Windows XP vs Vista vs 7 vs 8.1 vs 10 vs 11 - Speed Test

Over the last couple of decades, Windows has gone through many revisions and changes. Today, I am going to be speedtesting every version, or "change" of Windows from Windows XP, all the way to Windows 11. Which operating system will perform the best? Well, we're about to find out. This video took me absolutely forever to make so I hope you guys enjoy it.

0:00 Intro
0:29 Specifications of the HW
0:51 Startup
1:31 Storage
1:45 RAM Management
2:14 Temperatures
2:30 Wi-Fi Speedtest
3:33 Video Export
3:55 Audio Export
4:06 Default Programs
5:03 Office Documents
5:53 Media Test
6:30 Archive Test
7:07 USB Copy Test
7:30 Benchmarks
8:07 Outro

[KevinSweden-jzki]

How many 1's, 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's and 6's they got:

Windows XP: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 5, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1, 2, 6, 6
Windows Vista: 2, 6, 2, 2, 3, 6, 2, 5, 5, 1, 5, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 2, 2, 5, 2, 4, 1, 2
Windows 7: 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 3, 6, 6, 6, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 6, 4, 2, 4, 2, 1
Windows 8: 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 3, 5, 5, 3
Windows 10: 6, 2, 5, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 6, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4
Windows 11: 5, 5, 6, 5, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, 4, 3, 5, 4, 1, 3, 1, 4, 5

1's:
Windows XP: 16
Windows Vista: 2
Windows 7: 1
Windows 8: 6
Windows 10: 3
Windows 11: 4


2's:
Windows XP: 5
Windows Vista: 8
Windows 7: 4
Windows 8: 5
Windows 10: 8
Windows 11: 0

3's:
Windows XP: 1
Windows Vista: 7
Windows 7: 5
Windows 8: 7
Windows 10: 7
Windows 11: 5

4's:
Windows XP: 1
Windows Vista: 5
Windows 7: 8
Windows 8: 4
Windows 10: 4
Windows 11: 7

5's:
Windows XP: 2
Windows Vista: 5
Windows 7: 5
Windows 8: 4
Windows 10: 3
Windows 11: 7

6's:
Windows XP: 3
Windows Vista: 2
Windows 7: 4
Windows 8: 0
Windows 10: 2
Windows 11: 4

[inzaghiposumaalkahfi]

5:14 Microsoft Office Version Recommendations :
Windows XP : Office XP/2003
Windows Vista : Office 2007
Windows 7 : Office 2010
Windows 8.1 : Office 2013
Windows 10 : Office 2016/2019
Windows 11 : Office 2019/2021

[arkatub]

XP, 7 & 10 LTSC are my favourites...

[advmx]

About the system appearance, I still prefer Seven.
To me, Seven, Vista, Eight, Eleven, Ten and XP in this order.
Frankly I only think 11 looks a tiny bit better because the whole system feels a bit more consistent, but it's the one with the least transparency after Windows XP.

I wish MS just released a huge theme pack that could turn your current Windows visual, to the visual of older versions, with Aero and all that, but maintaining the Explorer intact. That would be cool.

Either way, awesome video, I loved it. Must have been an ass to record this.

[mem]

I love this homage to TrigrZolt's video series about this exact same thing!

[zayoudayoub]

the best OS design and the fastest one ever is by far win 8.1
the most fuckin' underrated system

[Bloblobloblown]

XP will always have more RAM available to do anything, it basically always be much faster. Even so its old and not optimised for newer softwares, which may degrade a bit its performance. U could try install it into newer laptop hardware and do the tests.

[inzaghiposumaalkahfi]

5:14 Using Microsoft Office 2010 because, if using Office 2013 for Windows XP may doesn't support. And also, if using Microsoft Office 2007, for Windows 11 also doesn't Support anymore.

[firat]

Windows 7, 8.1 ane 10 are just legends

[whatsadog]

This video just proves what I’ve been saying all along. Vista was NOT bad and people sucked it up to Windows 7 for absolutely no reason other than coincidence and luck. People love to hate on Windows Vista but it was a huge technological jump over Windows XP.

[manolakios]

this is not a fair comparison as the system requirements have changed over the years and the latter versions would need at least 2020 hardware for their full capabilities

[scorpnz]

Even if xp was middle of the pack its second to none when it comes to customisation from boot menu to actual OS. So much so an xp desktop can be made to look like a star trek panel you'd swear it wasn't xp you were looking at

[EverythingeeB]

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs): Will update as more questions come in!
Q: Why did you use such old hardware? Why not (insert computer name here)
A: Like I mentioned in the video, I didn't have any other hardware in my house at the time that could run all six versions of Windows. This was the only computer I had, and I had to use it to make this video. In the future I might do a sequel with better hardware depending on how well this video does.

Q: Why were Windows 7's temperatures abnormally high (at 2:26)?
A: Likely due to it not properly "idling" and instead running at 100%.

Q: What browser were you using for the browser test?
A: I was using Mypal 68 as the browser across all six systems. It is a Windows XP compatible browser that makes browsing on XP bearable enough. It also worked on Windows 11 surprisingly, so I used it.

Q: How long did it take to make this video?
A: It took 2 months and over 30 hours of work to prepare, record, edit, script and publish this video.

[PetterssonFindus-cxmy]

My Windows 10
Internet: Download Speed is 77 and Upload 6
Temperature: OMG 48

[solar]

My conclusion is that performance differences are so small and inconsistent that it isn't a factor in deciding which system to use.

[KevinSweden-jzki]

Windows Vista Business = Windows Vista Professional

[alastor--radiodemon]

7 was slow cuz you were using the latest update and they ruined it torwards the end lmao

[gerardshort]

It is to your credit my friend to do such informative videos suitable for new comers and experienced people.

[PetterssonFindus-cxmy]

if you put the Startup on 0.5 its the Normal Speed (look at windows 7)

[AustralianEditzCountryball]

This is because windows 11 is packed with a lot of features for example yhe modern UI Paint has a modern degin and other features didn't why windows 7 performed so poorly on a Solid State Drive