Minimum system requirements for running LM Studio.
We are actively working to add support for more platforms and configurations. If you noticed an error in this page, please let us know by opening an issue on github.
macOS
Chip: Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)
macOS 13.4 or newer is required
16GB+ RAM recommended.
You may still be able to use LM Studio on 8GB Macs, but stick to smaller models and modest context sizes.
Intel-based Macs are currently not supported. Chime in here if you are interested in this.
Windows
LM Studio is supported on both x64 and ARM (Snapdragon X Elite) based systems.
CPU: AVX2 instruction set support is required (for x64)
RAM: LLMs can consume a lot of RAM. At least 16GB of RAM is recommended.
Linux
LM Studio for Linux is distributed as an AppImage.
Ubuntu 20.04 or newer is required
x64 only, aarch64 not yet supported
Ubuntu versions newer than 22 are not well tested. Let us know if you're running into issues by opening a bug here.