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Can I run Adobe Illustrator?
Adobe Illustrator by Adobe: the publisher’s own system requirements, checked against your exact laptop.
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Windows: multicore Intel processor (64-bit) with SSE 4.2 or later, or AMD Athlon 64 processor with SSE 4.2 or later. Mac: multicore Intel processor (with 64-bit support) with SSE 4.2 or later
- GPU
- Windows: for the GPU Performance feature, a minimum of 1 GB of VRAM (4 GB recommended) and DirectX 12 or OpenGL 4.0 or greater. Mac: a minimum of 1024 MB of VRAM (2 GB recommended) and a computer that supports Metal
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 2 GB
- OS
- Windows: Windows 11 (v24H2, v23H2), Windows 10 (v22H2) or Windows 10 v21H2 LTSC; Mac: macOS v26 (Tahoe), v15 (Sequoia), v14 (Sonoma) or v13 (Ventura)
Recommended requirements
- GPU
- Windows: 4 GB of VRAM; DirectX 12 or OpenGL 4.0 or greater
- RAM
- 16 GB
- OS
- Windows: same as minimum
Check your laptop
Which laptops can reach 8 GB of RAM?
307 of 328 laptops in our database support at least 8 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 — Illustrator on desktop technical requirements (version 30.0 and later) · retrieved 10/7/2026
- minimum: 2 GB of hard-disk space for installation (SSD recommended). 1024 x 768 display (1920 x 1080 recommended). For optimum pan and zoom performance a minimum of 1.5 GB of VRAM is required.
- recommended: 16 GB of RAM recommended; 1920 x 1080 display recommended.
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