Does My Intel® Processor Support Microsoft Windows® 10?
Follow the steps below to determine if your processor supports Windows® 10.
- Identify the processor in your system:
- Press the Windows key and the letter S at the same time.
- Type system. Choose System or System Information.
- Under Processor, note the processor number listed for the next step.
- Press the Windows key and the letter S at the same time.
- Go to the product specification site and type the processor number in the search box.
For example: The processor is i7-8700K.
- Select the matching result to open the product specification page.
- On the product specification page under Essentials, the second line lists the code name.
- Note the code name, locate it in the table below, and determine if your processor supports Windows® 10.
In the example given, the i7-8700K has the code name Coffee Lake. In the table below, we can see that the processor supports Windows® 10, 64-bit.
| Note | If you don't see the code name in the table below, then the processor doesn't support the Windows® 10 driver. |
| Intel® Processor Platform | Formerly Known as (code name) | Windows® 10 32-bit Driver Support | Windows 10 64-bit Driver Support |
| 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 | Kaby Lake | No | Yes |
| 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors | Skylake | No | Yes |
| 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family (Workstation only) | Broadwell | No | Yes |
| 4th Generation Intel® Core™
Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family (Workstation only) | 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 | Yes2 | Yes |
| Intel® Pentium® Processors Intel® Celeron® Processors Intel Atom® Processors | Braswell | Yes | Yes |
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 Intel Atom® Processors (code name Bay Trail) are supported for Windows® 10, 32-bit platform with the existing drivers that were delivered for Windows* 8.1. We plan to certify Windows* 8.1 drivers for the Windows® 10, 64-bit platform only.
| 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. |
| Related topics |
| Microsoft Windows® 10 Q&A |
| Windows® 10 Support Information for Intel® Products |
| Microsoft Windows® 10 Specifications |
