Windows 11 bugs slow down AMD processors, AMD and Microsoft are working on a fix

Windows 11 bugs slow down AMD processors, AMD and Microsoft are working on a fix Microsoft released Windows 11 this week as a free update from Windows 10 for compatible PCs. However, if you are running an AMD processor and haven’t updated yet, you may want to hold off as two performance bugs have identified.

The first one affects the L3 cache and increases latency by around 3x. Typical applications will see a 3-5% hit in performance, but esports games can experience as much as 10-15% slowdown.

The other bug prevents Windows from using AMD’s “preferred core” feature properly. This feature is how the processor tells the OS which core can achieve the highest clockspeed…