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I know if you are in front of the computer there are easy ways to determine if virtualization is supported. I want to know if the CPU supports virtualization before I buy it.

What do CPU's need to have built in to support virtualization and how do I tell if a CPU does?

Aaron Miller
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Here's a list of Intel processors which support virtualization; here's the same for AMD. (The AMD list specifically mentions Hyper-V, which is a Microsoft technology, but judging by this page from the Linux KVM site, the underpinnings are the same regardless of which hypervisor you're using.)

Aaron Miller
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How To Tell If a CPU Supports Virtualization

For Intel CPUs, intel.com gives two solutions:

Solution 1:

Follow the steps below:

  1. Identify your Intel® Processor, or the processor you need to find the information for.

  2. Visit the product specification page.

  3. Enter the Intel processor number in the Search Intel.com field located upper-right corner.

  4. Click the processor's link on the search results page.

  5. Once you are on the processor specification page, click Specifications section.

  6. Click Security & Reliability.

  7. Look up all the Intel® Virtualization fields.

Here is an example.

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Solution 2:

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.

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Here is an example to show that the Intel® Virtualization is not available.

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Franck Dernoncourt
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Here is a link http://www.technorms.com/8208/check-if-processor-supports-virtualization that list three ways to Check If Your Processor Supports Virtualization. You can follow the steps and the illustrated pictures to check if your CPU supports visualization.

Here is a link http://www.everythingvm.com/content/picking-motherboard-and-processor-use-virtualization that talks about what to look for and consider when looking for a CPU that supports vitalization.

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