Whether you’re a student or a seasoned research professional, Stata has a package designed to suit your needs:
Stata/MP is the fastest and largest edition of Stata. Virtually any current computer can take advantage of the advanced multiprocessing of Stata/MP. This includes the Intel i3, i5, i7, i9, Xeon, and Celeron, and AMD multi-core chips. On dual-core chips, Stata/MP runs 40% faster overall and 72% faster where it matters, on the time-consuming estimation commands. With more than two cores or processors, Stata/MP is even faster.
Stata/MP, Stata/SE, and Stata/BE all run on any machine, but Stata/MP runs faster. You can purchase a Stata/MP license for up to the number of cores on your machine (maximum is 64). For example, if your machine has eight cores, you can purchase a Stata/MP license for eight cores, four cores, or two cores.
Stata/MP can also analyse more data than any other edition of Stata. Stata/MP can analyse 10 to 20 billion observations given the current largest computers, and is ready to analyse up to 1 trillion observations once computer hardware catches up.
Stata/SE and Stata/BE differ only in the data set size that each can analyse. Stata/SE and Stata/MP can fit models with more independent variables than Stata/BE (up to 10,998). Stata/SE can analyse up to 2 billion observations.
Stata/BE allows data sets with as many as 2,048 variables and 2 billion observations. Stata/BE can have at most 798 independent variables in a model.
| Package | Max no. of variables | Max no. of independent variables | Max. no.of observations | 64-bit version available? | Fastest: designed for parallel processing? | Platforms |
| Stata/MP The fastest edition of Stata (for dual-core and multicore/multiprocessor computers) |
120,000 | 65,532 | 20 billion* | Yes | Yes | Windows, Mac (64-bit Intel), or Unix |
| Stata/SE Stata for larger datasets |
32,767 | 10,998 | 2.14 billion | Yes | No | Windows, Mac, or Unix |
| Stata/BE Stata for mid-sized datasets |
2,048 | 798 | 2.14 billion | Yes | No | Windows, Mac, or Unix |
* The maximum number of observations is limited by the amount of available RAM on your system.
For more information on Stata’s features and benefits, see Why Stata? on the official Stata website.
| Package | Memory | Disk space |
| Stata/MP | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Stata/SE | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Stata/BE | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Stata will run on the 3 platforms listed below. While Stata software is platform-specific, your Stata license is not; therefore, you need not specify your operating system when placing your order for a license.
* Stata requires 64-bit Windows for x86-64 processors made by Intel® or AMD (Core i3 equivalent or better).