You can read the complete list here ( Intel | AMD). Yes, there are other processors that are supported like Intel Atom, Pentium, Xenon and Celeron processors are in the list. We went through that list and found that for Intel processors, it has to be anything from 8th-generation or newer and for AMD Ryzen series, anything from the 2nd-generation will work. So, what are these processors that Windows 11 supports? Thankfully, Microsoft has dropped a complete list of processors from both Intel and AMD that will support Windows 11.
No matter if it is an octa-core, quad-core or clocked at 3.5GHz. Well, the reason behind it is that there’s a line in the sand of processors which Microsoft has drawn and said, anything older than this isn’t compatible with our ‘newest and greatest’ operating system. But, what went wrong here, the 6th-generation Intel Core i7 is a pretty powerful processor in itself. But what processors? Because we have a system running Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD and Nvidia GeFore GTX 970M graphics card and the PC Health Checkup, a ‘novel’ tool launched by Microsoft that allows you to run a Windows 11 compatibility test, says ‘Your Processor isn’t compatible’. The basic PC requirements for the operating system goes something like this - >1GHz, 2-core processors, 4GB memory, and 64GB of storage. We have already told you about the minimum PC requirements for Windows 11, which Microsoft announced last week.
