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How does the clock speed work on a I7-8550U

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How does the I7-8550U clockspeed work? The stated base clock is at 1.8Ghz in the power settings and the Intel spec sheet states it can run at 4Ghz.

 

Does the processor simply boost up to ~4Ghz due to what is needed and throttles when it reaches too high of temps? 

 

 

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It turbo boost when it's needs to and slightly fluctuates in that range until the task is complete, then it drops to its minimum state. Can fire up cpu-z and a stress test, game, or Cinebench R15 to see for yourself.

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