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V-Ray for Cinema 4D

System Requirements

This page provides information on what hardware and operating systems are required for V-Ray to work properly.

Last updated 22 October 2025

This page provides information on what hardware and operating systems are required for V-Ray to work properly.

Windows

Processor

Intel1 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with AVX2 support

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;
(Actual amount required will vary with scene requirements.)

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows 10, or Windows 11 operating system

TCP/IP

Only IPv4 required for distributed rendering is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported

GPU Acceleration

NVIDIA GPUs of Maxwell generation or later with the latest recommended video driver (for both CUDA and RTX - enabled cards);

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 latest recommended video driver

The minimum required compute capability is 5.22

License Server

6.2.0 or later

The following table shows the versions of Cinema 4D and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems.

Cinema 4D Version

Supported Operating System

Cinema 4D Version

Supported Operating System

R21

Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

S22

Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

R23

Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

S24

Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

R25

Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

S26

Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

Cinema 4D 2023

Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

Cinema 4D 2024

Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

Cinema 4D 2025

Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

Cinema 4D 2026

Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11

macOS

Processor

Intel 64, AMD64, ARM or compatible processor with AVX2 support

Processor

Intel 64, AMD64, ARM or compatible processor with AVX2 support

RAM

8 GB RAM or 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 64 GB RAM or more;
(Actual amount required will vary with scene requirements.)

Operating system

Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later

TCP/IP

Only IPv4 required for distributed rendering is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported

GPU Acceleration

Apple ® M1 or later

License Server

6.2.0 or later

The following table shows the versions of Cinema 4D and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems.

Cinema 4D Version

Supported Operating Systems

Cinema 4D Version

Supported Operating Systems

R21

Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later

S22

Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later

R23

Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later

S24

Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later

R25

Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later

S26

Apple ® macOS 10.15.7 or higher

Cinema 4D 2023

Apple ® macOS 10.15.7 or higher

Cinema 4D 2024

Apple ® macOS 11.7.7 or higher

Cinema 4D 2025

Apple ® macOS 11.7.7 or higher

Cinema 4D 2026

Apple ® macOS 11.7.7 or higher

Notes

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

2 – CUDA compute capability and card reference