Minimum To run most applications such as Microsoft Office, accounting, trading, SAP, Matlab and more | Best Performance For graphics-intensive applications, high loads and running multiple virtual machines | |
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Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel Core M or Xeon processor | Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i9 or Xeon processor |
Memory | 4 GB of RAM | 16 GB of RAM or more |
Storage | 500 MB for Parallels Desktop application installation Additional disk space for the guest operating system (at least 16 GB is required for Windows 10) | SSD drive |
Graphics | Intel, AMD Radeon or NVIDIA | AMD Radeon Pro graphics card |
Operating System | macOS Catalina 10.15 (when released) macOS Mojave 10.14 macOS High Sierra 10.13 macOS Sierra 10.12 | macOS Catalina 10.15 (when released) DirectX 11 requires at least macOS Mojave 10.14 but works best on macOS 10.15 Catalina. |
Internet connection is required for product activation, updates and select features. |