Well... quick test says that x86 works with ESXi (ROS 6.45.9, ESXi 6.5.0). There's really no reason why it wouldn't, it did in the past and you can't intentionally break it in new versions, because it would annoy existing customers, who may have older installations. It just doesn't support all hardware (PVSCSI, VMXNET3), but works with IDE disk and E1000 network adapters. Also doesn't have Tools and possibly some other stuff.
But in any case, CHR is better as VM and I don't see why anyone would use x86 for new installation.
I'm just wondering why even CHR still officially needs IDE disk, when PVSCSI mostly works and only needs to fix
some small bug.