Spec sheet · Casual · 2020

Factorio PC Requirements

To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.

Minimum GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Recommended GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
RAM
8–16 GB
Disk
5 GB

Which graphics cards clear it

All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.

33 Short of the minimum including the AMD Radeon 890M
31 Minimum, not recommended from the AMD Radeon RX 550 ($79 at launch)
101 At or above recommended from the Intel Arc A380 ($139 at launch)

What the publisher lists

Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.

PartMinimumRecommended
Graphics card DirectX 11 capable GPU with 1GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 750 Ti, Radeon R7 360 or Intel UHD Graphics 730 matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti DirectX 11 capable GPU with 4 GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, Radeon RX 570, Intel Arc matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Processor Quad core 3Ghz+ Quad core 4Ghz+ from 2020 or newer
Memory 8 GB 16 GB
Video memory 1 GB 4 GB
Storage 5 GB 10 GB
Windows Windows 11 Same as minimum
DirectX DirectX 11 Same as minimum

Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest

Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a Intel Core i7-10700K-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.

Card1080p1440p4KAgainst the specs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 744627 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 1318247 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 6600 16110058 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 16110058 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7600 19011868 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 19011868 Recommended
Intel Arc B580 21213276 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 23514685 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 300+211123 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 300+225131 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 300+273158 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 300+300+186 Recommended

Answers about Factorio on PC

What is the lowest graphics card that runs Factorio?

The publisher's minimum is DirectX 11 capable GPU with 1GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 750 Ti, Radeon R7 360 or Intel UHD Graphics 730. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti.

How much RAM does Factorio need?

8 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.

How much storage space does Factorio take?

5 GB of free space.

Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Factorio?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Factorio?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

If your PC runs Factorio, it also runs

Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.