Supported Simulators - Supported Simulators - 2026.1 English - UG900

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Logic Simulation (UG900)
Document ID
UG900
Release Date
2026-07-08
Version
2026.1 English

Following are the supported simulators in the Vivado Design Suite:

Table 1. Supported Simulators
Simulator Version Integrated with Vivado Integrated Design Environment
AMD Vivado™ Simulator 2026.1 Integrated with the Vivado integrated design environment, where each simulation launch appears as a framework of windows within the Vivado IDE.
Siemens EDA Questa Advanced Simulator 2025.3 (SE) Yes
Siemens EDA ModelSim Simulator 2025.3 (DE) Yes
Synopsys Verilog Compiler Simulator (VCS) X-2025.06-SP2 Yes
Aldec Riviera-PRO Simulator 2024.10 Yes
Aldec Active-HDL 16.0 Yes
Cadence Xcelium Parallel Simulator 25.09.001 Yes

See the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Release Notes, Installation, and Licensing (UG973) for the supported versions of third-party simulators.

For more information about the Vivado IDE and the Vivado Design Suite flow, see the following documents:

  • Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the Vivado IDE (UG893)
  • Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Flows Overview (UG892)