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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:

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• Windows 10 1809 or higher

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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.