Test suites and track issues regarding the compatibility of Python libraries with Windows Arm64

This repository contains scripts to test compatibility of Python libraries with Windows Arm64 as well as performance benchmarks between x64 and Arm64.

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get_missing_wheels

Get the list of top 1000 libraries from PyPi and filter out the ones that are not available for Arm64.

python get_missing_wheels.py

.\test_missing_wheels.ps1 -PackageListFile "log\missing_packages_list_2025-10-30_15-30-45.txt" -pythonPath "C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe" -RetainEnvironments -useCacheDir

compat_run

handpicked set of ML oriented libraries and workflows

.\compat_run.ps1 -pythonPath "C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe" -hfToken "TOKEN" -Debug

Typical python path

"C:\Users\${USER}\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\${VERSION}\python.exe"
"C:\Program Files\${VERSION}\python.exe"

Requirements

• Latest VC Redist
• Visual Studio with C++ development package

common installation fixes

& "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsarm64.bat"
$env:TEMP = "C:/temp"
$env:TMP = "C:/temp"

Parameters

• pythonPath: Path to python executable
• hfToken: Hugging Face API token
• Debug: Debug mode (temp files are not deleted)
• useCacheDir: Use python cache directory
• librariesToTest: Custom list of libraries to test
• workflowsToTest: Custom list of workflows to test

Examples

skip all tests

.\compat_run.ps1 -pythonPath "C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe"  -librariesToTest @() -workflowsToTest @()

run some tests

.\compat_run.ps1 -pythonPath "C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe"  -librariesToTest "pandas", "scipy" -workflowsToTest "torch", "olive"

perf_run

performance benchmark between x64 and arm64 (or between any two versions of python)

.\perf_run.ps1 -pythonPath1 "C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe" -pythonPath2 "C:\Users\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312-arm64\python.exe"