Is there a way to enable Turbo Boost on my Late 2012 Mac Mini all the time? Also how do we know if it will ever utilize Turbo Boost for anything? Is it just a marketing gimmick?
Turbo Boost is always enabled except when thermal levels do not allow it. On Mac OS X, there is no way to see what the current frequency is dynamically.
This is wrong.
Turbo boost isn't on unless certain conditions are met.
It is correct. Turbo Boost needs to be enabled in say the UEFI/EFI/BIOS which is the case of any Mac. When Turbo Boost is enabled the system can use it to throttle cpu power. There is no way to influence this as it is an automatic system (there is 1 influence: the software you run). The same can be said for the power saving options of the cpu (although there is some more influence the user has: you can put the machine in standby/sleep/etc. which will cause components such as the cpu to change power saving modes).This is wrong.
Turbo boost isn't on unless certain conditions are met.
Is there a way to enable Turbo Boost on my Late 2012 Mac Mini all the time? Also how do we know if it will ever utilize Turbo Boost for anything? Is it just a marketing gimmick?
Apparently it is possible to monitor it on Windows machines, It wight work with Bootcamp...
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=19105
It is correct. Turbo Boost needs to be enabled in say the UEFI/EFI/BIOS which is the case of any Mac. When Turbo Boost is enabled the system can use it to throttle cpu power. There is no way to influence this as it is an automatic system (there is 1 influence: the software you run). The same can be said for the power saving options of the cpu (although there is some more influence the user has: you can put the machine in standby/sleep/etc. which will cause components such as the cpu to change power saving modes).
There is one: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-power-gadget-20I wish there was a mac app to dynamically monitor the frequency of the CPU. You would think if iStat pro can graph it that it could put MHz/ghz numbers to it.
Turbo Boost does throttle the cpu. What you are explaining here is exactly what throttling isTurbo boost dosnt throttle the CPU there is another instruction set for that. On or enabled does it matter? The CPU's thermal parameters need to be met for it to activate and it's only for single core operations not multi core.
Turbo Boost does throttle the cpu.
it's only for single core operations not multi core.
Turbo Boost 2.0 and newer supports all cores.Turbo boost dosnt throttle the CPU there is another instruction set for that. On or enabled does it matter? The CPU's thermal parameters need to be met for it to activate and it's only for single core operations not multi core.
It shows the speed on my computers.Thanks. It looks like it measures watts and not MHz but it looks interesting. Worth a look.
Turbo Boost 2.0 and newer supports all cores.
Yes to be fair it can but that would require Mac Pro cooling. The chip would get to hot to quick in any other mac line.
Not quite, those are only 2 of the definitions. I was more thinking along the lines of throttling up and down like with rockets and such or opening and closing the throttle to speed up or slow down a car (people forget that it goes the opposite way as well). Merriam Webster has some more definitions where you can find the one I'm using as well: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throttle The rocket/car meaning also shows exactly what Turbo Boost and SpeedStep do: they control (this verb is given as a synonym on the link you gave) the speed of the processor. On other sites I find similar information that says my usage of throttle is correct in this context.Hold on now. The definition of throttle is to "choke" or "restrict".
Not quite, those are only 2 of the definitions. I was more thinking along the lines of throttling up and down like with rockets and such or opening and closing the throttle to speed up or slow down a car (people forget that it goes the opposite way as well). Merriam Webster has some more definitions where you can find the one I'm using as well: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throttle The rocket/car meaning also shows exactly what Turbo Boost and SpeedStep do: they control (this verb is given as a synonym on the link you gave) the speed of the processor. On other sites I find similar information that says my usage of throttle is correct in this context.
Turbo Boost 2.0 or newer (available in Sandy Bridge and newer) supports all cores. Your processor, the i7-3720QM supports up to 3.6 GHz.Not trying to say your all wrong, but this Intel App (Intel Power Gadget) shows my 2012 mini i7 2.6 Ghz Quad cranking along at around 3.20 to 3.45Ghz when I run Handbrake and Aunsoft iMedia together each coding a 1080P 30GB mkv to ATV3 (i.e. I am maxing out my CPU). It hits 3.45 for the first few minutes and settles to 3.20 to 3.30 once the heat is stabilised at around 100 'C. Handbrake and iMedia together uses all 4 cores at 100% so can someone explain why the Intel Power Gadget is showing my CPU is capable of that Ghz peak load (sustained) instead of 2.6 Ghz as the max when all cores are running. I am not talking about 1 core maxing at 3.20 - 3.45 Ghz on Turbo Boost. The whole quad is running according to my understanding of Handbrake and what iStat says.
Is the Intel app misleading? It definitely shows the thin static 2.6 Ghz line with the dynamic line running well above around 3.30.
Turbo Boost 2.0 or newer (available in Sandy Bridge and newer) supports all cores. Your processor, the i7-3720QM supports up to 3.6 GHz.