How do you test a laptop with 13th gen HX CPU for Intel degredation when it is severly thermally limited?

rcarlos243 · November 13

The CPU is 13700HX and it easily reaches 100c on normal load and thermal throttles under stress test.

Spring1898 · November 13

Repaste first?

rcarlos243 · November 13

4 minutes ago, Spring1898 said:

Repaste first?

I considered putting a Liquid Metal, but opted not to.

13700HX has a power limit of 165W and the cooling mass on the laptop is just not going to be able to handle it at full boar especially with the RTX 4070 140W TGP GPU with it.

I have 3 identical laptops with 13700HX and they have very similar temps.

I want to be able to test for Intel degredation.

SpookyCitrus · November 14

Those that were degraded, would simply bluescreen or crash with high CPU load. So simply running Cinebench would cause most to crash.

AFAIK the mobile (laptop) processors weren't affected, let alone a 13th gen i7. The microcode issue was only a problem for the desktop versions of the 13th Gen i9, and the 14th Gen i7 and i9. In lesser processors the voltages were still safe.

You should definitely still make sure your firmware and drivers are up to date. But from what I know from personally dealing with the issue and all of my research, your CPU shouldn't have been affected.

*Update* You can find this information with a simple google search. The links sourced for the info are all reputable or from Intel themselves.

According to Intel, 13th generation laptop processors are not affected by the microcode issue that impacted some 13th and 14th generation desktop processors, which is primarily related to a "Vmin Shift Instability" issue causing voltage irregularities; the company has stated that their laptop chips are not experiencing the same instability issues as the desktop counterparts.

Key points to remember:

Only desktop processors affected:

The microcode issue primarily concerns 13th and 14th generation Intel Core desktop processors, not laptop processors.
No instability on laptops:

Intel has confirmed that their 13th and 14th generation laptop chips are not experiencing the same voltage-related instability issues as seen in some desktop CPUs.
Microcode updates for desktops:

Intel has released microcode updates to address the issue on affected desktop processors.