System requirements for Autodesk Maya

This document provides the system requirements for Autodesk Maya Products.

System requirements for Autodesk® Maya® 2014

Maya 2014 is supported on the following 64-bit operating systems and at a minimum requires a system with the following 64-bit hardware:

• Windows® 8 Professional edition, Windows® 7 Professional edition, Apple® Mac OS® X 10.7.x or 10.8.x, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.2 W S, or Fedora™ 14 Linux operating system
• 64-bit Intel or AMD multi-core processor
• 4 GB of RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)
• 2 GB of free disk space for installation
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, Apple® Safari®, or Mozilla® Firefox® web browser
• 3-button mouse

Certified hardware

Note: Autodesk Maya 2014 is also capable of running on certain other configurations: boutique distributions of Linux. However, enumerating systems that are not tested and cannot be supported or that fall below the Autodesk recommended minimum system requirements for a productive user experience is beyond the scope of the Autodesk online certification charts.

Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions, or new releases issued by third-party hardware or software vendors for the certified software, or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third-party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).

Refer to the Recommended Hardware Wizard for a complete list of recommended systems and graphics cards.

System Requirements for Autodesk Maya 2013

Software

The 32-bit version of Autodesk® Maya® 2013 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional operating system (SP1)
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional operating system (SP3)

The 64-bit version of Maya 2013 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional operating system (SP1)
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2)
• Apple® Mac OS® X 10.7.x and 10.8.x operating system
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.2 WS operating system
• Fedora™ 14 operating system

Maya 2013 32-bit and 64-bit software requires the following supplemental software:

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8 internet browser or higher
• Apple® Safari® web browser
• Mozilla® Firefox® web browser

Hardware

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Maya 2013 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows: Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon™ processor with SSE3 instruction set support (or higher)
• 2 GB RAM
• 10 GB free hard drive space
• Certified hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Maya 2013 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows and Linux: Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon processor with SSE3 instruction set support (or higher)
• Macintosh® computer: Macintosh computer with a Intel-based 64 bit processor
• 4 GB RAM
• 10 GB free hard drive space
• Certified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive

Certified Hardware

For the latest list of certified hardware, including graphics cards, to run Maya 2013, Refer to the Recommended Hardware wizard for a detailed list of recommended systems and graphics cards.

Note: Maya 2013 is also capable of running on other configurations such as boutique distributions of Linux. However, enumerating systems that are not tested and cannot be supported or that fall below the requirements for a productive user experience is beyond the scope of the online certification charts.

Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the certified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).

System Requirements for Autodesk Maya 2012

For 32-bit Autodesk Maya 2012

For 64-bit Autodesk Maya 2012

System Requirements for Autodesk Maya 2011

System Requirements for Autodesk Maya 2010

Software

The 32-bit version of Maya 2010 software is supported on any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business operating system (SP1 or higher)
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional operating system (SP2 or higher)
• Apple® Mac OS® X 10.5.7 operating system or higher

The 64-bit version of Maya 2010 software is supported on any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows Vista Business (SP1 or higher)
• Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition (SP2 or higher)
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.3 WS operating system
• Fedora™ 8 operating system

The following web browsers are supported for Maya 2010:

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 internet browser or higher
• Netscape® 7 web browser or higher
• Apple® Safari® web browser
• Mozilla® Firefox® web browser
  

Hardware

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Maya 2010 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows: Intel® Pentium® 4 or higher, AMD Athlon™ 64, or AMD Opteron™ processor
• Macintosh® computer: Intel-based Macintosh computers
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB free hard drive space
• Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive
• Maya Composite media cache requirements for playback:
• 10 GB minimum, 200 GB recommended
• HDD: IDE, SATA, SATA 2, SAS, SCSI

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Maya 2010 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows and Linux: Intel® EM64T processor, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB free hard drive space
• Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive
• Maya Composite media cache requirements for playback:
• 10 GB minimum, 200 GB recommended
• HDD: IDE, SATA, SATA 2, SAS, SCSI
  

For the latest list of qualified hardware, including graphics cards, to run Maya 2010, refer to the Maya 2010 qualification chart located at www.autodesk.com/qual-charts.

Note: Maya 2010 is also capable of running on other configurations such as boutique distributions of Linux. However, enumerating systems that are not tested and cannot be supported or that fall below the requirements for a productive user experience is beyond the scope of the online qualification charts.

System Requirements for Autodesk Maya 2009

Software

The 32-bit version of Autodesk® Maya® 2009 software is supported on any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business operating system (SP1 or higher)
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional operating system (SP2 or higher)
• Apple® Mac OS® X 10.5.2 operating system or higher

The 64-bit version of Maya 2009 software is supported on any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows Vista Business (SP1 or higher)
• Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition (SP2 or higher)
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4.0 WS operating system (U6)
• Fedora™ 8 operating system

The following web browsers are supported for Maya 2009:

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 internet browser or higher
• Netscape® 7 web browser or higher
• Apple® Safari® web browser
• Mozilla® Firefox® web browser

Hardware

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Maya 2009 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows: Intel® Pentium® 4 or higher, AMD Athlon™ 64, or AMD Opteron™ processor
• Macintosh®: Intel-based Macintosh computers
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB free hard drive space
• Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Maya 2009 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows and Linux: Intel® EM64T processor, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB free hard drive space
• Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive

For the latest list of qualified hardware, including graphics cards, to run Maya 2009, refer to the Maya 2009 qualification chart located at www.autodesk.com/qual-charts.

Note: Maya 2009 is also capable of running on other configurations such as boutique distributions of Linux. However, enumerating systems that are not tested and cannot be supported or that fall below the requirements for a productive user experience is beyond the scope of the online qualification charts.

System Requirements for Autodesk Maya 2008

Software

The 32-bit version of Autodesk® Maya® 2008 software is supported on any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP2 or higher)
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4.0 WS (U4)
• openSuSE Linux 10.2
• Fedora™ Core 5
• Apple® Mac OS® X 10.4.9 (PowerPC® and Intel® versions of Maya)

The 64-bit version of Maya 2008 software is supported on any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows Vista Business
• Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition (SP1 or higher)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS (U4)
• openSuSE Linux 10.2
• Fedora Core 5

These web browsers are supported for Autodesk Maya 2008:

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or higher
• Netscape® 7 or higher
• Apple® Safari™
• Mozilla Firefox™

Hardware

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Maya 2008 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows and Linux: Intel Pentium® 4 or higher, AMD Athlon® 64, or AMD Opteron® processor
• Macintosh®: Power Mac® G5 or Intel®-based Macintosh® computers
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB hard disk space
• Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Maya 2008 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows and Linux: Intel EM64T, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron processor
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB hard disk space
• Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive

Note: Maya 2008 is also capable of running on other hardware configurations such as the Power Mac G4 or boutique distributions of Linux. However, enumerating systems that are not tested and cannot be supported or that fall below the requirements for a productive user experience is beyond the scope of the online qualification charts.