System Requirements

Ensure your machine meets the requirements for Topaz Photo AI prior to downloading and installing.

Click here to check if your Mac is compatible.

*A Windows compatibility checker is in progress. To see the Windows requirements, please review the Windows tab below.

Disk Space Requirement

Photo AI v3 versions requires the following approximate amount of space:
Windows: up to 33.6GB depending on the graphics card used (Program Data) + 1.09GB (Program Files) = 34.7GB
Mac: 9GB

Finding Your Hardware Details

Follow the instructions here to find your computer specifications.

*Windows Mac

Find Your System Profile (Windows)

Minimum Requirements

Windows Operating System	10 or 11 (most updated version recommended)
CPU	Intel OR AMD, with AVX instructions, released after 2013
System Memory (RAM)	16GB
Graphics Card (NVIDIA)	NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti or higher, 6GB VRAM
Graphics Card (AMD)	AMD Radeon 570 or higher, 6GB VRAM
Graphics Card (Intel)	Intel UHD 600 Graphics or higher, 16GB system RAM

For large upscales, 24GB of system memory or more may be needed especially for Intel graphics cards.

Super Focus is a generative model which requires 8GB VRAM to run. To learn more go to the Super Focus system requirements.

Snapdragon Processors are not currently supported.

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
Graphics Card (NVIDIA)	NVIDIA RTX 20 series or higher
Graphics Card (AMD)	AMD Radeon 5000 series or higher
Graphics memory (VRAM)	8GB or more

For NVIDIA graphics cards, installing the Studio driver (if available) is highly recommended.

You will need high speed internet in order to download Photo AI to your computer. After Photo AI is downloaded , the app will only need internet access for activation and updates.