X-Plane 12 System Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements:

CPU: Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 CPU with 4 or more cores, or AMD Ryzen 3, 5, 7 or 9. (Those with other CPUs should try the demo before purchasing.)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Video Card: a DirectX 11-capable video card from NVIDIA or AMD with at least 2 GB VRAM

If your system is borderline, we encourage you to try the demo first. The full version of the simulator will perform exactly the same as the demo---neither better nor worse.

Recommended Hardware Requirements:

CPU: Intel Core i5 8600k or Ryzen 5 3500 or better
Memory: 16-24 GB RAM or more
Video Card: a DirectX 12-capable video card from NVIDIA or AMD with at least 4 GB VRAM (GeForce GTX 1070 or better, or similar from AMD)

Supported Video Cards:

NVIDIA: NVIDIA GeForce 900 or newer, driver version 470.82 or newer
AMD: AMD Radeon RX 500 or newer, driver version Adrenaline 21.11.2 or newer

Supported Operating Systems:

OS X: OS X 10.15 or newer (e.g. Catalina, Big Sur, or Monterey)
Windows: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
Linux: Varies
- While X-Plane 12 will run on Linux, we don't provide support for specific distributions; if you want to run on Linux, you will need to try X-Plane on your distribution to see if it is compatible. With that in mind, we have developers using Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 LTS successfully.
- We require the proprietary driver from NVIDIA to run X-Plane. We require the Mesa drivers for AMD to run X-Plane.