By LeahaLast updated on January 28th, 2026 at 07:43
Here are the following supported upgrade paths and compatibility for the Nvidia Grid Drivers
Release notes containing compatibility can be found by googling the below, substituting Rxyz for your version
Virtual GPU Software Rxyz for VMware vSphere Release Notes, the link is here, you will need to substitute the vGPU version if yours is different
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Here is an example table for the supported versions
Here the vGPU Manager is referring to the drivers on the host, like ESXi
And the guest VM drivers are that on your Windows/Linux guest OS
The Guest VM drivers should match the host, the only time they should differ is during an upgrade
As for whats in supports, as of August 2025, these are in support from Nvidia, so if you arent on a supported version, you will want to upgrade
450 Series – STS
You can use this version on your host and it will work with the following Guest versions
450/v11
440/v10
460 Series – STS
You can use this version on your host and it will work with the following Guest versions
460/v12
450/v11
470 Series – LTS
You can use this version on your host and it will work with the following Guest versions
470/v13
460/v12
450/v11
535 Series – LTS
You can use this version on your host and it will work with the following Guest versions
535/v16
525/v15
470/v13
550 Series – STS
You can use this version on your host and it will work with the following Guest versions
550/v17
535/v16
570 Series – STS
You can use this version on your host and it will work with the following Guest versions
570/v18
550/v17
580 Series – LTS
You can use this version on your host and it will work with the following Guest versions
580/v19
570/v18
535/v16
