Windows 10 is faster in general use, too, and the new Start Menu is in some ways better than the one in Windows 7. The only real sticking point is that Microsoft wants you to sign in with a Microsoft account and if you choose not to you lose some features.
Is Windows 10 More faster than 7?
Synthetic benchmarks like Cinebench R15 and Futuremark PCMark 7 show Windows 10 consistently faster than Windows 8.1, which was faster than Windows 7.
Is Windows 7 or Windows 10 better?
Is Windows 10 faster or slower than Windows 7?
To answer the question posed in the title: Yes, Windows 10 is slower than Windows 7.
Which Windows is faster?
Via a series of optimisations and performance improvements, Windows 11 is expected to feel significantly faster than Windows 10, even when running on identical hardware.