--- title: "System Requirements" canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VMAYA/111739181/System%20Requirements" format: markdown --- This page gives some details on what hardware and operating systems are required for V-Ray to work properly. > Macro (anchor) ## **Windows** --- Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit versions of Maya. | | | | --- | --- | | Processor | Intel®^[1](#1) 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with **AVX2** support | | RAM | 8 GB RAM and 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 16 GB or more RAM, 16 GB or more swap file
(Actual amount required will vary with scene requirements.) | | USB Port | Required for customers using legacy hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 | | TCP/IP | Only IPv4 required for distributed rendering is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported | | GPU Acceleration | NVIDIA CUDA: NVIDIA GPUs of Maxwell generation or later with the [latest recommended video driver](https://www.chaos.com/vray-gpu);
NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with [latest recommended video driver](https://www.chaos.com/vray-gpu);
V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2;
NVIDIA AI Denoiser: NVIDIA cards of Maxwell generation or later with the [latest recommended video driver](https://www.chaos.com/vray-gpu); > Macro (anchor)
AMD HIP: AMD Radeon RX 6800, AMD Radeon PRO W6800, or newer. *See the **[AMD Support](https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/install-on-windows/en/latest/reference/system-requirements.html)** for more information.*
The minimum required compute capability is 5.2^[2](#1) | The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya. | | | | --- | --- | | **Version of Maya ** | **Supported Operating System ** | | Maya 2023 | Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 | | Maya 2024 | Windows® 10, version 1809 or higher, and Windows® 11 | | Maya 2025 | Windows® 10, version 1809 or higher, and Windows® 11 | | Maya 2026 | Windows® 10, version 1809 or higher, and Windows® 11 | | Maya 2027 | Windows® 11 | ## **Linux** --- Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. | | | | --- | --- | | Processor | Intel® 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with **AVX2** support (x64) | | RAM | 8 GB RAM and 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 16 GB or more RAM, 16 GB or more swap file | | USB Port | Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 | | TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported | | GPU Support | NVIDIA CUDA: NVIDIA GPUs of Maxwell generation or later with the [latest recommended video driver](https://www.chaos.com/vray-gpu);
NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with [latest recommended video driver](https://www.chaos.com/vray-gpu)
V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2;
NVIDIA AI Denoiser: NVIDIA cards of Maxwell generation or later with the [latest recommended video driver](https://www.chaos.com/vray-gpu)
The minimum required compute capability is 5.2^[1](#1) | The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya. | | | | --- | --- | | ** Version of Maya ** | ** Supported Operating System ** | | Maya 2023 | Linux^®Red Hat® Enterprise 8.2, 7.6-7.9 WS, or CentOS 8.2, 7.6-7.9 | | Maya 2024 | Linux^®Red Hat® Enterprise 8.6 WS Rocky Linux 8.7, 9.3 | | Maya 2025 | Linux® Red Hat® Enterprise 8.7 WS, 9.3 WS Rocky Linux 8.7, 9.3 | | Maya 2026 | Linux® Red Hat® Enterprise 8.10 WS, 9.3 WS, 9.5 WS Rocky Linux 8.10, 9.3, 9.5 | | Maya 2027 | Linux® Red Hat® Enterprise 8.10 WS, 9.7 WS Rocky Linux 8.10, 9.7 | ** ** > Macro (anchor) ## **macOS** --- Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. | | | | --- | --- | | Processor | Intel® 64, AMD64, ARM ^[3](#Notes), Apple silicon (M1, M2) or compatible processor with **AVX2** support (x64) | | RAM | 8 GB RAM and 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 16 GB or more RAM, 16 GB or more swap file | | USB Port | Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 | | TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported | > ⚠️ V-Ray GPU on MacOS supports the following: > ⚠️ > ⚠️ - CUDA and RTX engines on Windows/Linux through DR using an environment variable. > ⚠️ - Metal and MetalRT engines for mac machines with M1+ chips, either locally or through DR with compatible mac machines. > ⚠️ > ⚠️ For more information, see the [V-Ray GPU Setup](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111738911) page. The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and the operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is supported only on 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit versions of Maya. | | | | --- | --- | | ** Version of Maya ** | ** Supported Operating Systems ** | | Maya 2023 | Apple® macOS® 12.x, 11.x, 10.15.x, 10.14.x | | Maya 2024 | Apple® macOS® 13.x, 12.x, 11.x | | Maya 2025 | Apple® macOS® 14.x, 13.x, 12.x | | Maya 2026 | Apple® macOS® 15.x, 14.x, 13.x | | Maya 2027 | Apple® macOS® 26.x, 15.x, 14.x | * The Autodesk Maya system requirements can be found here page: [http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Maya.html](http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Maya.html) For additional information on hardware, see the [Hardware Recommendations](https://support.chaos.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406890478865-Hardware-Recommendations) article. > Macro (anchor) ## **Notes** --- **[1](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111739181)**** **– Windows 11 is required for running Intel Alder Lake processors. **[2](#1.1)** – CUDA compute capability and card reference **[3](#macOSanchor)** – ARM support for versions prior to Maya 2024 is translated through Rosetta. Maya 2024 offers native support for ARM-architecture-based processors. - V-Ray for Maya 2022 supports Python 3 by default. Builds with Python 2 support are available in the stable folder of the nightly server. - Metal GPU/XPU support is available with Maya 2024 and later versions.