Revit 2020

Revit 2020 Minimum: Entry-Level Configuration
Operating System ¹	Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro Note: Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Professional are supported but not recommended.
CPU Type	Single- or MultiCore Intel, Xeon, or i-Series processor or AMD equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended. Revit software products use multiple cores for many tasks.
Memory	8 GB RAM 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 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 3
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space
Media	Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
Browser	Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 10 (or higher)
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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Revit 2020 Value: Balanced price and performance
Operating System ¹	Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro
CPU Type	Multi-Core Intel Xeon, or i-Series processor or AMD equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended. Autodesk Revit® software products use multiple cores for many tasks.
Memory	16 GB RAM Sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 300 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models 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: 1680 x 1050 with true color Maximum: Ultra-High (4k) Definition Monitor
Video Adapter	DirectX 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space
Media	Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion compliant device
Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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Revit 2020 Performance: Large, complex models
Operating System ¹	Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro
CPU Type	Multi-Core Intel Xeon, or i-Series processor or AMD equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended. Autodesk Revit software products use multiple cores for many tasks.
Memory	32 GB RAM 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 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
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space 10,000+ RPM HardDrive (for Point Cloud interactions) or Solid State Drive
Media	Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion compliant device
Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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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.
	4+ cores 2.6 GHz+	6+ cores 2.6 GHz+	6+ cores 3.0 GHz+
	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 2020
Operating System ¹	Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro Note: Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Professional are supported but not recommended.
CPU Type	Single- or Multi-Core Intel® Xeon®, or i-Series processor or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended.
Memory	8 GB RAM 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 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
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space
Media	Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion compliant device
Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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Revit Server 2020
Operating System	Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 64-bit Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 64-bit
Web Server	Microsoft Internet Information Server 7.0 (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

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Revit 2020 Citrix: Minimum-Level Configuration ²
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
Client Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher
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.

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Revit 2020 Revit LT 2020 VMware: Recommended-Level Configuration ³
VMware Software	VMware Horizon® 6.1 or later VMware vSphere® 6 or later
Virtual Machine Operating System	Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro
Host Server Recommendation	Performance ⁴
CPU	3.0 GHz+ Intel Xeon E5 or later; or AMD equivalent with SSE2 technology
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.

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Revit 2020 Revit LT 2020 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
Virtualization Software	Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac or newer
Virtual Machine Operating System*	Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro
Virtual Machine Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher
Virtual Machine Memory	8 GB RAM 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 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	512 MB video memory minimum dedicated to the Microsoft Windows Virtual Machine. 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
Media	Download or installation from USB key
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion compliant device
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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¹ Learn more about using Revit or Revit LT software with Bootcamp, part of macOS that enables you to install and run Microsoft Windows (and Windows-based applications) on a Mac computer or with Parallels Desktop, a system utility available from Parallels, Inc. that allows applications to run in each operating system without restarting the computer.

² Disclaimer: The Citrix application is network-based and 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. Contact Citrix directly with questions related to procurement and operation of the Citrix application.

³ Disclaimer: The VMware application is network-based and 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. Contact VMware directly with questions related to procurement and operation of the VMware application.

⁴ See: Revit App Guide

Revit 2020

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