Oracle JDK 16 Certified System Configurations

Refer to the Supported Locales document for a list of supported locales and supported writing systems for each platform.

For Certified System Configurations of other versions of the JDK and JDK Mission Control visit:

Operating Systems

Windows

Platform CPU Architecture OS Version Notes
Windows Server 2019 x64 (64-bit)    
Windows Server 2016 x64 (64-bit)    
Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 (64-bit)    
Windows Server 2012 x64 (64-bit)    
Windows 10 x64 (64-bit) 10  
Windows 8 x64 (64-bit) 8.1 Only Desktop Mode Supported.
Not Modern UI (aka Metro Mode)

Linux

Platform CPU Architecture Version Notes
Oracle Linux(1) x64 (64-bit) 8.x Only X.org Mode supported. Wayland mode is unsupported.
Oracle Linux(1) x64 (64-bit) 7.x  
Oracle Linux(1) x64 (64-bit) 6.x  
Oracle Linux(2) AArch64 - 64 bit 7.9+  
Ubuntu Linux x64 (64-bit) 20.10 Only X.org Mode supported. Wayland mode is unsupported.
Ubuntu Linux x64 (64-bit) 20.04 LTS Only X.org Mode supported. Wayland mode is unsupported.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux x64 (64-bit) 8.x Only X.org Mode supported. Wayland mode is unsupported.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux x64 (64-bit) 7.x  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux x64 (64-bit) 6.x  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AArch64 - 64 bit 7.9+  
Suse Linux Enterprise Server x64 (64-bit) 15.x  
Suse Linux Enterprise Server x64 (64-bit) 12.x  

macOS

Platform CPU Architecture Version Introduced In Notes
macOS x64 10.13 and above    
  • Oracle does not certify on Operating System versions that are no longer supported by the Operating System provider. Older versions remain listed only for archival purposes.
  • This is the complete list of JDK 16 supported configurations.  There are no plans to add additional configurations.
  • Only 64-bit Java virtual machines (JVMs) are certified

Virtualization

All the above operating systems are also certified when running as a virtual guest on any of the following hypervisors/containers as long as the operating system is supported by that hypervisor/container:

  • Oracle VM
  • Docker
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server

Hardware rendering is not supported in guest systems on Oracle VM, Hyper-V Server.