Below are the minimum and recommended system specifications for World of Warcraft and The War Within™ on Windows® and Mac®. Due to potential programming changes, the system requirements may change over time.

Windows

 Minimum RequirementsRecommended Specifications
Operating SystemWindows® 7 64-bit (Service Pack 1)Windows® 10 64-bit
Processor4 Cores, 3.0 GHz processor
4th Generation Intel®
Core™ Haswell
AMD Ryzen™ Zen		6 Cores, 3.5 GHz processor
8th Generation Intel®
Core™ Coffee  Lake
AMD Ryzen™ Zen 2
VideoDirectX® 12 capable 3
GB GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce®
GTX 900 series
AMD™ GCN 4th gen
Intel® Iris® Xe
Graphics
Shader Model 5 or greater		DirectX® 12 capable 8
GB GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX
AMD RDNA™ 2
Intel® Arc™ 7 Graphics
Shader Model 5 or greater
Memory8 GB RAM16 GB RAM
Storage
Solid State Drive (SSD) 128GB available space
Internet
Broadband internet connection
InputKeyboard and mouse required. Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel
Resolution
1280 x 720 minimum display resolution

 

Mac

 Minimum RequirementsRecommended Specifications
Operating SystemmacOS® 11macOS® 13 (latest version)
Processor4 Cores, 2.9 GHz processor
6th Generation Intel®
Core™ Skylake
Apple® M1		8 Cores, 3.6 GHz processor
9th Generation Intel®
Core™ Coffee Lake
Apple® M1 Max
VideoMetal® capable 3 GB GPU
AMD™ GCN 4th gen
Apple® M1		Metal® capable 8 GB GPU
AMD RDNA™
Apple® M1 Max
Memory8 GB RAM16 GB RAM
Storage
Solid State Drive (SSD) 128GB available space
Internet
Broadband internet connection
InputKeyboard and mouse required.Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel
Resolution
1280 x 720 minimum display resolution

 

Note: FileVault options and case-sensitive formatted volumes are not supported for installation of Blizzard games.

Note: World of Warcraft will attempt to run on hardware below minimum specifications, including HDDs, DirectX11, and older CPUs and integrated GPUs. However, the game experience may be significantly diminished.