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Can the MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) run Factorio?
Minimum requirements
Likely meets minimum requirements
Probably doesn't meet recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 750 Ti (tier 2), Radeon R7 360 (tier 2), Intel UHD Graphics 730 (tier 1); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 2. M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU — Apple M1 8-core GPU: LIKELY. Apple M1 8-core GPU is tier 3; the requirement is tier 2. The publisher states 1 GB of video memory and this configuration only has shared/unified memory, so the result is capped at LIKELY.
How this was judged
Graphics chips are compared by class (an 8-tier rubric), not by benchmark score. The same tier as the requirement is only ever “likely”. Read the tier rubric and its limitations.
- Factorio system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- Manufacturer spec page for this configuration · manufacturer
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/111883 · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Quad core 3Ghz+
- GPU
- DirectX 11 capable GPU with 1GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 750 Ti, Radeon R7 360 or Intel UHD Graphics 730 · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 5 GB
- OS
- Windows 11, 10; also available on macOS (macOS requirements are listed separately on the Steam page)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Quad core 4Ghz+ from 2020 or newer
- GPU
- DirectX 11 capable GPU with 4 GB VRAM - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, Radeon RX 570, Intel Arc · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 10 GB
- OS
- Windows 11, 10; also available on macOS (macOS requirements are listed separately on the Steam page)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Factorio on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/19/2026
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.
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