Engadget is saying Penryn MBPs are a lot cooler!

[aforty]

Good news for those of us who ordered one of these, have a look:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/apple-macbook-pro-penryn-tests-a-little-more-speed-a-lot-less/


The meat of it:

[MBP] Core Duo (2.16GHz)
Peak: 195° F, fans over 5000 RPM
Average: 185° F, fans about 4900 RPM
Enclosure (bottom): very hot to the touch
Enclosure (top): fairly hot to the touch

[MBP] Penryn Core 2 Duo (2.5GHz)
Peak: 176° F, fans about 3400 RPM
Average: 173° F, fans about 2500 RPM (much quieter)
Enclosure (bottom): warm to the touch
Enclosure (top): warm to fairly hot to the touch

 

[TurboSC]

yea I just finished reading it.

I can't wait for my new MBP to get here

 

[senorfrog97]

what about vs. the santa rosas?

 

[shoulin333]

what about vs. the santa rosas?

ya, wondering this myself...

why they compare Gen 1 to Gen 4 makes no sense

it's not even compared to a C2D

 

[AuroraProject]

I have a gen 1 and my fans never hit 5000rpm. Of course I don't loop benchmarking software for 30 minutes either!

 

[ntrigue]

ya, wondering this myself...

why they compare Gen 1 to Gen 4 makes no sense

it's not even compared to a C2D

Come now. They are cooler than a 3860MHz slower single-core. That's enough for me.

 

[Stridder44]

Holy crap thats a huge difference! Freaking sweet. Thanks for the info! VERY good to read. But look at this...

How does the MBP 2.16 Core Duo beat the MBP 2.5 Penryn in the OpenGL/spinning squares tests?

 

[shoulin333]

Holy crap thats a huge difference! Freaking sweet. Thanks for the info! VERY good to read. But look at this...

How does the MBP 2.16 Core Duo beat the MBP 2.5 Penryn in the OpenGL/spinning squares tests?

has ATI video card


ATI and Nvidia run in benchmarks differently

 

[Smurfed]

Holy crap thats a huge difference! Freaking sweet. Thanks for the info! VERY good to read. But look at this...

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How does the MBP 2.16 Core Duo beat the MBP 2.5 Penryn in the OpenGL/spinning squares tests?

wow thats weird, it even beat the 2.2

 

[Freyqq]

Holy crap thats a huge difference! Freaking sweet. Thanks for the info! VERY good to read. But look at this...

How does the MBP 2.16 Core Duo beat the MBP 2.5 Penryn in the OpenGL/spinning squares tests?

how does a macbook beat the macbook pro in a graphics intensive test? I call shinnanigans.

 

[onesixeight]

I have to concur with Engadget... I picked up a new 2.4 this morning and I have to say it's the coolest running MacBook series computer I've ever owned. This includes the MacBook Air SSD which I've been using a lot lately.

 

[Gunga Din]

I have to concur with Engadget... I picked up a new 2.4 this morning and I have to say it's the coolest running MacBook series computer I've ever owned. This includes the MacBook Air SSD which I've been using a lot lately.

First Mac here, but from using the new MBP the past few days, I can honestly say, i have not noticed any heat issues at all. I love it.

 

[danzzz]

I used to keep two SR MBPs (one was a replacement from APPLE) for a week, and the bottom for both were super hot (at least 140F), which seems to be normal to MBP. Now the Penryn one runs much cooler, and you do feel the difference from the bottom which is not burning hot anymore. The avg temp is between 100-120F - great improvement!!!

 

[Stridder44]

how does a macbook beat the macbook pro in a graphics intensive test? I call shinnanigans.

It didn't though...the MBP (penryn) slaughtered the MB.

 

[spaceballl]

the santa rosas should be the same, if not worse, as the other ones - they are 65nm chips just like the 2,16ghz chips