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Cooling and power+thermal throttling are the limiting factor in many devices. A look at the overclocking tools for your platform will usually show what the lim
by nitrogen 6y ago
Cooling and power+thermal throttling are the limiting factor in many devices. A look at the overclocking tools for your platform will usually show what the limiting factor on clock speed is at a given moment, and it's usually either power or thermal in my experience.
A devkit that can supply more watts of electricity and remove more watts of heat would definitely have an advantage.
A most fair comparison would require using the same type of case, power, and cooling for both CPUs.
- zepto 6y agoSure but you are ignoring the disadvantage that the dev kit isn’t running native code.
- nitrogen 6y agoAnd unfortunately we can't quantify that disadvantage without controlling for all the other variables.
- zepto 6y agoSure we can’t produce a precise number yet. But we can clearly see the order of magnitude, and it is quite obviously impressive in both of the ways already stated. iPads are faster than Mac mini’s even with the same thermal differential. The thermal issue does nothing to dismiss this truth.