It’s important for us that you have accurate information about the computer you will need to

have a smooth and fun Lumion 10 experience. As a 3D rendering program, Lumion is different
from other CAD software as it relies primarily on having an excellent graphics card. This is
especially important for Lumion’s high-end features.

Please check the requirements below to find out if your PC can give you a good Lumion
experience. You can also find information about where to start if you are looking to purchase a
new PC.

Minimum Requirements
A small park or residential building with Lumion models
A PC with this hardware
and textures.
is not recommended,
Please note that this configuration will not be capable of
as it would only be able
smoothly handling Lumion’s high-end features. We recommend
to handle simple scenes,
upgrading if you find that your computer is close to these
such as:
minimum requirements.
Graphics card Graphics card scoring a G3DMark of 6,000 or higher
Graphics card memory 3 GB* or more
Operating system Windows 10 64-bit**
Intel/AMD processor scoring a single thread CPUMark of 2000
CPU (processor)
or higher
Screen resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels***
System memory (RAM) 16 GB or more
Hard drive SATA3 SSD hard drive
Minimum 30 GB of free disk space in the drives where the
Hard drive space
Windows User Account and Documents folder are located in.
Click here to see which power supply you need
Power supply
(minimum 80+ gold-rated with sufficient wattage)
If you are considering the purchase of a new PC, we do not
New PC purchase recommend using these minimum requirements.
considerations To get the most out of Lumion, we recommend to start with our
recommended requirements.

Recommended Requirements

A PC with this hardware can
handle complex designs
and scenes, such as:
Graphics card
Graphics card memory
Operating system
CPU (processor)
Screen resolution
System memory (RAM)
Hard drive
Hard drive space
Power supply
New PC purchase
considerations
High-End Requirements
A PC with this hardware can
handle ultra complex designs
and scenes with several high-
end features, such as:
Graphics card
Graphics card memory
Operating system
CPU (processor)
Screen resolution
A large park or part of a city.
A large home with detailed interiors made up of several
models and HD textures.
A detailed landscape with a few highly detailed
components.
Graphics Card scoring a G3DMark of 10,000 or higher
6 GB or more
Windows 10 64-bit**
Intel/AMD Processor scoring a single thread CPUMark of
2000
or higher
1920 x 1080 pixels***
16 GB or more
NVME m.2 Hard Drive
Minimum 30 GB of free disk space in the drives where
the Windows User Account and Documents folder are
located in.
Click here to see which power supply you need
(minimum 80+ gold-rated with sufficient wattage)
If you are considering the purchase of a new PC for
Lumion, we recommend that it has at least the hardware
listed above.
A highly detailed city, airport or stadium.
A highly detailed multi-floor building with interiors
made up of many models and HD textures.
A very detailed landscape using several high-end features.
Graphics Card scoring a G3DMark of 16,000 or higher
11 GB or more
Windows 10 64-bit**
Intel/AMD Processor scoring a single thread CPUMark of
2500 or higher
Minimum 1920 x 1080 pixels***
 System memory (RAM) 64 GB or more
Hard drive NVME m.2 Hard Drive
Minimum 30 GB of free disk space in the drives where the
Hard drive space Windows User Account and Documents folder are located
in.
Click here to see which power supply you need
Power supply
(minimum 80+ gold-rated with sufficient wattage)

Will Lumion run on your laptop PC?

Lumion requires a PC with a fast NVIDIA or AMD graphics card with at least 2GB memory. If
your laptop PC has a slow graphics card with less memory, or, if it only has an Intel HD graphics
card, then your laptop PC is unsuitable for Lumion. The result will be graphics errors and driver
crashes if you try to use Lumion. Please click here to see if you can run Lumion on your laptop
PC.

Which graphics card do you need?

Click here to find out which graphics card your PC has.

Click here to see how fast your graphics card is compared to other graphics cards.

Minimum graphics card requirements

 DirectX 11 compatible.

 Minimum 2,000 PassMark points.

 Minimum 2GB dedicated graphics card memory.

 Simple scenes: (e.g. a small building/interior without much detail) Minimum 2,000
PassMark points and 2GB dedicated graphics card memory (VRAM). DirectX 11
compatible.
Examples: GeForce GTX 745, Quadro K4000M, GeForce GTX 570M.

 Moderately complex scenes: (e.g. a moderately detailed office complex).

Minimum 6,000 PassMark points and 4GB dedicated graphics card memory (VRAM).
DirectX 11 compatible.
Examples: NVIDIA GTX 960, NVIDIA Quadro K5200, AMD Radeon R9 290 or faster.

 Very complex scenes: (e.g. a large park or part of a city).

Minimum 8,000 PassMark points and 6GB dedicated graphics card memory (VRAM).
 DirectX 11 compatible.
Examples: NVIDIA GTX Titan, Quadro K6000.

 Ultra complex scenes: (e.g. a super detailed city, airport or stadium)

Minimum 10,000 PassMark points and 8GB+ dedicated graphics card memory (VRAM).
DirectX 11 compatible.
Examples: NVIDIA GTX 1080 (8 GB memory), NVIDIA GTX Titan X (12 GB
memory)

Please click here for more information about graphics cards.

Does Lumion support ‘remote desktop’ access?

No, Lumion does not officially support ‘remote desktop’ access, for example via Windows
Remote Desktop, WMWare Fusion, VMWare VDI, Citrix/ZenApp, Teamviewer, Nvidia GRID,
XenServer, XenDesktop etc.

There are currently no plans to add support for any of these applications.

Some ‘remote desktop’ applications such as TeamViewer might let you start the rendering
procedure but navigating around scenes and moving objects etc won’t work as expected. Other
‘remote desktop’ applications such as Citrix and VMWare products will have trouble running
Lumion.