Can I run Baldur's Gate 3 with a Radeon RX 6700 XT?
The Radeon RX 6700 XT lands 21% above what Baldur's Gate 3 asks at recommended and 23% below the 22 it would need for high.
Ranked 30 of the 47 cards we track, with 17 of them carrying more video memory - and 12 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Baldur's Gate 3.
Runs well
Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.
- Headroom
- 21% clear
- Bottleneck
- GPU
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 17 against the 22 that Baldur's Gate 3 asks for at the high tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.
That readout is the best this card can do in Baldur's Gate 3: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.
The same card with three different processors
In Baldur's Gate 3 the processor beside a Radeon RX 6700 XT changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.
| Processor | Index | Verdict | Bottleneck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 5 1600 | 30 | Will not run | processor |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | 70 | Runs well | graphics card |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 95 | Runs well | graphics card |
Cheapest way up one tier
graphics card: Radeon RX 7700 XT
The Radeon RX 6700 XT sits at index 17 and the high tier starts at 22.
That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the high tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".
Thresholds, against this card
Green means the Radeon RX 6700 XT clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra | your rig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 6 | 14 | 22 | 26 | 17 |
| CPU index | 42 | 52 | 62 | 78 | 0 |
| Video memory | 4 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| System memory | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | - |
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Standing by
Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.
Questions
- Will a Radeon RX 6700 XT run Baldur's Gate 3?
- The Radeon RX 6700 XT lands 21% above what Baldur's Gate 3 asks at recommended and 23% below the 22 it would need for high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
- Is 12 GB of video memory enough for Baldur's Gate 3?
- Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 12 GB of video memory does in Baldur's Gate 3.
More on this card: what the Radeon RX 6700 XT runs across every game we track.