Macbook i9 massive throttling

[TacticalSquid]

**sorry folks, somehow missed the post DIRECTLY below me, mods please kill this thread and the new macbook.***

 

 

 

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/17/core-i9-chip-macbook-pro-throttling/

 

Dave 2D recently released a review of the new Core i9 macbook sporting an i9-8950hk, but notes Apple's thermal solution cant even maintain the full non boost clock speed and in fact performed worse than last gen, unless you render when it's in a freezer.

 

My personal take is Apples quest for quiet, slim laptops should never have matched this processor up with their current thermal design or significantly reduced the clock speed if they wanted to maintain the thin and light profile of their pros. Hell, bring back the 17" so you at least have thermal mass to soak up some heat.

 

Liquid metal anyone?

 

Below are some excerpts from the macrumors article.

 

 

 

"This CPU is an unlocked, overclockable chip but all of that CPU potential is wasted inside this chassis -- or more so the thermal solution that's inside here," says Lee. 

He goes on to share some Premiere Pro render times that suggest the new 2018 MacBook Pro with Core i9 chip underperforms compared to a 2017 model with a Core i7 chip. It took 39 minutes for the 2018 MacBook Pro to render a video that the older model was able to render in 35 minutes. Premiere Pro is not well-optimized for macOS, but the difference between the two MacBook Pro models is notable. 

 

[TigerHawk]

Literally the post right beneath yours.

Sorry, retoast.

[TacticalSquid]

Yeah, edited and requested deletion. Not sure how I missed that.

[DrMacintosh]

Retoast!

[Guest]

[W-L]

As mentioned this was posted a bit earlier. 

 

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