Intel NPU drivers are the software that lets Windows talk to the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) built into modern Intel processors.
Without this driver installed, the NPU shows up as an unknown device in Device Manager and AI features in many apps will fall back to the CPU or GPU, or simply not work.
Supported hardware
- Core Ultra Series 1 (Meteor Lake)
- Core Ultra Series 2 (Lunar Lake)
- Core Ultra Series 2 (Arrow Lake)
What this driver does
- Enables the NPU (listed as “Intel AI Boost” in Device Manager)
- Provides the OpenVINO runtime that many NPU-accelerated apps depend on
- Lets the NPU handle background AI tasks at low power instead of loading up the CPU or GPU
- Fixes the yellow exclamation mark next to “Intel AI Boost” in Device Manager
This download is valid for the product(s) listed below.
Intel® Core™ 3 processor 304 (6M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ 5 processor 315 (6M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ 5 processor 320 (6M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
Intel® Core™ 7 processor 350 (6M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ 5 processor 330 (6M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
Intel® Core™ 7 processor 360 (6M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 processor 270HX Plus (30M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 processor 290HX Plus (36M Cache, up to 5.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 processor 270K Plus (36M Cache, up to 5.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 processor 250K Plus (30M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 processor 250KF Plus (30M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 335 (12M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 355 (12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 325 (12M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 332 (12M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 322 (12M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 365 (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 336H (18M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 356H (18M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 338H (18M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 366H (18M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 386H (18M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 Processor 358H (18M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 Processor 388H (18M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 Processor 368H (18M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 225H (18M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 285H (24M Cache, up to 5.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 235H (18M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265H (24M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 255H (24M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265U (12M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 235U (12M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 255U (12M Cache, up to 5.20 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 225U (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 285HX (36M Cache, up to 5.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 235HX (24M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 245HX (24M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265HX (30M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 275HX (36M Cache, up to 5.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 255HX (30M Cache, up to 5.20 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 225 (20M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265 (30M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 225F (20M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265F (30M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265T (30M Cache, up to 5.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 285 (36M Cache, up to 5.60 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 285T (36M Cache, up to 5.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 235 (24M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 230F (24M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 245 (24M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 245T (24M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 235T (24M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 225T (20M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 245KF (24M Cache, up to 5.20 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 245K (24M Cache, up to 5.20 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265KF (30M Cache, up to 5.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 265K (30M Cache, up to 5.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 285K (36M Cache, up to 5.70 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 268V (12M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 258V (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 236V (8M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 238V (8M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 256V (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 266V (12M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 228V (8M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 288V (12M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 226V (8M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 125UL (12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 125HL (18M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 155UL (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 3 Processor 105UL (10M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 155HL (24M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 135UL (12M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 135HL (18M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 165HL (24M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 165UL (12M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 185H (24M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 134U (12M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 164U (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 125H (18M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 155H (24M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 135H (18M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 165H (24M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 115U (10M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 155U (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 165U (12M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 135U (12M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz)
Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 Processor 125U (12M Cache, up to 4.30 GHz)
100.5540 (August 29th, 2026)
MSFT Experiences (Enabled & Optimized)
- Small/large language model optimizations
- Improved SDXL FEIL
- Improved video super resolution power efficiency (pending)
Public Models (Enabled & Optimized)
- Enabled and optimized Granite 4.0-1B model support on NPU.
- Improved NPU performance for Qwen3-4B model workloads.
- Added support and performance optimizations for Granite 4.0-1B on NPU.
- Enhanced NPU performance for Qwen3-TTS-0.6B model workloads.
- Added support for Gemma Embedding model workloads.
- Fixed a compiler issue that could cause incorrect results with grouped INT8 quantized weights.
- Optimized NPU performance for Qwen Omni INT4 TTS workloads.
- Enabled and optimized Qwen3-ASR-0.6B model support on NPU.
- Improved NPU performance for MinerU-Pro model workloads.
- Enhanced overall model accuracy and reliability for supported AI workloads.
- Resolved an access violation issue identified through telemetry monitoring.
- Fixed an NPU memory management issue that could cause crashes during Phi model inference.
- Resolved a telemetry-reported invalid pointer access issue affecting NPU stability.
Supported Platform:
- Wildcat Lake: Intel Core processors (Series 3)
- Panther Lake: Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors
- Lunar Lake: Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2)
- Meteor Lake: Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 1)
- Arrow Lake: Intel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2)
