diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index 1cd03e82..1a57f1cd 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -2178,6 +2178,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     // scheduling priorities
     enum ggml_sched_priority {
+        GGML_SCHED_PRIO_LOW = -1,
         GGML_SCHED_PRIO_NORMAL,
         GGML_SCHED_PRIO_MEDIUM,
         GGML_SCHED_PRIO_HIGH,
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
index 1dc425fe..c7426df2 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
@@ -2418,12 +2418,32 @@ static bool ggml_thread_apply_priority(int32_t prio) {
     // This is up to the applications.
     DWORD p = THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL;
     switch (prio) {
+        case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_LOW:      p = THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL;  break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_NORMAL:   p = THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL;        break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_MEDIUM:   p = THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL;  break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_HIGH:     p = THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST;       break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_REALTIME: p = THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL; break;
     }
 
+    if (prio != GGML_SCHED_PRIO_LOW) {
+        // Tell Windows that this thread should not be throttled (needs its own CPU core).
+        // Newer Windows 11 versions aggresively park (offline) CPU cores and often place
+        // all our threads onto the first 4 cores which results in terrible performance with
+        // n_threads > 4
+        #if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0602
+        THREAD_POWER_THROTTLING_STATE t;
+        ZeroMemory(&t, sizeof(t));
+        t.Version     = THREAD_POWER_THROTTLING_CURRENT_VERSION;
+        t.ControlMask = THREAD_POWER_THROTTLING_EXECUTION_SPEED;
+        t.StateMask   = 0;
+
+        if (!SetThreadInformation(GetCurrentThread(), ThreadPowerThrottling, &t, sizeof(t))) {
+            GGML_LOG_DEBUG("failed to disable thread power throttling %d : (%d)\n", prio, (int) GetLastError());
+            return false;
+        }
+        #endif
+    }
+
     if (prio == GGML_SCHED_PRIO_NORMAL) {
         // Keep inherited policy/priority
         return true;
@@ -2451,6 +2471,8 @@ static bool ggml_thread_apply_priority(int32_t prio) {
     struct sched_param p;
     int32_t policy = SCHED_OTHER;
     switch (prio) {
+        // TODO: there seems to be no way to set lower prio on Apple platforms
+        case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_LOW:      policy = SCHED_OTHER; p.sched_priority = 0;  break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_NORMAL:   policy = SCHED_OTHER; p.sched_priority = 0;  break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_MEDIUM:   policy = SCHED_FIFO;  p.sched_priority = 40; break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_HIGH:     policy = SCHED_FIFO;  p.sched_priority = 80; break;
@@ -2507,6 +2529,7 @@ static bool ggml_thread_apply_priority(int32_t prio) {
     struct sched_param p;
     int32_t policy = SCHED_OTHER;
     switch (prio) {
+        case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_LOW:      policy = SCHED_BATCH; p.sched_priority = 0;  break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_NORMAL:   policy = SCHED_OTHER; p.sched_priority = 0;  break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_MEDIUM:   policy = SCHED_FIFO;  p.sched_priority = 40; break;
         case GGML_SCHED_PRIO_HIGH:     policy = SCHED_FIFO;  p.sched_priority = 80; break;