Macbook pro 2018 with core i9

Putting a very powerful processor in a laptop is something that poses several engineering challenges, as a large amount of heat sink is needed in a very compact space. Apple engineers don't seem to have taken this into account, and their new 2018 MacBook Pro laptop with Intel Core i9-8950HK processor has serious temperature and performance issues.

2018 MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9-8950HK processor suffers a lot of thermal throttling

The new 2018 MacBook Pro with Intel Core i9-8950HK processor operates at a base frequency of 2.9 GHz that is capable of reaching 4.8 GHz in turbo mode for very short periods of time. This should be so, although it has been observed that the processor sees its operating frequency drop to 2.2 GHz when working in Adobe Premiere, a speed that places it below its base frequency.

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The reason for this is that the processor heats up very quickly, and goes into thermal throttling to avoid becoming a fireball. In other words, the new top-of-the-range MacBook Pro cooling system is insufficient for your processor to function properly.

Users have to pay a plus of 340 euros to have this powerful six-core and twelve-wire processor, which is not capable of performing as it should due to the team's inability to dissipate the heat generated. Unfortunately for its users, they will not be able to take advantage of the full potential of this processor when working on very demanding tasks. The drop in frequency from the base represents 25%, so the drop in performance should be of a similar magnitude.

We will have to wait to know for sure if it is a few isolated cases or it is somewhat generalized, although Apple computers usually always go far enough to the cooling limit to be quieter.

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