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I have a 16" M1 Max, fully loaded. The thermal profile on this thing is insane, here is a screenshot of the internals after being on for a couple of hours with

I have a 16" M1 Max, fully loaded. The thermal profile on this thing is insane, here is a screenshot of the internals after being on for a couple of hours with a bunch of chrome tabs open https://imgur.com/a/yjXxdvJ https://imgur.com/a/yjXxdvJ its barely warmer than body temperature.

CSSer 5y ago
Wow, thanks for the share! I had no idea there were that many temperature sensors throughout the board.
secondcoming 5y ago
Doing something like code compilation would be a better test of thermals than opening a bunch of chrome tabs
- sosborn 5y ago
  I don't know - there are websites that will make my 2017 MBP generate more heat than the sun even if they are in the background.
sersi 5y ago
I tend to be around 55-60 degrees... Still great though, my previous mbp from 2019 was around 90
FpUser 5y ago
Bunch of tabs idling should consume no CPU. Why would you expect it to be warm?
vmception 5y ago
Also note for anyone on the fence about being 1-inch larger, the 16 inch model is the same physical size as the 15-inch models and they removed a lot of bezel. the screen has the same camera/sensor notch as an iphone does, which allows them to extend the screen farther. full screen videos are letterboxed 99% of the time so the notch blends into. I don't play full screen games so can't tell if thats an issue. and it is in the OS top bar the other rest of the time.
- shukantpal 5y ago
  The 16 inch is slightly larger. I had them both for a week when switching and stacked them on top of each other to check.
  - vmception 5y ago
    oh yeah you might be right, I had skipped the donglebook models and compared to the last pre-M1 model that had magsafe and an sd card port I had googled the size comparison before I purchased the M1 Max model and it helped move the needle for me, but I don't remember the source and we were likely comparing different models

CSSer 5y ago

Wow, thanks for the share! I had no idea there were that many temperature sensors throughout the board.

secondcoming 5y ago

Doing something like code compilation would be a better test of thermals than opening a bunch of chrome tabs

sosborn 5y ago
I don't know - there are websites that will make my 2017 MBP generate more heat than the sun even if they are in the background.

sersi 5y ago

I tend to be around 55-60 degrees... Still great though, my previous mbp from 2019 was around 90

FpUser 5y ago

Bunch of tabs idling should consume no CPU. Why would you expect it to be warm?

vmception 5y ago

Also note for anyone on the fence about being 1-inch larger, the 16 inch model is the same physical size as the 15-inch models and they removed a lot of bezel. the screen has the same camera/sensor notch as an iphone does, which allows them to extend the screen farther. full screen videos are letterboxed 99% of the time so the notch blends into. I don't play full screen games so can't tell if thats an issue. and it is in the OS top bar the other rest of the time.

shukantpal 5y ago
The 16 inch is slightly larger. I had them both for a week when switching and stacked them on top of each other to check.
- vmception 5y ago
  oh yeah you might be right, I had skipped the donglebook models and compared to the last pre-M1 model that had magsafe and an sd card port I had googled the size comparison before I purchased the M1 Max model and it helped move the needle for me, but I don't remember the source and we were likely comparing different models