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.
Disk Space Requirement
Photo AI v3.4.2 requires the following amount of free 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.
Linux operating systems are not supported.
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.
Find Your System Profile (Mac)
Minimum Requirements
Intel CPU Mac devices are underpowered for AI processing and will have slow performance.
For macOS 10.15, the latest compatible version is v1.3.12. Click here to download.
| Mac Operating System | Big Sur 11 and higher |
| CPU | Intel with AVX instructions |
| System Memory (RAM) | 16GB |
| Video RAM | 6GB |
For large upscales, 24GB of system memory or more may be needed especially for Intel graphics cards.
Super focus requires macOS 13 or higher and is not supported on Macs with AMD Radeon graphics cards. To learn more go to the Super Focus system requirements.
| Mac Operating System | Big Sur 11 and higher |
| CPU & Graphics Card | Apple Silicon processors |
| System Memory (RAM) | 8GB |
For large upscales, 16GB of system memory or more may be needed.
Super focus requires macOS 13 or higher. Learn more on the Super Focus system requirements.
Recommended 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 download Photo AI to your computer. After Photo AI is downloaded , the app will only need internet access for activation and updates.