Windows 10: Windows 11 CPU requirement

I have a cheapo laptop that I have the Pentium Silver N5000 CPU that I was able to upgrade to Windows 11 just fine. My GAMING deskptop is running the Intel Core I-7-7770K which will run any game at full throttle with no issues at all and yet it is not able to meet the requirements of upgrading to WIndows 11?See benchmarks of both CPUs are compared here: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-Silver-N5000-vs-Intel-Core-i7-7700K/m499477vs3647The N5000 Silver, which is discontinued, seems to be fine and meets the requirements but in a benchmark test rates as a sailboat, jet ski or a

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Window 11 CPU Requirements

Hi. Are you going to be expanding the list of approved CPUs for Windows 11 please? I have seen the list at Windows processor requirements Windows 11 supported Intel processors but this doesn't include my CPU (i5-7200U). However, my CPU more than meets the speed and core requirements (2x2.5GHz) and is more capable than many of the CPUs on your list (e.g. Celeron 6305 at 2x1.8GHz). Thanks

 

Windows 11 CPU not supported but meeting minimum requirements

Hi,

maybe noone can have an easy answer here, but i'd like to know why the CPU I have on a tiny and maybe a bit old computer, an Intel Celeron J1900, which is a quad core CPU running at 2.0GHz is not supported by Windows 11 installer if the minimum CPU requirements to run Windows 11 are a 1.0GHz dual core CPU. And well, looking at the list, I'm pretty sure there are more CPUs in the same state, meeting the requirements, but not on the list, so unable to install Windows 11, even if Windows 10 runs perfectly and most probably Windows 11 will too.

Regards.

 

Window 11 CPU Requirements

Hello Nick! My name is Mustafa, I will be assisting you today

Note: This is a user-to-user support forum and I am a fellow user who doesn't work for Microsoft.

I don't think they will be adding older processors to their list of supported CPUs for Windows 11. There are many things that are considered when deciding whether a CPU supports an OS or not and it is not only about the cores. Yours is a U version CPU, which means it is made for laptops that focus on power efficiency and not power, so it is not powerful enough to handle Windows 11. They should also take into account future updates, while your CPU may be powerful enough to support the first version of Windows 11, it will not be powerful enough to support an update from a few months from now or a year from now and lead to having issues with your device. And you can see in the list the first version of the Core i5 U version that is supported is from the 10th Generation. Considering that it came out 2-3 years ago shows you that your version doesn't meet the requirement for Windows 11.

And the Celeron example that you have given, may be a desktop version or a gaming version which is much more powerful than the laptop version of the CPU.

I hope this answers your question.

Please let me know if you need further assistance.

Warm Regards,

Mustafa