If your computer hardware has no virtualization support, you can only create virtual machines but not run them.
To successfully run Parallels virtual machines, you must upgrade your computer’s CPU (and motherboard, if necessary).
For best performance, it's recommended to run virtual machines on virtualization-capable hardware with the following Intel and AMD CPUs:
| Intel® Atom™ Processor | Z520 / Z520PT / Z530 / Z530P / Z540 / Z550 |
| Intel® Core™ Duo Processor | L2300 / L2400 / L2500 |
| T2300 / T2400 / T2500 / T2600 / T2700 | |
| U2400 / U2500 | |
| Intel® Core™ i7 Desktop Processor | i7-920 / i7-940 / i7-950 |
| Intel® Core™ i7 Desktop Processor Extreme Edition | i7-965 / i7-975 |
| Intel® Core™ Solo Processor | U1300 / U1400 / U1500 |
| Intel® Core™2 Duo Desktop Processor | E6300 / E6320 / E6400 / E6420 / E6540 / E6550 / E6600 / E6700 / E6750 / E6850 |
| E7400 SLGW3 | |
| E7600 | |
| E8200 / E8300 / E8400 / E8500 / E8600 | |
| Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile Processor | L7200 / L7300 / L7400 / L7500 / L7700 |
| P8400 / P8600 / P8700 / P8800 | |
| P9500 / P9600 / P9700 | |
| SL9300 / SL9380 / SL9400 / SL9600 | |
| SP9300 / SP9400 / SP9600 | |
| SU9300 / SU9400 / SU9600 | |
| T5600 | |
| T7100 / T7200 / T7250 / T7300 / T7400 / T7500 / T7600 / T7700 / T7800 | |
| T8100 / T8300 | |
| T9300 / T9400 / T9500 / T9550 / T9600 / T9800 / T9900 | |
| U7500 / U7500 / U7600 / U7700 | |
| Intel® Core™2 Extreme Desktop Processor | QX6700 / QX6800 / QX6850 |
| QX9650 / QX9770 / QX9775 | |
| X6800 | |
| Intel® Core™2 Extreme Mobile Processor | QX9300 |
| X7900 | |
| X9000 / X9100 | |
| Intel® Core™2 Quad Desktop Processor | Q6600 / Q6700 |
| Q8300 SLGUR | |
| Q8400 / Q8400S | |
| Q9300 / Q9400 / Q9400S / Q9450 / Q9550 / Q9550S / Q9650 | |
| Intel® Core™2 Quad Mobile Processor | Q9000 / Q9100 |
| Intel® Core™2 Solo Processor | SU3300 / SU3500 |
| U2100 / U2200 | |
| Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor | 662 / 672 |
| Intel® Pentium® Desktop Processor | 920 / 930 / 940 / 950 / 960 |
| 955 / 965 | |
| E5300 SLGTL | |
| E5400 SLGTK | |
| E6300 | |
| Intel® Pentium® Mobile Processor | T2060 / T2080 / T2130 |
| Intel® Xeon® Processor | 3040 / 3050 / 3060 / 3065 / 3070 |
| 5030 / 5050 / 5060 / 5063 / 5080 | |
| 5110 / 5113 / 5120 / 5128 / 5130 / 5133 / 5138 / 5140 / 5148 / 5150 / 5160 | |
| 7020 / 7030 / 7040 / 7041 | |
| 7110M / 7110N / 7120M / 7120N / 7130M / 7130N / 7140M / 7140N / 7150N | |
| E3110 / E3120 / L3110 | |
| E5205 / E5220 / E5240 / L5238 / L5240 / L5248 / X5260 / X5270 / X5272 | |
| E5310 / E5320 / E5335 / E5345 / L5310 / L5318 / L5320 / L5335 / X5355 / X5365 | |
| E5405 / E5410 / E5420 / E5430 / E5440 / E5450 / E5462 / E5472 / L5408 / L5410 / L5420 / L5430 / X5450 / X5460 / X5470 / X5472 / X5482 / X5492 | |
| E5502 / E5504 / E5506 / E5520 / E5530 / E5540 / L5506 / L5508 / L5518 / L5520 / L5530 / W5580 / X5550 / X5560 / X5570 | |
| E7210 / E7220 | |
| E7310 / E7320 / E7330 / E7340 / L7345 / X7350 | |
| E7420 / E7430 / E7440 / E7450 / L7445 / L7455 / X7460 | |
| L3360 / X3320 / X3330 / X3350 / X3360 / X3370 / X3380 | |
| W3520 / W3540 / W3550 / W3570 / W3580 | |
| X3210 / X3220 / X3230 |
| AMD notebook processors | All notebook processors, except Sempron-branded and Turion K8 Rev E processors |
| AMD desktop processors | All desktop processors, except Sempron- and pre-Rev F Athlon branded processors |