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System Requirements

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• System Requirements
• Operating Systems
• 3D Applications Supported
• Minimum Requirements (Windows)
• Minimum Requirements (macOS/Intel)
• Minimum Requirements (macOS/Apple Silicon)
• Minimum Requirements (Linux)
• Recommended Requirements
• Supported AMD GPUs for Windows:
• Supported AMD GPUs for macOS/Intel:

Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows: 64-bit Windows 10 & Windows 11
• Linux: 64-bit distribution with glibc 2.17 or later
• Apple macOS: 12.6+ (Monterey), 13.3+ (Ventura), 14.0+ (Sonoma)
  • Note: MacOS 14.3 is required for non-Apple Silicon hardware

3D Applications Supported

• Autodesk Maya (Windows, Linux, macOS): 64-bit edition. 2018 or later
• Autodesk 3ds Max (Windows): 64-bit edition. 2018 or later
• Maxon Cinema 4D (Windows and macOS): 64-bit edition. R21 or later
• Maxon Cinema 4D (Linux CommandLine): 64-bit edition. R21 or later
• SideFX Houdini (Windows, Linux): 64-bit edition. 17.5 or later
• SideFX Houdini (macOS): 64-bit edition. 18.0 or later
• Foundry Katana (Windows, Linux): 64-bit edition. 4.0v1 or later
• Blender (Windows, Linux): 64-bit edition. 2.83LTS or later

Minimum Requirements (Windows)

• 16 GB of RAM
• 64-bit processor with AVX2 support
• NVIDIA GPU with CUDA compute capability 5.0 or higher and 8 GB VRAM, or
• AMD "Navi" or "Vega" GPU or later with 8 GB VRAM or more (see GPU list below)
• RedshiftRT requires an Nvidia GPU with RTX capability on Windows 10 & 11

Minimum Requirements (macOS/Intel)

• 16 GB of RAM
• 64-bit processor with SSE4.2 support
• AMD "Navi" or "Vega" GPU or later with 8 GB VRAM or more (see GPU list below)

Minimum Requirements (macOS/Apple Silicon)

• 16 GB of unified memory
• Apple “M” Series (M1, M2, & M3)

Minimum Requirements (Linux)

• 16 GB of RAM
• 64-bit processor with AVX2 support
• NVIDIA GPU with CUDA compute capability 5.0 or higher and 8 GB VRAM

Recommended Requirements

• Windows/Linux: Core i7 or Xeon equivalent or better, 3.0GHz+ with 32 GB of RAM or more
• Windows/Linux: Multiple NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA compute capability 7.0 or higher and 12 GB of VRAM or more and RTX technology, or
• Windows/Linux: Multiple AMD GPUs (“Navi” series) with 12 GB of VRAM or more
• macOS: Apple “M” series with 16 GB unified memory (or more) running the latest macOS 13 Ventura point release

Supported NVIDIA GPUs for Windows and Linux: Please visit NVIDIA CUDA GPUs - Compute Capability to determine your GPU’s compute capability (minimum compute capability required is 5.0., 7.0 is preferred).

Supported AMD GPUs for Windows:

• Radeon PRO W7900, W7800, W6800, W6600, VII and W5700
• Radeon RX 7950 XTX, RX7950 XT, RX7900, RX6950, RX6700 XT, RX6600 and RX5700 XT

In addition the following GPUs should be supported (but are not actively tested):

• Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, Radeon RX Vega 56, Radeon RX Vega 64 (gfx900)
• Radeon RX 5500 (gfx1012)
• Radeon RX 6800, Radeon RX 6900 (gfx1030)
• Radeon RX 6700 (gfx1031)
• Radeon RX 7800 (gfx1101)
• Radeon RX 7600, Radeon 7700 (gfx1102)

Supported AMD GPUs for macOS/Intel:

MacBook Pro

• Radeon Pro Vega 16/20
• Radeon Pro 5500M/5600M

iMac

• Radeon Pro Vega 48
• Radeon Pro 5500 XT/5700/5700 XT

iMac Pro

• Radeon Pro Vega 56/64

MacPro

• Radeon Pro Vega II / Vega II Duo
• Radeon Pro W5500X/W5700X
• Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT/6900 XT
• Radeon W6800X MPX

Thunderbolt eGPUs

• Radeon RX Vega 56/64
• Radeon Pro WX 9100
• Radeon VII
• Radeon RX 5500/5500 XT/5600 XT/5700/5700 XT
• Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT/6900 XT
• Radeon W6800X MPX

Please see this document for information about macOS compatibility of specific GPUs