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I could practically boil water with my mid-2012 quad-core i7 GeForce 650M MacBook Pro that was often at 100 degrees C while processing video.
 
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When I got an Omen by HP laptop computer with 7th generation quad-core i7 and GeForce GTX 1050, I found that it was only slightly faster and only slightly less hot. My ASUS ZenBook Pro eight-core Ryzen 7 and GeForce RTX 3050Ti is much faster and much less hot. My M1 MacBook Air, of course, is faster and cooler than my mid-2012 MacBook Pro.
 
When I got an Omen by HP laptop computer with 7th generation quad-core i7 and GeForce GTX 1050, I found that it was only slightly faster and only slightly less hot. My ASUS ZenBook Pro eight-core Ryzen 7 and GeForce RTX 3050Ti is much faster and much less hot. My M1 MacBook Air, of course, is faster and cooler than my mid-2012 MacBook Pro.
Truth be told, these chips were specifically designed to run at 100C. The main problem is heat dissipation, and Apple's quest for thinness and lightness didn't really serve them well in that era, esp. with the quad-core models.

BTW, I use an m3 MacBook. It's fanless but runs slow enough that the chassis doesn't become burning hot even when the CPU is maxed out at 100C.
 
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