AutoCAD

System Requirements

For 32-bit AutoCAD


  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true colour
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later 
  • Download and installation from DVD or CD-ROM
  • or

  • Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions)
  • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true colour
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later 
  • Download and installation from DVD or CD-ROM
  • For 64-bit AutoCAD


  • Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later) or Windows Vista (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions)
  • AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, or AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, or Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1.5 GB free space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true colour
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later 
  • Download and installation from DVD or CD-ROM
  • Additional Requirements for 3D Modelling (All Configurations)


  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or higher; Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or higher
  • 2 GB RAM or greater
  • 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
  • 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit colour video display adapter (true colour) 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card