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Note: The benchmarks below were taken using the old DXVK graphics backend and are out of date.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 1440/1600p Scores Native Resolution Scores

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

Benchmarks (Endwalker)

The scores below were obtained from the Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker benchmark, using recommended settings.

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CPU

 GPU 1080p Scores 1440p Scores Notes

Apple M3 Max

(12 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M3 Max (40 cores)

Score: 17338

Average FPS: 124

Score: 15734

Average FPS: 111

- Experimental MoltenVK + MSync

- High Power Mode

Apple M3 Pro

(6 P-cores + 6 E-Cores)

 Apple M3 Pro (18 cores)

Score: 17079

Average FPS: 123

    

Apple M1 Ultra

(16 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M1 Ultra (48 cores)

-

Score: 15746

Average FPS: 114

 - Experimental MoltenVK + MSync

Apple M2 Max

(8 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M2 Max (38 cores)

Score: 15568

Average FPS: 113

 -  

Apple M2 Pro

(8 P-cores + 4 E-cores)

 Apple M2 Pro (19 cores)

Score: 11223

Average FPS: 78

 -  

Apple M1 Max

(8 P-cores + 2 E-cores)

Apple M1 Max

(32 cores)

Score: 16058

Average FPS: 117

Score: 13967

Average FPS: 100

  
Apple M1 Pro Apple M1 Pro Score: 8575
Average FPS: 58		    
Apple M2 Apple M2 Score: 6309
Average FPS: 42		 -  
Apple M1 Apple M1

Score: 5284
Average FPS:  37

Score: 3390
Average FPS: 22

Thermal throttling occurred during testing. M1 MacBook Air does not have active cooling.

Recommended to cap FPS at 30 or 45 if you play at 1080p (or) lower resolution to 1440x900 to maintain 60 fps.

1440p is pretty unplayable and not recommended. Should really only be used for screenshots on this M1 chip.