System Requirements

Minecraft System Requirements

Sources

The game's system requirements were taken from official sources:

• Minecraft.net
• Minecraft Wiki
• Archived revisions of help.mojang.com
• News posts on feedback.minecraft.net

The system requirements have been adjusted according to the requirements of the Java versions provided by the launcher

How to read these tables

• Game RAM - the amount of RAM to allocate in the launcher. It must be less than the RAM available in the system.
• Game RAM with mods - the amount of RAM to allocate in the launcher when playing popular modpacks

These requirements are a guideline - the game may run on systems that do not meet the minimum requirements. What matters most is that the OpenGL/Vulkan version requirement is met and that the Java version required by the game is supported by your OS

26.2+

Vulkan support

26.2 is the first version with experimental Vulkan support
Starting with 26.4, Vulkan support leaves the experimental phase

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
OS and architecture	Windows 10 (x64/arm64) or newer; macOS 12 (x64/arm64) or newer; Linux (x64)	Windows 11 (x64/arm64); macOS 14 (x64/arm64) or newer; Linux (x64)
System RAM	8 GiB with a discrete GPU, 12 GiB with an integrated GPU	16 GiB
Game RAM	4 GiB	4 GiB
Game RAM with mods	6 GiB or more	10 GiB or more
CPU	4 physical cores at 3.6 GHz: Intel Core i3-10100, AMD Ryzen 3 3100, Qualcomm Snapdragon X, Apple M1	6 cores / 12 threads: Intel Core i5-12400, AMD Ryzen 5 5600, Apple M2 Pro
GPU	Vulkan 1.3, 2 GiB VRAM: NVIDIA GTX 950, AMD RX 460, Intel Arc A310 or HD 530 (i5-6400), Apple M1, Snapdragon X	6 GiB VRAM: NVIDIA RTX 2060, AMD RX 5600 XT, Intel Arc A580, Apple M2 Pro
Storage	2 GB	4 GB, SSD recommended

1.19+

Architecture support

Windows on ARM is supported since 1.20
Apple Silicon (macOS arm64) is supported since 1.19

Please note

Support for 32-bit (x86) operating systems was dropped in 1.20.5

tip

Despite the OpenGL 4.4 requirement, the game actually uses OpenGL 3.2

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
OS and architecture	Windows 7 (x86/x64), Windows 10 (arm64) or newer; macOS 10.14.5 (x64), macOS 11 (arm64) or newer; Linux (x64)	Windows 10 (x64/arm64) or newer; macOS 10.14.5 (x64), macOS 11 (arm64) or newer; Linux (x64)
System RAM	4 GiB	8 GiB
Game RAM	2 GiB	4 GiB
Game RAM with mods	6 GiB	10 GiB
CPU	2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Intel Core i3-3210, AMD A8-7600, Apple M1	4 cores at 3.5 GHz: Intel Core i5-4690, AMD A10-7800, Apple M1
GPU	OpenGL 4.4: Intel HD 4000, AMD Radeon R5, NVIDIA GeForce 400, AMD Radeon HD 7000	OpenGL 4.5: NVIDIA GeForce 700, AMD Radeon R7 200
Storage	1 GB	4 GB, SSD recommended

1.18+

tip

Despite the OpenGL 4.4 requirement, the game actually uses OpenGL 3.2

For macOS users

There are known issues with running older (pre-1.19) versions of the game on Apple Silicon. Please update to Minecraft 1.19 or newer.

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
OS and architecture	Windows 7 (x86/x64) or newer; macOS 10.14.5 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)	Windows 10 (x64) or newer; macOS 10.14.5 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)
System RAM	4 GiB	8 GiB
Game RAM	2 GiB	4 GiB
Game RAM with mods	6 GiB	10 GiB
CPU	2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Intel Core i3-3210, AMD A8-7600	4 cores at 3.5 GHz: Intel Core i5-4690, AMD A10-7800
GPU	OpenGL 4.4: Intel HD 4000, AMD Radeon R5, NVIDIA GeForce 400, AMD Radeon HD 7000	OpenGL 4.5: NVIDIA GeForce 700, AMD Radeon R7 200
Storage	1 GB	2 GB

1.17+

tip

Despite the OpenGL 4.4 requirement, the game actually uses OpenGL 3.2

For macOS users

There are known issues with running older (pre-1.19) versions of the game on Apple Silicon. Please update to Minecraft 1.19 or newer.

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
OS and architecture	Windows 7 (x86/x64) or newer; OS X 10.9 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)	Windows 10 (x64) or newer; macOS 10.12 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)
System RAM	4 GiB	8 GiB
Game RAM	2 GiB	4 GiB
Game RAM with mods	6 GiB	8 GiB
CPU	2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Intel Core i3-3210, AMD A8-7600	4 cores at 3.5 GHz: Intel Core i5-4690, AMD A10-7800
GPU	OpenGL 4.4: Intel HD 4000, AMD Radeon R5, NVIDIA GeForce 400, AMD Radeon HD 7000	OpenGL 4.5: NVIDIA GeForce 700, AMD Radeon R7 200
Storage	1 GB	2 GB

1.12+

tip

Despite the OpenGL 4.4 requirement, the game actually uses OpenGL 2.x
According to user reports, the jre-legacy Java version used by the game also works on Windows XP

For macOS users

There are known issues with running older (pre-1.19) versions of the game on Apple Silicon. Please update to Minecraft 1.19 or newer.

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
OS and architecture	Windows 7 (x86/x64) or newer; OS X 10.9 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)	Windows 10 (x64) or newer; macOS 10.12 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)
System RAM	4 GiB	8 GiB
Game RAM	1 GiB	2 GiB
Game RAM with mods	4 GiB	8 GiB or more
CPU	2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Intel Core i3-3210, AMD A8-7600	4 cores at 3.5 GHz: Intel Core i5-4690, AMD A10-7800
GPU	OpenGL 4.4: Intel HD 4000, AMD Radeon R5, NVIDIA GeForce 400, AMD Radeon HD 7000	OpenGL 4.5: NVIDIA GeForce 700, AMD Radeon R7 200
Storage	1 GB	2 GB

1.8+

tip

According to user reports, the jre-legacy Java version used by the game also works on Windows XP

For macOS users

There are known issues with running older (pre-1.19) versions of the game on Apple Silicon. Please update to Minecraft 1.19 or newer.

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
OS and architecture	Windows Vista SP2 (x86/x64) or newer; OS X 10.8.3 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)	Windows Vista SP2 (x86/x64) or newer; OS X 10.8.3 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)
System RAM	2 GiB	4 GiB
Game RAM	1 GiB	2 GiB
Game RAM with mods	2 GiB	4 GiB
CPU	Intel Pentium D, AMD Athlon 64 (K8) or equivalent	2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Intel Core i3 (1st gen), AMD Athlon II (K10)
GPU	OpenGL 2.1: Intel HD, AMD Radeon HD (integrated); OpenGL 3.1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT, AMD Radeon HD 2400	OpenGL 3.3: NVIDIA GeForce 2xx, AMD Radeon HD 5xxx
Storage	200 MB	1 GB

1.6+

tip

According to user reports, the jre-legacy Java version used by the game also works on Windows XP

For macOS users

There are known issues with running older (pre-1.19) versions of the game on Apple Silicon. Please update to Minecraft 1.19 or newer.

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
OS and architecture	Windows Vista SP2 (x86/x64) or newer; OS X 10.8.3 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)	Windows Vista SP2 (x86/x64) or newer; OS X 10.8.3 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)
System RAM	2 GiB	4 GiB
Game RAM	1 GiB	2 GiB
Game RAM with mods	2 GiB	4 GiB
CPU	1 core: Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon (K7)	1-2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Intel Pentium D, AMD Athlon 64 (K8)
GPU	OpenGL 1.2 (2.1 since late 2013): Intel GMA 950 or AMD equivalent	OpenGL 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6xxx, ATI Radeon 9xxx
Storage	90-100 MB	150 MB

1.5.2 and older

tip

According to user reports, the jre-legacy Java version used by the game also works on Windows XP

For macOS users

There are known issues with running older (pre-1.19) versions of the game on Apple Silicon. Please update to Minecraft 1.19 or newer.

Parameter	Minimum	Recommended
OS and architecture	Windows Vista SP2 (x86/x64) or newer; OS X 10.8.3 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)	Windows Vista SP2 (x86/x64) or newer; OS X 10.8.3 (x64) or newer; Linux (x64)
System RAM	1 GiB	2 GiB
Game RAM	512 MiB	1 GiB
Game RAM with mods	2 GiB	4 GiB
CPU	Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon (K7) or equivalent	Intel Pentium D, AMD Athlon 64 (K8) or equivalent
GPU	OpenGL 1.2: Intel GMA 950 or AMD equivalent	OpenGL 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6xxx, ATI Radeon 9xxx
Storage	90 MB	150 MB

Launcher System Requirements

• Jar version of the launcher: Any OS with Java 8 or newer installed (Java 11 or newer is recommended)
  • Linux-specific: xdg-desktop-portal implementation matching your desktop environment
• Installer for Windows: Windows 7 SP1 (x64) or newer
• Version for Flathub: Any Linux distribution with Flatpak support, xdg-desktop-portal implementation matching your desktop environment

Please note!

Legacy Launcher does not support the Bedrock edition of Minecraft or games other than Minecraft: Java Edition

Please note!

Legacy Launcher does not have a version for mobile devices