(desktop-backends)=
# Backends

Available hardware acceleration backends for desktop platforms.

## Linux Backends

- {doc}`desktop-xnnpack` — XNNPACK (CPU acceleration)
- {doc}`desktop-openvino` — OpenVINO (Intel hardware optimization)

## macOS Backends

- {doc}`desktop-coreml` — CoreML (recommended for Apple Silicon)
- {doc}`desktop-mps` — Metal Performance Shaders (Apple Silicon GPU)
- {doc}`desktop-xnnpack` — XNNPACK (CPU acceleration)

## Windows Backends

- {doc}`desktop-xnnpack` — XNNPACK (CPU acceleration)
- {doc}`desktop-openvino` — OpenVINO (Intel hardware optimization)

```{toctree}
:hidden:
desktop-xnnpack
desktop-openvino
desktop-coreml
desktop-mps