Simulator Support

The Quartus® Prime software supports specific EDA simulator versions for RTL and gate-level simulation.
Table 1. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Supported Simulators
Vendor Simulator Version Platform Supports

Siemens EDA

Verification IP
Aldec Active-HDL® 14.0 Windows® 64-bit No
Aldec Riviera-PRO® 2024.04 Windows, Linux, 64-bit No
Cadence Xcelium™ Parallel Simulator 23.09.001 Linux 64-bit Yes
Altera Questa® Intel® FPGA Edition 2024.1 Windows, Linux, 64-bit Yes
Siemens EDA QuestaSim® Simulator1 2024.1 Windows, Linux, 64-bit Yes
Synopsys® VCS®, VCS MX U-2023.03-SP2-1 Linux 64-bit Yes
1 QuestaSim® is the generic name for Questa Core and Questa Prime simulators from Siemens EDA.