Eight-core 2019 15-inch MacBook Pro crushes mid-2018 model in benchmarks

sammymarie

I’ve got a question about this mac pros as I’ve got the i9 2018 model. The base frequency is 2.9GHz but I notice it go below to 1.03GHz at idle state when l look at the intel power gadget software. It is able to turbo boost though to about 4.5GHz and maintain it at 96.8 degrees so, is this normal or do I have one of these throttling issues?

mike wuerthele

SammyMarie said:

I’ve got a question about this mac pros as I’ve got the i9 2018 model. The base frequency is 2.9GHz but I notice it go below to 1.03GHz at idle state when l look at the intel power gadget software. It is able to turbo boost though to about 4.5GHz and maintain it at 96.8 degrees so, is this normal or do I have one of these throttling issues?

At idle, that's fine.

duhsesame

bobolicious said:

Impressive speed for sure...
...and yet still holding out at this end for such (basic?) 'pro' features as...

- lower cost non-touch bar option (the mac I actually use)
- user adjustable non-proprietary storage (benefitting every mac I've owned)
- user adjustable non-proprietary ram (benefitting every mac I've owned)
- an HD screen I don't have to squint at (17")

I know, I know - I'll likely be waiting a long time...

I don't see the RAM as a problem if they had LPDDR, and 16" is working in progress.

duhsesame

By the way, looks like the Touch Bar will remain, and eventually expands to the entire lineup.

https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2019/04/apple-patent-reveals-that-face-id-including-a-retina-scan-could-be-coming-to-future-macs.html