In today’s video we put Windows 10 against Windows 11 to see what the performance differences are, if any. There are many videos circulating regarding AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, with many different version of Winodws tested, so today I bring you a video comparing the performance of Windows 10 vs Windows 11 in gaming.
Initially, Windows 10 far outperformed Windows 11 in my testing, but after another full re-install of Windows 11 the performance gap narrowed. I have no idea why Windows 11 has such big differences between installs as both installs were done to a brand new NVMe drive, fully updated drivers, Windows patches, and Virtualization / VBS / Core Isolation / Memory Integrity was disabled at a BIOS level for all these tests.
We will be testing 8 games with a variety of settings ranging from being completely CPU bound, to fully GPU bound. We’ll be using DLSS and DLAA at 1440p using an RTX 4070 Ti Super and 14600KF Core i5 Intel CPU.,
So which OS performs better in gaming? Windows 10, or Windows 11?
System Specs:
Intel Core i5 14600KF @ Stock
MSI Ventus 3X RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB @ Stock
Gigabyte Gaming X AX Z790 Motherboard
G-Skill 32GB DDR5 6400 Mt/s CL32 Memory
Corsair HX850i Power Supply
Windows 11 Pro
256 GB PCIE Gen 3 NVMe Drive for OS
2 TB PCIE Gen 4 NVMe Drive for Games
Game Mode and ReBAR enabled
VBS / Core Isolation / Memory Integrity / Virtualization Disabled in BIOS
Timestamps:
0:00 – Important Testing Info
1:50 – Horizon Forbidden West – 720p Low DLSS Performance
2:31 – Space Marine 2 – 1440p High, DLSS Quality
3:08 – Cyberpunk 2077 – 720p Low, DLSS Ultra Performance
4:15 – Cyberpunk 2077 – 1440p High, DLAA
5:23 – Ghost of Tsushima – 720p DLSS Performance
5:46 – Ghost of Tsushima – 1440p Very High, DLAA
6:11 – Dragon’s Dogma 2 – 1440p High, DLSS Quality
6:45 – Spider-Man Remastered – 1440p Very High, Ray Tracing, DLSS Q
7:16 – Diablo 4 – 1440p Ultra, DLSS Balanced
8:09 – Black Myth Wukong – 1440p High, DLSS Quality
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Just for clarification, the Windows versions used in this video are 22H2 for Windows 10, and 23H2 for Windows 11. For official testing I dont use Insider Program builds, so only the latest that is officially available without being part of the Insider Program.
can you state which windows 11? 23H2 or 24H2?
Do you often write home about gaming performances?
Just joking since you use that phrase a lot, haha 😁
A conclusion section, where you have the averages listed, at the end of the video, would be nice.
Good video overall though.
Thank you for the hard work.
I was thinking of doing something similar but compare my current over a year old Win 11 install with a fresh one. Just keep putting it off HAHA. Maybe will wait for 24H2 one it becomes available. Interesting how some people get slightly different results.
It looks like the scaling brings 10 and 11 closer as the resolution increases – I assume this is the reduced CPU demand in action?
Interesting to see that 10 seems overall better.
Im switching to W11 only when they stop releasing security patch.
This test would have been even more interesting with an AMD CPU.
Putting system specs and drivers at the beginning of the video is a good choice. GG.
Just stopping by to say hi and hope you're doing alright. This video is good, Taylor Swift would applaud it.
those 0.1% lows in Black Myth Wukong shows how much I hate UE5 games… they are always stuttery no matter what