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Windows (9x Kernel)

User Grade

Win 95

  • Theoretically Minecraft should not be able to run on Windows 95.
  • Java 5 (v1.5) is not supported on Win 95 systems.
  • Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
Requirements Players CPU RAM HDD WAN Up WAN Down Notes
Minimum Huger games 2-4 Intel Pentium 2 300 MHz or AMD K5-Based CPUs
and better
256 MB 1 GB empty space 1 Mbit/s ~0.5 Mbit/s
Acceptable 4-8 Intel Pentium 3 700 MHz or AMD K6-Based CPUs
and better
512 MB 2 GB empty space 2 Mbit/s 1 Mbit/s

Win 98/ME

  • Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
Requirements Players CPU RAM HDD WAN Up WAN Down Notes
Minimum 4-8 Intel Pentium 3 800 MHz or AMD K6-Based CPUs
and better
512 MB 2 GB empty space
(5GB if you are doing frequent backups)
2 Mbit/s 1 Mbit/s
Recommended 8-20 Intel Pentium 3 1.2 GHz or AMD K6-Based CPUs
and better
1 GB 15 GB empty space 6 Mbit/s 3 Mbit/s

Windows (NT Kernel)

User Grade

Win NT/2K/XP

  • Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
Requirements Players CPU RAM HDD WAN Up WAN Down Notes
Minimum 6-10 Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+
and better
1 GB 2 GB empty space
(5GB if you are doing frequent backups)
3 Mbit/s 2 Mbit/s (Minecraft Servers can barely,
but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection.)
Acceptable 10-18 Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs
and better
2 GB 10 GB empty space 6 Mbit/s 3 Mbit/s
Recommended 18-24 Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs
and better
2 GB 18 GB empty space 8 Mbit/s 4 Mbit/s
Good 24-45 Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs
and better
4 GB 25 GB empty space 14 Mbit/s 7 Mbit/s
Optimal 45+ Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs
and better
8 GB 35 GB empty space 30 Mbit/s 15 Mbit/s A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended.

Win Vista/7/8

  • Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
Requirements Players CPU RAM HDD WAN Up WAN Down Notes
Minimum 6-18 Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs
and better
2 GB 10 GB empty space 6 Mbit/s 3 Mbit/s
Recommended 18-24 Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs
and better
3 GB 18 GB empty space 8 Mbit/s 4 Mbit/s
Good 24-45 Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs
and better
4 GB 25 GB empty space 14 Mbit/s 7 Mbit/s
Optimal 45+ Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs
and better
8 GB 35 GB empty space 30 Mbit/s 15 Mbit/s A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended.

Server Grade

Win 2003

  • Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
Requirements Players CPU RAM HDD WAN Up WAN Down Notes
Minimum 6-10 Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+
and better
1 GB 2 GB empty space
(5GB if you are doing frequent backups)
3 Mbit/s 2 Mbit/s (Minecraft Servers can barely,
but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection.)
Recommended 10-24 Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs
and better
2 GB 18 GB empty space 8 Mbit/s 4 Mbit/s
Optimal 45+ Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs
and better
6 GB 35 GB empty space 30 Mbit/s 15 Mbit/s A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended.

Win 2008

  • Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
Requirements Players CPU RAM HDD WAN Up WAN Down Notes
Minimum 6-10 Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs
and better
2 GB 2 GB empty space
(5GB if you are doing frequent backups)
3 Mbit/s 2 Mbit/s (Minecraft Servers can barely,
but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection.)
Recommended 10-24 Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs
and better
3 GB 18 GB empty space 8 Mbit/s 4 Mbit/s
Optimal 45+ Intel Nehalem-Based CPUs or AMD K10-Based CPUs
and better
8 GB 35 GB empty space 30 Mbit/s 15 Mbit/s A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended.

Unix (Linux, BSD, Mac OSX)

  • These requirements apply to the Native Java for Unix, and not windows emulation using Wine or Mono.

GUI

  • Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
Requirements Players CPU RAM HDD WAN Up WAN Down Notes
Minimum 6-10 Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1600+ or PowerPC 750 1000 MHz/G4 700 MHz
and better
512 MB 2 GB empty space
(5GB if you are doing frequent backups)
3 Mbit/s 2 Mbit/s (Minecraft Servers can barely run,
but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection.)
Acceptable 10-18 Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+ or G4/Frescale 7xxx 1.5 GHz
and better
1 GB 8 GB empty space 6 Mbit/s 3 Mbit/s
Recommended 18-24 Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+ G4 1.8 GHz or IBM 970
and better
2 GB 16 GB empty space 8 Mbit/s 4 Mbit/s
Good 24-45 Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs IBM 970 2.0 GHz
and better
4 GB 25 GB empty space 14 Mbit/s 7 Mbit/s
Optimal 45+ Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs IBM 970 2.0 GHz
and better
6 GB 35 GB empty space 30 Mbit/s 15 Mbit/s A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended.

Console

  • Note that these requirements are for the server only you will need to allocate more resources to the OS!
Requirements Players CPU RAM HDD WAN Up WAN Down Notes
Minimum 6-10 Intel Pentium 3 1.2 GHz or AMD K6-Based CPUs and better 512 MB 2 GB empty space
(5GB if you are doing frequent backups)
3 Mbit/s 2 Mbit/s (Minecraft Servers can barely,
but still run on a 1Mbit/s Upload connection.)
Acceptable 10-18 Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1600+
and better
768 MB 8 GB empty space 6 Mbit/s 3 Mbit/s
Recommended 18-24 Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2000+
and better
1.5 GB 16 GB empty space 8 Mbit/s 4 Mbit/s
Good 24-45 Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+
and better
3 GB 25 GB empty space 14 Mbit/s 7 Mbit/s
Optimal 45+ Intel Core-Based CPUs or AMD K8-Based CPUs
and better
5 GB 35 GB empty space 30 Mbit/s 15 Mbit/s A Mechanical Disk or a SLC SSD with high Read/Write speeds is recommended.
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