After Effects Minimum Requirements |link| May 2026

4GB VRAM (NVIDIA RTX 3050 / AMD Radeon 6600) The Pro: 8GB+ VRAM (NVIDIA RTX 4070+)

32GB of RAM + a desktop i7 + a used RTX 3060. That rig will outperform a $3,000 thin laptop. after effects minimum requirements

Now go make that glitter dystopia without the crash. 4GB VRAM (NVIDIA RTX 3050 / AMD Radeon

You’ve just had a brilliant idea for a video. It involves a 3D spinning logo, some kinetic typography that punches the screen, and a particle effect that rains glitter on a dystopian cityscape. You’ve just had a brilliant idea for a video

Laptop CPUs "throttle" (slow down) when they get hot. After Effects makes them hot in about 90 seconds. A laptop with "i9" specs will perform worse than a desktop with "i5" specs after 10 minutes of rendering because the laptop runs out of thermal headroom.

We’ve all been there.