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Can the MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5, 2025) run Blender?

Blender by Blender Foundation: the publisher’s own minimum requirements, compared with this exact laptop.

Not judged

Not judged — we don't have enough verified information to say whether the MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5, 2025) can run Blender. This is not a "no".

Nothing we can verify rules it out, but we can’t confirm it either. Each component below says which information is missing — compare those requirements with your own laptop’s configuration. We don’t guess.

Component by component (minimum)

CPU

This laptop: not determined · Required: 4 cores with SSE4.2 support

Why not judged: There is no verified way to compare processors by name, so the CPU is shown for reference but not marked as meeting or missing the requirement.

Not judged

GPU

This laptop: not determined · Required: 2 GB VRAM with OpenGL 4.3, Vulkan 1.3

Why not judged: There is no verified way to compare graphics chips by name, so the GPU is shown for reference but not marked as meeting or missing the requirement.

Not judged

RAM

This laptop: not determined · Required: 8 GB

Why not judged: This laptop is sold with different amounts of RAM (or has upgradeable slots), so we can't tell how much yours has.

Not judged

Storage

This laptop: not determined · Required: not specified

Why not judged: The publisher's requirements don't specify the storage.

Not judged

Operating system

This laptop: macOS · Required: Windows 8.1 (64-bit) or later, macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, or a Linux distribution with glibc 2.28+ (64-bit)

Why not judged: The publisher's platform listing doesn't name a single operating system, so we can't match it to this laptop.

Not judged

“Not judged” means we lack verified information for that component. It never means the laptop fails it.

Published requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU
4 cores with SSE4.2 support
GPU
2 GB VRAM with OpenGL 4.3, Vulkan 1.3
RAM
8 GB
OS
Windows 8.1 (64-bit) or later, macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, or a Linux distribution with glibc 2.28+ (64-bit)

Recommended requirements

CPU
8 cores
GPU
8 GB VRAM
RAM
32 GB
OS
Windows 11, macOS 26 (Tahoe), or a current Linux distribution

Sources and limits

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.