One of the known issues with Windows 11 is reduced performance on some AMD systems, notably Ryzen chips. When Microsoft later released the KB5006674 update, things got even worse for some people.<\/b>
\nOne of the known issues with Windows 11 is reduced performance on some AMD systems, notably Ryzen chips. When Microsoft later released the KB5006674 update, things got even worse for some people. But with the release of a new insider build last week, Microsoft addressed one of the problems, helping to get performance back to expected levels. Now not only has the company released this as the KB5006746 update for all Windows 11 users, but AMD has issued a patch of its own to fix the second of two performance problems. See also: It has been known for a little while that both AMD and Microsoft were working on patches for two separate problems that were impacting on Windows 11 performance. With the KB5006746 update, Microsoft addresses an issue that led to an increase in L3 cache latency. In the release notes for the update, Microsoft says: The non-security update also fixes a number of other issues, and a full list can be seen here. AMD’s patch addresses a second issue: \u00ab\u00a0UEFI CPPC2 (\u201cpreferred core\u201d) may not preferentially schedule threads on a processor\u2019s fastest core\u00a0\u00bb. The fix takes the form of a driver update, and the company says: Image credit: IB Photography \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n