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Can I run Final Cut Pro?
Minimum requirements
- GPU
- Mac: Metal-capable graphics card (Intel-based Mac computers only; Apple silicon Macs use the chip's integrated GPU)
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 8 GB
- OS
- macOS 15.6 or later
Recommended requirements
- RAM
- 16 GB
- OS
- macOS 15.6 or later
Check your laptop
Laptops that definitively can’t run Final Cut Pro
294 of 328 laptops in our database fail Final Cut Pro’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.
- Alienware 16 Area-51
- Alienware 16X Aurora
- Alienware m16 R1
- Alienware m16 R2
- Alienware m18 R1
- Alienware m18 R2
- Alienware x14 R2
- Alienware x16 R1
- Aspire 14 AI
- Aspire 3 A315-24P-R7VH
- Aspire 3 A315-510P
- Aspire 5 A515-57
- Aspire 5 A515-58GM
- Aspire 5 Spin 14
- Aspire 7 A715-76G
- Aspire Vero 14 AV14-51
- Aspire Vero 16 AV16-71P
- Bravo 15 B7ED
- Crosshair 15 C12V
- Cyborg 14 A13V
- Cyborg 15 A12V
- Cyborg 15 A13V
- Cyborg 15 A13VF
- Dell 14 Plus
- Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1
- Dell 14 Premium
- Dell 16 Plus
- Dell G15 5530
- Dell G16 7630
- Dell Pro 13 Premium
- Dell Pro 14 Plus
- Dell Pro 14 Premium
- Dell Pro 16 Plus
- Dell Pro Max 14
- Dell Pro Max 16
- ExpertBook B9 OLED (B9403)
- ExpertBook P5 (P5405)
- Framework Laptop 12 (13th Gen Intel Core)
- Framework Laptop 12 (Intel Core Series 3)
- Framework Laptop 13 (11th Gen Intel Core)
- Framework Laptop 13 (12th Gen Intel Core)
- Framework Laptop 13 (13th Gen Intel Core)
- Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040 Series)
- Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series)
- Framework Laptop 13 (Intel Core Ultra Series 1)
- Framework Laptop 13 Pro (Intel Core Ultra Series 3)
- Framework Laptop 16 (AMD Ryzen 7040HS Series)
- Framework Laptop 16 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series)
- HP EliteBook 1040 14 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 1040 14 inch G11
- HP EliteBook 630 13.3 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 640 14 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 645 14 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 650 15.6 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 655 15.6 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 840 14 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 840 14 inch G11
- HP EliteBook 845 14 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 850 15.6 inch G10
- HP EliteBook 860 16 inch G11
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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
- Apple — Final Cut Pro - Apple (hardware and software requirements) · retrieved 10/7/2026
- minimum: Mac only (Final Cut Pro for Mac has no other desktop platform). Final Cut Pro for Mac requires 8 GB of memory (16 GB recommended) and 7.2 GB of available disk space (rounded up to 8 GB here). Some features require macOS 26 and an Apple Intelligence-capable device.
- recommended: 16 GB of memory recommended.
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