'Windows 11 25H2 edges ahead of Windows 10 in gaming performance': testing proves newer OS is faster — but there's an elephant-sized BSOD in the room

• TechSpot retested Windows 11 for gaming performance versus Windows 10
• Windows 11 came out victorious, and was notably faster in some games
• The previous test showed Windows 10 was quicker, but 24H2 has improved Windows 11 considerably on the gaming front – but there are other issues to consider here

What's better for gaming: Windows 11 or Windows 10? If you thought – as quite a few people do – that Windows 10 is faster for performance with PC games (despite it being the older OS), well, not according to a new comparison, although there's admittedly a lot of nuance here.

Still, the headline news is that in a TechSpot test comparing gaming performance across a number of benchmarks, the latest version of Windows 11 (25H2) came out ahead of Windows 10 (22H2, the final incarnation) – albeit there wasn't a huge deal of difference.

As TechSpot concluded ...