Blender
Developer: Blender Foundation · Version: 4.5 LTS · Latest stable release: 2025-07-15
Categories: 3D & Rendering, Animation · Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
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Minimum requirements
- OS:
- 64-bit, any modern Windows/macOS/Linux
- CPU:
- Quad-core 64-bit CPU with SSE4.2 support
- GPU:
- 2 GB VRAM, OpenGL 4.3 support
- RAM:
- 8 GB
- Storage:
- 500 MB for installation
Recommended requirements
- OS:
- 64-bit, latest Windows/macOS/Linux
- CPU:
- 8-core or higher, 3.5 GHz+
- GPU:
- 8 GB+ VRAM, NVIDIA RTX (OptiX) or AMD RDNA+ (HIP)
- RAM:
- 32 GB
- Storage:
- 1 TB NVMe SSD
Runs on very modest hardware by design, but GPU-accelerated rendering via OptiX requires an NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 5.0+ (GeForce 900 series or newer) — older NVIDIA cards fall back to slower CUDA rendering, AMD cards use HIP instead. Source: Blender Foundation official documentation.