Minimum system requirements to run Capture One

Capture One may run on other and older equipment than that listed below, but to ensure the best possible results we recommend that your computer conforms to the specifications provided below. The minimum system requirements are provided for the latest version of Capture One software. If you have an older version of Capture One, you can always refer to the Release Notes Archive or refer to the articles to check the compatibility of Capture One versions with Apple operating systems and Windows operating systems.

Microsoft® Windows® minimum requirements

• Intel or AMD CPU with 2 cores
• 8 GB of RAM
• 10 GB of free hard disk space
• Calibrated monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi
• Windows 7® SP1 64-bit, Windows 8.1® 64-bit, Windows 10® 64-bit*
• Microsoft® .NET Framework version 4.7 (will be installed if not present)

*Support for Capture One 20 on Windows 10 is supported for builds supporting .NET 4.7 - This is currently from build 1607 through to build 1909.

Apple® Macintosh® minimum requirements

• Intel® Core™ i3 (1st generation)
• 8 GB of RAM
• 10 GB of free hard disk space
• Calibrated monitor with 1280x800, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi
• macOS 10.13, macOS 10.14, macOS 10.15*

*MacOS 10.15 is supported for builds up to 10.15.4

Recommended system requirements

If working with high-resolution images and doing calculation-heavy adjustments we recommend the following:

• Intel CPU with 4+ cores
• 16+ GB of RAM
• Solid State Disk (SSD)
• Dual (matching) Graphics card from NVIDIA or AMD with 4GB+ RAM per card
• Calibrated monitor with at least 1920x1200, 24-bit resolution at 96dpi

NOTE: Due to the significant additional calculation overhead, systems using 4k/5k monitors will require extra resources in addition to the above-recommended specification (both in GPU and CPU power). For professional experience, we recommend at least doubling the specification above for these configurations.