Can I run Counter-Strike 2?
Competitive players target 240 fps and above, so this is one of the few titles where the processor sets the ceiling on almost every rig.
Official minimum requirements are very low; the upper tiers here describe high-refresh competitive play, not merely launching the game.
Check your PC against Counter-Strike 2
Standing by
Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.
What Counter-Strike 2 asks for
Thresholds are positions on our 1-100 index, not vendor part numbers, so any card or processor can be compared against them. The minimum and recommended rows follow the requirements the publisher published; the mapping onto the index is ours.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 2 | 9 | 18 | 32 |
| CPU index | 42 | 50 | 65 | 86 |
| Video memory | 4 GB | 6 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| System memory | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Storage | 85 GB | 85 GB | 85 GB | 85 GB |
Every card we track against Counter-Strike 2
47 of the 47 cards in our catalogue (100%) clear the minimum tier of Counter-Strike 2 on their own. For 4 of them the next tier is blocked by video memory rather than by core speed, which is a limit no settings slider can work around. This column judges the graphics card alone - the processor beside it can still pull the verdict down.
| Card | Index | VRAM | Reaches | Then limited by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 5090 | 100 | 32 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 4090 | 63 | 24 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 5080 | 61 | 16 GB | ultra | nothing |
| Radeon RX 9070 XT | 50 | 16 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | 48 | 16 GB | ultra | nothing |
| Radeon RX 7900 XTX | 47 | 24 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 4080 Super | 45 | 16 GB | ultra | nothing |
| Radeon RX 9070 | 43 | 16 GB | ultra | nothing |
| Radeon RX 7900 XT | 39 | 20 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | 38 | 16 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 5070 | 36 | 12 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 3090 | 35 | 24 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Super | 32 | 12 GB | ultra | nothing |
| GeForce RTX 3080 10GB | 30 | 10 GB | high | video memory |
| Radeon RX 6950 XT | 29 | 16 GB | high | core speed |
| Radeon RX 7800 XT | 28 | 16 GB | high | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 4070 | 26 | 12 GB | high | core speed |
| Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB | 26 | 16 GB | high | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | 25 | 16 GB | high | core speed |
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | 25 | 16 GB | high | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | 24 | 11 GB | high | core speed |
| Radeon RX 7700 XT | 23 | 12 GB | high | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 3070 | 22 | 8 GB | high | video memory |
| GeForce RTX 5060 | 22 | 8 GB | high | video memory |
| Arc B580 | 21 | 12 GB | high | core speed |
| Arc A770 16GB | 20 | 16 GB | high | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB | 20 | 8 GB | high | core speed |
| Arc A750 | 18 | 8 GB | high | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | 18 | 8 GB | high | core speed |
| Radeon RX 6700 XT | 17 | 12 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 4060 | 16 | 8 GB | recommended | core speed |
| Radeon RX 7600 | 16 | 8 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | 15 | 11 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 2070 | 14 | 8 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | 14 | 12 GB | recommended | core speed |
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | 14 | 8 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 2060 6GB | 12 | 6 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce GTX 1080 | 11 | 8 GB | recommended | core speed |
| Radeon RX 6600 | 10 | 8 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce GTX 1070 | 9 | 8 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce GTX 1660 Super | 9 | 6 GB | recommended | core speed |
| GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | 9 | 8 GB | recommended | core speed |
| Radeon RX 580 8GB | 7 | 8 GB | minimum | core speed |
| GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | 6 | 6 GB | minimum | core speed |
| Radeon RX 570 4GB | 6 | 4 GB | minimum | video memory |
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | 2 | 4 GB | minimum | core speed |
| GeForce GTX 1650 4GB | 2 | 4 GB | minimum | core speed |
Questions
- What are the minimum requirements for Counter-Strike 2?
- On our scale Counter-Strike 2 needs a graphics card at index 2 with 4 GB of video memory, a processor at index 42, 8 GB of system memory and 85 GB of storage. These map the publisher-published requirements onto our index.
- Is Counter-Strike 2 more demanding on the graphics card or the processor?
- Competitive players target 240 fps and above, so this is one of the few titles where the processor sets the ceiling on almost every rig.
- How reliable are these numbers?
- The index positions are estimates until a human checks them against a published benchmark, and any verdict built on one is labelled estimated. The methodology page explains the scale and lists what has been verified so far.