System Requirements
Ensure your machine meets the requirements for Topaz Photo AI prior to downloading and installing.
Disk Space Requirement
Photo AI requires the following approximate amount of space:
- Windows*: Approximately 32GB - (Program Data 30GB and Program Files 2GB) + 5GB of extra free space on C: for Photo AI to run
- Mac**: Approximately 9GB
* We recommend keeping the default install location on the C: drive (Program Data and Program Files) to avoid plugin conflicts and issues. Even if Photo AI is installed on another drive than C: - it still requires at least 5GB of free space on C: to function properly. If there is less than 5GB of space on C:, an in-app warning will appear prompting you to free up space.
** We recommend keeping the default install location in the Applications folder to avoid conflicts and issues. Do not place Photo AI in a sub-folder within Finder > Applications, or it will cause plugin conflicts.
Check Your Hardware Compatibility
Windows Snapdragon processors are not supported.
Choose below between Windows and Mac
Step 1 - Get your Windows System Profile
- See the steps below on how to find your System Profile.
- Your System Profile will be a file named: Dxdiag.txt
Click here for Steps to Find Your System Profile (Windows)
Step 2 - Check your System Profile
- Once you have your Dxdiag.txt, you can then check if you meet the Minimum Requirements or Recommended Specifications for Photo AI
- The RAM information will be in the "System Information" section of your System Profile (Memory)
- The VRAM and graphic card information is in the "Display Devices" section (Dedicated Memory)
Minimum Requirements
| Windows Operating System | 10 or 11 (most updated version recommended) |
| CPU | Intel OR AMD, with AVX instructions, released after 2016 |
| System Memory (RAM) | 16GB* |
| Dedicated Graphics Card (NVIDIA) | NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti or higher, 6GB VRAM** |
| Dedicated Graphics Card (AMD) | AMD Radeon 570 or higher, 6GB VRAM** |
| Dedicated Graphics Card (Intel) | Intel ARC, 6GB VRAM** |
| Integrated Graphics Card (Intel) | Intel UHD 600 Graphics OR Intel Iris Xe - with 16GB system RAM*** |
* For large upscales, 24GB of RAM (system memory) or more may be needed, especially for Intel graphics cards.
** The Super Focus and Dust & Scratch AI models are memory-intensive generative models that require 8GB of VRAM to run. They will work with 6GB of VRAM, but it is recommended that you have 8GB of VRAM. To learn more, go to the Super Focus System Requirements and the Dust & Scratch requirements.
*** If you only have an integrated graphics card and no dedicated graphics card, Photo AI will work if you meet the RAM requirements, but the lack of VRAM will make processing slow (especially large upscales) and will have limitations with tools like Super Focus.
Recommended Specifications
| Windows Operating System | 10 or 11 (most updated version recommended) |
| CPU | Intel OR AMD, with AVX instructions, released after 2020 |
| System Memory (RAM) | 24GB |
| Dedicated Graphics Card (NVIDIA) | NVIDIA RTX 20 series or higher, 8GB VRAM or more |
| Dedicated Graphics Card (AMD) | AMD Radeon 5000 series or higher, 8GB VRAM or more |
| Dedicated Graphics Card (Intel) | Intel ARC, 8GB VRAM or more |
Step 1 - Get your Mac System Profile
- See the steps below on how to find your System Profile.
- Your System Profile will be a .spx file.
Find Your System Profile (Mac)
Step 2 - Check your System Profile
- Once you have your .spx file, you can then check if you meet the Minimum Requirements or Recommended Specifications for Photo AI
- The RAM information will be in the "Hardware" section of your System Profile (Memory)
- If you own a Intel Mac computer, the graphic card information is in the "Graphic Displays" section, this will give you the amount of VRAM you have (can disregard this part if you own a Apple Sillicon M Chip Mac).
NEW --> Topaz | Mac Check tool
Once you have your System Profile .spx file, you can also use this tool to check if your Mac is compatible with the Topaz apps.
Click here to use the Topaz | Mac Check Tool
Minimum Requirements
The requirements below are if you have an Intel CPU Mac, if you have an M1, M2, M3, or M4 Mac, click on the M-Chip tab above to see its requirements.
- Intel CPU Mac devices are underpowered for AI processing and will have slow performance.
- Super Focus and Dust & Scratch AI models are not supported on Intel Macs with AMD Radeon graphics cards. You can use Cloud Rendering credits to process the files, more information on this here.
| Mac Operating System | Big Sur 11 and higher* |
| CPU | Intel with AVX instructions, after 2016 |
| System Memory (RAM) | 16GB** |
| Graphic memory (VRAM) | 6GB |
* We highly recommend to be on macOS 14 (Sonoma) or 15 (Sequoia) to be able to use all of the Photo AI enhancements. Super Focus requires macOS 14 or higher and will not work on macOS 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey) or 13 (Ventura).
* If you are on macOS 10 (Catalina), and it is the last available OS for your machine, make sure to be on macOS 10.15. Then, install the latest compatible Photo AI version that can work on this older macOS 10 - Photo AI v1.3.12 - Download
** For large upscales, 24GB of system memory or more may be needed.
| Mac Operating System | Big Sur 11 and higher* |
| CPU & Graphics Card | Apple Silicon processors |
| System Memory (RAM) | 8GB** |
* We highly recommend to be on macOS 14 (Sonoma) or 15 (Sequoia) to be able to use all of the Photo AI enhancements. Super Focus requires macOS 14 or higher, same for Dust & Scratch - Neither model will not work on macOS 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey) or 13 (Ventura).
** For large upscales, 24GB of RAM or more may be needed. 12GB of RAM or more recommended for Super Focus and Dust & Scratch.
Recommended Specifications
| Mac Operating System | Latest macOS |
| CPU & Graphics Card | Apple Silicon M2 |
| System Memory (RAM) | 24GB |