Best Laptops for Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop is the industry standard raster graphics editor developed by Adobe.
Laptop Requirements for Adobe Photoshop
The system requirements are modest, but its preferred to have a dedicated graphics processing unit for successfully running PS. GeForce GTX 1650 or better mobile GPU is needed.
Almost all media laptops meet the RAM requirement of 16gb, though 8gb is enough to hit the baseline.
Windows System Requirements
Minimum:
- Processor: Multicore Intel® , AMD, or WinARM processor
- Operating System: Win 11 v24H2, v23H2, Win 10 v22H2, v21H2 LTSC
- Memory (RAM): 8 GB
- Graphics Processing Unit: GPU with DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0 or later) 1.5 GB of GPU memory GPU newer than 7 years. Keep drivers updated with the latest from manufacturer's website. Adobe does not test with GPUs older than 7 years.
- Screen resolution: 1280 x 800 at 100% scaling, or 1920 x 1080 at 150% scaling; 8, 16, and 32-bit color all supported
- Storage space: 10 GB of available hard disk space
Recommended:
- Processor: Multicore Intel® , AMD, or WinARM processor
- Operating System: Win 11 v24H2, v23H2, Win 10 v22H2, v21H2 LTSC
- Memory (RAM): 16 GB or more
- Graphics Processing Unit: GPU with DirectX 12 support (feature level 12_0 or later) 4 GB of GPU memory for 4k displays and greater
- Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080 display or higher
- Storage space: 100 GB of available hard disk space Fast internal SSD for app installation Separate internal drive for scratch disks
Best Windows Laptops for PS
These laptops meet the recommended system requirements and let you use the software to its full extent without stutter.
13″
ASUS ROG Flow Z13
Runs 80% of new games on recommended 8060S GPU2026 model64 GB RAMThin2-in-1 laptop
16″
Acer Nitro V 16″
Runs 50% of new games on recommended RTX 5050 GPU2026 model32 GB RAMIPS screen
16″
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 2-in-1 16″
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThin2-in-1 laptopAMD CPU
16″
Acer Nitro V 16″
Runs 70% of new games on recommended RTX 5060 GPU2026 model32 GB RAMIPS screen
16″
Acer Nitro V 16″
Runs 70% of new games on recommended RTX 5060 GPU2026 model32 GB RAMIPS screen
16″
ASUS TUF F16
F16Fi7
Runs 70% of new games on recommended RTX 5060 GPU2026 model16 GB RAMi7 CPUIPS screen
15″
MSI Cyborg 15
B2295
Runs 70% of new games on recommended RTX 5060 GPU16 GB RAM
17″
MSI Cyborg 17
B2074
Runs 70% of new games on recommended RTX 5060 GPU2025 model16 GB RAM
16″
ASUS ROG Strix G16
Runs 70% of new games on recommended RTX 5060 GPU2026 model16 GB RAMi7 CPU
15″
MSI Katana 15 HX
KAT15HXB14810
Runs 70% of new games on recommended RTX 5060 GPU2025 model16 GB RAMi7 CPUHigh resolution
15″
Lenovo IdeaPad 15″
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThinTouchscreenAMD CPU
15″
Lenovo IdeaPad 15″
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThinTouchscreenAMD CPU
Budget Windows Laptops for PS
These cheaper options meet the minimum system requirements stated by the developer. You may experience slowness in some parts of the software.
16″
HP OmniBook 3 16″
D5AU3UAABA
Popular2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThinTouchscreen
17″
HP OmniBook 3 17″
OmniBook
Popular2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThinTouchscreen
17″
HP OmniBook 3 17″
D5SQ3UAABA
2026 modelTrusted brand8 GB RAMThinAMD CPUIPS screen
ACEMAGIC Mini
M5
2026 model16 GB RAMLightweightAMD CPUHigh resolution
14″
Lenovo Yoga 7a 2-in-1 14″
83TD0000US
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThin2-in-1 laptopTouchscreen
16″
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 2-in-1 16″
AMD
2026 modelTrusted brand16 GB RAMThin2-in-1 laptopTouchscreen
Updated on October 10, 2026.
These recommendations are based on technical details and requirements. We can't guarantee that the app will run on every laptop.
Updated October 12, 2026