Blender requirements
Model, animate, and render in 3D. Scene complexity matters as much as the launch requirements.
windows requirements
- Operating system
- Windows 8.1 64-bit or newer; Windows 11 recommended
- Processor
- 4 CPU cores with SSE 4.2
- Graphics
- 2 GB VRAM; supported OpenGL 4.3 / Vulkan 1.3 GPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Available storage
- Not published
- Check Blender’s exact supported GPU generations and driver extensions.
- This is a basic usage estimate. Cycles GPU rendering has additional requirements.
macos requirements
- Operating system
- macOS 13 or newer
- Processor
- Apple Silicon
- Graphics
- Apple Silicon graphics
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Available storage
- Not published
- Blender 5.0+ requires Apple Silicon; Intel Macs need an older supported release.
- 32 GB RAM is recommended. Complex scenes can exceed available unified memory.
linux requirements
- Operating system
- 64-bit Linux distribution with glibc 2.28 or newer
- Processor
- 4 CPU cores with SSE 4.2
- Graphics
- 2 GB VRAM; supported OpenGL 4.3 / Vulkan 1.3 GPU
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Available storage
- Not published
- Blender publishes native Linux requirements. Check the exact supported NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel GPU generation and current graphics drivers.
- Cycles GPU rendering has additional requirements.
Check a device
- Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57-584Y + Blender
- Dell Inspiron 15 3520 + Blender
- ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA507NV + Blender
- MacBook Air 13-inch (M1, 2020) + Blender
- MacBook Air 13-inch (M2, 2022) + Blender
- Samsung Galaxy A14 5G (US) + Blender
- Google Pixel 7a (2023) + Blender
- Samsung Galaxy S23 (128 GB) + Blender
- Lenovo IdeaPad Duet Chromebook (original) + Blender
- MacBook Air 13-inch (M3, 2024) + Blender
- Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 5 (21JK0005RI) + Blender
- HP Victus 15-fa1319TX + Blender
- Dell G15 5530 (RTX 4060) + Blender
- Google Pixel 8 (128 GB) + Blender
- Google Pixel 9a (128 GB) + Blender
- Samsung Galaxy S24 (US Snapdragon, 128 GB) + Blender
- Samsung Galaxy A25 5G (6 GB / 128 GB) + Blender
- Acer Chromebook Plus 515 CB515-2H-31NY + Blender
- Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook Plus + Blender