

On its own the CPU can maintain maximum turbo boost of 3.9 GHz indefinitely (Cinebench 1250, it is clock limited, actually i9 would make sense in this chassis), when stressed with Heaven it oscillates between 3.9 and 3.6 GHz (keep in mind Heaven also uses some CPU).
#Bootcamp fan control skin
If I run Cinebench and Heaven together (looping Cinebech over and over again), I'm getting about 800 score in Cinebench and about 16% lower score in Heaven in such scenario (still 2x higher than Vega 20 in MBP running on its own - 1900 vs 950 or so), all the while the keys and palm rest area remain cool, as in significantly cooler than my skin temperature. I bought the GS65, it is 5% larger footprint and 5% bigger height than MBP, same with weight, not noticeable. The difference is, if you don't like such priority, you can change it.

XPS15 on the other hand maintains max GPU clocks when stressed and thus you get lower CPU clocks like in the notebookcheck review. Just wanted to point out, that your i9/Vega 20 had lower 3dmark physics scores than my i7/555x, thus I wouldn't by so certain about that intelligent power distribution since Vega is almost 20% faster than 555x at the same TDP and throttles down to about stock 555x power levels when stressed together with CPU.

I do notice the later since it burns my knees and destroys my desks.Īpple's cooling is certainly not as effective as that of X1 Extreme and other laptops, but it's extremely efficient, since it gets the job done very well and allows within 5% of X1 Extreme's sustained performance despite being 25% smaller and not using an open bottom case for air intake. As a user, I don't notice the former at all. Outside of amazing conversations, monitoring the fan speed passively like this. Click 'Close', and youll see the information in your menu bar at all times. Head to the Menubar Display tab, then select a fan and/or a sensor to display in the menu bar. As I wrote in the other thread, I'd rather have a CPU that runs 10C hotter than a chassis that runs 10C hotter. To do this, open Mac Fan Control, then click the Preferences button in the bottom-left corner. You pay for it in some other way, be it higher fan speed, open air vents or a larger chassis.
#Bootcamp fan control free
Cooling the CPU to 90C instead of 100C at 45W power consumption is not necessarily efficient - its more conservative and "safe", sure, but it's not free to get. Apple's design is hard to beat in terms of efficiency - they use the entire spec range available to them to design a minimal thermal solution that allows for spec-compliant performance of the machine. The standard use of the term often revolves around "using less to achieve more". Depends on your definition of "efficient".
