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 |
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Processor | Intel1 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with AVX2 support |
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RAM | 8 GB RAM or 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 64 GB RAM or more; |
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 |
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Processor | Intel 64, AMD64, ARM or compatible processor with AVX2 support |
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RAM | 8 GB RAM or 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 64 GB RAM or more; |
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.