All Intel Gold Pentium processors are compatible with Windows 11. There are 272 processors in the Intel Pentium family of processors.
Out of these 35 processors are in the Pentium Gold series of processors. These processors can work with Windows 11, assuming your computer’s hardware resources are fully compatible with other Windows 11 hardware requirements.
These processors support the following arrangements:
- Clean install of Windows 11
- Preloaded Windows 11 on new computers
- Update from Windows 10 to Windows 11 through the Windows Update program
List of Pentium Gold Processors compatible with Windows 11.
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 4417U
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 4425Y
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 5405U
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 6405U
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 6500Y
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 6805
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 7505
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 8500
- Intel® Pentium® Gold 8505
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5400T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5420
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5420T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5500
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5500T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5600
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5600E
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5600T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G5620
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400E
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400TE
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6405
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6405T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6500
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6500T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6505
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6505T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6600
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G6605
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400E
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400T
- Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400TE
If you are running into issues installing or updating Windows 10 to Windows 11 on any of these listed processors, there is a possibility that your system’s hardware is not compatible with the other hardware requirements for Windows 11.
For your ready reference, the full compatibility requirements for Windows 11 are mentioned hereunder.
| Processor | 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or System on a Chip (SoC). |
|---|---|
| RAM | 4 gigabytes (GB) |
| Storage | 64 GB or larger storage device Note: See below under “More information on storage space to keep Windows 11 up-to-date” for more details. |
| System firmware | UEFI, Secure Boot capable. Check here for information on how your PC might be able to meet this requirement. |
| TPM | Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0. Check here for instructions on how your PC might be enabled to meet this requirement. |
| Graphics card | Compatible with DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver. |
| Display | High definition (720p) display that is greater than 9” diagonally, 8 bits per colour channel. |
It may be worth checking your computer’s hardware compatibility in reference to the other requirements shared above. For example, your system’s display card may not be compatible with the DirectX 12 standards. Or, you may be running inadequate RAM.