How to Find Out If Your PC Has a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) on Windows 11

This article explains the steps to determine if your PC has a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) in Windows 11.

A Neural Processing Unit (NPU) is a specialized processor that is designed to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads right on a PC instead of sending data to be processed in the cloud.

In Windows 11, CPUs and GPUs can process most workloads. However, NPU is especially good at low-power AI calculations that accelerate language recognition, image processing, and other AI-based functionality tasks.

Determining if your PC has an NPU can help you understand its capabilities and ensure you take full advantage of its processing power.

Check if a PC has a Neural Processing Unit (NPU)

As mentioned, there are ways in Windows that tell if a PC has a Neural Processing Unit (NPU).

Here’s how to find out.

First, open the Task Manager or press the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).

Then, select the Performance tab.

If your PC has an NPU, you will see an NPU section with its name and details.

Use the Device Manager to find out if a PC has NPU

Another way to tell if a PC has NPU is to use the Device Manager.

First, open the Device Manager (devmgmt.msc).

If your PC has an NPU, you will see a Neural processors category similar to the one shown below.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

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