Minecraft: System Requirements Minecraft guide, tips

System Requirements PC, PS3, PSVita, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Last update: 12 July 2020

This page of our Minecraft guide has information about the system requirements. We have also added a few more tips that might help you if the game doesn't run as good as you would expect.

• Minimum system requirements
• Recommended system requirements
• PS3 and PSVita
• X360 and XONE
• Required software

Minimum system requirements

1. Processor: Intel Core i3-3210 3.2 GHz / AMD A8-7600 APU 3.1 GHz;
2. RAM: 2 GB;
3. Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 400 or AMD Radeon HD 7000;
4. Disk space: 1 GB;
5. Operating system: Windows 7 and newer

Recommended system requirements

1. Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5 GHz / AMD A10-7800 APU 3.5 GHz;
2. RAM: 8 GB;
3. Graphics card: GeForce 700 or AMD Radeon Rx 200;
4. Disk space: 4 GB;
5. Operating system: Windows 10.

PS3 and PSVita

They use the PlayStation Network.

X360 and XONE

They use Xbox Live. You can also play using the Kinect.

Required software

1. Minecraft ver. 1.6 or better. Older versions require upgrades.
2. Java (Java SE 6 51 upgrade or Java SE 7 40 upgrade or better)
3. Remember that the Java needs to correspond to your configuration and the system version (32/64-bit). You can also have both versions installed, which will not hamper the functioning of the game cause any problems.
4. Problems may occur in the case of integrated graphic cards in portable computers. It is recommended that drivers are upgraded to the newest version.
5. In the case that additional mods and higher resolution textures are used, system requirements may be considerably higher!