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
 

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 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 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 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 M1 Max

(8 P-cores + 2 E-cores)

Apple M1 Max

(32 cores)

 Score: 12122

FPS: 89		 Score: 8234

(3840x1620)

Score: 5818

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 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 Pro

(8 P-cores + 2 E-cores)

 Apple M1 Pro

(16 cores)		 Score: 7492

FPS: 53		 Score: 4593

FPS: 32		  
Apple M4 Apple M4 Score: 4936

FPS: 35		 -

(1470x956)

Score: 6439

FPS: 45
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