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6y ago
x64 chips can run at 4-5 GHz because these are desktop parts that can drop 10+ W sustained on a single core if need be. Power-frequency scaling tells us that of course this is very inefficient (perf/W), but efficiency isn't all, s
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6y ago
> Either way, put the same chip in a Macbook and in a Windows laptop and the Windows laptop will run hotter but with better performance. The Windows laptop can't possibly run hotter than a Macbook, all of which reach the throttle te