System Requirements for MATLAB R2016a (Professional & Student
Versions)
Windows
Note: As of R2016a, Windows 32-bit operating systems are no longer supported.
64-Bit MATLAB, Simulink and Polyspace Product Families
Operating Systems
Windows 10
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7 Service
Pack 1
Windows Server
2012
Windows Server
2008 R2 Service Pack
1
Windows Server
2008 Service Pack 2
Processors
Any Intel or AMD x8664 processor
With Polyspace, 4 cores
is recommended
Disk Space
1 GB for MATLAB
only,
34 GB for a typical
installation
RAM
2 GB
With Simulink, 4 GB is
recommended
With Polyspace, 4 GB per
core is recommended
Graphics
No specific graphics
card is required.
Hardware accelerated
graphics card supporting
OpenGL 3.3 with 1GB
GPU memory is
recommended.
Linux
Note: OS X 10.9 is not supported as of R2016a.
64-Bit MATLAB, Simulink and Polyspace Product Families
Operating
Systems
Mac OS X 10.11
(El Capitan)
Mac OS X 10.10
(Yosemite)
Processors
Disk Space
RAM
Graphics
Any Intel x86-64
processor
With Polyspace, 4
cores is recommended
1 GB for MATLAB
only,
34 GB for a typical
installation
2 GB
With Simulink, 4 GB is
recommended
With Polyspace, 4 GB per
core is recommended
No specific graphics
card is required.
Hardware accelerated
graphics card
supporting OpenGL
3.3 with 1GB GPU
memory is
recommended.
Mac
Note: Release 2016a now supports Debian 8.x
64-Bit MATLAB, Simulink and Polyspace Product Families
Operating
Systems
Qualified
distributions*:
Ubuntu 14.04
LTS through
15.10
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux ** 6 and
7
SUSE Linux
Enterprise
Desktop 11.3+
Debian 7.x, 8.x
Processors
Disk Space
RAM
Graphics
Any Intel or AMD
x86-64 processor
With Polyspace, 4
cores is
recommended
1 GB for MATLAB only,
34 GB for a typical
installation
2 GB
With Simulink, 4 GB is
recommended
With Polyspace, 4 GB
per core is
recommended
No specific graphics
card is required.
Hardware accelerated
graphics card
supporting OpenGL 3.3
with 1GB GPU memory
is recommended.
Use of vendor-supplied
proprietary drivers is
strongly recommended.
* The listed distributions are those Linux distributions that MathWorks products have been validated against. It is
likely that other distributions with kernel version 2.6 or later and glibc version 2.11 or later can successfully run
MathWorks products, but MathWorks will be in a limited position to provide technical support for those
distributions.
** MathWorks mirrors Red Hat support for minor versions of RHEL. At the time of MathWorks 16a Release, Red
Hat does not support RHEL versions 6.5 and older. Refer to the Red Hat web site for additional information.