Microsoft suddenly removed a series of Intel CPUs from the officially supported processor list of Windows 11

In addition to changes and improvements in features as well as interface, Windows 11 is also famous for its relatively strict hardware requirements that users must meet if they want their PCs to run the operating system. new practices, especially on CPU. Therefore, it is not surprising that Microsoft always has to regularly update the list of current processors on the market that can be compatible with Windows 11 for users to grasp.

At the end of May, the Redmond company announced a list of CPUs that support Windows 11, adding many new processor models from AMD (mainly X3D series) and Intel (mostly Raptor Lake (13th Gen)). .

It would not be worth mentioning if in the update list on July 25, Microsoft did not remove some Intel chips that were listed as supporting Windows 11 before, all of which are Xeon processor models. . The specific list is as follows:

1. Intel Xeon E-2104G
2. Intel Xeon E-2124
3. Intel Xeon E-2124G
4. Intel Xeon E-2126G
5. Intel Xeon E-2134
6. Intel Xeon E-2136
7. Intel Xeon E-2144G
8. Intel Xeon E-2146G
9. Intel Xeon E-2174G
10. Intel Xeon E-2176G
11. Intel Xeon E-2176M
12. Intel Xeon E-2186G
13. Intel Xeon E-2186M
14. Intel Xeon E-2224
15. Intel Xeon E-2224G
16. Intel Xeon E-2226G
17. Intel Xeon E-2226GE
18. Intel Xeon E-2234
19. Intel Xeon E-2236
20. Intel Xeon E-2244G
21. Intel Xeon E-2246G
22. Intel Xeon E-2254ME
23. Intel Xeon E-2254ML
24. Intel Xeon E-2274G
25. Intel Xeon E-2276G
26. Intel Xeon E-2276M
27. Intel Xeon E-2276ME
28. Intel Xeon E-2276ML
29. Intel Xeon E-2278G
30. Intel Xeon E-2278GE
31. Intel Xeon E-2278GEL
32. Intel Xeon E-2286G
33. Intel Xeon E-2286M
34. Intel Xeon E-2288G
35. Intel Xeon E-2314
36. Intel Xeon E-2324G
37. Intel Xeon E-2334
38. Intel Xeon E-2336
39. Intel Xeon E-2356G
40. Intel Xeon E-2374G
41. Intel Xeon E-2378
42. Intel Xeon E-2378G
43. Intel Xeon E-2386G
44. Intel Xeon E-2388G

The Xeon CPUs listed above are all developed on Intel's Coffee Lake architecture. It should be noted that Intel's 8th generation Core processor family, with desktop variants such as the i7-8700K and i5-8400, remains on the list of processors supported by Windows 11 .

It is still unclear why Microsoft has removed a series of Xeon processors from the Windows 11 support list.

Kareem Winters

Update 08 August 2023