AMD: Windows 11 is slowing down our processors, there’s a patch on the way

Windows 11 has already been introduced with its security features, which can more or less slow down games, according to AMD According to him, it has its own problem, which affects every Ryzen processor running under Windows 11, ie regardless of the generation. There is also the problem of EPYC processors and some newer Athlon models, in short, all CPU od AMDwhich officially support Windows 11. –

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We learn that this is specifically a problem of sharply increased latency of the L3 cache, which can increase up to threefold, which particularly affects applications that are sensitive to less ready L3 cache. AMD does not give us any specific examples, but at least states that there may be a 3 to 5% reduction in application performance and a 10 to 15% reduction in FPS in games, citing eSports titles for some reason.

In addition, UEFI CPPC2 does not yet work properly in Windows 11 to select “preferred cores,” which assigns a high single-threaded load to one of the two most powerful cores in a given processor. This logically can affect 8 or more core processors with a TDP of 65 W or rather higher.

Server Tom’s Hardware tried to ask for more details, but AMD is not ready to provide any. All we learn is that the company, together with Microsoft, is “actively addressing these issues” and that we should expect software updates. AMD then only advises that anyone who considers these issues to be essential can continue to use Windows 10, which basically recommends that you do not switch to Windows 11 yet. –

We expect software patches sometime this month.

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