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Can the HP Envy 16 (2023) run Adobe Illustrator?
Adobe Illustrator by Adobe: the publisher’s own minimum requirements, compared with this exact laptop.
Minimum requirements
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Recommended requirements: not rated yet
We can’t rate the needs 1 GB of video memory yet. Here’s what we could check:
- Operating system — supported (Windows: Windows 11 (v24H2, v23H2), Windows 10 (v22H2) or Windows 10 v21H2 LTSC; Mac: macOS v26 (Tahoe), v15 (…); versions are shown, not compared
- RAM — needs 8 GB; the memory is upgradeable, so it depends on the installed modules
- Processor — only an architecture or instruction-set level is stated (x64); core counts and clock speeds are not compared
- Graphics — needs 1 GB of video memory: not rated yet
How this was judged
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- Adobe Illustrator system requirements · publisher requirements
Published requirements
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
Sources and limits
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- Adobe — Illustrator on desktop technical requirements (version 30.0 and later) · retrieved 10/7/2026
The laptop’s figures come from its verified specification page. Requirements are the publisher’s and can change. This compares the laptop with the publisher’s listed native requirements — it does not account for emulation, translation layers or cloud gaming. See how we verify the specs.