The phrase is "knock on wood". "Touching wood" means something else entirely.
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I'm thinking that you should at least rename it to complete the sentence "nMP 6,1 going back to".
And biting my tongue (fingers?) to avoid any jokes about "morning wood".
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You got me there, Lou. From now on I will consider you the MacRumors expert on the topic of touching wood.
Can you tell me what the difference between the 10core and the 4core is in single and multicore tests?
Here is the base model 6,1 with the 3.7ghz 4-core CPU:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/8296292
And here is the 3.0ghz 10-core CPU in a 6,1:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/8294531
Basically, the 4-core is about 8% faster than the 10-core in single-core performance, however, the 10-core is nearly 100% faster in the multi-core score
Wow, I didn't thought that this would be the case.
Ok, that should be the case.
Look at the specs for the two processors at https://ark.intel.com/compare/75279,75779 - the quad core has faster clocks.
Since there's no link to the source, and no context, let me try to add some context.In addition to stock clocks also look at the turbo bins.
"Turbo" is limited by both number of active cores, and CPU temperature.
If you have one active core, it will run at full Turbo speed.
If you have more than one active core, the Turbo will drop by a bit for each active core. In the above chart that says that the 12 core E5-2697 v2 (2.7 GHz, 3.5 GHz Turbo) will run at 3.5 GHz with one core, 3.4 GHz with two cores,..., 3.0 GHz with six or more active cores.
This assumes that the cooling solution keeps the CPU at a low temperature. Although the above chart says 3.0 GHz for 12 cores - this drops to the rated 2.7 GHz at the rated temperature of 86°C. If the cooling is inadequate (typical for many Apple systems), the clock rate will be lowered as necessary to avoid exceeding the rated temperature.
There was a fun video clip from many generations ago where they pulled the heat sinks from Intel and AMD CPUs, and ran benchmarks.
The Intel CPU ran without errors, and slowed itself so that it continued to run. The AMD CPU started to smoke, burned the paint off the package, and crashed permanently. Crash and burn.
Ah, I missed that. That's too bad. I got my 2012 just a couple years ago Apple refurbished and it's still like new, so I guess I'll hang onto it as long as I can.
It’s just a dongle so not a big deal. Only is an issue when you need 2 Thunderbolt ports which you don’t have currently anyway.Ah, I missed that. That's too bad. I got my 2012 just a couple years ago Apple refurbished and it's still like new, so I guess I'll hang onto it as long as I can.
I do own a MacPro6,1 with a 12-Core CPU. the 86°C you mentioned are T-Case (max. temp on the IHS Integrated Heat Spreader). the Intel Processor Diagnostics Tool on the other hand states that 99°C is the max. temp. allowed (CPU die, I assume). since I upgraded this machine on my own, I tested it extensively using the Intel Processor Diagnostics Tool (MS-Windows only) and so far, the clock speed has never dropped below 3.00 GHz during stress testing (100% CPU load).
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool
Now I can tell the differences between the Quadcore and the 10 core.
It was an E5-1620 v2 @ 3.7 GHz with 32GB 1866 MHz DDR3 RAM.
I am getting 3970 in single core and 14338 in multicore.
Now it is an E5-2690 v2 @ 3GHz.
And now I am getting 3663 in single core and 26802 in multicore.
The temperature is at 42°C when idle.
When Handbrake is running the temperature goes up to 73°C.
It was an E5-1620 v2 @ 3.7 GHz with 32GB 1866 MHz DDR3 RAM.
I am getting 3970 in single core and 14338 in multicore.
Now it is an E5-2690 v2 @ 3GHz.
And now I am getting 3663 in single core and 26802 in multicore.
The temperature is at 42°C when idle.
When Handbrake is running the temperature goes up to 73°C.
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