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GPU Mandelbrot on Windows Pc

Developed By: Infinite Worlds

License: Free

Rating: 3,0/5 - 76 votes

Last Updated: April 04, 2025

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.1.2
Size 471.3 KB
Release Date December 22, 23
Category Education Apps

What's New:
Update app to target latest Android version [see more]

Description from Developer:
A very fast and fully GPU based way to explore and capture shots of the beautiful and infinite Mandelbrot set.

This app pushes the GPU to the limit by doing all the calculations i... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download GPU Mandelbrot and install on Windows PC. GPU Mandelbrot is free Education app, developed by Infinite Worlds. Latest version of GPU Mandelbrot is 1.1.2, was released on 2023-12-22 (updated on 2025-04-04). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of GPU Mandelbrot is 3,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 76 users, 27 users had rated it 5*, 27 users had rated it 1*.

How to install GPU Mandelbrot on Windows?

Instruction on how to install GPU Mandelbrot on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install GPU Mandelbrot on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install GPU Mandelbrot using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "GPU Mandelbrot" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install GPU Mandelbrot on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "GPU Mandelbrot" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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A very fast and fully GPU based way to explore and capture shots of the beautiful and infinite Mandelbrot set.

This app pushes the GPU to the limit by doing all the calculations in GLSL shaders and should be much faster than CPU based methods. At large zoom levels the shader code emulates double precision in a vertex shader and manages on most low end devices to get at least 43 bit precision instead of the normal 10 bit.

Try all the different options. Use two fingers or double tap to zoom. By holding a finger on the screen you can pan and zoom for as long as you like. The fractal will be updated when you stop touching the screen.

Turn off the automatic shader picker and manually try the different modes. The GLSL code is based on www.thasler.org/blog/?p=93 and uses some unusual constructs that some graphics drivers might treat differently.
Update app to target latest Android version