The Sims 4 System Requirements: Can You Run It?

The Sims 4
Developer:
The Sims Studio
Publisher:
Electronic Arts
Release date:
2 September 2014 (9 years ago)
User score:
4.2 / 5 (1223 votes)
Hardware demand level:
(1/10)

Official The Sims 4 system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run The Sims 4 at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
Pass CPU:
1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent)
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
17 GB available space
Operating system:
64 Bit Required. Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
DirectX:
Version 9.0

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
NVIDIA GTX 650 or better
Pass CPU:
Intel core i5 or faster, AMD Athlon X4
Pass Memory:
8 GB RAM
File size:
18 GB available space
Operating system:
64 Bit Windows 7 (SP1), 8, 8.1, or 10
DirectX:
Version 9.0

The Sims 4 performance on your PC

The Sims 4 performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
recommended
GeForce GTX 650
30 fps @ low
1024×768
60 fps @ medium
1366×768
60 fps @ high
1920×1080
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

The Sims 4 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 / 768p
190−200 FPS
medium settings / 768p
170−180 FPS
high settings / 1080p
150−160 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
140−150 FPS

The Sims 4 performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
Core i5

User Ratings

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4.2 1223 votes

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