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Yes, that is the nature of turbo. If the CPUs could sustain operating at those speeds, it would be the base speed, not the turbo. Turbo is for really short burs
by yxhuvud 7y ago
Yes, that is the nature of turbo. If the CPUs could sustain operating at those speeds, it would be the base speed, not the turbo. Turbo is for really short burst. After that the system ends up being restrained by the available cooling and will go at lower speed (but usually still higher than base).
- magila 7y agoThere's a difference between "might hit the max turbo frequency for a millisecond under light load if the phase of the moon is just right" and "can sustain max turbo indefinitely so long as adequate power and cooling are provided". AMD CPUs are the former, Intel the latter.