Redmond Giant updated the official Windows 11 requirements list, and did so to introduce the new processors that have hit the market in recent weeks. Microsoft also used the release of Windows 11 version 22H2 to fully support Ryzen 7000 and Intel Core Gen13, also known as Intel Raptor Lake-S.

Both processors already have official support from Microsoft in Windows 11, an operating system that caused a lot of controversy when it was launched. due to the increase in requirements it entailed compared to Windows 10and because it remained without official support processors that are still quite powerful today and can easily cover the needs of many users.

I’m talking about Ryzen 1000 and Intel Core Gen7, which do not meet the requirements of Windows 11. As a curious note, however, Microsoft it supported Intel Core-X based on the same architecture used by Core Gen7. The company has reiterated on several occasions that it will not change its mind and that it will not support Zen or Kaby Lake.

At the moment the requirements are Windows 11 are kept to a minimum which we all knew, this means that we will need at least a Zen + (Ryzen 2000) or Core Gen8 processor, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of free space to use the mentioned operating system with full support. If we install this OS on a computer with a Ryzen 1000 or Core Gen7 processor, it will work, but in the medium to long term we might have stability and support issues.

Windows 11 is an operating system that is fully prepared and optimized take advantage of the hybrid design used by the Raptor Lake-S processors to such an extent that it’s actually an option recommended by Intel itself. The 22H2 update should further improve the integration and use of this design, although we shouldn’t expect a significant performance boost.

I remind you that the management of the P cores (high performance) and E cores (high efficiency) of the Raptor Lake-S processors is carried out at both the software and hardware levels, since these processors are equipped 2nd generation Intel Thread Directorand this is ultimately the real “conductor” in charge of thread distribution.