Fortnite
Performance Mode / Low Competitive / DX12
Tested with AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D • DDR5-6000 MHz
Compiled by EMARQUE from independent reviews
Estimated frames per second (FPS)
Tested at Ultra High Settings
RX 9070 XT
16GB
670 FPS
Shop PC
RX 9070
16GB
620 FPS
Shop PC
RX 9060 XT
16GB
540 FPS
Shop PC
Full results: every GPU at 1080p, 1440p and 4K
| GPU | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 5090 32GB | 820 FPS | 690 FPS | 520 FPS |
| RTX 5080 16GB | 760 FPS | 640 FPS | 485 FPS |
| RTX 5070 Ti 16GB | 705 FPS | 595 FPS | 450 FPS |
| RX 9070 XT 16GB | 670 FPS | 565 FPS | 425 FPS |
| RTX 5070 12GB | 640 FPS | 540 FPS | 410 FPS |
| RX 9070 16GB | 620 FPS | 525 FPS | 398 FPS |
| RX 9060 XT 16GB | 540 FPS | 455 FPS | 345 FPS |
| RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | 530 FPS | 448 FPS | 338 FPS |
| RTX 5060 8GB GDDR7 | 485 FPS | 410 FPS | 308 FPS |
| GPU | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 5090 32GB | 205 FPS | 154 FPS | 112 FPS |
| RTX 5080 16GB | 183 FPS | 144 FPS | 104 FPS |
| RX 9070 XT 16GB | 178 FPS | 134 FPS | 97 FPS |
| RX 9070 16GB | 167 FPS | 126 FPS | 91 FPS |
| RTX 5070 Ti 16GB | 164 FPS | 127 FPS | 92 FPS |
| RTX 5070 12GB | 152 FPS | 109 FPS | 79 FPS |
| RX 9060 XT 16GB | 125 FPS | 86 FPS | 62 FPS |
| RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | 123 FPS | 85 FPS | 61 FPS |
| RTX 5060 8GB GDDR7 | 108 FPS | 73 FPS | 53 FPS |
Epic Games' free-to-play battle royale on Unreal Engine 5 with Nanite, Lumen and hardware ray tracing, continuously updated since 2017. Fortnite scales from competitive Performance Mode at well over 500 FPS to maxed-out cinematic settings — and it's the easiest way to see UE5's full rendering stack in a live game.
How demanding is Fortnite?
Fortnite supports software and hardware Lumen, hardware ray-traced shadows, reflections and global illumination, plus DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation and AMD FSR. Competitive Performance Mode strips visuals entirely for esports frame rates; the maxed-out 'Epic' preset with hardware RT and Lumen is one of the more demanding UE5 setups in any current game.
What GPU do you need for Fortnite?
On Performance settings, our estimates put even an RTX 5060 above 500 FPS at 1080p. With high settings the RTX 5070 or Radeon RX 9070 XT holds 600+ FPS at 1440p. Native 4K at maxed visuals sits around 450–520 FPS across the RTX 50 stack. Any current EMARQUE gaming PC will easily saturate a 240 Hz panel; budget toward the CPU and display.
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