VMware Fusion System Requirements

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VMware Desktop Hypervisor

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This article lists the software and hardware requirements for running VMware Fusion versions 12.x, 11.5, 11.1.1 and 10.x.

Environment

VMware Fusion 7.x
VMware Fusion 6.x
VMware Fusion 4.x
VMware Fusion Pro 10.x
VMware Fusion Pro 11.x
VMware Fusion 10.x
VMware Fusion Pro 8.x
VMware Fusion 2.x
VMware Fusion 11.x
VMware Fusion 8.x
VMware Fusion 3.x
VMware Fusion 5.x
VMware Fusion 12.x

Resolution

System Requirements for VMware Fusion:

Software & Hardware requirements for VMware Fusion:

VMware Fusion Version	Hardware Requirement	Software Requirement
Fusion 12.2.x	All Macs launched in 2012 or later are supported except for the following: 2012 Mac Pro Quad Core using the Intel® Xeon® W3565 Processor. The following are also supported with a recommended graphic card that supports Metal: 2010 Mac Pro Six Core, Eight Core, and Twelve Core. Note: Macs running on non-x86 processors/Apple Silicon Processors are not supported (Example: Apple Macs with M1 Chips)	Fusion 12.2.x supports Macs with macOS 11.0 Big Sur and newer versions. Note: Microsoft Windows is not included with VMware Fusion. Windows operating systems are available for purchase separately from Microsoft and other retailers.
Fusion 12.0.x		Fusion 12.0.x supports Macs with macOS 10.15 Catalina and macOS 11.0 Big Sur. Note: Microsoft Windows is not included with VMware Fusion. Windows operating systems are available for purchase separately from Microsoft and other retailers.
Fusion 11.5	All Macs launched in 2011 or later are supported except: 2012 Mac Pro “Quad Core” using the Intel Xeon W3565 Processor. In addition, the following are supported: 2010 Mac Pro “Six Core”, “Eight Core” and “Twelve Core”. Minimum 4 GB of RAM 750 MB of free disk space for VMware Fusion and at least 5 GB for each virtual machine	OS X 10.13 or later Note: Microsoft Windows is not included with VMware Fusion. Windows operating systems are available for purchase separately from Microsoft and other retailers.
Fusion 11.1.1		OS X 10.12 or later Operating system installation media (disk or disk image) for a virtual machine Note: Microsoft Windows is not included with VMware Fusion. Windows operating systems are available for purchase separately from Microsoft and other retailers.
Fusion 10.x		OS X 10.11 or later Operating system installation media (disk or disk image) for a virtual machine Note: Microsoft Windows is not included with VMware Fusion. Windows operating systems are available for purchase separately from Microsoft and other retailers.

Software & Hardware requirements for Metal Host Graphics Rendering Engine:

VMware Fusion Version	Hardware Requirement	Software Requirement
Fusion 11.1.1	MacBook (early 2015 or newer) MacBook Air (mid 2012 or newer) MacBook Pro (mid 2012 or newer) Mac Mini (late 2012 or newer) iMac (late 2012 or newer) Mac Pro (late 2013 or newer) Note: See Apple's documentation regarding Metal supported Macs: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205073.	macOS 10.12.5 or later
Fusion 10.X		macOS 10.12.5 or later

Additional Information

3D acceleration is not available on Macs with these GPUs: NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, Quadro FX 4500, Intel 965, X3100, GMA950 and ATI X1600, X1900
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