High CPU Temp on M4 Pro

[TechnoMonk]

Have you ever checked your older devices with a benchmark and seen any of the degradation, like schnaps claims? Would be interesting to see....

If there was degradation, my work would be severely impacted. I run my machines at sustained heavy load. I don’t see any difference in performance.
The internet FUD is full of sky is falling chicken little stuff. My workflows use consistently 170GB of Memory(RAM+Swap). You would think my SSD nand chip would have already failed because of Swap. Stop worrying over it unless you see degradation that impacts your work.

 

[Timpetus]

Have you ever checked your older devices with a benchmark and seen any of the degradation, like schnaps claims? Would be interesting to see....

I have. My M1Max 14" MBP still scores at or above the averages on Geekbench after over a year of heavy use (photo editing, media encoding, gaming, CPU crypto mining, etc.). No degradation here, perhaps it's a bit harder on battery health but I limit it to 80% and make sure to discharge it most of the way at least monthly. CoconutBattery still reports 87% battery health. I have AC+ for the eventual battery replacement. Macs Fan Control helps make sure the CPU temps stay low enough for my liking, but that's mostly to protect the battery. My 2016 ran really hot when I was using it, and I kept it plugged in a lot of the time. I'm pretty sure that's what killed the battery eventually, plus I let it stay at 100% too much and that increases the sensitivity to heat.

 

[montuori]

i haven’t got the time to go through every line debunking the overheating FUD being shared in this thread.

What would be the point? They'd all move on to "don't use the swap" FUD and "don't charge the battery wrong" FUD and who knows what else. Good grief. Drive it like you stole it. It'll be fine.

 

[Superrenz]

What would be the point? They'd all move on to "don't use the swap" FUD and "don't charge the battery wrong" FUD and who knows what else. Good grief. Drive it like you stole it. It'll be fine.

Sounds like a plan! 👍

 

[schnaps]

why purchase a Pro chip in the first instance?

I don't need super performance.
For me M1 16/2048 is enough, but buying M1 today is a bad idea.
But the configuration with a large SSD may be available only with PRO. If it is available without PRO, then of course I will save.
However, both M4 and without PRO are hotter.

 

[golfnut1982]

Need your expertise: My MBP M4 Pro reaches a CPU temp of 108C during encoding to mp4 with handbrake. Is this still safe or should I be worried? Thx for your help.

Questions like this are great to ask, but its kinda important to specify which model MacBook Pro your are referencing, especially the size.

 

[Superrenz]

I am running a 14“ MBP with M4Pro and 24Gigs of RAM