Question Is the i5-7200U capable of running Windows 11 ?

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Seems quite a popular CPU since both myself, the OP and yourself have had / are running machines on it.

It was a gray Acer with the GeForce 940MX and the i5-7200U. I changed the HDD with a Samsung 850 Pro 1 TB SSD. Was a very good machine. Sadly it died.

Have had another Acer with GeForce MX130 and the i3-8130U. I eventually transferred the 850 Pro 1 TB SSD to it. The i3-8130U is pretty much on par with the i5-7200U in terms of performance; however, it is on the Win11 CPU Support list, whilst the i5-7200U, as regarded here, is not.

The i3-8130U machine still works. :)
i3-8130U is faster than i5 7200U.
 
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i3-8130U is faster than i5 7200U.
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Great everything's working now on the i5-7200U machine.

Yeah, it could be said the i5-7200U is marginally faster than the i3-8130U as you'd mentioned. 😉
 
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