My bet is that sensors don’t output absolute values and you need to use an offset to get the correct “reading” for your thermal profile and cooling. Basically

My bet is that sensors don’t output absolute values and you need to use an offset to get the correct “reading” for your thermal profile and cooling. Basically based on the location and type of sensor(s) and your cooling solution you will apply an offset to get the actual temperature to be used for managing the power profile and cooling of the component. This is pretty common and the reason why many apps don’t readout the temperature of newly released components correctly. Ofc it can be something completely different and Apple is hiding the actual cause but I don’t deal with tinfoil fashion accessories.