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hi, i am primarily a mac mini m4 user but have recently found the need to work with a rather worn-out 2020 i3 macbook air. this model notoriously has terribly designed cooling systems and unsurprisingly i have been experiencing extreme thermal throttling with anything more than light use. i downloaded Hot in order to measure the extent of this throttling, but even when the CPU temperature is displaying 100 degrees celsius (even up to 104) for extended periods of time the speed limit does not change at all. it is permanently at 100%. i imagine this has to be incorrect since the CPU limits itself as soon as it reaches those critical temperatures.
i'm not sure whether it is a related issue, but the 'available CPUs' appears to be incorrect too. the display shows that i have 4 available CPUs- yet this macbook model is a dual core. Perhaps this display is reflecting the hyperthreading capabilities of the model? if so, i do wonder if this is by design or if it is an issue with the way the Hot software assesses the number of CPU cores.
attached are some screenshots of the graphs viewable using Hot. i included a couple to show that the speed limit never changes from 100% even when running at 100c temps. there is also a screenshot of my basic specs viewable through the system information app.
it would be great to find out if this is correct or an inaccuracy with Hot. i hope this post explains what i mean and that i'm not being entirely stupid haha, i'm still new to a lot of this stuff but trying my best to learn!
thanks so much in advance.
hi, i am primarily a mac mini m4 user but have recently found the need to work with a rather worn-out 2020 i3 macbook air. this model notoriously has terribly designed cooling systems and unsurprisingly i have been experiencing extreme thermal throttling with anything more than light use. i downloaded Hot in order to measure the extent of this throttling, but even when the CPU temperature is displaying 100 degrees celsius (even up to 104) for extended periods of time the speed limit does not change at all. it is permanently at 100%. i imagine this has to be incorrect since the CPU limits itself as soon as it reaches those critical temperatures.
i'm not sure whether it is a related issue, but the 'available CPUs' appears to be incorrect too. the display shows that i have 4 available CPUs- yet this macbook model is a dual core. Perhaps this display is reflecting the hyperthreading capabilities of the model? if so, i do wonder if this is by design or if it is an issue with the way the Hot software assesses the number of CPU cores.
attached are some screenshots of the graphs viewable using Hot. i included a couple to show that the speed limit never changes from 100% even when running at 100c temps. there is also a screenshot of my basic specs viewable through the system information app.
it would be great to find out if this is correct or an inaccuracy with Hot. i hope this post explains what i mean and that i'm not being entirely stupid haha, i'm still new to a lot of this stuff but trying my best to learn!
thanks so much in advance.