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Can I Run Apex Legends on RTX 3060?
Apex Legends FPS Benchmark and Performance Analysis
Apex Legends is playable on NVIDIA RTX 3060. Expect around 156 FPS at 1080p high, with strong high-refresh potential. NVIDIA RTX 3060 sits in the mid tier — here's how that translates to real frame rates in Apex Legends at 1080p and 1440p.
Apex Legends FPS Benchmarks on RTX 3060
| Resolution | Settings Preset | Avg FPS | 1% Low FPS | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Competitive (Low) | 195 FPS | 130 FPS | Excellent |
| 1080p | High | 156 FPS | 104 FPS | Very Good |
| 1440p | High | 116 FPS | 74 FPS | Very Good |
| 1440p | Ultra | 87 FPS | 55 FPS | Good |
| 4K | High | 72 FPS | 43 FPS | Playable |
Benchmarks are estimated by our performance engine. Actual results may vary.
Best Settings for Apex Legends on RTX 3060
- Display Mode
- Fullscreen
- Resolution
- 1920×1080
- V-Sync
- Disabled
- Texture Quality
- High
- Shadow Quality
- High
- Anti-Aliasing
- TAA
- Effects Quality
- High
- Post-Processing
- Medium
- Ambient Occlusion
- Enabled
Performance Analysis
At 1080p high, our model places NVIDIA RTX 3060 near 156 FPS in Apex Legends. At 1440p, that typically translates to around 116 FPS with similar quality targets. This places the card in the mid tier for this title, with a high refresh experience profile. NVIDIA RTX 3060 delivers high-refresh class performance in Apex Legends, especially with a competitive or high preset.
Apex Legends delivers blistering movement and squad-based combat across massive maps, demanding solid framerates to track fast-paced encounters. To meet the minimum system demands, your PC should have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 / AMD Radeon HD 7790. For optimal performance and smooth rendering, it’s recommended to play with a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290.
NVIDIA RTX 3060 supports DLSS 3 with Frame Generation in compatible titles. In games like Apex Legends that support it, Frame Generation can push perceived frame rates well beyond the base estimate above — particularly useful at 1440p where the GPU is more heavily loaded.
- Enable low-latency mode and cap FPS close to your monitor refresh for steadier frame pacing.
- Use selective ray tracing (shadows/reflections) and avoid ultra RT presets.
- 1440p: High settings, use Quality upscaling only if needed
In short, NVIDIA RTX 3060 is a high refresh option for Apex Legends when tuned correctly.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Apex Legends CPU or GPU bound at high frame rates?
- Apex Legends becomes increasingly CPU-bound as you push past 144 FPS, particularly in hot-drop scenarios where 60 players simultaneously render near each other at match start. The game uses Respawn's Source Engine derivative, which has legacy single-threaded bottlenecks similar to CS2. A CPU at the recommended score threshold handles 144 FPS targets in most scenarios, but consistent 160–180+ FPS in 20-player final circles requires a CPU meaningfully above the recommended tier. A high-frequency memory kit (DDR4-3600 or DDR5-6000) also meaningfully improves CPU-bound frame rates in Apex, as the engine benefits from memory bandwidth.
- What graphics settings should I lower for better competitive performance in Apex Legends?
- For competitive Apex Legends, Model Detail and Texture Streaming Budget are the two most impactful settings to reduce. Setting Model Detail to Low reduces the triangle count of distant enemies, which paradoxically can make them slightly easier to spot against terrain. Texture Streaming Budget at Low halves VRAM draw, improving 1% low frame rates on cards with less than 8 GB VRAM. Ambient Occlusion should be disabled, and Sun Shadow Coverage/Detail set to Low. Anti-Aliasing at TSAA is preferred over None for cleaner long-range target tracking despite the slight blur. Adaptive Supersampling (down-sampling) hurts competitive performance and should be disabled.