Simulator Support

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

Siemens EDA

Verification IP
Aldec Active-HDL® 13.0 Windows® 64-bit No
Aldec Riviera-PRO® 2021.10 Windows, Linux, 64-bit No
Cadence Xcelium™ Parallel Simulator 21.09.003 Linux 64-bit Yes
Intel Questa® Intel® FPGA Edition 2022.1 Windows, Linux, 64-bit Yes
Siemens EDA QuestaSim® Simulator1 2021.4 Windows, Linux, 64-bit Yes
Synopsys® VCS®, VCS MX S-2021.09-1 Linux 64-bit Yes
1 Also supports ModelSim® SE, Questa® Advanced, Core, Prime, and Ultra variants.