Does My Intel® Processor Support Microsoft Windows® 10?

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10/23/2023

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.

  1. Identify the processor: Press the Windows key Windows key on your keyboard and start typing "System", choose System Information, which will show Processor information with the name and the number.
  2. 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.
  3. On the product specification page under Essentials, the second line lists the code name.
  4. Locate the code name in the table below, and determine if your processor supports Windows® 10.

    For example: The processor is i7-10700K.

    1. Enter the processor number in the search box on the Product specification site.

    2. The Code Name is located under Essentials.

      Code name

    3. 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.
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

Alder Lake

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

Gemini Lake

Gemini Lake Refresh

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

 

Sandy Bridge, Clarkdale,

Kentsfield, Merom, Wolfdale

Cedarview, Yonah, Penryn

Lynnfield

 

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.

 

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