NVIDIA Virtual GPU Types

With the GPU Profiles setting on the Virtual Hardware page in vSphere Web Client, you can select a virtual GPU type that provides specific capabilities on the physical NVIDIA GPU on the ESXi host.

On Linux virtual machines, NVIDIA GRID vGPU is supported on NVIDIA Maxwell M60 GPUs or NVIDIA M6 GPUs.

Table 1. Virtual GPU Types Available for NVIDIA GRID M60 vGPU on Linux Virtual Machines

Virtual GPU Type	Physical Board	Physical GPUs	FB Per Virtual GPU	Display Heads	Maximum Resolution	Maximum Virtual GPUs Per Physical GPU	Maximum Virtual GPUs Per Physical Board
GRID M60-0q	GRID M60	two	512M	2	2560x1600	16	32
GRID M60-1q	GRID M60	two	1G	2	2560x1600	8	16
GRID M60-2q	GRID M60	two	2G	4	2560x1600	4	8
GRID M60-4q	GRID M60	two	4G	4	3840x2160	2	4
GRID M60-8q	GRID M60	two	8G	4	3840x2160	1	2

Table 2. Virtual GPU Types Available for NVIDIA GRID M6 vGPU on Linux Virtual Machines

Virtual GPU Type	Physical Board	Physical GPUs	FB Per Virtual GPU	Display Heads	Maximum Resolution	Maximum Virtual GPUs Per Physical GPU	Maximum Virtual GPUs Per Physical Board
GRID M6-0q	GRID M6	one	512M	2	2560x1600	16	16
GRID M6-1q	GRID M6	one	1G	2	2560x1600	8	8
GRID M6-2q	GRID M6	one	2G	4	2560x1600	4	4
GRID M6-4q	GRID M6	one	4G	4	3840x2160	2	2
GRID M6-8q	GRID M6	one	8G	4	3840x2160	1	1