Cities: Skylines II on Radeon RX 6650 XT

Meets minimumEstimate · medium confidence, ±20%

Yes, at lower settings. The Radeon RX 6650 XT meets Cities: Skylines II's minimum spec but not the recommended one. We estimate ~39 fps at 1080p high (range 31–47, medium confidence, ±20%), GPU-limited. For 60 fps at 1080p, use the low preset. Its 8 GB of video memory is below the 10 GB the game recommends. The cheapest current card for 60 fps at 1080p high is the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB (~60 fps). Model estimate, not measured; data updated 2026-09-24.

Estimated FPS by preset

Preset	1080p	1440p	4K
low	66	46	28
medium	51	36	21
high	39	27	16
ultra	31	22	13

Estimate · medium confidence, ±20%

Estimated FPS from our model (v0), based on the game's published requirements and relative GPU/CPU performance. Not measured. Real results vary with drivers, patches, and scenes. Values above 300 fps show as 300+. Data updated 2026-09-24.

Best settings

60 fps at 1080p: low preset
60 fps at 1440p: not reachable
144 fps at 1080p: not reachable

AMD card: use FSR in quality mode before dropping the preset (XeSS also works). DLSS is not available on Radeon.

What limits performance

Estimates above: GPU-limited, assuming a processor fast enough not to hold the Radeon RX 6650 XT back.
Processor needed for ~39 fps: Core i3-9100F or faster (slowest current desktop CPU our model expects to keep up).
With the recommended CPU (Core i5-12600K): still GPU-limited at 1080p high, ~39 fps.

Video memory

Radeon RX 6650 XT: 8 GB
Minimum spec: 4 GB (+4 GB headroom)
Recommended spec: 10 GB (2 GB short)

Cheapest upgrade for each target

1080p, 60 fps, High

GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

~60 fps vs 39 now (est.)

+54% GPU performance

1440p, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 7900 XT

~61 fps vs 27 now (est.)

+121% GPU performance

4K, 60 fps, High

GeForce RTX 5090

~63 fps vs 16 now (est.)

+284% GPU performance

Slowest current desktop card (2020+) that reaches each target in Cities: Skylines II; usually the cheapest.

Cities: Skylines II on popular graphics cards (high preset)

Graphics card	1080p	1440p	vs Radeon RX 6650 XT
GeForce GTX 1650	14	10	-64%
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	20	14	-50%
GeForce RTX 2060 6GB	29	21	-25%
Radeon RX 6600	32	22	-18%
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB	35	24	-11%
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	36	25	-7%
Radeon RX 6650 XT	39	27	—
Radeon RX 7600	40	28	+4%
GeForce RTX 4060	41	29	+5%
GeForce RTX 3070	48	34	+23%
GeForce RTX 4070	61	42	+55%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	68	47	+73%
GeForce RTX 5070	70	49	+79%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	91	63	+132%
GeForce RTX 4080	94	66	+141%
GeForce RTX 5090	150	105	+284%