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Running Inference on Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X

GPUStack supports running on ARM64 Windows, enabling use on Snapdragon X-based Copilot+ PCs.

Note

Only CPU-based inference is supported on Snapdragon X devices. GPUStack does not currently support GPU or NPU acceleration on this platform.

Prerequisites

  • A Copilot+ PC with Snapdragon X. In this tutorial, we use the Dell XPS 13 9345.
  • Install AMD64 Python (version 3.10 to 3.12). See details

Installing GPUStack

Run PowerShell as administrator (avoid using PowerShell ISE), then run the following command to install GPUStack:

Invoke-Expression (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://get.gpustack.ai" -UseBasicParsing).Content

After installation, follow the on-screen instructions to obtain credentials and log in to the GPUStack UI.

Deploying a Model

  1. Navigate to the Models page in the GPUStack UI.
  2. Click on the Deploy Model button and select Hugging Face from the dropdown.
  3. Enable the GGUF checkbox to filter models by GGUF format.
  4. Use the search bar in the top left to search for the model name Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct-GGUF.
  5. Click Save to deploy the model.

Once deployed, you can monitor the model's status on the Models page.

llama3.2

Running Inference

Navigate to the Playground page in the GPUStack UI, where you can interact with the deployed model.

playground