System Requirements

Windows

• Processor – Intel1 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with AVX2 support
• RAM – 8 GB RAM or 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 64 GB RAM or more
  (The actual amount required will vary with scene requirements.)
• Operating system – Microsoft® Windows 10, or Windows 11 operating system
• GPU Acceleration – NVIDIA CUDA: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta-, Turing-, Ampere-, and Blackwell-based NVIDIA card(s) with the latest recommended video driver
  • NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with the latest recommended video driver
  • V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2
  • NVIDIA AI Denoiser: Maxwell, Pascal, Volta, Turing, Ampere, or Blackwell-based NVIDIA card with the latest recommended video driver
  • The minimum required compute capability is 5.22
• License Server – 6.2.0 or later

macOS

• macOS version – 11.0 or newer
• Processor
  • Up to Blender 4.5 – Apple ® M1 or later
  • Blender 5.0 – only ARM processors
• RAM – Recommended 8GB or more, 8GB or more swap file. Minimum 4GB and 4GB swap file.
• USB Port – Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0
• TCP/IP – Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported
• GPU Acceleration – Apple ® M1 or later
• License Server – 6.2.0 or later

Linux

• Processor:
  • Intel® 64, AMD64, or compatible processor with AVX2 support (x64).
• RAM – 8 GB RAM and 8 GB swap minimum. Recommended 16 GB or more RAM, 16 GB or more swap file.
• USB Port – Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0.
• TCP/IP – Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported.
• GPU Support:
  • NVIDIA CUDA: NVIDIA GPUs of Maxwell generation or later with the latest recommended video driver.
  • NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with the latest recommended video driver.
  • V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2.
  • NVIDIA AI Denoiser: NVIDIA cards of the Maxwell generation or later with the latest recommended video driver.
  • The minimum required compute capability is 5.22.

Notes

1 – Windows 11 is required for running Intel Alder Lake processors.

2 – CUDA compute capability and card reference.