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.

Publisher specifications

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.

Publisher specifications

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.

Publisher specifications

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