Windows defender steals 6 to 7% performance from Intel CPUs

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As published by TPU, an investigation has found that multithreaded performance on Intel CPUs can be cut by 6-7% when windows defender is enabled in Windows.

Luckily, TPU also has a fix

Windows Defender can Significantly Impact Intel CPU Performance, We have the Fix

Kevin Glynn, aka "Uncle Webb," our associate software author behind popular utilities such as ThrottleStop and RealTemp, developed a new utility named Counter Control, which lets you monitor and log the performance counters of Intel Core processors since 2008 (Core "Nehalem"). During development...

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The tool you need to use is here https://www.techpowerup.com/download/counter-control/

The alternative to not using the tool is to disable Windows Defender or wait for Microsoft to fix it


AMD CPUs are not affected

 

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Takeaway from that for me being to stay on Windows 10

That's fine if you prefer the inferior os

 

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There's gonna be a Windows 12 (probably) in 2024

What's that got to do with the topic