Blender

Blender System Requirements

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What we love

1. As a community-driven project under the GNU General Public License (GPL), the public is empowered to make small and large changes to the code base, which leads to new features, responsive bug fixes, and better usability.

2. Blender is well suited to individuals and small studios who benefit from its unified pipeline and responsive development process.

3. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation.

4. Advanced users employ Blender’s API for Python scripting to customize the application and write specialized tools; often these are included in Blender’s future releases.

5. Blender has no price tag, but you can invest, participate, and help to advance a powerful collaborative tool: Blender is your own 3D software.

6. Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite.

7. Blender is cross-platform and runs equally well on Linux, Windows and Macintosh computers.

8. To confirm specific compatibility, the list of supported platforms indicates those regularly tested by the development team.

9. Its interface uses OpenGL to provide a consistent experience.

10. Examples from many Blender-based projects are available in the showcase.


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System Requirements and Specifications

Windows PC Requirements

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows XP
  • Processor: Pentium 3
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Geforce FX series (2003)
  • Storage: 300 MB available space

Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 7 SP1
  • Processor: Intel CoreI7
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Geforce 580
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

Macintosh Requirements

Minimum:
  • OS: OS X 10.7
  • Processor: Core2 Duo
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM

Recommended:
  • OS: OS X 10.10
  • Processor: Core I7
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM

Linux Requirements

Minimum:
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04
  • Processor: 64 bit processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Geforce FX series (2003)
  • Storage: 300 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: glibc 2.11

Recommended:
  • Processor: Intel CoreI7
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

Can my PC Run Blender? How to check your PC Specifications


Find specs for all Windows versions:


    Windows 10 and Windows 11 specifications:
  • Step 1. Open Windows Explorer, locate "This PC".
  • Step 2. Right-click "This PC" icon and select the "Properties" option.

  • Windows 8 specifications:
  • Processor, memory and operating system: Click the Windows Start Button » Settings Tile » PC and Devices » PC Info.

  • Windows 7 specifications:
  • Step 1. Right-click the “Computer” icon to open the menu » Select the "Properties" option.


Troubleshooting: What to do if you run into problems

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