AutoCAD System Requirements

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AutoCAD 2020

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only), 8.1 (64-bit only), or 7 SP1 (64-bit only)
• Processor: 2.5 GHz (3+ GHz recommended)
• Memory: 8 GB (16GB recommended)
• Disk space: 6.0 GB
• Display: 1920 x 1080 resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2019

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only), 8.1 (32-bit & 64-bit), or 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• Processor: 2.5 GHz (3+ GHz recommended)
• Memory: 8 GB (16GB recommended)
• Disk space: 6.0 GB
• Display: 1920 x 1080 resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2018

• Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only), 8.1 (32-bit & 64-bit), or 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)
• 1 GHz or faster processor
• RAM
• • 32-bit: 2 GB
  • 64-bit: 4 GB
• Disk space: 4.0 GB
• 1360 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2017

• Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1 or 7 SP1
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor
• RAM
• • 32-bit: 2 GB
  • 64-bit: 4 GB
• Disk space: 6.0 GB
• 1360 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2016

• Microsoft Windows 8 or 7
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor
• RAM
• • 32-bit: 2 GB
  • 64-bit: 4 GB
• Disk space: 6.0 GB
• 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2015

• Microsoft Windows 8 or 7
• Processor
• • 32-bit: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology, or Intel Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• Disk space: 6.0 GB
• 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2014

• Microsoft Windows 8, 7, or XP SP3
• Processor
• • 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 32-bit Windows 7 or 8: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology, or Intel Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• Disk space: 6.0 GB
• 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2013

• Microsoft Windows 7 or XP SP3
• Processor
• • 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 32-bit Windows 7: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology, or Intel Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• Disk space: 6.0 GB
• 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

AutoCAD 2012

• Microsoft Windows 7, Vista SP2 or XP SP3
• Processor
• • 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 32-bit Vista or 7: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology or Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• Disk space
• • 32-bit: 2.0 GB
  • 64-bit: 2.0 GB
• 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

AutoCAD 2011

• Microsoft Windows 7, Vista SP1 or XP SP2
• Processor
• • 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 32-bit Vista or 7: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology or Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• Disk space
• • 32-bit: 1.8 GB
  • 64-bit: 2.0 GB
• 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

AutoCAD 2010

• Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows XP SP2
• Processor
• • 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 32-bit Vista: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology or Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• Disk space
• • 32-bit: 1 GB
  • 64-bit: 1.5 GB
• 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

AutoCAD 2009

• Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2
• Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
• 1 GB RAM (Windows XP), 2 GB RAM (Windows Vista)
• 750 MB free disk space
• 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)