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Can the MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3, Nov 2023) run Stellaris?
Minimum requirements
Likely meets minimum requirements
Likely meets recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 460 (tier 2), AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Ryzen APU) (tier 1), Intel HD Graphics 4600 (tier 1); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 2. M3, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU — Apple M3 10-core GPU: LIKELY. Apple M3 10-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.
- Stellaris 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/Ryzen · 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
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Intel iCore i3-530 or AMD FX-6350
- GPU
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 or Intel HD Graphics 4600 · DirectX 9.0c
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 10 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Home 64 Bit; also available on macOS (macOS requirements are listed separately on the Steam page)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Intel iCore i5-3570K or AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
- GPU
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon R7 370 (2 GB VRAM) · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 10 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Home 64 Bit; 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) — Stellaris on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/20/2026
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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