Enscape system requirements: will your GPU run it?
Enscape runs on Windows with NVIDIA or AMD graphics and on Apple silicon Macs. Check your card below; the full requirements, with their sources, follow.
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Enscape requirements, with sources
| Requirement | Level | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Windows or macOS | Supported hardware | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“Enscape is available for both Windows and Mac workstations.” |
| macOS · an Apple silicon GPU | Supported hardware | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“Intel-based Mac workstations are not supported by Enscape following the release of Enscape 2.0” |
| Windows · an NVIDIA or AMD GPU | Minimum | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“Both AMD and NVIDIA are supported by Enscape.” |
| Windows · 4 GB of VRAM | Minimum | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“Your graphics card needs to have at least 4GB of memory to 'officially' be supported by Enscape.” |
| Windows · 8 GB of VRAM | Recommended | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“The amount of VRAM we recommend is 8GB or more.” |
| macOS · a Apple silicon GPU | Minimum | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“An M-chip series Mac (a model not older than 2020);” |
| macOS · macOS 12.6 or later. | Also needed | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“An up-to-date version of the macOS (not older than 12.6).” |
| Windows · For full hardware ray tracing: a GPU with hardware ray tracing | Feature | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“However, what you must consider, is that hardware Ray-tracing capabilities would not be available on most AMD cards and the full extent of the feature is only available for the RTX series cards from NVIDIA.” |
| Windows · For full hardware ray tracing: an NVIDIA GPU | Feature | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“However, what you must consider, is that hardware Ray-tracing capabilities would not be available on most AMD cards and the full extent of the feature is only available for the RTX series cards from NVIDIA.” |
| Windows · For VR: 12 GB of VRAM | Feature | Chaos Help Center, updated 2026-07-032026-09-23“If you intend to use the VR capabilities of Enscape, 12GB of VRAM would be recommended.” |
Questions
- Does Enscape run on an M-series Mac?
- Yes. Chaos supports Enscape on Apple silicon Macs with a recent macOS. Macs with Intel processors are not supported, and neither are Parallels or Boot Camp.
- Do I need an RTX card for Enscape?
- Not to run it. Chaos says hardware ray tracing, and the full extent of the feature, needs an NVIDIA RTX card; other cards that meet the memory requirement still run Enscape.
- Is Intel Arc supported by Enscape?
- Chaos names NVIDIA and AMD as supported on Windows and does not list Intel graphics, so the check treats Intel cards as below the minimum.