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V-Ray 5 System Requirements for SketchUp
Windows
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit versions of SketchUp.
| Processor | Intel* 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support |
| RAM | Minimum 8 GB RAM, recommended 16 GB RAM |
| Hard Disk Space | minimum 2GB, recommended 12GB (includes additional downloadable content) |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| Operating System | Windows® 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11. |
| SketchUp | SketchUp 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| GPU Support | Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta-, Turing- and Ampere- based NVIDIA card(s) with latest recommended video driver For more info, see GPU Rendering. V-Ray Vision requires a Graphics card with DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 and Shader Model 5.0 capabilities. |
macOS
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.
| Processor | Intel 64, AMD64, ARM or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support |
| RAM | Minimum 8 GB RAM, recommended 16 GB RAM |
| Hard Disk Space | minimum 2GB, recommended 12GB (includes additional downloadable content) |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| Operating System | Apple® macOS 10.14.x or higher |
| SketchUp | SketchUp 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
V-Ray GPU is not officially supported on macOS.
It works only with C++/CPU devices. V-Ray GPU can still be used in distributed rendering where a macOS machine runs the CUDA engine on a CPU device together with Windows/Linux machine(s) running CUDA engine on GPU device(s).
For more information on hardware, see the Hardware Recommendations article.
Notes
Customer support is available only for V-Ray 5 and V-Ray Next (V-Ray 4). Earlier versions are no longer supported.
- V-Ray 5 for SketchUp, update 2.2 is the last version that runs on macOS 10.10, 10.11, 10.12 and 10.13.
- Windows 11 is required for running Intel Alder Lake processors.
V-Ray 5 System Requirements for 3ds Max
This page provides information on what hardware and operating systems are required for V-Ray to work properly.
V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max supports 3ds Max 2018–2023. Several V-Ray features require 3ds Max 2019 or newer to work, including V-Ray Proxy hierarchy, batch loading multi-sub textures, faster UI, and Chaos Cloud collaboration from the VFB.
Requirements
The requirements listed here are for the latest version of V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Please make sure that your system meets the requirements listed below before installing V-Ray.
| Processor | Intel 641, AMD64 or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support |
| RAM | Minimum 8 GB RAM, recommended 64 GB RAM |
| Operating system | Microsoft® Windows® 8.1, Windows 10 or Windows 11 operating system |
| Autodesk® 3ds Max | 3ds Max® 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 (64-bit) |
| USB port | Required for customers using legacy hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 required for distributed rendering is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported. |
| License Server | 6.0.0 or later |
| GPU Acceleration | NVIDIA CUDA with minimum required compute capability 5.22: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta-, Turing-, and Ampere-based NVIDIA card(s);NVIDIA RTX with compute capability 5.22: RTX cards with latest recommended video driver3; 2GB VRAMV-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2; NVIDIA AI Denoiser: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta-, Turing-, and Ampere-based NVIDIA card with latest recommended video driver3 |
1 – Windows 11 is required for running Intel Alder Lake processors.
2 – CUDA compute capability and card reference
3 – With V-Ray 6, using older drivers (less than 495.xx) on Ampere cards may lead to incorrect render results with RTX. More information on V-Ray GPU is available at Chaos.com.
V-Ray 5 System Requirements for Maya
This page gives some details on what hardware and operating systems are required for V-Ray to work properly.
Windows
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Processor | Intel1 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file;(Actual amount required will vary with scene requirements.) |
| USB Port | Required for customers using legacy hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 required for distributed rendering is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| GPU Acceleration | NVIDIA CUDA: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta-, Turing- and Ampere-based NVIDIA card(s) with with latest recommended video driver;NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with latest recommended video driver ;V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2;NVIDIA AI Denoiser: Maxwell, Pascal, Volta, Turing or Ampere-based NVIDIA card with latest recommended video driverThe minimum required compute capability is 5.22 |
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating System |
| Maya 2019 | Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional, and Windows® 11 |
| Maya 2020 | Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional, and Windows® 11 |
| Maya 2022 | Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows® 11 |
| Maya 2023 | Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
Linux
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.
| Processor | 1st Gen Intel® Core™, AMD64 or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64) |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
| USB Port | Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| GPU Support | NVIDIA CUDA: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta-, Turing- and Ampere-based NVIDIA card(s) with latest recommended video driver;NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with latest recommended video driver V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2; NVIDIA AI Denoiser: Maxwell, Pascal, Volta, Turing or Ampere-based NVIDIA card with latest recommended video driverThe minimum required compute capability is 5.21 |
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating System |
| Maya 2019 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 7.2 |
| Maya 2020 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 WS, or CentOS 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7 |
| Maya 2022 | Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 8.2, 7.6-7.9 WS, or CentOS 8.2, 7.6-7.9 |
| Maya 2023 | Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 8.2, 7.6-7.9 WS, or CentOS 8.2, 7.6-7.9 |
macOS
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.
| Processor | 1st Gen Intel® Core™ or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64) |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
| USB Port | Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
V-Ray GPU works only with C++/CPU devices under macOS. V-Ray GPU can still be used in distributed rendering where a macOS machine runs the CUDA engine on a CPU device together with Windows/Linux machine(s) running CUDA engine on GPU device(s).
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating Systems |
| Maya 2019 | Apple ® macOS ® 10.14, 10.13, 10.12 and 10.11.x |
| Maya 2020 | Apple® macOS® 11.x, 10.15.x, 10.14.x, 10.13.x |
| Maya 2022 | Apple® macOS® 11.x, 10.15.x, 10.14.x, 10.13.x |
| Maya 2023 | Apple® macOS® 12.x, 11.x, 10.15.x, 10.14.x |
* The Autodesk Maya system requirements can be found here page: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Maya.html
For additional information on hardware, see the Hardware Recommendations article.
Notes
1 – Windows 11 is required for running Intel Alder Lake processors.
2 – CUDA compute capability and card reference
- V-Ray for Maya 2022 supports Python 3 by default. Builds with Python 2 support are available in the stable folder of the nightly server.
- V-Ray 5 update 1.2 supports MayaUSD 0.8.0 (bundled in Maya 2022), MayaUSD 0.9.0, MayaUSD 0.10.0 (bundled in Maya 2022.1), MayaUSD 0.11.0 (bundled in Maya 2022.2) and MayaUSD 0.12.0.
- V-Ray 5 update 2 supports MayaUSD 0.13.0 in addition to the previously supported versions.
V-Ray 5 System Requirements for Revit
Windows
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Revit. For additional information on hardware, see the Hardware Recommendations article.
| Processor | minimum: Intel® 64, AMD® 64 or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support;recommended: Intel® 64, AMD® 64 or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support. Larger cache memory, higher memory bandwidth and more cores are better. |
| RAM | minimum 8 GB RAM, recommended 16 GB RAM |
| Hard Disk Space | minimum 2GB, recommended 12GB (includes additional downloadable content) |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| Operating system | Windows® 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| Revit | Autodesk Revit 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. |
| GPU Support | Maxwell-, Pascal-, Turing-, Volta-, or Ampere-based NVIDIA card(s) with latest recommended video driverV-Ray Vision requires a Graphic card with DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 and Shader Model 5.0 capabilities. |
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* CUDA compute capability and card reference
** Autodesk Revit 2018 is not supported on Windows 11
*** Windows 11 is required for running Intel Alder Lake processors.
