| Component | Minimum | Recommended (Professional Work) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | 2.5+ GHz (Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5) | 3.5+ GHz (Intel Xeon / Core i7/i9, AMD Ryzen 7/9) | | RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB (64 GB for reality meshes or 3D plant design) | | GPU | 2 GB VRAM (DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4.5) | 8+ GB VRAM (NVIDIA Quadro/RTX or AMD Radeon Pro) | | Storage | 30 GB free (SSD required) | 100+ GB free (NVMe SSD) |
Intel® or AMD® processor at 2.0 GHz or greater . Note that CPUs must support SSE2 instructions.
If you meet the prerequisites above, Bentley Desktop Applications V8 11 will run smoothly. If you don’t? Expect random freezes, view corruption, and a very frustrated design team.
Required to manage the installation process of Bentley software.





