Space Engineers 2 on GeForce RTX 5050

Meets minimumEstimate · medium confidence, ±20%

Yes, at lower settings. The GeForce RTX 5050 meets Space Engineers 2's minimum spec but not the recommended one. We estimate ~49 fps at 1080p high (range 39–58, medium confidence, ±20%), GPU-limited. For 60 fps at 1080p, use the medium preset. The cheapest current card for 60 fps at 1080p high is the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB (~62 fps). Model estimate, not measured; data updated 2026-09-24.

Estimated FPS by preset

Preset	1080p	1440p	4K
low	83	58	35
medium	63	44	27
high	49	34	20
ultra	39	27	16

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

NVIDIA RTX card: turn on DLSS in quality mode before dropping the preset; FSR and XeSS also work if the game lacks DLSS.

What limits performance

Estimates above: GPU-limited, assuming a processor fast enough not to hold the GeForce RTX 5050 back.
Processor needed for ~49 fps: Core i3-9100F or faster (slowest current desktop CPU our model expects to keep up).
With the recommended CPU (Ryzen 7 3700X): still GPU-limited at 1080p high, ~49 fps.

Video memory

GeForce RTX 5050: 8 GB
The publisher lists no video memory requirement.

Cheapest upgrade for each target

1080p, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

~62 fps vs 49 now (est.)

+27% GPU performance

1440p, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 7900 GRE

~60 fps vs 34 now (est.)

+75% GPU performance

4K, 60 fps, High

GeForce RTX 5090

~73 fps vs 20 now (est.)

+258% GPU performance

Slowest current desktop card (2020+) that reaches each target in Space Engineers 2; usually the cheapest.

Space Engineers 2 on popular graphics cards (high preset)

Graphics card	1080p	1440p	vs GeForce RTX 5050
GeForce GTX 1650	16	11	-67%
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	23	16	-53%
GeForce RTX 2060 6GB	34	24	-30%
Radeon RX 6600	37	26	-23%
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB	41	28	-17%
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	42	30	-13%
Radeon RX 7600	47	33	-3%
GeForce RTX 4060	48	33	-2%
GeForce RTX 5050	49	34	—
GeForce RTX 3070	56	39	+15%
GeForce RTX 4070	71	49	+45%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	79	55	+62%
GeForce RTX 5070	81	57	+67%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	105	74	+117%
GeForce RTX 4080	109	77	+125%
GeForce RTX 5090	174	122	+258%