This interactive comparison table provides an in-depth overview of leading automotive operating systems (OS) used in modern vehicles. Explore key aspects such as scope (e.g., body control, automated driving, infotainment), supported chip cores (ARM, x86, RISC-V), features (hypervisor support, functional safety levels like ASIL D), middleware (SOME/IP, MQTT, DDS), connectivity capabilities (Bluetooth, Ethernet, CAN), and release information. Data is sourced from official vendor documentation and industry reports as of September 2025. Use the checkboxes below to customize columns and focus on specific OS vendors like Blackberry QNX, Google Android Automotive, Toyota Arene OS, and more. This resource is ideal for automotive engineers, developers, and researchers evaluating OS for embedded systems in cars, trucks, and autonomous vehicles.
Key Highlights: Compare safety certifications (ISO 26262 ASIL levels), real-time capabilities, and integration with ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems). All data is up-to-date for 2025 releases.
| OS | AAOS 🇺🇸 | AGL 🇺🇸 | Arene OS 🇯🇵 | BYD OS 🇨🇳 | CHERY-OS 🇨🇳 | Cloudpeak 🇨🇳 | EB corbos Linux 🇩🇪 | FreeRTOS 🇺🇸 | Great Wall Motor OS 🇨🇳 | Halo OS 🇨🇳 | HarmonyOS 🇨🇳 | HyperOS 🇨🇳 | INTEGRITY 🇺🇸 | MB.OS 🇩🇪 | Nucleus RTOS 🇺🇸 | NVIDIA DRIVE OS 🇺🇸 | PikeOS 🇩🇪 | Pleos 🇰🇷 | QNX 🇨🇦 | Rivian OS 🇺🇸 | RTDriveOS 🇨🇳 | SkyOS 🇨🇳 | Tesla OS 🇺🇸 | VW.OS 🇩🇪 | VxWorks 🇺🇸 | Windows IoT 🇺🇸 | XsmartOS 🇨🇳 | Z-ONE 🇨🇳 | ZEEKR OS 🇨🇳 |
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| Base Operating Systems | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Functional Safety | Linux kernel (with safety extensions) | Linux kernel (with safety mechanisms) | Custom RTOS (safety-certified) | Custom RTOS components (proprietary, safety-focused for e-platform) | Custom RTOS (e.g., LION OS for safety) | Linux (EB corbos Linux for safety) | EB corbos Linux (ISO 26262 ASIL B certified) | SAFERTOS (IEC 61508 SIL 3 certified variant) | Coffee OS (custom RTOS for safety) | Custom RTOS (Li Auto proprietary, safety-focused) | HarmonyOS kernel (microkernel, safety-certified) | HyperOS kernel (microkernel, safety-focused) | INTEGRITY RTOS (ISO 26262 ASIL D certified) | Custom RTOS (AUTOSAR-based for safety) | Nucleus RTOS (ISO 26262 ASIL D certified) | QNX | PikeOS (ISO 26262 ASIL D certified hypervisor/RTOS) | Custom RTOS (safety-focused) | QNX Neutrino RTOS (microkernel, ISO 26262 ASIL D certified) | Custom RTOS (safety-focused, possibly QNX) | RTDriveOS RTOS (real-time kernel, safety-certified) | SkyOS-H (hypervisor/RTOS, safety-certified) | Real-time Linux (Tesla proprietary, safety-focused) | QNX (ISO 26262 ASIL D certified) | VxWorks (ISO 26262 ASIL D certified) | Windows IoT Core/Enterprise (with safety extensions) | Xmart OS (custom RTOS) | ZOS (custom RTOS for safety) | ZEEKR OS (custom RTOS, Wind River base possible) |
| High-Performance-Computing | Linux (for infotainment HPC) | Linux (for infotainment HPC) | Custom kernel for ADAS/HPC | NVIDIA DRIVE OS (Linux-based with AI acceleration) | Custom kernel with HPC integration | Linux (high-performance kernel) | EB corbos Linux (for ADAS/AV HPC) | FreeRTOS (limited, for low-power tasks) | Coffee OS with multi-core HPC (Snapdragon) | Custom kernel for AI/HPC | HarmonyOS (for ADAS and cockpit HPC) | HyperOS (for connected HPC) | INTEGRITY RTOS (multi-core support) | Custom kernel with HPC support | Nucleus RTOS (multi-core support) | Ubuntu Linux with NVidia Kernel | PikeOS (for mixed-criticality HPC) | Custom kernel with HPC support | QNX Neutrino RTOS with hypervisor support for HPC | Custom kernel for HPC | RTDriveOS with multi-core support | SkyOS with multi-core HPC | Linux-based kernel for AI/HPC | Linux (for infotainment HPC) | VxWorks (multi-core HPC support) | Windows IoT (for general HPC) | Xmart OS with AI/HPC | ZOS with cross-domain HPC | ZEEKR OS with multi-core HPC |
| User Interface | Android Automotive UI | AGL UI framework (e.g., Qt, HTML5) | Arene UI framework | Custom UI on BYD OS (infotainment and cockpit with Kanzi) | Custom cockpit UI | Android Automotive OS | Linux-based UI (e.g., Qt or HTML5) | FreeRTOS with basic graphics | Coffee OS infotainment UI | Halo OS infotainment UI | HarmonyOS Cockpit UI | HyperOS Car UI | INTEGRITY with GUI frameworks (e.g., Qt) | MBUX UI on MB.OS | Nucleus with GUI (e.g., Qt) | DRIVE OS UI (e.g., Qt) | PikeOS with POSIX/Linux guests for UI | Android Automotive OS | QNX-based graphics framework (e.g., Screen, HTML5) | Android Automotive OS | RTDriveOS native UI framework | SkyOS-C (Android-based UI) | Tesla infotainment UI | VW.OS infotainment UI | VxWorks with GUI frameworks | Windows UI framework | Xmart OS infotainment UI | ZOS cockpit UI | ZEEKR OS cockpit UI |
| Scope | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Body Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (VOS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Chassis Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (VOS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Drive Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (VOS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Automated Driving | No | Partial (emerging ADAS) | Yes (Level 2+, L3 planned) | Yes | Partial | No | Yes (Level 2+, L3 planned) | Partial (basic ADAS) | Partial | Yes | Yes (AOS) | Yes | Yes (ASIL-D, ADAS focus) | Yes (Level 2+, L3 planned) | Yes (Level 2+ support) | Yes | Yes (Level 2+, L3 planned) | Yes (Level 2+ by 2027) | Yes (ASIL-D, ADAS focus) | Yes (Rivian Autonomy Platform) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Level 2+, scaling to L3) | Yes (Level 2+, L3 planned) | Partial (infotainment focus) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| In-Vehicle Infotainment | Yes (primary focus) | Yes (primary focus) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (primary focus) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (HOS) | Yes | Yes | Yes (primary focus) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Pleos Connect) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (primary focus) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| High Performance Computing | Yes (cockpit-focused) | Yes (emerging) | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes (cockpit-focused) | Yes (primary focus) | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes (AOS) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supported ARM Chip Cores | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A(pplication) | Yes | Yes | Yes (NVIDIA) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (NVIDIA Orin) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (NVIDIA) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| R(ealtime) | No | No | Yes (NVIDIA) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (NVIDIA Orin) | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes (NVIDIA) | Yes | no | Yes | No | No |
| M(icrocontroller) | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Supported RISC V Chip Cores | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RVA (Application/High-Performance) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| RVM (Microcontroller/Embedded) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Supported other Chip Cores | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Huawei Ascend | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Ascend 610/910D) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| x86 | No | Partial (Intel-based ECUs) | No | No | No | No | Yes (x86-64, emulation support) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (x86-64, Intel) | Partial (Intel-based cockpits) | Yes (x86-64, Intel) | No | Yes (x86-64, Intel) | No | Intel & AMD | No | No | No | Yes | No | Partial (Intel Atom) | Yes (x86-64, primary focus) | No | No | No |
| TriCore | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Infineon AURIX, via AUTOSAR integration) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Infineon AURIX) | No | No | No | Yes (Infineon AURIX) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Infineon partnerships) | Yes (Infineon AURIX) | No | No | No | No |
| DSPs | Yes (Qualcomm/NVIDIA SoCs) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (NVIDIA SoCs) | Partial | Partial | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Partial | Yes (e.g., TI C66x) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (Qualcomm SoCs) | Yes (TI C66x, others) | Yes (NVIDIA SoCs) | Yes (TI C66x, others) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (TI C66x, others) | Yes (NVIDIA SoCs) | Yes (TI C66x, others) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes | Yes (NVIDIA SoCs) | Yes (TI C66x, others) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) | Yes (integrated in SoCs) |
| Proprietary Architectures | No | No | Yes (NVIDIA NPUs) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Schumacher chip) | Yes (Ascend 610/910D) | No | No | Yes (Qualcomm NPUs) | No | Yes (NVIDIA Orin, Thor SoCs) | No | Yes (NVIDIA NPUs) | No | Yes (Rivian zonal controllers) | No | Yes (Shenji NX9031 NPU) | Yes (FSD Chip, Dojo) | Yes (NVIDIA NPUs) | No | Yes (Microsoft-specific) | Yes (Turing chip) | No | Yes (Longying No. 1) |
| Features | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hypervisor Support | Yes (via Linux kernel) | Yes (ACRN, others) | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes (e.g., Xen, KVM) | Yes (SafeRTOS variant) | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (INTEGRITY Multivisor) | Yes | Yes | Yes (Type-1) | Yes (PikeOS Hypervisor) | Yes | Yes (QNX Hypervisor) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (VxWorks Hypervisor) | Yes (Hyper-V) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Functional Safety Level Supported | ASIL B | ASIL B | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL B (unconfirmed) | ASIL B | ASIL B | ASIL B | ASIL B (unconfirmed) | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D (unconfirmed) | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL B | ASIL D | ASIL D | ASIL D |
| Integrated UI | Yes (Android-based UI) | Yes (AGL UCB) | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (basic UI) | Yes | Yes | Yes (HOS) | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes (MBUX-based) | Yes (QT) | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes (Pleos Connect, AAOS-based) | Yes (cockpit applications) | Yes (Unreal Engine-based) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (customizable) | Yes (Windows-based UI) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supported Middleware | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOME/IP | No-Support | Third-Party | Third-Party | Integrated | Third-Party | No-Support | Integrated | Third-Party | Third-Party | Integrated | Third-Party | No-Support | Integrated | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated (via DriveWorks) | Integrated | No-Support | Integrated | Integrated | Third-Party | No-Support | Proprietary | Integrated | Integrated | No-Support | Third-Party | Integrated | Integrated |
| MQTT | Integrated | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | No-Support | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated |
| DDS | No-Support | Third-Party | Third-Party | No-Support | Third-Party | No-Support | Third-Party | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Third-Party | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | No | Third-Party | Integrated | No-Support | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated |
| Proprietary Standards | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated | Integrated |
| Proprietary Standards Supported | Android SOA | AGL SOA services | SOA-based | AUTOSAR-based | SOA-based | SOA-based | SOA-based | FreeRTOS SOA | SOA-based | SOA, non-AUTOSAR | SOA-based | Linux/Vela SOA | INTEGRITY SOA | MBUX SOA | Nucleus SOA | NvMedia, NvStreams, etc. | PikeOS SOA | Pleos Playground, SOA | QNX SDP, SOA | Zonal architecture, SOA-based | SOA-based | SkyOS-L, SOA | SOA, non-AUTOSAR | VW.AC, SOA | VxWorks SOA | Windows SOA | SOA-based | SOA, non-AUTOSAR | SOA-based |
| Connectivity Capabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bluetooth | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | No | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | No | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP) | Yes | No | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | No | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) | Yes (HFP, A2DP, BLE) |
| USB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WiFi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NFC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CAN | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third-party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Releases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Release Version | Android Automotive 16 | Quirky Quillback | Initial release | v1.4 | Unknown | Cloudpeak | AdaptiveCore 2.19.0 | V11.2.0 | Coffee OS 3.1 | Initial release | HarmonyOS 6 | HyperOS 3.0 | Unknown | Initial release | 3.x | 7.0.3 | 5.1 | Initial release | 8.0 | 2025.26 | Unknown | Initial release | 2025.32.6 | Initial release | 6.9.4.8 | Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 | 3.1.0 | Galaxy | 2025 version |
| Last Release Date | 2025-06-16 | 2025-07-16 | 2025-05-21 | 2025-05-28 | Unknown | 2025-07-28 | 2024 | 2025-03-04 | 2024-11-17 | 2025-03-27 | 2025-06-21 | 2025-08-28 | Unknown | 2025-02-20 | 2017-05-15 | 2025-08-25 | 2021-01 | 2025-03-28 | 2025-08-20 | 2025-09-05 | Unknown | 2024-07-27 | 2025-09-15 | 2025 | Unknown | 2024-06-01 | Unknown | 2024-06-17 | 2024-08-14 |
| Planned Next Release Date | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2026 Q2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
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