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Does My Processor Support Intel® Virtualization Technology?
Documentation
Content Type Compatibility
Article ID 000005486
Last Reviewed 07/13/2022
Intel® Virtualization Technology abstracts hardware that allows multiple workloads to share a common set of resources. On shared
virtualized hardware, a variety of workloads can co-locate while maintaining full isolation from each other, freely migrate across infrastructures, and scale as needed. Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with the following elements. Contact your vendor for more information.
- A processor
- Chipset
- BIOS
- Operating system
- Device drivers
Here is the list of all Intel® Processors supporting Intel® Virtualization Technology
To find out if your Intel® processor supports Intel® Virtualization Technology, use one of the options below:
Q: How can I check if my Intel processor supports Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ?
- Identify your Intel® processor. Refer to How to Identify My Intel® Processor?
- Visit the product specification site (ark.intel.com). Enter the number of the processor in the search box located on the right side.
On the processor product page, and under Security & Reliability, check to see if Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) is supported.
Using Intel® Core™ i7-12700K processor as an example:
- Enter the number of the processors in the search box.
- On the specification page for the processors, and under Security & Reliability, look for the Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) field.
- Enter the number of the processors in the search box.
Q: How do I enable or disable Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)?
With a VT-x supported Intel® Processor and a VT-x supported BIOS, VT-x can be enabled or disabled in BIOS. Refer to your motherboard vendor for exact instructions if the option is not available in BIOS.
Q: My processor supports Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) but I am unable to enable it in the BIOS.
If the processor supports VT-x but the option to enable or disabled in BIOS is available, contact your motherboard vendor to see how to get that option enabled.
Q: How can I tell if Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) is enabled or disabled in my system?
You can use the Intel® Processor Identification Utility to verify if your system is capable of Intel® Virtualization Technology.
Using the tool, Select the CPU Technologies tab. See if the Intel® Virtualization Technology options are checked or not.
Here is an example to show that the Intel® Virtualization is available.
Here is an example to show that the Intel® Virtualization is not available.
If Intel® Virtualization Technology is not checked in the tool, there might be a possibility your processor still supports Intel® Virtualization Technology, but it is already being used by some software that uses a hypervisor. In that case, you can also use the Task Manager to verify the situation.
Here is an example to show Intel® Virtualization is enabled using Task Manager:
Using the table below, you can see if your processor supports Intel® Virtualization if it is disabled, and additional information.
Intel® Processor Identification Utility | Task Manager | Observation |
Intel® Virtualization Checked | Virtualization is Enabled | Intel® Virtualization is enabled and it is available to use. |
Intel® Virtualization Checked | Virtualization is Disabled | Intel® Virtualization is disabled in BIOS. |
Intel® Virtualization not Checked | Virtualization is Enabled | Intel® Virtualization is enabled but it is used by some other software on the machine. |
Intel® Virtualization not Checked | Virtualization is Disabled | Intel® Virtualization is not supported by the processor. |
Q: If the Intel processor supports Intel® Virtualization technology (VT-x), should the chipset, OS, drivers support that too?
Intel® VT-x support requires that both the processor and BIOS support it. Although, if VT-d (Virtualization Trusted I/O is also needed, the BIOS, chipset, and processor must also support it.
Q: How do I disable Intel® Virtualization technology (VT-x) if BIOS option is not there?
With a VT-x supported Intel® Processor and a VT-x supported BIOS, VT-x can be enabled or disabled in BIOS. Refer to your motherboard vendor for exact instructions if the option is not available in BIOS
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