News Windows Server 2025 supports CPUs packing two to 192 cores — CPU support list spans Pentium chips to Xeon and EPYC parts

[Admin]

Microsoft has revealed its CPU support list for Windows Server 2025 that includes the surprising entry of the Pentium G7400 and G7400T.

Windows Server 2025 supports CPUs packing two to 192 cores — CPU support list spans Pentium chips to Xeon and EPYC parts : Read more

 

[das_stig]

So as Windows Server 2025 is basically Windows 11 reskinned and tweaked, all this rubbish about Windows 11 needing a specific CPU support and TPM2 is as we all knew lies, fraud and an excuse to make perfectly good hardware redundant and push the sales for suppliers.

So TH, will you lead the way for a investigation by the UK/EU/US in to this deliberate attempt to defraud the consumer by Microsoft and the major manufacturers or is the ad revenue to much to lose and your just a appeasing sell out?

 

[MWeiss89]

Unless I'm missing something, isn't it more surprising that it doesn't include any desktop CPUs besides the two Pentiums? All prior Server editions have listed support for ex. Intel 13th gen, AMD 7th gen, etc.

 

[thestryker]

Not that it means much, but the supported CPU list doesn't actually have the GNR Xeon 6 it's the SRF Xeon 6.

If the notes regarding prior versions are an indicator it sounds like the server CPU lists might be driven by OEMs/CPU manufacturers as opposed to Microsoft.

Example:

The processor list for Windows Server 2019 is final. New system submissions are no longer accepted for certification.

 

[wbfox]

Defending Intel..yuck...
My dude, Pentiums have been on the, "For Use In Servers," list for a long time. Here's a G3450T https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...ntium-processor-g3450t-3m-cache-2-90-ghz.html
See the little part about supporting ECC? Yeah, that's why a Pentium with 2 cores has that ability. So when you say it supports Intel's main stream consumer CPUs, nah, it really doesn't. It supports their server CPUs, you just didn't know that included Pentiums.

 

[wbfox]

So as Windows Server 2025 is basically Windows 11 reskinned and tweaked, all this rubbish about Windows 11 needing a specific CPU support and TPM2 is as we all knew lies, fraud and an excuse to make perfectly good hardware redundant and push the sales for suppliers.

So TH, will you lead the way for a investigation by the UK/EU/US in to this deliberate attempt to defraud the consumer by Microsoft and the major manufacturers or is the ad revenue to much to lose and your just a appeasing sell out?

Ugg, again, defending Intel and Windows.....double yuck...
My dude, the minimum requirement for Windows 11 on the Intel side goes as far back as an i3-8100 and all of its ilk. The CPUs on the Windows Server 2025 list are all Alder lake and newer. Not sure how your calendars work in the UK/EU but in the US, 2021 (Alder lake launch date) is much more recent than 2017, when the i3-8100 was released.

 

[das_stig]

Ugg, again, defending Intel and Windows.....double yuck...
My dude, the minimum requirement for Windows 11 on the Intel side goes as far back as an i3-8100 and all of its ilk. The CPUs on the Windows Server 2025 list are all Alder lake and newer. Not sure how your calendars work in the UK/EU but in the US, 2021 (Alder lake launch date) is much more recent than 2017, when the i3-8100 was released.

Ugg, again, try replying to the correct post DUDE !

 

[JRStern]

Unless I'm missing something, isn't it more surprising that it doesn't include any desktop CPUs besides the two Pentiums? All prior Server editions have listed support for ex. Intel 13th gen, AMD 7th gen, etc.

Historically some devs wanted to run server on their own workstations, even quite modest ones.
These days maybe not so much, just do it in the cloud?

 

[JRStern]

So hey, how about a few comments about how they price the licenses with all these cores?
That has been a major issue for a long, long time.