Desktop Hypervisor VMware Workstation Pro

For Hyper-V Enabled Hosts: 

CPU Requirements :

• Intel Sandy Bridge or a newer CPU 
• AMD Bulldozer or a newer CPU
  

Host Operating Systems:

•  Windows 10 2004 

Minimum Requirements to Run Container Runtime on Workstation Windows Host Operating Systems:

• Windows 10 1809 or higher 

Minimum Requirements to Dark Theme support on Workstation Windows Host Operating Systems: 

• Windows 10 1809 or higher 

For 3D Hardware Accelerated Graphics Support: 
Hardware Requirements: 

• For Windows hosts, a GPU that supports DirectX 11 is required. 
• For Linux hosts, the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers are required. 
• For Linux hosts, AMD devices are not supported 

Software Requirements:  

• 64-bit Host Operating System:
  Windows 8 or higher
  GNU/Linux with NVIDIA drivers that support OpenGL 4.5 and above 
• Guest Operating System
  Windows 7 or higher 
  GNU/Linux with vmwgfx 
  

* With exception, the following CPUs are not supported:

• Intel Atom processors based on the 2011 “Bonnell” micro-architecture (e.g. Atom Z670/Z650; Atom N570)
• Systems using Intel Atom processors based on the 2012 “Saltwell” micro-architecture (e.g. Atom S1200, Atom D2700/D2500, Atom N2800/N2600.
  
• Systems using AMD processors based on the “Llano” and “Bobcat” micro-architectures (e.g. code-named “Hondo”, “Ontario”, “Zacate”, “Llano”)
  

In addition, the following CPUs are supported:

• Intel processors based on the 2010 “Westmere” micro-architecture (e.g. Xeon 5600, Xeon
  3600, Core i7-970, Core i7-980, Core i7-990)

For a complete list of supported host and guest the operating systems visit the VMware Compatibility Guide.