Windows 11 Supported Intel Processors List 7th Gen Unsupported Jun 2026

From a security architect’s perspective, this makes sense. It ensures that every Windows 11 device is a "hard target." However, from a consumer perspective, the reasoning feels thin. The performance penalty of software mitigations on a 7th Gen chip is negligible for the average user, and 7th Gen chips do support Secure Boot and usually have TPM headers (even if they default to 1.2).