Alder Lake chips work with Windows 11
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Alder Lake chips work with both newer and older versions of Windows, but Windows 11 unlocks the best performance because it is compatible with Intel's new Thread Director. The technology provides the operating system with information that helps assign work to the right cores. Alder Lake performance is still competitive on Windows 10, but you may encounter uneven performance and/or variability, meaning some workloads will be slower at times due to suboptimal thread scheduling. However, you can fix those issues on Windows 10 with various utilities, such as the ever-popular Process Lasso.