Gaming
Can I run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024?
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K
- GPU
- Radeon RX 5700 or GeForce GTX 970 · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 50 GB
- OS
- Windows 10
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or Intel Core i7-10700K
- GPU
- Radeon RX 5700 XT or GeForce RTX 2080 · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 50 GB
- OS
- Windows 10
Check your laptop
Laptops that definitively can’t run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
35 of 317 laptops in our database fail Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’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.
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M1, 2020)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M2, 2022)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M5, 2026)
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023)
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024)
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M4, 2025)
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M5, 2026)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M1 Max, 2021)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M1 Pro, 2021)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M2 Max, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M2 Pro, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Max, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Max, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Max, 2026)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Pro, 2026)
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5, 2025)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Max, 2021)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro, 2021)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M2 Max, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M2 Pro, 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Max, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M3 Pro, Nov 2023)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M4 Max, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M4 Pro, 2024)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Max, 2026)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro, 2026)
- Aspire 3 A315-510P
Which laptops can reach 16 GB of RAM?
290 of 317 laptops in our database support at least 16 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
- Valve (Steam) — Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/20/2026
- minimum: Network Speed of 10 Mbps Bandwidth
- recommended: Network Speed of 50 Mbps Bandwidth
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