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title: "Does Windows 11 consume more RAM than Windows 10?"  
description: "Does Windows 11 consume more RAM than Windows 10?"  
author: "Kalin"  
published: 2022-04-05  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96738/does-windows-11-consume-more-ram-than-windows-10  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "windows-11", "operating systems"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Does Windows 11 consume more RAM than Windows 10?

Does Windows 11 [consume](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4112/5-best-ways-to-consume-spinach) more [RAM](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/10892/how-to-find-ram-size) than Windows 10?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![Does Windows 11 consume more RAM than Windows 10?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/2997d2af-7440-4829-984b-19ff555ec058/images/5c7656c3-e49c-49e4-b241-d7fbd5566da1.png)\

- The minimum RAM need for **[Windows](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95043/how-do-i-stop-programs-running-at-startup-in-windows-11) 11** is 4GB, which is twice as much as the minimum RAM requirement for Windows 10. Windows 11 requires twice as much storage as Windows 10. Processor window 11 (1 GHz or greater (>2 cores on a 64-bit processor)) RAM: 4 GB Hard Drive: 64 GB or more. Graphics card that runs DirectX 12 or later and uses the WDDM 2.0 driver
- **window 10** (at least 1 GHz) Hard Drive 16GB (32-bit OS) and 32GB (64-bit OS) RAM 1GB (32-bit OS) and 2GB (64-bit OS) (64-bit OS) WDDM 1.0 driver and DirectX 9 or later

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**Read More: [How Many storage GB has Windows 11?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96731/how-many-storage-gb-has-windows-11)**


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