Limits of i5-3320M for streaming 1080p60 on Linux
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Solved by thorgim,
It seems like putting the ThinkPad X230 out of its docking station (which is blocking the exhaust fan) seems to help keep the temperatures 10 degrees Celsius lower and prevents the idle injection temperature control mechanism from kicking in. Therefore most of the available CPU remains for the video processing and the 1080p60 video is played back smoothly. So no reason to get a new laptop yet.
Thanks @Dutch_Master, your hint to run top as root and to check dmesg lead me to spot the idle injection. I was suspecting something like that but never found evidence. If I still run into issues, I'll make sure to leverage the plugins @redteam4ever pointed to, thanks for that as well.
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