A realistic first competitive target for common 144 Hz displays.
Valorant FPS Calculator
Estimate Valorant performance for your GPU and compare it with high-refresh targets used for competitive play.
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Performance result
Select your hardware to see the estimated average FPS and target outcome.
Performance guide
Valorant performance guide
Valorant's search intent is usually high-refresh and competitive: users want to know whether a setup is likely to clear 144 FPS, 240 FPS, or 360 FPS. GamePerfHub handles that by comparing a supported GPU observation with the target you select. It does not claim to model every CPU-bound scenario, which matters because Valorant can run into processor, memory, and background-task limits once the GPU workload becomes light.
Read a Valorant result as a GPU-side estimate for the selected resolution and preset. If the page reports Close to target or Below target, lowering visual settings may help, but hardware outside the current model can still be the limiting factor. The static table gives a 1080p High reference distribution so you can see where the active release places low, median, and upper observations.
Active release reference
Valorant performance examples
Observed points nearest the lower quartile, median, and upper quartile of supported GPUs at 1080p High. These are distribution references, not purchasing tiers.
| Reference point | Graphics card | Estimated average FPS | Source-reported minimum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower quartile | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 | About 89.4 FPS | 80 FPS |
| Median | AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | About 140.5 FPS | 126 FPS |
| Upper quartile | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | About 258.3 FPS | 232 FPS |
Source updated January 27, 2023. Release kaggle-v1-public-direct-lookup-v1. Source-reported minimum is not a 1% low.
Best Valorant settings to test first
- Material quality
- Low
- Prioritizes frame rate over surface detail.
- Detail quality
- Low
- Reduces environment detail that is not essential to target visibility.
- VSync
- Off
- Avoids added synchronization latency for competitive play.
Valorant target FPS guidance
A stricter target where CPU and frame pacing often matter as much as GPU selection.
Use this as a stress target only when the monitor, CPU, memory, and settings are all built for it.
Official requirements vs. FPS targets
Official system requirements explain whether a game should run on a class of hardware. They do not guarantee the FPS target selected in this calculator.
Riot publishes low-end requirements for starting the game.
Riot also separates higher-FPS guidance from minimum launch requirements.
GamePerfHub does not convert Riot's CPU guidance into a CPU bottleneck score; current estimates use the active GPU observations only.
Data coverage and confidence
- Active-release GPUs
- 186
- Source observations
- 2244
- Source updated
- January 27, 2023
- Release
- kaggle-v1-public-direct-lookup-v1
The source has strong launch coverage for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K, but no ultrawide public calculator dimension. Confidence labels describe evidence quality, not a probability that your PC will hit a number.
Valorant FPS calculator FAQ
Is Valorant mostly CPU limited?
It can become CPU limited at very high frame rates, but the current calculator only models the available GPU observations.
Can this predict 360 FPS exactly?
No. It compares a source-based average and minimum with 360 FPS without claiming full-system precision.
Does resolution matter in Valorant?
Yes, although the impact may be smaller than in graphically heavier games when the CPU becomes the limit.
Are laptop GPUs included?
Only GPUs with approved canonical records in the active release appear in the catalog.
Why is confidence low?
The cold-start source generally provides one observation per exact combination and is old enough to require caution.
Should I lower every setting for Valorant?
Not automatically. Start with the settings that affect clarity and frame stability, then compare changes on your own PC.