System Requirements
Before using Gigapixel, please review these requirements.
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Follow the instructions here to find your computer specifications.
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System Profiles
A system profile is a set list of details about your computer's system. The details can describe a range of specifications including the type of hardware your computer has, the graphics card installed, and how fast the processor runs.
For example, your system profile shows the timestamp of your last update for NVIDIA GPU drivers.
You can use these system profiles to help understand your computer’s abilities to process our AI models and minimize any disruption in your workflow.
If you are unsure about whether your computer meets our requirements, you can reach out to our support team by writing to help@topazlabs.com.
Please include your system profile in your message.
Disk Space Requirement
Gigapixel 8 requires the following amount of free space:
Windows: 20 GB
Mac: 14.5 GB
Minimum Requirements
| Windows Operating System | 10 (latest version) or 11 |
| CPU | Intel or AMD, with AVX instructions, released after 2013 |
| System Memory | 16GB RAM |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti | 6GB VRAM |
| AMD Radeon 570 | 6GB VRAM | |
| Intel UHD 600 Graphics | 16GB RAM |
Dedicated graphics with 8GB VRAM is required to prevent processing errors
Learn more about the Generative AI models
| Windows Operating System | 11 |
| CPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon (X, X Plus, X Elite) |
| NPU | Qualcomm Hexagon |
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno |
| System Memory | 16GB RAM |
24GB of RAM is required to prevent processing errors
Learn more about the Generative AI models
Recommended Windows Specifications
| Windows Operating System | 11 (latest version) |
| CPU | Intel or AMD, with AVX instructions, released after 2020 |
| System Memory | 24GB+ RAM |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA RTX 20 series+ |
| AMD Radeon 5000 series+ | |
| Graphics Memory | 8GB+ VRAM |
Intel-based Mac systems are underpowered for AI processing and will have slow performance.
| Mac Operating System | macOS 12 Monterrey |
| CPU | Intel with AVX instructions |
| System Memory | 16GB RAM |
| Graphics Memory | 6GB VRAM |
Learn more about the Generative AI models
| Mac Operating System | macOS 12 Monterrey |
| CPU & GPU | Apple Silicon processors |
| System Memory | 8GB RAM |
16GB of RAM is required to prevent processing errors
Learn more about the Generative AI models
Recommended Mac Specifications
| Mac Operating System | Latest macOS |
| CPU & Graphics Card | Apple Silicon M2 |
| System Memory (RAM) | 24GB |
You will need high speed internet in order to install Gigapixel to your computer. After Gigapixel is installed, the app will only need occasional internet access for activation and updates.
Requirements Not Met
Past Versions
If you discover that your system does not meet current requirements, one option to to use a past version with lower requirements. Please read our community post about Understanding Releases.
You can find instructions for rolling back to a past release in our article explaining how to Revert to v6.3.3.
Web Apps
If you're unable to install any releases of Gigapixel, you may want to use our suite of Web Apps.
Many features found in Gigapixel are available as features accessible through your browser. Take a look:
Image Denoise | Image Unblur | AI Face Enhancement | Sharpen Image | Image Upscale