- Hardware
- Recommended hardware for standard- and high-definition (HD) video playback
- Operating systems and browsers
- Languages
Hardware
Adobe has tested Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software extensively on the following minimum hardware configurations:
| Windows® | Macintosh | Linux® |
|---|---|---|
| Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz, AMD Athlon™ 600MHz or faster processor (or equivalent) | PowerPC® G3 500MHz or faster processor Intel Core™ Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor |
Modern processor (800MHz or faster) |
| 128MB of RAM | 128MB of RAM | 512MB of RAM, 128MB of graphics memory |
| 128MB of VRAM* | ||
*Recommended for GPU hardware acceleration–dependent features. Flash Player will use software mode for systems that do not meet the system requirements.
Recommended hardware for standard- and high-definition (HD) video playback
The following minimum hardware configurations are recommended for an optimal playback experience:
| Resolution | Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
852x480 (480p), |
Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 2800+ processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
PowerPC G5 1.8GHz or faster processor Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor 256MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 2800+ processor (or equivalent) 512MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
1,280x720 (720p), |
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor 256MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ processor (or equivalent) 512MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
1,920x1,080 (1080p), |
Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200+ processor (or equivalent) 128MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Intel Core Duo 2.66GHz processor (or equivalent) 512MB of RAM 128MB of VRAM |
Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200+ processor (or equivalent) 512MB of RAM 64MB of VRAM |
Operating systems and browsers
Flash Player 10 is supported on the following minimum operating systems and browsers:
| Platform | Browser |
|---|---|
| Microsoft® Windows Vista® | Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later, Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, AOL 9, Opera 9.5 or later, Safari 3.x, Chrome 2.0 or higher |
| Microsoft Windows XP | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, AOL 9, Opera 9.5 or later, Safari 3.x, Chrome 2.0 or higher |
| Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later, Firefox 3.x |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, AOL 9, Opera 9.5 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 | Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or later, Firefox 3.x or later |
| Platform | Browser |
|---|---|
| Mac OS X v10.4 or later (PowerPC) |
Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, AOL for Mac OS X, Opera 9.5, Safari 3.x. |
| Mac OS X v10.4 or later (Intel) | Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, Opera 9.5, Safari 3.x |
| Mac OS X v10.6 | Firefox 3.x or later, Safari 4.x or later |
| Platform | Browser |
|---|---|
| Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 | Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, SeaMonkey 1.11 |
| openSUSE® 11 | Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, SeaMonkey 1.11 |
| Ubuntu 7.10 or later or 8.04 or later | Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, SeaMonkey 1.11 |
| Platform | Browser |
|---|---|
| Solaris 10 | Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x |
- ATI Rage 128 GPU does not support full-screen mode with hardware scaling.
- Only Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is supported (OSS/ESD will not play audio; audio will silently fail). Only GTK2-based browser versions are supported.
Languages
Flash Player 10 is available in the following languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
Note
Flash Player 10 is not available for Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Macintosh OSX 10.1 – 10.3, and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 operating systems. To download the latest Flash Player 9 for these operating systems, visit the following TechNote.
