System Requirements

ZBrush – Windows

Highly Recommended:

• • OS: 64-bit editions of Windows 10 or 11.
  • CPU: Intel i5/7/Xeon technology or AMD Ryzen/Threadripper or newer.
  • RAM: 8 GB required for working with multi-million poly models. (16+ GB preferred.)
  • HDD: 100 GB of free hard drive space for ZBrush and its scratch disk. (SSD drive highly recommended.)
  • Pen Tablet: Wacom or Wacom compatible. (WinTab API.)
  • Monitor: 1920×1080 monitor resolution or higher with 32-bit color.
  • Video card: Must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher and Vulkan 1.1 or higher.
  • Redshift: Redshift (including Redshift in ZBrush) has its own system requirements. Please see here.

Minimum System Requirements:

• • OS: 64-bit editions of Windows 10 or 11. (32-bit operating systems are no longer supported.)
  • CPU:  Core2duo or AMD equivalent with SSE2 technology or better.
  • RAM: 4 GB (6+ GB strongly recommended)
  • HDD: 8 GB of free hard drive space for ZBrush and its scratch disk.
  • Pen Tablet: Mouse or Wacom compatible (WinTab API) pen tablet.
  • Monitor: 1280×1024 monitor resolution with 32-bit color.
  • Video card: Must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher and Vulkan 1.1 or higher.
  • Redshift: Redshift (including Redshift in ZBrush) has its own system requirements. Please see here.

 

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ZBrush – Macintosh

Highly Recommended:

• • OS: Mac OS: 10.14 or above.
  • CPU: Intel i5/7/Xeon technology. Apple Silicon supported.
  • RAM: 8 GB required for working with multi-million polys. (16+ GB preferred.)
  • HDD: 100GB of free hard drive space ZBrush and its scratch disk. (SSD drive highly recommended.)
  • Pen Tablet: Wacom or Wacom compatible. (Carbon API.)
  • Monitor: 1920×1080 monitor resolution or higher with millions of colors.
  • Video card: Must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher.
  • Redshift: Redshift (including Redshift in ZBrush) has its own system requirements. Please see here.

Minimum System Requirements:

• • OS: Mac OS: 10.14 or above.
  • CPU: Core2duo with SSE2 technology or better.  Apple Silicon supported.
  • RAM: 4 GB (6+ GB strongly recommended)
  • HDD: 8 GB of free hard drive space for ZBrush and its scratch disk.
  • Pen Tablet: Mouse or Wacom compatible (Carbon API) pen tablet.
  • Monitor: 1280×1024 monitor resolution with millions of colors.
  • Video card: Must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher.
  • Redshift: Redshift (including Redshift in ZBrush) has its own system requirements. Please see here.