This page provides information on what hardware and operating systems are required for V-Ray to work properly.
Make sure to always have the latest Cinema 4D updates installed.
Windows
| Processor | Intel1 64, AMD64 or compatible processor with AVX2 support |
|---|---|
| RAM | 8 GB RAM or 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 64 GB RAM or more; (Actual amount required will vary with scene requirements.) |
| Operating system | Microsoft® Windows® 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 operating system |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 required for distributed rendering is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| GPU Acceleration | NVIDIA CUDA: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta-, Turing- and Ampere-based NVIDIA card(s) with latest recommended video driver; NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with latest recommended video driver; V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2; NVIDIA AI Denoiser: Maxwell, Pascal, Volta, Turing or Ampere-based NVIDIA card with latest recommended video driver The minimum required compute capability is 5.22 |
| License Server | 5.5.0 or later |
The following table shows the versions of Cinema 4D and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems.
| Cinema 4D Version | Supported Operating System |
| R21 | Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
| S22 | Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
| R23 | Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
| S24 | Windows ® 8.1, Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
| R25 | Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
| S26 | Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
| Cinema 4D 2023 | Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
| Cinema 4D 2024 | Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
| Cinema 4D 2025 | Windows ® 10 Professional and Windows ® 11 |
macOS
| Processor | Intel 64, AMD64, ARM3 or compatible processor with AVX2 support |
|---|---|
| RAM | 8 GB RAM or 8 GB swap minimum – recommended 64 GB RAM or more; (Actual amount required will vary with scene requirements.) |
| Operating system | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 required for distributed rendering is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| License Server | 5.5.0 or later |
OpenCL with both AMD and Nvidia cards is not supported with V-Ray for Cinema 4D on macOS.
The following table shows the versions of Cinema 4D and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems.
Cinema 4D Version | Supported Operating Systems |
| R21 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later |
| S22 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later |
| R23 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later |
| S24 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later |
| R25 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14 or later |
| S26 | Apple ® macOS 10.15.7 or higher |
| Cinema 4D 2023 | Apple ® macOS 10.15.7 or higher |
| Cinema 4D 2024 | Apple ® macOS 11.7.7 or higher |
| Cinema 4D 2025 | Apple ® macOS 11.7.7 or higher |
Notes
1 – Windows 11 is required for running Intel Alder Lake processors.
2 – CUDA compute capability and card reference
V-Ray Node space is available in Cinema 4D versions 21.1 and later!
3 – V-Ray 5, update 2 for Cinema 4D is supported on macOS machines with ARM architecture. Note that Intel Denoiser is not supported with universal builds of V-Ray. If you are using universal builds with ARM architecture, make sure to turn off Rosetta. See this video for additional information.