# System Requirements

To ensure the best possible experience with large language models, your system should meet the following minimum requirements:

### MacOS

* **Chip**: Any Apple Silicon

  *Note: Sanctum can run on selected Intel Macs but we are not prolonging support for it*
* **Operating System**: MacOS 12 or newer
* **Memory**: 16GB RAM or higher recommended

> *Note: You may be able to use Sanctum with 8GB RAM. Use smaller models and modest context sizes to avoid performance issues.*

### Windows

* **CPU**: Should support the AVX2 instruction set.
* **Memory**: 16GB RAM or higher recommended
* **GPU** (optional): Dedicated GPU with at least 6GB VRAM, supporting CUDA version 11 or newer (CUDA v12 recommended)

> *Note: Ensure you have the latest NVIDIA drivers installed to take full advantage of GPU acceleration.*

### Linux (Coming Soon)

We are actively working on Linux support. Stay tuned for future updates.