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Minecraft (Java Edition) — System Requirements & Estimated PC Performance

Vanilla Java Minecraft is famously single-thread/CPU bound; render distance and shader packs change demand drastically.

Game info

DeveloperMojang Studios
PublisherMojang Studios
EngineProprietary (Java/LWJGL)
Release date2011-11-18
GenreSandbox, Survival

System requirements

Minimum CPUIntel Core i3-3210 / AMD A8-7600
Minimum GPUNVIDIA GT 400 / AMD HD 7000
Minimum RAM4 GB
Recommended CPUIntel Core i5-4690 / AMD A10-7800
Recommended GPUNVIDIA GTX 700 / AMD RX 200
Recommended RAM8 GB
Storage4 GB

Estimated performance by hardware tier

Estimated average FPS at High settings, ray tracing off, no upscaling. See how it works.

Tier / Build1080p1440p4K
Budget
Ryzen 5 5600 + RX 7600
118 FPS92 FPS53 FPS
Mid-range
Ryzen 7 5700X + RX 9060 XT 16GB
131 FPS121 FPS70 FPS
High-end
Ryzen 7 7800X3D + RTX 5070
193 FPS158 FPS91 FPS
Enthusiast
Ryzen 7 9800X3D + RTX 5090
210 FPS208 FPS120 FPS

Ray tracing support: Yes · Upscaling support: None

Recommended hardware

This is a light title — even budget-tier GPUs should comfortably hit high frame rates.

Frequently asked questions

It depends on your exact CPU and GPU. Use the FPS calculator pre-filled for Minecraft (Java Edition) to get an estimate for your own hardware.

Yes, Minecraft (Java Edition) supports ray tracing — enabling it will reduce frame rate, especially on GPUs with weaker RT hardware. See the resolution table above for High-preset, RT-off figures.

Minecraft (Java Edition) does not support upscaling technologies (FSR/DLSS/XeSS) in our catalog.

This is a light title — even budget-tier GPUs should comfortably hit high frame rates.