At the Windows event on May 20, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 11 Recall AI is exclusive to NPU-powered PCs with up to 40 TOPs (trillion operations per second). Is the NPU chip necessary for Recall? The latest experiment seems to suggest otherwise.
You may be able to run some Recall features on existing Intel PCs without NPU when x64 AI models are available.
According to Windows 11 Recall hardware requirements, you need a Copilot+ PC with 16GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and an NPU chip with 40+ TOPs. Only Snapdragon X Elite and Plus-powered PCs meet these requirements, particularly the 40 TOPs NPU, which is missing in Intel and AMD chips.
As a result, Intel and AMD CPUs have been left out, and Microsoft has only compiled the AI models for ARM chips. Here’s a quick benchmark of NPU chips by Windows Latest:
Processor | NPU Power | Peak (with GPU/CPU) |
Snapdragon X Elite | 45 TOPS | 75 TOPS |
Intel Meteor Lake | 11 TOPS | 34 TOPS |
AMD Ryzen Hawk Point | 16 TOPS | 38 TOPS |
This will change when Intel ships the Lunar Lake CPUs with up to 40 TOPs. AMD is also trying to win back Microsoft from Qualcomm with Sound Wave ARM APU. However, for now, the AI models are not available in x64.
Windows 11 Recall AI works without NPU for core tasks
Developer Albacore, the creator of the famous open-source ViveTool, enabled the “Recall app” on Intel PCs without NPU.
While the app opened, Recall’s screen understanding and other features did not work because the app attempted to download the AI models, which are not available in x64…
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