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Re:An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU u... by ksec on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:59AM (#27881153)
>he touchbar is rubbish and the air has 99% the same performance.

It only have 99% of the performance under specific loads. The Air is ~12W TDP, the MBP is a ~20W TDP. That is quite a bit of difference ( 70% ) when you absolutely pushes it to the limit in both CPU and GPU.

That is why half of the not "throttle" comment in this thread dont make much sense as they only consider the CPU usage pattern.

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Re:An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU u... by Joeri on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:14AM (#27881268)
The point is that there are very few real world workloads that get it to throttle, and even more rarely will it throttle enough to matter. 99% of use cases are not affected.
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Re:An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU u... by ksec on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:53AM (#27882090)
MacBook Pro, by Apple's pro definition aims at creative professional which tends to use GPU a lot more. Which means they are much more likely to be throttled by TDP limitation in a MacBook Air.

There are also a lot of other use cases where GPU or NPU are important.

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Re:An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU u... by SpelingBeeChamp on Thursday July 22, 2021 @08:32AM (#27918090)
This.

As I wrote in another comment, I produce video news.

My M1 MacBook Pro is a beast of a machine, but I work it to the point of full-blast fans every day.

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