Illustrator system requirements

Your computer must meet the minimum technical specifications outlined below to run and use Illustrator.

Before you check the system requirements, ensure that your operating system (Windows or macOS) is up to date.

Do you need an earlier version of Illustrator? Check out the system requirements for earlier versions.


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Your system must meet these minimum requirements to use Illustrator 2025 (v29.0) October 2024 release and later.

Before you check the system requirements, find out what's new in Illustrator and try the latest features and enhancements.

Processor

Multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) with SSE 4.2 or later or AMD Athlon 64 processor with SSE 4.2 or later.

Operating system

  • Windows 11 v23H2, v22H2, and v21H2, Windows 10 v22H2 and v21H2

Note: Not supported on Windows 10 versions 1507, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004, 20H2, 21H1

RAM

8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended) 

Hard disk

2 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation; SSD recommended

Monitor resolution

1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended)

To use Touch workspace in Illustrator, you must have a touch-screen-enabled tablet/monitor running Windows 10 (Microsoft Surface Pro 3 recommended)

 

Scalable UI Limitations: Minimum monitor resolution required is 1920 x 1080.

GPU

To enhance Illustrator performance with the GPU Performance feature, your Windows must:

  • Have a minimum of 1 GB of VRAM (4 GB recommended)
  • Support OpenGL version 4.0 or greater.

For optimum pan and zoom performance, a minimum of 1.5 GB of VRAM is required.

 

Limitations in Outline Mode: Minimum monitor resolution required is 2000 pixels in any dimension.

 

Ensure that you install and update your GPU device drivers.

Internet connection

Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.1

Processor

Multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) with SSE 4.2 or later.

ARM-based Apple silicon processor

Operating System

  • macOS v14 (Sonoma)
  • macOS v13 (Ventura)
  • macOS v12 (Monterey)

RAM

8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended)

Hard disk

3 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation; SSD recommended

Monitor resolution

1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended)

 

Scalable UI Limitations: Minimum resolution required is 1920 x 1080.

GPU

For optimum GPU Performance, your Mac should have a minimum of 1024 MB of VRAM (2 GB recommended), and your computer must support Metal.

Internet connection

Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.1

Illustrator is not supported on case-sensitive file systems, removable storage devices, and network drives.2

Available language versions

Illustrator is available in the following languages:

Dansk

Deutsch

English

Español

Français*

Hebrew*

Hungarian

Italiano

Nederlands

Polish

Português (Brasil)

Svenska

Turkish

Ukrainian

čeština

Русский

عربي*

日本語

简体中文

繁體中文

한국어

* Illustrator supports Arabic and Hebrew in the following versions with full right-to-left language support and Arabic/Hebrew features:

  • Middle Eastern version with an English interface.
  • North African French (Français*) version with a French interface.

NOTES:

1. Internet connection, Adobe ID, and acceptance of license agreement required to activate and use this product. This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services. Adobe services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and the Adobe Privacy Policy. Applications and services may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Additional fees or membership charges may apply.

2. Some of the unsupported virtualized or server-based environments include but are not limited to, Citrix Metaframe/Citrix Presentation Server, NVIDIA Grid, Microsoft App-V, VMWare, Parallels, and Virtual PC. "Thin Clients" are also server-based environments. Illustrator has a few technical support boundaries for virtualized or server-based environments.

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