Software
3D Modeling, Animation & VFX
★ 4.98/5
Blender 4.2 LTS / 4.3 System Requirements
Developed by Blender Foundation • Release Year: 2024
The open-source 3D creation suite supporting modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering (Cycles & EEVEE Next), compositing, and motion tracking.
Hardware Requirements Specification (Verified)
Minimum Requirements
Entry
Target: Basic 3D Modeling & Simple Scenes
OSWindows 10 / 11 64-bit / macOS 11.2+ / Linux
Processor64-bit Quad-Core CPU with SSE4.2 (e.g. Intel Core i5-6500 / Ryzen 3 1200)
GraphicsOpenGL 4.3 capable GPU with 2GB VRAM (e.g. GTX 960 / RX 460 / Apple M1)
Memory8 GB RAM
Storage1 GB (SSD Recommended)
DirectXOpenGL 4.3 / Vulkan
Recommended Requirements
Sweet Spot
Target: Complex Scenes, Sculpting & Fast Cycles Rendering
OSWindows 11 64-bit / macOS 14 Sonoma (Apple Silicon)
Processor8-Core Modern CPU (e.g. Intel Core i7-13700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X)
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) / RTX 4060 Ti (16GB) / Apple M2 Pro
Memory32 GB RAM
Storage50 GB (Fast NVMe SSD for Cache & Textures)
DirectXOptiX / Metal / Vulkan
Ultra / 4K / Ray Tracing
Max
Target: Production VFX, High-Density Fluid/Smoke Simulations, 4K Renders
OSWindows 11 Pro / Linux Ubuntu LTS
ProcessorIntel Core i9-14900K / AMD Ryzen 9 7950X / Threadripper
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB (or Dual RTX 4090) / Apple M3 Max 128GB
Memory64 GB RAM
Storage500 GB (PCIe Gen4/Gen5 NVMe SSD for Bake Cache)
DirectXOptiX Hardware Ray Tracing
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