The Sims™ 4 PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a Intel HD Graphics 4000-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a Intel HD Graphics 4000. Among the games we track, it is very light on modern hardware.
- Minimum GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Recommended GPU
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- RAM
- 4–8 GB
- Disk
- 26 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
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.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon … matches Intel HD Graphics 4000 | 1 GB of Video RAM, NVIDIA GTX 650, AMD Radeon HD 7750, or better matches Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| Processor | 3.3 GHz Intel Core i3-3220 (2 cores, 4 threads), AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz (4 cores) or better matches AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | Intel core i5 (4 cores), AMD Ryzen 5 or better matches AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
| Memory | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Video memory | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Storage | 26 GB | 51 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 | 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 AMD Ryzen 3 1200-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
Answers about The Sims™ 4 on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs The Sims™ 4?
The publisher's minimum is 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon …. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the Intel HD Graphics 4000.
How much RAM does The Sims™ 4 need?
4 GB at minimum, 8 GB recommended.
How much storage space does The Sims™ 4 take?
26 GB of free space.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run The Sims™ 4?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run The Sims™ 4?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
If your PC runs The Sims™ 4, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
