Some MacBook Pro users complain about throttling issues

Re:Some MacBook Pro users complain about throttling issues by bhouston on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:49PM (#17568120)

My dell xps 15 9570 with an Intel core i7 8750h throttles to 2 GHz after sustained load as well. I think it is a general cpu issue with this series of 8th generation core i7/i9 chips rather than apple specific.

I get throttled after about sustained usage of a couple minutes.

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Re:Some MacBook Pro users complain about throttling issues by jasonlotito on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:56PM (#17568213)

The throttling isn't the issue. The issue is that the 2017 MBP i7 is faster than the 2018 MBP i9 in tests. That throttling is making this happen is immaterial. That the 8th gen chips are problematic aren't the issue. The issue is that the newer higher end MBP is slower than the older MBP.

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Re:Some MacBook Pro users complain about throttling issues by glup on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:56PM (#17568212)

I think there's a confound there that these are both very thin machines, limiting the size of fans (=CFM per an acceptable noise level) and heatsinks. Not sure how others feel but I wouldn't mind a slightly larger form factor if it improved thermals.

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