Assassin's Creed Shadows System Requirements: Can You Run It?

- Developer:
- Ubisoft Quebec
- Publisher:
- Ubisoft
- Release date:
- 20 March 2025
- User score:
- 3.4 / 5 (104 votes)
- Hardware demand level:
- 7.7 / 10 - intensely demanding
Official Assassin's Creed Shadows system requirements for PC
To run Assassin's Creed Shadows, you'll need at least 16 GB of RAM. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the GeForce GTX 1070, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an Radeon RX 6700 XT. As for your CPU, an Core i7-8700K is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i5-11600K or better.
Minimum requirements
Graphics card:
- Nvidia® GeForce GTX™ 1070 8GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 8GB / Intel® Arc™ A580 8GB (REBAR ON)
CPU:
- Intel® Core™ i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600
RAM:
- 16 GB Dual-channel
- File size:
- SSD (Mandatory)
- Operating system:
- Windows 10 / Windows 11 (64-bit)
- DirectX:
- DirectX 12
Recommended requirements
Graphics card:
- Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti 8GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT 12GB / Intel® Arc™ B580 12GB (REBAR ON)
CPU:
- Intel® Core™ i5-11600K / AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X
RAM:
- 16 GB Dual-channel
- File size:
- SSD (Mandatory)
- Operating system:
- Windows 10 / Windows 11 (64-bit)
- DirectX:
- DirectX 12
Assassin's Creed Shadows performance on your PC
Assassin's Creed Shadows performance on your GPU
GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.3x faster than GeForce GTX 1070, but 1.2x slower than Radeon RX 6700 XT. Your GPU can run Assassin's Creed Shadows at minimum settings, but not recommended settings according to Ubisoft Quebec.
Assassin's Creed Shadows performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
Core i5-12400 is 1.4x faster than Core i7-8700K and roughly equal in performance to Core i5-11600K. Your CPU can run Assassin's Creed Shadows at recommended settings according to Ubisoft Quebec.
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