Recommended system requirements for ArtiCAD software

Recommended system requirements for ArtiCAD’s design and pricing software on desktop/laptop. (ArtiCAD hosted online will run on any device with internet access via all mainstream browsers.)

Required specification of an Intel based system to run ArtiCAD efficiently:

• i7, 6th generation processor, or higher
• Quad core 2GHz or higher (not dual core)
• 8GB of RAM or higher
• GTX 1070 or higher graphics card (recommended for GPU rendering)
• Microsoft Windows 10 or higher
• 64 bit operating system
• SSD is preferred over a traditional hard drive

Required specification of an AMD based system to run ArtiCAD efficiently:

• AMD Ryzen 5 or 7
• Quad core 2GHz or higher (not dual core)
• 8GB of RAM or higher
• RX Vega 56 or higher graphics card (recommended for GPU rendering)
• Microsoft Windows 10 or higher
• 64 bit operating system
• SSD is preferred over a traditional hard drive

ArtiCAD’s rendering performance relies upon both processor quality and graphics card capacity. The following minimum hardware specification will deliver a very good performance.

ArtiCAD is a Windows-based program so a desktop or laptop device with the Windows 10 operating system or higher, plus the above specification is our recommendation. If you wish to use an Apple Mac™ or Microsoft Surface Book™ device (or similar), we recommend that you opt for ArtiCAD Online deployment, which will work on any device with appropriate internet access.

Our ArtiCAD-Online hosted desktop product uses the Citrix Workspace app. Apple Mac™ only supports the following operating systems:

• macOS Catalina (10.15)
• macOS Big Sur (11.0.1)
• macOS Big Sur (11.1)

If you have any queries, our dedicated Client Services team are happy to help you.

Please contact your local service team