diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index feafb0c87..9ad2d8c1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "CUDA_VERSION=${{ matrix.cuda-version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-  test:
+  test-linux:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       # TODO: add driver version here
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ jobs:
         host-platform:
           - linux-64
           - linux-aarch64
-          # TODO: enable testing once win-64 GPU runners are up
-          # - win-64
         python-version:
           - "3.13"
           - "3.12"
@@ -246,7 +244,42 @@ jobs:
       - build
     secrets: inherit
     uses:
-      ./.github/workflows/test-wheel.yml
+      ./.github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml
+    with:
+      host-platform: ${{ matrix.host-platform }}
+      python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      build-ctk-ver: ${{ needs.build.outputs.BUILD_CTK_VER }}
+      cuda-version: ${{ matrix.cuda-version }}
+      local-ctk: ${{ matrix.local-ctk}}
+      runner: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+
+  test-windows:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      # TODO: add driver version here
+      matrix:
+        host-platform:
+          - win-64
+        python-version:
+          - "3.12"
+        cuda-version:
+          # Note: this is for test-time only.
+          - "12.8.0"
+          - "11.8.0"
+        local-ctk:
+          - 1  # use mini CTK
+          - 0  # use CTK wheels
+        runner:
+          - default
+    name: Test (${{ matrix.host-platform }}, Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}, CUDA ${{ matrix.cuda-version }}, Runner ${{ matrix.runner }}, ${{ (matrix.local-ctk == '1' && 'local CTK') || 'CTK wheels' }})
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read  # This is required for actions/checkout
+    needs:
+      - build
+    secrets: inherit
+    uses:
+      ./.github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml
     with:
       host-platform: ${{ matrix.host-platform }}
       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -277,7 +310,8 @@ jobs:
       checks: read
     needs:
       - build
-      - test
+      - test-linux
+      - test-windows
       - doc
     secrets: inherit
     uses:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/install_gpu_driver.ps1 b/.github/workflows/install_gpu_driver.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..980e64996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/install_gpu_driver.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
+
+# Install the driver
+function Install-Driver {
+
+    # Set the correct URL, filename, and arguments to the installer
+    # This driver is picked to support Windows 11 & CUDA 12.8
+    $url = 'https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla/572.13/572.13-data-center-tesla-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-dch-international.exe';
+    $file_dir = 'C:\NVIDIA-Driver\572.13-data-center-tesla-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-dch-international.exe';
+    $install_args = '/s /noeula /noreboot';
+
+    # Create the folder for the driver download
+    if (!(Test-Path -Path 'C:\NVIDIA-Driver')) {
+        New-Item -Path 'C:\' -Name 'NVIDIA-Driver' -ItemType 'directory' | Out-Null
+    }
+
+    # Download the file to a specified directory
+    # Disabling progress bar due to https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-gpu-installation/issues/29
+    $ProgressPreference_tmp = $ProgressPreference
+    $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+    Write-Output 'Downloading the driver installer...'
+    Invoke-WebRequest $url -OutFile $file_dir
+    $ProgressPreference = $ProgressPreference_tmp
+    Write-Output 'Download complete!'
+
+    # Install the file with the specified path from earlier as well as the RunAs admin option
+    Write-Output 'Running the driver installer...'
+    Start-Process -FilePath $file_dir -ArgumentList $install_args -Wait
+    Write-Output 'Done!'
+}
+
+# Run the functions
+Install-Driver
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/test-wheel.yml
rename to .github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2312085df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+name: "CI: Test wheels"
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      host-platform:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      python-version:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      build-ctk-ver:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      cuda-version:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      local-ctk:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      runner:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    # The build stage could fail but we want the CI to keep moving.
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'nvidia' && !cancelled() }}
+    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.runner == 'default' && inputs.host-platform == 'win-64' && 'cuda-python-windows-gpu-github') }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Update driver
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/install_gpu_driver.ps1
+
+      - name: Ensure GPU is working
+        run: nvidia-smi
+
+      - name: Set environment variables
+        run: |
+          $PYTHON_VERSION_FORMATTED = '${{ inputs.python-version }}' -replace '\.'
+          $REPO_DIR = $PWD.Path
+
+          $BUILD_CUDA_MAJOR = '${{ inputs.build-ctk-ver }}' -split '\.' | Select-Object -First 1
+          $TEST_CUDA_MAJOR = '${{ inputs.cuda-version }}' -split '\.' | Select-Object -First 1
+          if ($BUILD_CUDA_MAJOR -ne $TEST_CUDA_MAJOR) {
+            $SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST = 1
+          } else {
+            $SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST = 0
+          }
+
+          if ('${{ inputs.local-ctk }}' -eq '1') {
+            if ($TEST_CUDA_MAJOR -eq '12') {
+              $MINI_CTK_DEPS = '["nvcc", "nvrtc", "nvjitlink"]'
+            } else {
+              $MINI_CTK_DEPS = '["nvcc", "nvrtc"]'
+            }
+          }
+
+          # Make outputs from the previous job as env vars
+          $CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_BASENAME = "cuda-core-python${PYTHON_VERSION_FORMATTED}-${{ inputs.host-platform }}"
+          "PYTHON_VERSION_FORMATTED=${PYTHON_VERSION_FORMATTED}" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          "CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_BASENAME=${CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_BASENAME}" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          "CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_NAME=${CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_BASENAME}-${{ github.sha }}" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          "CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR=$($ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath("$REPO_DIR\cuda_core\dist"))" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          $CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_BASENAME = "cuda-bindings-python${PYTHON_VERSION_FORMATTED}-cuda${{ inputs.build-ctk-ver }}-${{ inputs.host-platform }}"
+          "CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_BASENAME=${CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_BASENAME}" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          "CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_NAME=${CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_BASENAME}-${{ github.sha }}" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          "CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR=$($ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath("$REPO_DIR\cuda_bindings\dist"))" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          "SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST=${SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST}" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          "MINI_CTK_DEPS=${MINI_CTK_DEPS}" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Download cuda-python build artifacts
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST == '0'}}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cuda-python-wheel
+          path: .
+
+      - name: Download cuda.bindings build artifacts
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST == '0'}}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
+
+      - name: Install gh cli
+        # the GPU runner image does not have gh pre-installed...
+        env:
+          # doesn't seem there's an easy way to avoid hard-coding it?
+          GH_MSI_URL: https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v2.67.0/gh_2.67.0_windows_amd64.msi
+        run: |
+          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$env:GH_MSI_URL" -OutFile "gh_installer.msi"
+          Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -Verbose -ArgumentList '/i "gh_installer.msi" /qn'
+          $GH_POSSIBLE_PATHS = "C:\\Program Files\\GitHub CLI", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\GitHub CLI"
+          foreach ($p in $GH_POSSIBLE_PATHS) {
+              echo "$p" >> $env:GITHUB_PATH
+              $env:Path += ";$p"
+          }
+          gh --version
+
+      - name: Download cuda-python & cuda.bindings build artifacts from the prior branch
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST == '1'}}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          $OLD_BRANCH = Get-Content .github/BACKPORT_BRANCH
+          $OLD_BASENAME = "cuda-bindings-python${env:PYTHON_VERSION_FORMATTED}-cuda*-${{ inputs.host-platform }}*"
+          $runData = gh run list -b $OLD_BRANCH -L 1 -w "CI: Build and test" -s completed -R NVIDIA/cuda-python --json databaseId | ConvertFrom-Json
+          if (-not $runData -or $runData.Length -eq 0 -or -not $runData[0].databaseId -or [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($runData[0].databaseId)) {
+              Write-Host "LATEST_PRIOR_RUN_ID not found!"
+              exit 1
+          }
+          $LATEST_PRIOR_RUN_ID = $runData[0].databaseId
+
+          gh run download $LATEST_PRIOR_RUN_ID -p $OLD_BASENAME -R NVIDIA/cuda-python
+          Get-ChildItem -Path $OLD_BASENAME
+          New-Item -Path "${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}" -ItemType Directory -Force
+          Move-Item -Path "$OLD_BASENAME/*.whl" -Destination "${{ env.CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}"
+          Remove-Item -Path $OLD_BASENAME -Force
+      
+          gh run download $LATEST_PRIOR_RUN_ID -p cuda-python-wheel -R NVIDIA/cuda-python
+          Get-ChildItem -Path cuda-python-wheel
+          Move-Item -Path "cuda-python-wheel/*.whl" -Destination .
+          Remove-Item -Path cuda-python-wheel -Force
+
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded cuda-python artifacts
+        run: |
+          Get-Location
+          Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force | Select-Object Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, FullName
+
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded cuda.bindings artifacts
+        run: |
+          Get-Location
+          Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force $env:CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR | Select-Object Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, FullName
+
+      - name: Download cuda.core build artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACT_NAME }}
+          path: ${{ env.CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR }}
+
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded cuda.core build artifacts
+        run: |
+          Get-Location
+          Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Force $env:CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR | Select-Object Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, FullName
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Set up mini CTK
+        if: ${{ inputs.local-ctk == '1' }}
+        # Note: The GH-hosted Windows GPU runner does not have Git for Windows pre-installed,
+        # so we cannot use our own fetch_ctk action unfortunately...
+        uses: Jimver/cuda-toolkit@v0.2.21
+        with:
+          cuda: ${{ inputs.cuda-version }}
+          method: 'network'
+          sub-packages: ${{ env.MINI_CTK_DEPS }}
+
+      - name: Update PATH
+        if: ${{ inputs.local-ctk == '1' }}
+        run: |
+          # mimics actual CTK installation
+          echo $PATH
+          echo "$env:CUDA_PATH\nvvm\bin" >> $env:GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Run cuda.bindings tests
+        if: ${{ env.SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST == '0' }}
+        run: |
+          Push-Location $env:CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR
+          if ('${{ inputs.local-ctk }}' -eq '1') {
+            Get-ChildItem $env:CUDA_PATH
+            echo $PATH
+            pip install (Get-ChildItem -Filter *.whl).FullName
+          } else {
+            pip install "$((Get-ChildItem -Filter *.whl).FullName)[all]"
+          }
+          Pop-Location
+
+          Push-Location ./cuda_bindings
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pytest -rxXs tests/
+          # skip Cython tests for now
+          Pop-Location
+
+      - name: Run cuda.core tests
+        run: |
+          # If build/test majors match: cuda.bindings is installed in the previous step.
+          # If mismatch: cuda.bindings is installed from the backport branch.
+          if ($env:SKIP_CUDA_BINDINGS_TEST -eq '1') {
+            Push-Location $env:CUDA_BINDINGS_ARTIFACTS_DIR
+            if ('${{ inputs.local-ctk }}' -eq '1') {
+              pip install (Get-ChildItem -Filter *.whl).FullName
+            } else {
+              pip install "$((Get-ChildItem -Filter *.whl).FullName)[all]"
+            }
+            Pop-Location
+          }
+          $TEST_CUDA_MAJOR = '${{ inputs.cuda-version }}' -split '\.' | Select-Object -First 1
+          Push-Location $env:CUDA_CORE_ARTIFACTS_DIR
+          pip install "$((Get-ChildItem -Filter *.whl).FullName)[cu${TEST_CUDA_MAJOR}]"
+          Pop-Location
+
+          Push-Location ./cuda_core
+          pip install -r "tests/requirements-cu${TEST_CUDA_MAJOR}.txt"
+          pytest -rxXs tests/
+          Pop-Location
+
+      - name: Ensure cuda-python installable
+        run: |
+          if ('${{ inputs.local-ctk }}' -eq '1') {
+            pip install (Get-ChildItem -Filter cuda_python*.whl).FullName
+          } else {
+            pip install "$((Get-ChildItem -Filter cuda_python*.whl).FullName)[all]"
+          }