MathWorks MATLAB R2025b
Version 25.2.0.2998904 · MathWorks · Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) · ranked #37 in the library
A numerical computing environment where a matrix is the native type, plotting is one line, and the toolbox set covers signal processing, control, optimisation, statistics and machine learning without leaving the same workspace.
Read the installation section below before you start. The order of the steps matters on this release.
About this release
Overview
MATLAB is built on the idea that the thing you are calculating with is usually an array. Indexing, slicing, broadcasting, linear algebra and elementwise operations are all first class syntax rather than library calls, which is why a page of loops in a general purpose language collapses to three lines here. The interactive workspace keeps every variable visible and inspectable while you work, so an analysis is something you build up in the command window and then capture in a script once it works.
The editor, the live script format and the debugger make up the working environment. A live script interleaves code, formatted text, equations and the figures the code produced in one document, which is how a piece of analysis gets handed to someone else without a separate report. Breakpoints, conditional breakpoints, variable inspection at a paused prompt and step through execution all behave the way anyone coming from another environment expects.
This installation carries the toolbox set rather than the base product alone. Signal processing, image processing, control systems, optimisation, statistics and machine learning, curve fitting, symbolic maths, parallel computing and the model based design environment are included and licensed. Simulink opens block diagram models, simulates them, and generates code from them, which is the half of the product that engineering teams actually build their workflow around.
What it does
Feature breakdown
Array first language
Matrices, slicing, broadcasting and linear algebra as native syntax, with a workspace browser that keeps every variable inspectable while you work.
Live scripts
Code, narrative text, typeset equations and output figures in one document, executable section by section and exportable as a finished report.
Plotting and visualisation
Two and three dimensional plotting with full control over axes, annotation and export, from a one line quick plot to a publication figure.
Toolbox coverage
Signal, image, control, optimisation, statistics and machine learning, curve fitting, symbolic maths and parallel computing all present and licensed.
Simulink model based design
Block diagram modelling, simulation and code generation, with the solver configuration and scope tooling that goes with it.
App designer and packaging
Build a graphical front end for an analysis with drag and drop layout and event callbacks, then package it as a standalone application.
Changed in this build
Version 25.2.0.2998904
- Faster startup and lower memory use on machines with the full toolbox set installed.
- Live editor gained inline task blocks for common operations, generating the underlying code as you configure them.
- Improved handling of very large tables, with lazy loading rather than a full read into memory.
- Additional deep learning layer types and importers for models trained in other frameworks.
- Editor now supports multiple cursors and column selection, which the previous release did not.
Installation
Follow these in order
- Disconnect from the network before you begin, the installer will otherwise attempt to contact the licence servers.
- Extract the archive to a drive with at least 40 GB free, this is the largest package in the catalogue.
- Disable real time protection, scanning a twelve gigabyte extraction will take longer than the install itself.
- Run the setup executable as administrator and choose the installation folder and the toolboxes you want.
- Apply the included licensing step before first launch, following the readme order exactly.
- Start MATLAB, run the version command at the prompt to confirm the toolboxes are present, then restore protection.
Release notes
From whoever packed it
- You do not need every toolbox. Deselecting the ones you will not use cuts the install size by more than half.
- Keep the licence file where the installer put it. Moving it breaks the toolbox checkout even though the base product still starts.
- Do not let it check for updates. An update replaces the licensing component.
System requirements
Minimum and recommended
| Operating system | Windows 10 version 22H2 or Windows 11, 64-bit |
|---|---|
| Processor | Any modern x64 processor with AVX2 support, four cores or more recommended |
| Memory | 8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended, 32 GB for large data or heavy simulation |
| Graphics | GPU with a current driver for hardware accelerated plotting, CUDA capable card for GPU computing |
| Storage | 35 GB of free space for the full toolbox installation, SSD strongly recommended |
Questions about this release
Answered before you ask
- Is Simulink included?
- Yes, along with the code generation and solver components that go with it.
- Will code from older releases run?
- Almost always. Functions removed between releases are the only common issue and the editor flags them.
- Can it use the GPU?
- Yes, with a CUDA capable card the parallel computing toolbox will run array operations and training on the GPU.
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