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How do you show that it's "thermal throttling" at idle? Intel processors (at least, when managed under macOS) always downclock themselves when idle, regardless
by JonathonW 8y ago
How do you show that it's "thermal throttling" at idle? Intel processors (at least, when managed under macOS) always downclock themselves when idle, regardless of how much headroom's available. You'll rarely (if ever) actually see the processor running at its quoted base frequency, even when plugged in.
- Karunamon 8y agoWindows too. Just watching the task manager on any recent Intel can show you that the machine spends most of its time way under its rated clock, until you really start loading it up.