Gaming Optimizer vs optimizerDuck
Gaming Optimizer
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| Figure | Gaming Optimizer | optimizerDuck |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Graphics optimisers | 8.5 (#2) | 7.4 (#22) |
| Spec score · Game Graphics Optimization Software | 8.3 (#2) | 7.3 (#22) |
| License | The repository identifies the project as MIT licensed. | The project site identifies optimizerDuck as GPL-3.0 licensed. |
| Privacy | The maker states the app has no telemetry, analytics, or update checks; its only outbound connection is a configurable latency ping. | The privacy policy says the application does not collect, store, or transmit personal information, telemetry, analytics, crash reports, usage statistics, hardware IDs, or IP addresses during normal operation. |
| Purpose | Gaming Optimizer automatically manages CPU affinity for Windows games, pinning games to faster cores and demoting background processes. | optimizerDuck is a free, open-source Windows system optimizer focused on performance, privacy, and simplicity. |
| Reversible changes | When a game closes, the app says it reverts process changes and restores system settings to Windows defaults. | The documentation says applied optimizations can be reverted to restore the system state from before the change. |
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In their own words
Gaming Optimizer
Gaming Optimizer is a free, MIT-licensed Windows app for managing CPU affinity in games and background processes. It can assign games to fast cores and demote background processes, but CPU pinning is off by default and changes do not occur until it is enabled. The app says it restores altered processes and system settings when a game closes. Its dashboard shows CPU and GPU metrics, network activity, ping and jitter, bottleneck classifications and process zones. It detects game launches through WMI and scans Steam, Epic Games, GOG, Ubisoft Connect and EA App libraries. Per-game reports include average and peak CPU and GPU metrics and bottleneck breakdowns, with a cumulative sessions.csv file. An optional setting locks NVIDIA graphics clocks while a game runs and resets them afterward. The maker says there is no telemetry, analytics or update checking; the only outbound connection is a configurable latency ping. It requires Windows 10 version 1809 or Windows 11, an x64 processor and administrator rights. The README describes ZIP distribution without an installer, while the Releases page lists no releases.
optimizerDuck
optimizerDuck has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.