Tomb Raider System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Tomb Raider
Developer:
Crystal Dynamics
Publisher:
Square Enix
Release date:
5 March 2013 (11 years ago)
User score:
4.6 / 5 (300 votes)

Official Tomb Raider system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Tomb Raider 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:
nVIDIA GeForce 8800 / AMD Radeon HD 2900 or better
Pass CPU:
2GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo or better, AMD Athlon X2 or better)
Pass Memory:
1 GB (Win XP), 2 GB (Win Vista/7)
File size:
12 GB HD space
Operating system:
Windoes XP, Vista, 7
DirectX:
9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM: AMD Radeon HD 5870, nVidia GTX 480
Pass CPU:
Quad core CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955, Intel Core i5-750
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
12 GB HD space
Operating system:
Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
DirectX:
11

Tomb Raider performance on your PC

Tomb Raider performance on your GPU

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

RTX 3060
recommended
Radeon HD 5870
30 fps @ low
1024×768
60 fps @ medium
1366×768
60 fps @ high
1366×768
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Tomb Raider 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
600−650 FPS
medium settings / 768p
550−600 FPS
high settings / 768p
500−550 FPS
ultra settings / 1440p
240−250 FPS

Tomb Raider performance on your CPU

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

i5-12400
recommended
Core i5-750

User Ratings

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4.6 300 votes

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  • 2002
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  • 2024
  • 5

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