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Selecting the Right NVIDIA GPU Virtualization Software#

NVIDIA GPU virtualization software products are optimized for different classes of workload. Therefore, you should select the right NVIDIA GPU virtualization software product on the basis of the workloads that your users are running.

Summary of Product Features#

This table summarizes the differences in features between the various NVIDIA GPU virtualization software products.

Table 3 NVIDIA GPU Virtualization Software Feature Comparison#

Feature

NVIDIA vPC

NVIDIA RTX vWS

Configuration and Deployment

Microsoft Windows support

✔

✔

Linux distributions support

✔

✔

NVIDIA graphics driver

✔

✔

NVIDIA RTX Enterprise driver

—

✔

Multiple vGPUs per VM

—

✔

NVLink

—

✔

ECC reporting and handling

—

✔

Page retirement

—

✔

Display

Maximum hardware-rendered display

  • Four QHD

  • Two 4K

  • One 5K

  • Four 5K

  • Two 8K

Maximum resolution

5120×2880

7680×4320

Maximum pixel count

17,694,720

66,355,200

Advanced Professional Features

ISV certifications

—

✔

NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit / OpenCL support

—

✔

Graphics Features and APIs

NVENC

✔

✔

OpenGL extensions (WebGL)

✔

✔

RTX platform optimizations

—

✔

DirectX

✔

✔

Vulkan

—

✔

Note

For detailed information about vGPU licensing, refer to the NVIDIA Virtual GPU Packaging, Pricing, and Licensing Guide.

Product Details#

Each NVIDIA GPU virtualization software product is designed for a specific class of workload.

NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation#

NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (RTX vWS) software is designed for professional graphics workloads that benefit from the following NVIDIA RTX vWS features:

  • RTX Enterprise platform drivers and ISV certifications

  • Support for NVIDIA® CUDA® Toolkit and OpenCL

  • Higher resolution displays

  • vGPU profiles with larger amounts of frame buffer

NVIDIA RTX vWS accelerates professional design and visualization applications such as:

  • Autodesk Revit

  • Dassault Systèmes CATIA

  • Esri ArcGIS Pro

  • Autodesk Maya

  • SLB Petrel

  • Dassault Systèmes Solidworks

NVIDIA Virtual PC#

NVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC) software is designed for knowledge worker VDI workloads to accelerate the following software and peripheral devices:

  • Office productivity applications

  • Streaming video

  • The Microsoft Windows and Linux distributions

  • Multiple monitors

  • High-resolution monitors

  • 2D electric design automation (EDA)