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Can I run Cyberpunk 2077 with a GeForce RTX 5070?

Core speed is not what limits the GeForce RTX 5070 in Cyberpunk 2077: it clears high comfortably and then meets a wall at ultra, where the game wants 16 GB of video memory against the 12 GB on this card.

The GeForce RTX 5070 arrived 5 years after Cyberpunk 2077 shipped, so the game was never designed with it in mind: 7 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Cyberpunk 2077. It sits 11 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 36 · 12 GB · 2025
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at high

Comfortably above the recommended tier, with room for higher settings.

Headroom
20% clear on VRAM
Bottleneck
VRAM
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high cleared
  4. ultra blocked by VRAM + GPU

The weakest link is video memory: this rig brings 12 against the 16 that Cyberpunk 2077 asks for at the ultra tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Cyberpunk 2077: 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 Cyberpunk 2077 the processor beside a GeForce RTX 5070 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 processor
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at high system memory

Cheapest way up one tier

video memory: GeForce RTX 4080 Super

The GeForce RTX 5070 carries 12 GB of video memory and the ultra tier needs 16 GB. Video memory is a hard limit: no amount of core speed substitutes for it.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the ultra 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".

This part alone will not get you there. graphics card also falls short of that tier.

Where to look: GeForce RTX 4080 Super (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce RTX 5070 clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Cyberpunk 2077, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 6 14 30 45 36
CPU index 42 62 78 90 0
Video memory 6 GB 8 GB 10 GB 16 GB 12 GB
System memory 12 GB 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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Questions

Will a GeForce RTX 5070 run Cyberpunk 2077?
Core speed is not what limits the GeForce RTX 5070 in Cyberpunk 2077: it clears high comfortably and then meets a wall at ultra, where the game wants 16 GB of video memory against the 12 GB on this card. Above that the video memory is what stops it.
Is 12 GB of video memory enough for Cyberpunk 2077?
Not for every tier. Cyberpunk 2077 asks for more video memory than the 12 GB on this card at the tier above high, and video memory is a hard limit rather than something extra core speed can cover.

More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 5070 runs across every game we track.