Does My Intel® Processor Support Microsoft Windows® 10?
| Note | If the code name for your processor is not listed in the table below, please contact your original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or the motherboard vendor. |
Follow the steps below to determine if your processor supports Windows® 10 using the code name listed in the table below.
- Identify the processor: Press the Windows key
on your keyboard and start typing "System", choose System Information, which will show Processor information with the name and the number. - Go to the product specification site and type the processor number in the search box. Once you see the processor in the drop-down, click it.
- On the product specification page under Essentials, the second line lists the code name.
- Locate the code name in the table below, and determine if your processor supports Windows® 10.
For example: The processor is i7-10700K.
- Enter the processor number in the search box on the Product specification site.
- The Code Name is located under Essentials.
- Locate the code name in the table below, and determine if your processor supports Windows® 10. In the example given, the i7-10700K has the code name Comet Lake. In the table below, we can see that the processor supports Windows® 10, 64-bit.
- Enter the processor number in the search box on the Product specification site.
| Note | To see the full list of the Intel® Core™ Processors, click on the second column (code name) below. |
| Intel® Processor Platform | Formerly Known as (code name) | Windows® 10 32-bit Support | Windows® 10 64-bit Support |
| 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® Core™ 14th gen processors | Raptor Lake | No | Windows® 10 (22H2, 21H2) |
| 12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | No | Windows® 10 (20H2, 21H1, 21H2) | |
| 11th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Rocket Lake | No | Yes |
| 11th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Tiger Lake | No | Yes |
| 10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Ice Lake | No | Yes |
| 10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Comet Lake | No | Yes |
| Intel® Core™ X-series Processors | Cascade Lake | No | Yes |
| 10th/8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Amber Lake Y | No | Yes |
| 9th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Coffee Lake | No | Yes |
| 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Whiskey Lake | No | Yes |
| 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Coffee Lake | No | Yes |
| 8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors | Kaby Lake R | No | Yes |
| 7th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v6 (Mobile) | Kaby Lake | No | Yes |
| Intel® Pentium® Silver Processors Intel® Celeron® J and N Series Processors | No | Yes | |
| 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors | Skylake | No | Yes |
| 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors | Broadwell | No | Yes |
| 4th Generation Intel® Core™
Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors | Haswell | No | Yes |
| 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors | Ivy Bridge | No | Yes1 |
| Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors Intel® Atom® Processors | Apollo Lake | No | Yes |
| Intel® Atom® Processors | Cherry Trail | Yes | Yes |
| Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors Intel® Atom® Processors | Bay Trail | Yes | Yes |
| Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors Intel Atom® Processors | Braswell | Yes | Yes |
| 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors Legacy Intel® Pentium Processors Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processors
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| No2 | No2 |
1 Upgrade only: If you bought a system that came with Windows 7*, Windows 8*, or Windows 8.1*, refer to your original equipment manufacturer (OEM) about upgrading to Windows® 10.
2 For processors that are not supported with Windows® 10, please contact your original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or the motherboard vendor.
| Note: | Systems running Windows 7*, Windows 8*, or Windows 8.1* can use the Get Windows® 10 (GWX) application from Microsoft to confirm your system is compatible. Access the Microsoft Windows® 10 Q&A for more information. |