Impact of Windows updates on Geekbench 6

[igor_kavinski]

Hardware: i7-4770 Dell Optiplex

All exploit protections off except DEP

Win11 25H2 7542 vs. 7171: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/15492945

ST Regressions
HTML5 89%
Text Processing 94.8%
Horizon Detection 86.7%

ST boost
Photo Filter 106.1%

MT boost
File Compression 114%
PDF renderer 107.9%

Win11 25H2 7542 vs. WIN10 (whichever build was latest in October 2025): https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/15492945?baseline=11851658

Text processing has suffered the most with 25H2. May need a code revision to work better under 25H2.

Win11 25H2 7542 (safe mode) vs. WIN10 (whichever build was latest in October 2025): https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/15492721?baseline=11851658

Photo filter is the only one suffering slightly in safe mode so I guess M$ just needs to let gamers play in safe mode

 

[Grimlakin]

Isn't that what Xbox mode or whatever its called supposed to do? Remove the OS from holding back the game?

 

[igor_kavinski]

I didn't know about that. Will try to check it out today.