I don't know around 75/76F. Not sure what it matters my MBP is usually always cool to the touch, and my comment was based more on look they updated it so show more in common sense descriptions
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Imagine going from a 16” which usually sits at 52-55c to a M1 that sits at 26-35c I was blown away
I have both stat menus and TG pro. They do not seem to show the same temperatures. it looks like I stat is averaging the cores but I’m not sure. Anyone have insight on this. I like the graph view in istat but I feel TG pro is more accurat. I which I could get a graph view in TG pro
There are two obvious strategies for dealing with multiple sensors displayed as a single value: average the sensors or show the highest value. They both have good and bad points. Ideally a tool would let you choose which strategy to use. Personally I want to know the highest temperature but the average may seem more accurate.
This seems a nice app, by the way, and it's also open source by the Imazing team
HOT https://github.com/macmade/Hot
HOT https://github.com/macmade/Hot
My intel i5 2017 sits idle around 50-60 degrees with fan on very low and 80’ish when web browsing. The M1 MacBook Pro 23 degrees idle and 26 degrees web browsing.
i5 2017 is periodically taken apart and cleaned of dust at least every 3 months too.
i5 2017 is periodically taken apart and cleaned of dust at least every 3 months too.
Jesus - these CPU temperatures just seem impossible to me - I have a 2018 XPS with an 8750H and it idles around 50-60 but if I push the CPU even a little bit, it hits 85, and then if I max it it goes 95 - 99.... just terrible.
These M1s really idle at 25 - 35 degrees? What the hell?!?!?!
These M1s really idle at 25 - 35 degrees? What the hell?!?!?!
Combination of power hungry CPU and limited cooling
My Asus with 8750H runs a good deal cooler than your XPS under 100% load. The M1 MBP is in a totally different league as Apple's SOC draws a fraction of the wattage, so the chassis always remains quiet and cool to the touch.The Apple silicon cores can still get into the 90C region under full load, yet never it never throttles. I can configure the Asus to run at full Turbo of 3.9Hhz across all cores indefinitely with CPU temps in the low 90's accompanied by a good deal of fan noise and a 70W power draw for the CPU in isolation...
M1 MBP peaks at less than 50W for the entire notebook and can run like this all day.
Ambient temperature 26C
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Combination of power hungry CPU and limited cooling
The Apple silicon cores can still get into the 90C region under full load, yet never it never throttles. I can configure the Asus to run at full Turbo of 3.9Hhz across all cores indefinitely with CPU temps in the low 90's accompanied by a good deal of fan noise and a 70W power draw for the CPU in isolation...
M1 MBP peaks at less than 50W for the entire notebook and can run like this all day.
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Ambient temperature 26C
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I can’t wait to get my MacBook Pro next month
Stats does it and is totally free.
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GitHub - exelban/stats: macOS system monitor in your menu bar
macOS system monitor in your menu bar. Contribute to exelban/stats development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Idle?
26-32 degrees is working temp for me at 21 ambient.
EDIT:// Only time I’ve had the fan spin up above minimum rev (M1 mini) was when I saturated the CPU with cinebench AND saturated the GPU at the same time (reached 70 or something on the GPU and 96 something at the CPU) I even made a thread about it here
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These are like magic !!
I run a few games on the Mac ( now I can as it's good enough , MacBook Air 2017 not a chance ) , I play Total War Sega TROY with EVERYTHING maxed to ULTRA at the screens max resolution and the MacBook never gets above 90 degrees. The fan never kicks in too when playing games however I do use Mac Fan Control and put the fan on while playing games as the case gets hot while it's on your knee.
