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Can I run Adobe After Effects?
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Windows: Intel 6th Generation or newer CPU, or AMD Ryzen 1000 Series or newer CPU; AVX2 support required. Windows on Arm: Qualcomm Snapdragon X series processor. Mac: Intel 6th Generation or newer CPU with AVX2 support
- GPU
- Windows with NVIDIA GPU: Maxwell generation or newer with at least 4 GB of GPU memory. Windows with Intel or AMD GPU: discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of GPU memory and OpenCL support (OpenCL 2.0 required from release 25.6). Windows on Arm: Qualcomm Adreno GPU driver 31.0.121.1 or later. Mac: Apple silicon 16 GB of RAM; Intel Macs with a discrete AMD GPU: 4 GB of GPU memory
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 8 GB
- OS
- Windows: Windows 11 v24H2 (Windows on Arm: Windows 11 v24H2, OS Build 26100.2033); Mac: macOS Sonoma (version 14)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Windows: Intel 11th Gen or newer CPU with Quick Sync, or AMD Ryzen 3000 Series / Threadripper 3000 series or newer CPU. Mac: Apple silicon M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra or newer
- GPU
- Windows: 8 GB of GPU memory. Mac: Apple silicon 16 GB of unified memory
- RAM
- 16 GB
- OS
- Windows: Windows 11 v24H2 or later; Mac: macOS Sonoma (version 14) and later
Check your laptop
Laptops that definitively can’t run Adobe After Effects
1 of 328 laptops in our database fail Adobe After Effects’s minimum requirements outright — either the publisher lists a different operating system than the laptop runs, or the laptop’s RAM is soldered (not upgradeable) and below the requirement. Laptops not listed here are not judged, not incompatible: their CPU, GPU and configuration need checking by you — we don’t guess.
Which laptops can reach 16 GB of RAM?
306 of 328 laptops in our database support at least 16 GB of RAM (the model’s documented maximum). That is capacity, not what ships in the box — check your exact configuration, and see whether your model’s RAM can be upgraded.
Where these requirements come from
- Adobe — After Effects System Requirements (version 26.5 and earlier 26.x) · retrieved 10/7/2026
- minimum: 8 GB of hard-disk space for installation (will not install on removable flash storage) plus an additional high-speed drive for media. Display 1440 x 900.
- recommended: 16 GB of RAM for HD media, 32 GB or more for 4K and higher (Windows). Mac: 16 GB of unified memory on Apple silicon. Fast internal SSD for app installation and cache. Display 1920 x 1080 or greater.
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