AMD CPUs have problems under Windows 11

Gamers who rely on a PC setup with an AMD processor should probably wait a bit longer before updating to Windows 11. After all, it has now come out that the Ryzen family might suffer from performance losses when running the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system.

Poorer performance than with Windows 10

The worse performance of AMD processors can probably already be expressed in numbers. As it turns out, you have to accept a loss of up to 5 percent in direct comparison to a system with Windows 10. This looks more serious in the pure gaming performance. The frame rates are supposed to be up to 15% lower. This is a disadvantage that should not be underestimated, especially in the e-sports sector. AMD itself seems to have already found out why the problem exists. The company says that the CPU’s cache suffers from more latency under Microsoft’s latest operating system. Since high latency is basically detrimental to gaming performance, gamers in particular should be able to notice the problem quite clearly.

Some CPUs particularly affected

However, high latency is not the only problem with AMD processors running Windows 11. On top of that, the communication between the CPU and the so-called thread scheduler is said to be far from buttery smooth. This is so hard to notice since the Ryzen models are actually known for completing the most demanding tasks via this path. Due to this communication problem, it is said that especially AMD CPUs with 12 or 16 cores (e.g. Ryzen 9 5900X) suffer from the problem.

Problem resolution underway

AMD is likely to be annoyed with the problem. After all, the chip company has established its Ryzen family as the high-performance alternative to Intel CPUs in recent months. But owners of an AMD-based system don’t have to fear not being able to gamble under Windows 11 anymore. Both AMD and Microsoft are working on draft solutions that are supposed to fix the problems in the form of an update that will be released in October. AMD itself advises its users to only install Windows 11 when this update is available.