System Requirements for Autodesk Revit 2023

Autodesk updated its system requirements and recommendations for Revit 2023 in October 2022. Following is a listing of that information.

Revit® 2023 Minimum: Entry Level Configuration
Operating System	64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows 11. See the Autodesk Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU Type	Intel® i-Series, Xeon®, AMD® Ryzen, Ryzen Threadripper PRO. 2.5GHz or higher Highest CPU GHz recommended. Autodesk® Revit® software products will use multiple cores for many tasks.
Memory	8 GB RAM – Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 100 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics. – Models created in previous versions of Revit software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video Display Resolutions	Minimum: 1280 x 1024 with true color Maximum: UltraHigh (4k) Definition monitor
Video Adapter	Basic Graphics: Display adapter capable of 24-bit color Advanced Graphics: DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 and a minimum of 4GB of video memory
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.8 or later
Browser	Chrome, Edge or Firefox
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

 

 

 

 

Revit 2023 Performance: Large Complex Models
Operating System *	64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows 11. See Autodesk Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU Type	Intel® i-Series, Xeon®, AMD® Ryzen, Ryzen Threadripper PRO. 2.5GHz or higher Highest CPU GHz recommended. Autodesk® Revit® software products will use multiple cores for many tasks.
Memory	32 GB RAM – Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 700 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics. – Models created in previous versions of Revit software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video Display Resolutions	Minimum: 1920 x 1200 with true color Maximum: Ultra-High (4k) Definition monitor
Video Adapter	DirectX 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 and a minimum of 4GB of video memory
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space 10,000+ RPM hard drive (for Point Cloud interactions) or Solid State drive
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion compliant device
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.8 or later
Browser	Chrome, Edge or Firefox
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

Revit Cloud Worksharing
Disk Space	Three times (3X) the total disk space consumed by equivalent RVT files for all cloud workshared projects accessed by the user
	Minimum	Value	Performance
Connectivity	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 5 Mbps connection for each machine on burst transfers	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 10 Mbps connection for each machine on burst transfers	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 25 Mbps connection for each machine on burst transfers

Revit LT™ 2023
Operating System *	64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows 11 See Autodesk Product  Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU Type	Intel® i-Series, Xeon®, AMD® Ryzen, Ryzen Threadripper PRO. 2.5GHz or higher Highest CPU GHz recommended – 3 GHz or higher recommended. Autodesk® Revit® software products will use multiple cores for many tasks.
Memory	8 GB RAM – Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 100 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics. – Models created in previous versions of Revit software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video Display Resolutions	Minimum: 1280 x 1024 with true color Maximum: Ultra-High (4k) Definition monitor
Video Adapter	Basic Graphics: Display adapter capable of 24-bit color Advanced Graphics: DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 and a minimum of 4GB of video memory
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion compliant device
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.8 or later
Browser	Chrome, Edge or Firefox
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

Revit Server 2023
Operating System	– Microsoft® Windows Server® 2019 64-bit – Microsoft Windows Server 2016 64-bit
Web Server	Microsoft® Internet Information Server 7.0 or later
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.8 or later
CPU Type	4+ cores 2.6 GHz+	6+ cores 2.6 GHz+	6+ cores 3.0 GHz+
<100 Concurrent Users (multiple models)	Minimum	Value	Performance
Memory	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM	32 GB RAM
Hard Drive	7,200+ RPM	10,000+ RPM	15,000+ RPM
100+ Concurrent Users (multiple models)	Minimum	Value	Performance
Memory	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM	32 GB RAM
Hard Drive	10,000+ RPM	15,000+ RPM	High-Speed RAID Array
Virtualization	VMware® and Hyper-V® Support (see Revit Server Administrator’s Guide)

Revit 2023 Citrix®: Minimum Level Configuration²
Citrix System	– XenApp® 6.5 Feature Pack 2 or higher – Citrix® License Manager – Citrix Profile Manager
Server OS	As specified by XenApp system requirements
Authentication	Microsoft Active Directory – Roaming Profiles supported
Client OS	– Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit – Microsoft Windows 11
Client Browser	Chrome, Edge or Firefox
User Access	Client computers should be bound to the network domain. Each client computer should have either the full Citrix or web client plug-in installed. Users should use their domain logins to access both the Citrix web console and the LAN.

Revit LT 2023 VMware®: Recommended Level Configuration³
VMware Software	– VMware Horizon® 6.1 or later – VMware vSphere® 6 or later
Virtual Machine Operating System	– Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit – Microsoft Windows 11
Host Server Recommendation	Performance 4
CPU	3.0 GHz+ Intel® Xeon E5 or later, or AMD® equivalent
Memory	384-512 GB
Networking	10 GB
Storage	~750+ IOPS per user
GPU	NVIDIA® GRID (K260Q or later) or AMD MxGPU (Radeon Pro V340 or later)
Virtual Machine Settings	Performance 4
Memory	16-32 GB RAM
vCPUs	8 vCPUs
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space
Virtual Machine Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download
User Access	Each client computer should have the VMware Horizon Client installed.

Revit LT 2023 Parallels Desktop® 11 for Mac: Recommended Level Configuration
Host Operating System	macOS 10.13 (“High Sierra”) or newer
Memory	16 GB
CPU Type	2.7 GHz quad-core Intel® Core i7™ or newer Intel-based Mac
Virtualization Software	Parallels Desktop for Mac
Virtual Machine Operating System¹	– Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit – Microsoft Windows 11
Virtual Machine Browser	Chrome, Edge or Firefox
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.8 or later
Virtual Machine Memory	8 GB RAM – Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 100 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics. – Models created in previous versions of Revit software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Virtual Machine Video Adapter	4 GB video memory minimum dedicated to the Microsoft Windows Virtual Machine. Starting with Parallels Desktop for Mac version 14, use Automatic graphics memory for maximum efficiency. Note: While at Retina® display resolutions on macOS, turn off any Retina Resolution options in Parallels Desktop to adjust for proper DPI within Windows and Revit software products. Graphics: Parallels Desktop virtual display adapter without “Use Hardware Acceleration” option in Revit software products.
Disk Space	Minimum 40 GB free disk space; recommend 100 GB free disk space available
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion compliant device
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

¹ Contact Applied Software, Graitec Group to learn more about using Revit or Revit LT .

² Disclaimer: The Citrix application is network-based; performance of Autodesk Revit for Citrix software products may vary with network performance. The software does not include the Citrix application, nor does Autodesk provide direct support for issues with the Citrix application. Users should contact Citrix directly with questions about procurement and operation of the Citrix application.

³ Disclaimer: The VMware application is network-based; performance of Autodesk Revit for VMware software products may vary with network performance. The software does not include the VMware application, nor does Autodesk provide direct support for issues with the VMware application. Users should contact VMware directly with questions about procurement and operation of the VMware application.

⁴ See: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/virtualization/resources/