diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index c1d2b24a14..13ed68b3f0 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ if(ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
         PRIVATE
             x64/cpu_detect.cpp
             x64/cpu_detect.h
+            x64/cpu_wait.cpp
+            x64/cpu_wait.h
             x64/native_clock.cpp
             x64/native_clock.h
             x64/xbyak_abi.h
diff --git a/src/common/x64/cpu_wait.cpp b/src/common/x64/cpu_wait.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fab0bfe8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/x64/cpu_wait.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2023 yuzu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#include <thread>
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#include <intrin.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "common/x64/cpu_detect.h"
+#include "common/x64/cpu_wait.h"
+
+namespace Common::X64 {
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+__forceinline static u64 FencedRDTSC() {
+    _mm_lfence();
+    _ReadWriteBarrier();
+    const u64 result = __rdtsc();
+    _mm_lfence();
+    _ReadWriteBarrier();
+    return result;
+}
+
+__forceinline static void TPAUSE() {
+    // 100,000 cycles is a reasonable amount of time to wait to save on CPU resources.
+    // For reference:
+    // At 1 GHz, 100K cycles is 100us
+    // At 2 GHz, 100K cycles is 50us
+    // At 4 GHz, 100K cycles is 25us
+    static constexpr auto PauseCycles = 100'000;
+    _tpause(0, FencedRDTSC() + PauseCycles);
+}
+#else
+static u64 FencedRDTSC() {
+    u64 result;
+    asm volatile("lfence\n\t"
+                 "rdtsc\n\t"
+                 "shl $32, %%rdx\n\t"
+                 "or %%rdx, %0\n\t"
+                 "lfence"
+                 : "=a"(result)
+                 :
+                 : "rdx", "memory", "cc");
+    return result;
+}
+
+static void TPAUSE() {
+    // 100,000 cycles is a reasonable amount of time to wait to save on CPU resources.
+    // For reference:
+    // At 1 GHz, 100K cycles is 100us
+    // At 2 GHz, 100K cycles is 50us
+    // At 4 GHz, 100K cycles is 25us
+    static constexpr auto PauseCycles = 100'000;
+    const auto tsc = FencedRDTSC() + PauseCycles;
+    const auto eax = static_cast<u32>(tsc & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    const auto edx = static_cast<u32>(tsc >> 32);
+    asm volatile("tpause %0" : : "r"(0), "d"(edx), "a"(eax));
+}
+#endif
+
+void MicroSleep() {
+    static const bool has_waitpkg = GetCPUCaps().waitpkg;
+
+    if (has_waitpkg) {
+        TPAUSE();
+    } else {
+        std::this_thread::yield();
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace Common::X64
diff --git a/src/common/x64/cpu_wait.h b/src/common/x64/cpu_wait.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99d3757a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/x64/cpu_wait.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2023 yuzu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace Common::X64 {
+
+void MicroSleep();
+
+} // namespace Common::X64