GTA 6 Minimum Requirements
This is the floor, the specs where GTA 6 should launch and be playable, not where it'll look or feel great. If your PC is a few years old, start here.
Predicted minimum spec
| Component | Predicted minimum | Action |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12400 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (or equivalent 6-core, released within the last ~5 years) | Check my CPU → |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 2060 or AMD RX 6600 (6GB+ VRAM) | See GPU options → |
| RAM | 16 GB | Shop RAM → |
| Storage | ~150 GB free, SSD strongly expected to be required | See SSD options → |
| DirectX | DirectX 12 |
Why the bar is this high
GTA 6 is built for PS5 and Xbox Series X first, both machines pack an 8-core Zen 2 CPU and an RDNA2 GPU comparable to an RX 6700. Games built around current-gen-only consoles (no last-gen fallback) tend to set noticeably higher PC minimums than cross-gen titles, because there's no lower bar to design down to. That's a real shift from GTA V, which also had to run on PS3/Xbox 360.
If your PC falls short
- GPU is the usual bottleneck. A single GPU upgrade (e.g. into RTX 2060/RX 6600 territory) closes most of the gap for older systems.
- 8GB RAM will likely not be enough. Budget for at least 16GB, it's cheap to add and increasingly a hard requirement, not a "recommended" nicety, in current-gen-only titles.
- An HDD will hurt regardless of GPU/CPU. Rockstar's recent titles stream textures aggressively; a SATA SSD is the realistic minimum, NVMe is safer.
Not sure where your own PC lands? Run it through the PC checker tool.
The three cheapest upgrades
In order of impact if your rig falls short of the predicted minimum above:
Graphics Card
Target RTX 2060 / RX 6600 or newer. This is almost always the bottleneck on a system built before 2021.
SATA/NVMe SSD
Still on a spinning HDD? Nothing else on this list matters until this is fixed. See our storage breakdown.
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