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CentOS vs NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 9, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

CentOS
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Operating Systems (OS) for Business (8th)
NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

CentOS and NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. CentOS is designed for Operating Systems (OS) for Business and holds a mindshare of 4.7%, up 4.5% compared to last year.
NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation, on the other hand, focuses on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), holds 0.2% mindshare, up 0.0% since last year.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CentOS4.7%
Ubuntu Linux8.3%
Windows 117.3%
Other79.7%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation0.2%
Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service)12.1%
VMware Workstation9.1%
Other78.6%
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
 

Featured Reviews

AnilKumar13 - PeerSpot reviewer
Devops Engineer at EDAG
Cost-effective platform has enabled extensive test environments with rapid server expansion
The best features CentOS offers in my experience are that it is reliable, cost-effective, and easy to scale. When I mention reliability and cost-effectiveness, I explain that our product-based company uses a performance testing tool, so to generate load using the tool, we use CentOS generators, which are also known as VMs. We spin up a number of VMs in different locations such as Central, East, and West. If we purchase a subscription, it requires a good amount of money, but if we use CentOS, it is free of cost, and we can scale from more than 20 to 100 servers. The biggest benefit of CentOS for my organization is cost saving. CentOS has made a positive difference for my team and company by making scalability easier. For testing, sometimes we require 50 to 200 servers in different locations, and I can easily spin up and scale in and scale down.
Naresh-Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Solutions Architect at OORWIN LABS INC
Advanced parallel ray tracing has transformed our design workflows and accelerates custom model training
I find a lot of benefits in using NVIDIA RTX 6000. For instance, there is a memory mechanism they have, similar to RAM. When we take normal EC2 instances, they always follow a waterfall mechanism, but with NVIDIA, it takes multiple requests in parallel. Due to that graphics card or memory in place, it can handle numerous requests at a time without waiting for one to complete before moving to the next. This parallel processing allows us to run multiple requests simultaneously, which is a major advantage I have observed with NVIDIA GPUs. The real-time ray tracing feature is beneficial because it acts as a cache mechanism; it does not wait and executes within a fraction of microseconds, storing a lot of data. We can apply parallel indexing, and everything is available in memory. Performance-wise, it is very good compared to a normal CPU. The high-resolution graphics from NVIDIA RTX 6000 helps our work significantly. With this GPU, we can multitask effectively; for instance, we can ask one model to write content for an email while simultaneously deriving an image based on the instructions, and also writing a social media article. This allows us to expect proper responses in a timely manner, with everything happening in parallel and delivering results in seconds.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of CentOS is that it is easy to use."
"The open architecture is useful for us. That's why we're using CentOS."
"The product is based on Red Hat and very stable."
"Our team loves working with the solution because it is very stable."
"The most valuable features of CentOS are it is built from Linux, has good performance, and can we can create scripts. The scripts are you to do minor work automatically."
"I find the solution's stability to be the most valuable feature of it since I have been using a virtual machine with the help of the solution since 2015, and it still works on all the laptops in my organization."
"CentOS's stability and clean updates have helped me in my day-to-day work and with my projects by providing predictable workloads and ensuring that I can assure stability for my stakeholders, which is the business."
"The solution is very stable and secure."
"NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation has positively impacted my organization by providing two main benefits: time-saving and improved quality, allowing me to complete tasks that would take days in just hours while using different open models that update regularly."
"Performance-wise, it is very good compared to a normal CPU."
"The experience with NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation has been nice; even though the cost is very high, after it is in the organization, it gives a lot of good modeling outputs, so it has completely improved the experience overall."
 

Cons

"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"The main issue is the End of Support. For that reason, we will switch to another operating system."
"The interface could be improved."
"For the time being, I would not recommend this solution to others."
"The product lacks a graphical user interface that can help users automate certain systems using the native features offered by CentOS."
"Integration with Open Stack could be improved."
"The price could be better."
"It is challenging to scale the solution when we have to increase the storage capacity from one end."
"Regarding NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation, I would say the licensing cost is high and deployment may require experienced IT administrators."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's freeware, so we can use it without worrying about licensing."
"This is a free solution."
"The solution is not subscription-based, unlike Red Hat."
"We don’t have to pay for the system’s licenses."
"There is no price or licensing required — it's open-source."
"It's free."
"It is open-source, which means it is a free product. It has a one-time deployment cost."
"This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs involved."
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Comparison Review

it_user281973 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage and VMware Expert at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 24, 2017
It's improved our company's system environments that run Oracle databases.
Red Hat is mission critical to our environment Red Hat has improved the mission critical environments running Oracle databases, while CentOS has improved our web environment and MySQL. Oracle and SAP Environment and all HPC environments. 10 years No issues Very stable i don´t find any problem…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Construction Company
22%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Retailer
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise31
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Questions from the Community

Which would you choose - RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) or CentOS?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is fantastic. It is an inexpensive solution that has excellent security, performance, and stability, and also lots of features. I specifically like that the solution has fe...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CentOS?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing for CentOS, there is no cost for licensing or setup pricing, so it is easy to set up and scale up the server.
What needs improvement with CentOS?
CentOS can be improved, but I have not yet faced any kind of issue or hectic problem.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is good as it is pretty straightforward and easy to understand.
What needs improvement with NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation?
Regarding NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation, I would say the licensing cost is high and deployment may require experienced IT administrators. The organization also needs suitable infrastructure to get...
What is your primary use case for NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation?
I use NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation for smooth remote graphics performance and for providing efficient GPU resource support to demanding professional applications. In a recent project I was doing ...
 

Also Known As

CentOS 7 (x86_64) - with Updates HVM
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