miHoYo has recently released their newest gacha style fantasy action role-playing game – Genshin Impact. It features a lot of unique elements taken from many other different styles of RPG games. The game has a character progression system, a well-crafted linear story with elements of open-world exploration baked within the vast game world. Surprisingly, the game can run on almost every platform including Android, iOS, PC, and the PS4. Today, we’re going to be giving you the system requirements needed to run Genshin Impact smoothly on any of these platforms.
The developers have also promised versions for the Nintendo Switch. The Xbox One, however, seems to be the odd one out with the developers saying that they have, ‘no plans’ to release it on the platform.
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Genshin Impact System Requirements
The system requirements vary from platform to platform. The game is still relatively new and patch fixes are being pushed out every week which has significantly improved performance universally. So, even if your game seems to lag right now, don’t worry! If you fall into these categories, you’ll surely get to experience smooth Gacha gameplay in no time.
Let us start with the PC requirements for the game. You can amp up the settings according to your specifications. But, as a rule of time, the minimum system requirements should let you play the game at Low graphic fidelity at 1080p while the Recommended system requirements should let you play at high-ultra at 1080p.
Minimum System Requirements for PC
- Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 and higher
- DirectX version: 11
- Storage: 30 GB of space
Recommended System Requirements for PC
- Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, or Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7 equivalent or higher
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and higher
- DirectX version: 11
- Storage: 30 GB of space
Genshin Impact has also launched on Android, we don’t recommend playing the game on PC on an Emulator, however, since the game can run reasonably well on older hardware. Here are the Android requirements but don’t expect a lag-free experience on any device that is more than 2 years old.
Minimum Specs Required – Android
- Compatibility requirements: Arm v8a 64-bit device
- Memory: 3 GB and above
- Supported System: Android 7.0 or above
- Storage: 8 GB of space
Recommended Specs Required – Android
- CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, Kirin 810 and above
- RAM: 4 GB and above
- Recommended system: Android 8.1 or above systems
Genshin Impact iOS System Requirements
iOS is a bit different than both of these platforms. If you own any of the devices mentioned below in the list then expect decent performance. Of course, owning newer devices will result in higher frame rates.
- iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad mini (5th generation), iPad Pro (2nd generation) 12.9 inches, iPad Pro (2nd generation) 10.5 inches, iPad Pro (3rd generation) 11 inches, iPad Pro (3rd generation) 12.9 inches, iPad Pro (4th generation) 11 inches, iPad Pro (4th generation) 12.9 inches
- Supported system: iOS 9.0 and above
- Storage: Please reserve 8 GB of space
Genshin Impact PS4 System Requirements
The Playstation 4 Pro is recommended for the best experience when playing the game on a console. However, the simple PS4 will also do just fine:
- PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Slim, PlayStation 4 Pro
- Storage: 30 GB of space
The developers have confirmed that the game will also be released for the next-gen PS5 and the new Xbox. However, no official dates have been released as of yet. You can expect to find the system requirements for both of the consoles once they come out here.
This concludes the list of system requirements for Genshin Impact on every platform it is currently supported on. If you want to know more about the Gacha game, you might like these:
