2600 specs →
- GPU
- DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 compatible graphics cardNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB specs →
- VRAM
- Not stated
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 100 GB · SSD required
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit or later
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Network
- Not stated
Recommended Requirements
- CPU
- Six-core Intel or AMD processor or betterIntel Core i7-13700K specs →AMD Ryzen 7 5800X specs →
- GPU
- DirectX 12 capable graphics card with 8 GB VRAMNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB specs →AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT specs →
- VRAM
- 8 GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 250 GB · SSD required
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit or later
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Network
- Not stated
Transcribed from the publisher — not yet re-checkedSource: Epic Games documentation
Application details
- Vendor
- Epic Games
- Version
- 5.x
- Licence
- Free
- Last verified
- Not yet verified
About Unreal Engine 5
Unreal Engine 5 development is far heavier than playing a UE5 game. Shader compilation is aggressively multi-threaded, project sizes reach hundreds of gigabytes, and Epic explicitly recommends an SSD and substantial RAM for source builds.
What PC do I need for Unreal Engine 5?
For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.
- Graphics card
- DirectX 12 capable graphics card with 8 GB VRAM
- Processor
- Six-core Intel or AMD processor or better
- Memory
- 32 GB RAM
- Storage
- 250 GB
- Operating system
- Windows 10 64-bit or later
Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.
Can my laptop run Unreal Engine 5?
The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the DirectX 12 capable graphics card with 8 GB VRAM named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.
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