The Sims 3 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Your gaming PC configuration

Developer:: The Sims Studio
Publisher:: Electronic Arts
Release date:: 2 June 2009 (16 years ago)
User score:: 4.3 / 5
Hardware demand level:: 1 / 10 - not demanding
Ray tracing support:: no data

Official The Sims 3 system requirements for PC

To run The Sims 3, you'll need at least 1 GB of RAM and 6.1 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the Radeon 9500 PRO. As for your CPU, an Athlon XP 2400+ is the minimum.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:: Graphics: GeForce FX 5900 / Radeon 9500, Graphics Ram: 128 MB

CPU:: XP (Service Pack 2): Pentium IV 2.0 GHz / Athlon XP 2000+ Vista (Service Pack 1): Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+

RAM:: 1 GB (XP (Service Pack 2)) 1.5 GB (Vista (Service Pack 1))

File size:: At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

Operating system:: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1

DirectX:: The latest version of DirectX 9.0c

The Sims 3 performance on your PC

The Sims 3 performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060

minimum
Radeon 9500 PRO

30 fps @ low
800×600

60 fps @ medium
1024×768

60 fps @ high
1280×1024

GeForce RTX 3060 is 427.7x faster than Radeon 9500 PRO. Your GPU can run The Sims 3 at minimum settings according to The Sims Studio.

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

The Sims 3 FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

low settings / 600p

700−750

medium settings / 768p

200−210

high settings / 1024p

180−190