XIV on Mac requires the latest versions of macOS Monterey, Ventura, or Sonoma, with an Apple M1 chip or newer. At least 16GB of RAM is recommended.

 

Note: At 1080p, most higher-end M-series chips are bottlenecked by Rosetta's x86 to ARM translation overhead rather than the GPU. However, they will be able to scale to high resolutions (1440p, 5K, 6K+) with minor performance loss
 

Note: The benchmarks below were taken using the old DXVK graphics backend and are out of date.

Benchmarks (Dawntrail)

The scores below were obtained from the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail benchmark, using recommended settings and a render scale of 100%.

CPU GPU 1080p Scores 1440 Scores Other Resolutions
Apple M3 Ultra (28 cores) Apple M3 Ultra (60 cores)

Score: 15884

FPS: 112

Score: 14680

FPS: 104

(5120x2880)

Score: 6169

FPS: 42

Apple M3 Max

(12 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M3 Max (40 cores)

Score: 13475

FPS: 97

Score: 10360

FPS: 73

(1728 × 1117)

Scores: 14057, 14769

FPS: 105-108

(5120x1440)

Score: 5980

FPS: 41

Apple M3 Pro

(6 P-cores + 6 E-Cores)

 Apple M3 Pro (18 cores) Score: 7442

FPS: 53		 Score: 4898

FPS: 34		 (1512x982)

Score: 9040

FPS: 64

Apple M3 Pro

(5 P-cores + 6 E-Cores)

 Apple M3 Pro (14 cores) Score: 6317

FPS: 44		 Score: 4028

FPS: 27		  

Apple M1 Ultra

(16 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M1 Ultra (64 cores)   Score: 13255

(5120x2880)

Score: 5318

Apple M1 Ultra

(16 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M1 Ultra (48 cores) Score: 13225

FPS: 96		 Score: 11763

FPS: 84

(5120x2880)

Score: 4415

FPS: 30

Apple M2 Max

(8 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M2 Max (38 cores)   Score: 11911

FPS: 85

(3456 × 2234)

Score: 5877

(1728 × 1117)

Score: 14021

Apple M2 Max

(8 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M2 Max (30 cores) Score: 12987

FPS: 92		    

Apple M2 Pro

(8 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M2 Pro (19 cores)

Score: 8687

FPS: 62

 Score: 5593
FPS: 39		  

Apple M2 Pro

(6 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M2 Pro (16 cores) Score: 8048 Score: 4727

(3024x1964)

Score: 3501

(1512 x 982)

Scores: 9857, 9971

FPS: 70-75

Apple M1 Max

(8 P-cores + 2 E-cores)

Apple M1 Max

(32 cores)

 Score: 12122

FPS: 89		 Score: 8234

(3840x1620)

Score: 5818

Apple M1 Pro

(8 P-cores + 2 E-cores)

 Apple M1 Pro

(16 cores)		 Score: 7492

FPS: 53		 Score: 4593

FPS: 32		  
Apple M3 Apple M3    

(1470x956)

Score: 5271

FPS: 39

(1710x1107)

Score: 3970

FPS: 29
Apple M2 Apple M2 Score: 4386   (1470x956)

Scores: 4972, 5093

FPS: 35-36
Apple M1 Apple M1

Score: 3255

FPS: 22

 Unplayable

(1440x900)

Score: 4348

FPS: 31

(1600x900)

Score: 4104

FPS: 29