Coolest (thermally) 16" MacBook Pro configuration?

[waquzy]

Honestly, if you are concerned about power dissipation, why in the world are you even looking at the highest spec Apple notebook computer?

Joe

New display and the keyboard! Doh!

 

[Hazmat401]

My 2.4 i9 is running at 53 C as I browse MacRumors right now.

Lol how??

I have the 5500m but i think I’m using the igpu more than anything

I wonder if my brightness being at 100% is the cause

 

[poorcody]

Lol how??

I don’t have the 5500m but i think I’m using the igpu more than anything

I wonder if my brightness being at 100% is the cause

LOL, I don't know how, it just is! I even have a 5K Ultrafine running as a second screen.

 

[Sowelu]

It looks like there is a lot of conflicting information here... I guess I will just go for the maxed out options and see how things go.

Seeing as though Apple rates the battery life at 11 hours for all CPU configurations, I am assuming that this means that they all use the same amount of power, even though some have higher clock speeds, and more cores?

It's all a bit confusing...

 

[donawalt]

Lol how??

I have the 5500m but i think I’m using the igpu more than anything

I wonder if my brightness being at 100% is the cause

I have the 16" MacBook Pro with 5500m and 2.4 i9, right now mine is on 56 C. browsing here on Safari, with 8 other windows open, 1 VM is running, and backup to an external drive happens to be running. I am under a lamp so brightness is about at 80%, MacBook Pro is plugged in to power.

 

[DRuser]

I have the 16" MacBook Pro with 5500m and 2.4 i9, right now mine is on 56 C. browsing here on Safari, with 8 other windows open, 1 VM is running, and backup to an external drive happens to be running. I am under a lamp so brightness is about at 80%, MacBook Pro is plugged in to power.

That really sounds excellent. Would be interesting how the other models compare with the same workload.

 

[pshufd]

TBH, having a toasty MacBook Pro on my lap feels more like grilling to me.

It's nice in cold NH winters, to have a toasty laptop. I use my MBP on top of a comforter on a recliner.

 

[Nacho98]

how about temps with a fresh restart, all apps killed, and one safari window just to get a bottom baseline?

for comparison my 2015 does this at around 29-34C which is outstandingly cold, so ill be curious what my incoming i7 does after indexing is done.

 

[filmak]

how about temps with a fresh restart, all apps killed, and one safari window just to get a bottom baseline?

for comparison my 2015 does this at around 29-34C which is outstandingly cold, so ill be curious what my incoming i7 does after indexing is done.

It would be very nice if you could give us a hint when you test your new and shiny 16" mbp.
I'm also very interested in this subject, as we have a 2014 one and we 're looking to replace it with a 16".

 

[donawalt]

Here's what I saw, it shows about 35 C. when largely idle (you can see it was doing a little bit of something, like maybe a backup). I saw it go as low as 34 C., but by the time I clipped the screen shot it went up a degree or so lol.

 

[UglyCowboy]

Chips are categorized by quality/performance; binning. For the i9 in the 16” this means the better ones become 2.4 chips.

Generally true but not always. I remember a time when a particular CPU yield was so good that the lower clock speed parts were just arbitrary markings on the package because we couldn't make them so slow.

 

[shardey]

For those concerned with temps, have you looked into Macs Fan Control?

 

[Hazmat401]

For those concerned with temps, have you looked into Macs Fan Control?

I'm using istat and I've been keeping my fans at 50% for giggles and using Office 2019 along with Safari with 3 or 4 tabs... my cpu proximity sensor is 94C and igpu is 100C and cores 1-9 is 97C-99C

what should I be using as a reference for temps?

EDIT- Forget what I've been saying... Temps were set to Fahrenheit and not Celsius 🙄

 

[shardey]

I'm using istat and I've been keeping my fans at 50% for giggles and using Office 2019 along with Safari with 3 or 4 tabs... my cpu proximity sensor is 94C and igpu is 100C and cores 1-9 is 97C-99C

what should I be using as a reference for temps?

EDIT- Forget what I've been saying... Temps were set to Fahrenheit and not Celsius 🙄

That seems like you have something wrong with your MBP. I would try resetting the SMC reset.

You should be maybe half of that temp, probably even less with your fan settings, with what you are doing.