THE CURRENT STATE OF WINDOWS 10

As of 2025, users evaluating whether to continue with Windows 10 or upgrade to Windows 11 should consider several key factors, including support timelines, performance enhancements, gaming capabilities, and new features.

Notably, Microsoft has announced that support for Windows 10 will officially end on October 14, 2025. After this date, Windows 10 devices will no longer receive free security updates, potentially increasing vulnerability to security risks and viruses. While the operating system will remain functional, the absence of updates may compromise system security over time.

Additionally, as Windows 11 becomes the new standard, some modern components—particularly Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and newer device drivers—are increasingly unsupported or unstable on Windows 10. Hardware manufacturers are focusing support on Windows 11, leading to potential compatibility issues or reduced functionality on older systems.

Despite these advantages on paper, several past benchmarks have consistently shown Windows 10 outperforming Windows 11 in real-world performance tests. With the release of the new 24H2 version of Windows 11, we wanted to run our own tests and see what the current state is between the performance of both OSes. Here are the results.

THE TESTS

To be able to evaluate the performance of each OS in a productivity setup, we have used the following benchmarks:

– Cinebench R23 Single-core
– Cinebench R23 Multi-core
– Blender – BMW CPU
– PCMARK10 – Video
– PCMARK10 – Audio
– PCMARK10 – Rendering
– 7Zip Compression
– 7Zip Decompression

BUILDS AND SETTINGS

Both test systems share identical hardware configurations:

– CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
– GPU: ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 16GB TUF
– RAM: 128GB (2x64GB) DDR5 5600 MHz
– Storage: 1TB m.2 PCIe 990 PRO

This uniformity ensures a fair comparison, isolating differences purely to operating system performance.

CINEBENCH R23: WINDOWS 10 WINS THE RENDERING RACE

Windows 10 slightly leads in both Cinebench single-core (2087 vs. 2084, ~0.14% higher) and multi-core (22511 vs. 22164, ~1.57% higher) scores. This gives it a minor edge in CPU-heavy workloads like multitasking and simulations.

CINEBENCH R23 – NO LIMITATION NOTED ON CPU FREQUENCY LEVEL

CPU frequencies were identical across both OS—5200 MHz (single-core) and 5100 MHz (multi-core).

BLENDER – WINDOWS 11 TAKES A SLIM LEAD IN CPU RENDERING

Windows 11 completed the CPU render marginally faster (1:43.55 vs. 1:44.27), translating to an improvement of ~0.69%. The advantage is small but measurable.

BLENDER – WINDOWS 11 AHEAD IN GPU RENDERING SPEED

Windows 11 finishes the GPU render in 4.17 seconds vs. Windows 10’s 4.51, making it about ~7.54% faster, a noticeable gain in GPU compute performance.

PCMARK10 –WINDOWS 11 SHINES IN MULTIMEDIA TASKS

Windows 11 leads in photo editing (34,190 vs. 33,428, ~2.28% faster) and rendering (24,614 vs. 21,486, ~14.56% improvement), while Windows 10 performs slightly better in video editing (10,998 vs. 10,724, ~2.49% advantage).

3DMARK –WINDOWS 11 LEADS WITH GPU POWER

Windows 11 outperforms across all 3DMark tests, especially in Port Royal (22,355 vs. 21,688, ~3.08% improvement) and Speed Way (8,989 vs. 8,143, ~10.39% gain).

7-ZIP –NECK-AND-NECK, WITH WINDOWS 11 SLIGHTLY AHEAD

Windows 10 holds a minor edge in decompression, while compression results are nearly equal. Overall, the performance difference is within ~1%, keeping both OS versions effectively on par.

CONCLUSION

Our benchmarks confirm what many users have long suspected, and what others are only now beginning to realize: while Windows 10 has, in some cases, historically edged out Windows 11, our findings show that the current trend is in favor of Windows 11.

Windows 10 still shows impressive single-core and multi-core performance in CPU rendering tasks, reaffirming its strength for users running older software or legacy systems. On the other hand, Windows 11 24H2 delivers consistent wins in GPU-intensive operations, multimedia editing, and real-world productivity benchmarks—areas where modern workloads are increasingly focused

Furthermore, users should be mindful that support for Windows 10 will officially end on October 14, 2025, potentially increasing vulnerability to security risks over time. This makes Windows 11 24H2 the stronger platform at present and the more future-ready choice for users in 2025.

If you have a benchmark you’d like us to run or a performance topic you’d like us to explore, reach out to our team at Oshko, we’re always eager to put the numbers to the test and deliver insights that matter to you.