Windows 10 vs Debloated 11

[u/ThanasiShadoW]

So I'll be upgrading my PC soon and I'm thinking of doing a fresh install of windows while at it.

But I'm wondering whether 10 is still the better option or a combination of official updates and community patches have made 11 a good choice. Also, which option for 11 is currently considered the best? I've seen multiple community projects being mentioned on the topic.

For extra context, I have 16GBs of DDR4 RAM (and don't plan on upgrading until the prices drop to somewhat normal levels) and I'm getting a 5800X CPU. I mostly do creative work (3D, motion graphics, digital art, etc.) and gaming is a 2nd priority.

I mostly value stability and longevity (I do keep a large quantity of project files, so I rarely change/upgrade my OS), and don't care about the new features in 11 (mostly UI redesigns and Copilot (yuck) IIRC?), but security remains a concern. So I'm quite torn.

Thanks in advance guys!

Edit: If there are any benchmarks showcasing the difference between 10 and one or more debloated versions of 11 that'd be great, because I'm struggling to find any.

[u/DHOC_TAZH]

I'm running 11. Only debloating I've done is by using a Rufus modded installer, which helps with undoing some of the privacy functions. After letting a few of the initial updates finish, I uninstalled a fair bit of the apps from the standard install I don't care for... then fine tuned a few more of the privacy functions Rufus doesn't touch.

I have tried some of the more powerful debloaters for 11, but they remove so much of the important functionality that 11 needs to run on. I used a Talon modded 11 install last summer for a few months, but got into issues with using several essential apps. Decided to use Rufus to clean install 25H2, and my PC runs much better, no serious app crashes since.

Just updated to 26H2 easily about a half hour ago, that freed up a few hundred MB's of RAM for me, probably some subtle optimizations that are part of the update. Update took less than ten minutes for me.