AMD Ryzen Windows 10 Scheduler Bug Problems Update: Company Clears Windows 10; Scheduler Not at Fault

By Gracezyl Blanco, Thursday, March 16, 2017

Being consistently second to Intel, every new processor chip from Advanced Micro Devices goes through magnified scrutiny, just in case the company finally comes up with the perfect chip that can beat that of its main competitor.

Unfortunately, however, the new AMD Ryzen became entangled in a performance issue, with some reports saying that the processor was inefficient when it tried to handle gaming workloads that run at the usual 1080p resolution.

That's bad news essentially for hardcore gaming fans. But in consolation, the AMD Ryzen reportedly works well in terms of productivity and content creation.

Technology enthusiasts, however, speculate that the Ryzen's inefficiency when it comes to gaming was partly affected by the Windows 10 Scheduler, and many users believe that it might be so.

However, the company cleared up this issue. In an update on the company's blog, AMD's Robert Hallock said that the company investigated on the reported problems, but Windows 10's thread scheduler worked perfectly fine for the 'Zen. "We do not presently believe there is an issue with the scheduler adversely utilizing the logical and physical configurations of the architecture," Hallock added.

According to a PC World report, the Windows 10 scheduler theory came about because some users found that the processor did not encounter a problem with the Windows 7.

AMD, however, explained again that they found no difference between the two versions and that it was working fine under both circumstances. In the same update found on AMD's blog, Hallock added that, "Any differences in performance can be more likely attributed to software architecture differences between these OSes."

AMD's findings were also corroborated by PCper's Allyn Malventano who tested the Ryzen's performance through custom-made apps, which then showed that Windows 10 actually balances cores for the Ryzen the same way as it does with Intel processors. Malventano concludes that the Windows 10 Scheduler is indeed not at fault.

As mentioned above, the AMD Ryzen works perfectly well in other multi-threaded tasks that constitutes productivity and content creation activities. In those aspects, it can compete with Intel.

However, it appears its gaming capabilities cannot match up to that of Intel's seventh-generation chips, particularly the Kaby Lake and Broadwell, as of the moment.