Premiere Pro system requirements

Last updated on 18 October 2022

Your computer must meet the minimum technical specifications outlined below to run Adobe Premiere Pro. For optimum performance, use recommended system specifications.

Applicable for:

September 2020 (14.4) August 2020 (14.3.2) July 2020 (14.3.1) June 2020 (14.3), May 2020 (14.2), April 2020 (14.1), March 2020 (14.0.4), February 2020 (14.0.3), January 2020 (14.0.1), and November (14.0) releases

System requirements for Premiere Pro

Windows

	Minimum specifications	Recommended specifications
Processor	Intel® 6^thGen or newer CPU – or AMD equivalent	Intel® 7^thGen or newer CPU – or AMD equivalent
Operating system	Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1803 or later	Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1809 or later
RAM	8 GB of RAM	16 GB of RAM for HD media 32 GB for 4K media or higher
GPU	2 GB of GPU VRAM For a list of recommended graphic cards, see Recommended graphics cards for Adobe Premiere Pro.	4 GB of GPU VRAM For a list of recommended graphic cards, see Recommended graphics cards for Adobe Premiere Pro.
Hard disk space	8 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (will not install on removable flash storage) Additional high-speed drive for media	Fast internal SSD for app installation and cache Additional high-speed drive(s) for media
Monitor resolution	1280 x 800	1920 x 1080 or greater
Sound card	ASIO compatible or Microsoft Windows Driver Model	ASIO compatible or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
Network storage connection	1 Gigabit Ethernet (HD only)	10 Gigabit ethernet for 4K shared network workflow
Internet	Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.*
More system requirements	VR system requirements Hardware acceleration system requirements Recommended graphics cards for Adobe Premiere Pro

macOS

	Minimum specifications	Recommended specifications
Processor	Intel® 6^thGen or newer CPU	Intel® 6^thGen or newer CPU
Operating system	macOS v10.13 or later	macOS v10.13 or later
macOS v10.13 or laterRAM	8 GB of RAM	16 GB of RAM for HD media 32 GB for 4K media or higher
GPU	2 GB of GPU VRAM	4 GB of GPU VRAM
Hard disk space	8 GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (will not install on a volume that uses a case sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices). Additional high-speed drive for media	Fast internal SSD for app installation and cache Additional high-speed drive(s) for media
Monitor resolution	1280 x 800	1920 x 1080 or greater
Network storage connection	1 Gigabit Ethernet (HD only)	10 Gigabit ethernet for 4K shared network workflow
Internet	Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.*
More system requirements	VR system requirements Hardware acceleration system requirements Recommended graphics cards for Adobe Premiere Pro

* Notice to users: Internet connection, Adobe ID, and acceptance of license agreement required to activate and use this product. This product may integrate with or allow access to certain Adobe or third-party hosted online services. Adobe services are available only to users 13 and older and require agreement to additional terms of use and the Adobe Privacy Policy. Applications and services may not be available in all countries or languages and may be subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Extra fees or membership charges may apply.

VR system requirements

Note:

Requirements vary between VR systems. The requirements listed here are the base requirements only.

Head Mounted display	Operating system	Other requirements
Oculus Rift	Windows 10	GPU (video adapter): NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD R9 290 equivalents or greater HDMI 1.3 video output (directly on your video adapter) SLI is not supported; at least one GPU must individually meet these specifications Current public GPU driver—a recent driver is required (For more information, see Update Your Graphics Card Driver) CPU (processor): Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater RAM (memory): 8 GB+ RAM USB: At least two (2x) USB 3.0 ports—three (3x) total available USB ports HD (disk space): 4 GB+ free space
HTC Vive	Windows 10 27” iMac with Radeon Pro graphics iMac Pro with Radeon Vega graphics Mac OS 10.13.3 or later	On Windows: Processor: Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater
Windows Mixed Reality	Windows 10	On Windows: Processor: Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater

For detailed requirements for the different types of head-sets, and for information on setting up an immersive environment for Premiere Pro, see Immersive video in Premiere Pro.

Hardware acceleration system requirements

Feature	Operating system
Hardware-accelerated H.264 encoding	macOS 10.13 (or later) on Mac hardware from 2016 or later Windows 10 with 6th Generation (or later) Intel® Core™ processors and Intel Graphics enabled Windows 10 with a supported NVIDIA or AMD card
Hardware-accelerated HEVC encoding	macOS 10.13 (or later) on Mac hardware from 2016 or later Windows 10 with 7^thGeneration (or later) Intel® Core™ processors and Intel Graphics enabled Windows 10 with a supported NVIDIA or AMD card
Hardware-accelerated H.264 decoding	macOS 10.13 (or later) on Mac hardware from 2016 or later Windows 10 with 6^thGeneration (or later) Intel® Core™ processors and Intel Graphics enabled
Hardware-accelerated HEVC decoding	macOS 10.13 (or later) on Mac hardware from 2016 or later Windows 10 with 7^thGeneration (or later) Intel® Core™ processors and Intel Graphics enabled

Recommended graphics cards

Applicable for Premiere Pro and Premiere Rush on desktop

Windows CUDA

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
NVIDIA Quadro GV100
NVIDIA Quadro GP100
NVIDIA Quadro P6000
NVIDIA Quadro P5200
NVIDIA Quadro P5000
NVIDIA Quadro P4000
NVIDIA Quadro P2000
NVIDIA Quadro P2200
NVIDIA Quadro P1000
NVIDIA Quadro M6000
NVIDIA Quadro M5000
NVIDIA Quadro M4000
NVIDIA Quadro M2000
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
NVIDIA Quadro K5200
NVIDIA Quadro K5000
NVIDIA Quadro K2000
NVIDIA Quadro K1200
NVIDIA TITAN RTX
NVIDIA TITAN V
NVIDIA TITAN XP
NVIDIA TITAN X (Pascal)
NVIDIA TITAN Z
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Windows OpenCL

AMD Radeon Pro W5500
AMD Radeon Pro W5700
AMD Radeon Pro W3200
AMD Radeon Pro SSG
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100
AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100
AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200
AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100
AMD Radeon Pro W4100
AMD FirePro W5100
AMD FirePro W7100
AMD FirePro W8100
AMD FirePro W9100
AMD FirePro W7000
AMD FirePro W8000
AMD FirePro W9000
AMD Radeon Pro WX 4130
AMD Radeon Pro WX 4150
AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170
AMD FirePro W6150M
AMD FirePro W7170M

Mac Metal

AMD FirePro D300
AMD FirePro D500
AMD FirePro D700
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
AMD Radeon R9 M380
AMD Radeon R9 M390
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
AMD Radeon Pro 560
AMD Radeon Pro 570
AMD Radeon Pro 575
AMD Radeon Pro 580
AMD Radeon Pro M395X
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
Intel® HD Graphics 6000
Intel® Iris™ Graphics 6100
Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics 6200
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

Integrated Graphics Chipsets

Intel® HD Graphics 5000
Intel® HD Graphics 6000
Intel® Iris Graphics 6100
Intel® Iris Pro Graphics 6300
Intel® Iris Pro Graphics P6300
Intel® Iris Graphics 540/550
Intel® Iris Pro Graphics 580
Intel® Iris Pro Graphics P580
Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 640/650

Language versions available for Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is available in the following languages:

Deutsch
English
Español
Français
Italiano

Português (Brasil)
Русский
日本語
한국어
简体中文

Premiere Pro supports text composition in Middle Eastern as well as Indic scripts using the “South Asian and Middle Eastern” text engine.

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