Solved Differences between Windows 11 Pro and Windows 11 Pro for Workstations?

spapakons · Oct 29, 2021

Hello!

As far as I know, the Workstation version supports more cores and more RAM than the standard Windows 11 Pro version. Are there any other differences? Would I see any better performance if I install Windows 11 Pro for Workstations on a standard gaming PC instead of Windows 11 Pro? I could try that on a spare hard disk without activating, but I am just curious. Anyone has done it? Any benefit? Thanks

barman58 · Oct 29, 2021

I don't think it will give you that much unless you are running the right hardware ...

Windows 10 for workstations is the closest I can get at present

What Is Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, and How Is It Different?

Microsoft has announced Windows 10 Pro for Workstations.

www.howtogeek.com

I think that @z3r010 did run it for the Mission Control for the forums, he may have more details

LeLibran · Oct 29, 2021

Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (Microsoft's description of features)

spapakons · Nov 8, 2021

LeLibran said:
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (Microsoft's description of features)

I am mostly interested on the Ultimate Power plan (always enable turbo boost, avoid delays at all costs). But I discovered it can be enabled on standard Windows 11 using a command. It may be my idea, but I feel my PC is a little bit faster using the Ultimate plan.

PS: Sorry, I was meant to quote barman58's "I don't think it will give you that much unless you are running the right hardware ...", not LeLibran.

spapakons · Nov 9, 2021

Just a thought, is enabling and using Ultimate Power Plan enough to get maximum possible performance? I believe that Windows 11 Pro for Workstations has a more efficient memory management than standard Windows 11 Pro. Is that true? Does the Ultimate Power plan enable similar memory management?

TigerTom · Nov 9, 2021

spapakons said:
I believe that Windows 11 Pro for Workstations has a more efficient memory management than standard Windows 11 Pro. Is that true?

Actually AFAIK there are some different memory settings in the registry, which favor background tasks etc. One of them is for example related to the non paged pool size.
But you can change these registry values also on yout standard Pro installation. (I did the same for my netbook running as a NFS server).

W11fW also features ReFS filesystem, but that is -to my knowledge- also available in Pro.

Fast file transfers are managed through RDMA in the nw adapter(s), but RDMA is not supported on standard PC HW.

jimbo45 · May 21, 2022

TigerTom said:
Actually AFAIK there are some different memory settings in the registry, which favor background tasks etc. One of them is for example related to the non paged pool size.
But you can change these registry values also on yout standard Pro installation. (I did the same for my netbook running as a NFS server).

W11fW also features ReFS filesystem, but that is -to my knowledge- also available in Pro.

Fast file transfers are managed through RDMA in the nw adapter(s), but RDMA is not supported on standard PC HW.

Hi there .
The file system might be great but since a load of servers are Linux based and unlike NTFS which for donkeys years has had read / write capability on Linux the Refs system (so far) isn't suported meaning that file system is only of any use if the server system is a Windows server.

Perhaps someone as a separate test could see if running W11 as a file server with refs file system whether other computers (windows) in your network can access these files.

Cheers
jimbo

spapakons · May 21, 2022

I haven't actually tested with Burnin Test or other similar utility, but the Ultimate Power scheme should make the computer a little faster than the High Power Scheme. It engages the Turbo Boost of the CPU at all times, not only in demanding processes, and also avoids idle states as much as possible. You can enable it in standard Windows 11 Home or Pro, no need to upgrade to Pro for Workstations. However, upgrading to Pro for Workstations has better resource management and improves performance. It might be a placebo, haven't confirmed with some test, but since you can use Windows 11 Pro for Workstations a few days before activating, I may test and report the difference.

johnlgalt · May 23, 2022

Write your own power scheme, it's far better that way. Get granular, adjust every little thing you can, then save it.

Windows 11 Pro for workstations is a waste of money on standard desktop PC hardware, even with my PC in specs. You'll get no benefit from it because it can make use of technologies that your hardware does not support.

jvickers · May 23, 2022

spapakons said:
I am mostly interested on the Ultimate Power plan (always enable turbo boost, avoid delays at all costs). But I discovered it can be enabled on standard Windows 11 using a command. It may be my idea, but I feel my PC is a little bit faster using the Ultimate plan.

PS: Sorry, I was meant to quote barman58's "I don't think it will give you that much unless you are running the right hardware ...", not LeLibran.

As far as I know, Ultimate Power plan is available in Windows Pro. I use it. It's dependent on your hardware, though.

AS @johnlgalt mentioned, you can write your own power plan as well.

Brink · May 23, 2022

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