Turbo Boost and Hyperthreading

I bet the genius doesn't even know what Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading are...

spoke with tech today, the i7 has hyperthreading. she didn't know anything about turboboost

Hellhammer said:

I bet the genius doesn't even know what Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading are...

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This.

I don't see why any of those processors wouldn't have HyperThreading and TurboBoost.

Kyotoma said:

I don't see why any of those processors wouldn't have HyperThreading and TurboBoost.

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Why is it not being mentioned in the Apple specs or by any reviewers so far that I have read.
Seems strange not to promote a feature?

The benchmarks from Geekbench clearly prove hyper threading is enabled.

OSMac said:

Why is it not being mentioned in the Apple specs or by any reviewers so far that I have read.
Seems strange not to promote a feature?

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Oh I agree that it's odd, but if you go on Intel's website and look up those processors, they all have HyperThreading and TurboBoost.

Kyotoma said:

Oh I agree that it's odd, but if you go on Intel's website and look up those processors, they all have HyperThreading and TurboBoost.

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The question is not whether these CPUs have HT and TurboBoost. We know they do. The question is whether Apple has disabled them or not.

Kyotoma said:

Oh I agree that it's odd, but if you go on Intel's website and look up those processors, they all have HyperThreading and TurboBoost.

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I agree, but where are the specific processors used being shown?

OSMac said:

I agree, but where are the specific processors used being shown?

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This is Apple. They rarely refer to processors by their exact model numbers. Instead, you have to infer. Confirmation will come shortly with more comprehensive reviews and teardowns.

vader_slri said:

This is Apple. They rarely refer to processors by their exact model numbers. Instead, you have to infer. Confirmation will come shortly with more comprehensive reviews and teardowns.

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I'd guess they have turbo active but it throttles with the heat generated under load?

MacRumorUser said:

The benchmarks from Geekbench clearly prove hyper threading is enabled.

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Can you provide a link to one of them, as I didn't find any via searching for "MacBook Air" in the Geekbench Result Browser?

Anandtech is showing specific processors and features used :

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4512/the-2011-macbook-air-specs-and-details

2011 MacBook Air 11" base score = 5000+




MacBook Air (11-inch Late 2010)
Intel Core 2 Duo U9400 1.4 GHz (2 cores) scored = 2026



2011 model got 2.5x improvement




Base 13 & 11