Minecraft: Minimum and Recommended Requirements to Play

 

There are many different versions of Minecraft , in fact, we have gone through them all in our Minecraft editions guide . However, you should know that, in order to play this famous Mojang title on PC, you need to meet a series of essential technical requirements . Not even this game gets rid of something that is already an unwritten law for any gamer who prefers to play with keyboard and mouse.

Below you will be able to know what are the minimum and recommended requirements to play Minecraft Java and also Minecraft W10 . We explain everything with hairs and signals so that you know perfectly if you can play or not on your computer and, incidentally, we recommend that you take a look at our Minecraft guide of tricks, tips and secrets so that you are aware of everything what you need to know about this game. Look no further, all the information is right here.

Requirements for Minecraft JAVA Edition on PC

The JAVA Edition of Minecraft has very brief minimum and recommended requirements on PC . To determine this, you have to take into account how many GB Minecraft occupies on PC. Virtually any modern computer can run it without problems. Even so, if you have an old team and you are not sure if you will be able to play this title on it, pay close attention to the following information.

Minimum requirements

• CPU: Intel Pentium D | AMD Ahtlon 64 2.6 GHz.
• GPU: Intel HD Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT | AMD Radeon HD 2400.
• RAM memory: 2 GB.
• Operating System: Windows 7 onwards.
• Disk space: 200 MB.
• Java version: Java 6 Release 45.

Recommended Requirements

• CPU: Intel i3 2.8 GHz | AMD Athlon II 2.8 GHz.
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 2xx | AMD Radeon HD 5xxx.
• RAM memory: 4 GB.
• Operating System: Windows 7 onwards.
• Disk space: 1 GB.
• Java version: Java 7

Minecraft requirements for Windows 10 on PC

The version of Minecraft for Windows 10 uses a different engine than Java, as we explained in our review of the different versions of Minecraft. It is the one you should use to play with friends on consoles and mobiles, and it also has different requirements. We explain the minimum and recommended requirements of this version for W10 .

Remember, too, that this is the version in which you can play with Ray-Tracing . To do this, in addition to taking into account what you are going to see next, you can also see the special requirements of the version with the best graphics in our guide on Minecraft RTX .

Minimum requirements

• CPU: Intel Celeron J4105 | AMD FX-4100.
• GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 | AMD Radeon R5.
• RAM memory: 4 GB.
• Operating System: Windows 10 version 14393.0 or later.
• Architecture: ARM, x64, x86.
• Motion controller: not necessary.
• Helmet: not necessary.

Recommended Requirements

• CPU: Intel i7-6500U | AMD A8-6600K.
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 940M | AMD Radeon HD 8570D.
• RAM memory: 8 GB.
• Operating System: Windows 10 version 14393.0 or later.
• Architecture: ARM, x64, x86.
• Motion Controller : Windows Mixed Reality Controller (optional).
• Helmet: Windows Mixed Reality Surround Helmet (optional).