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Starfyre

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Looking at specsheets from Intel's own website on the high end Retina Macbook Pro that was released:

2.3 GHz - i7-4950HQ
http://ark.intel.com/products/76085/Intel-Core-i7-4950HQ-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz

2.6 GHz - i7-4960HQ
http://ark.intel.com/products/76088/

Scrolling down to "Advanced Technologies" section, you'll notice that the 2.6GHz does NOT have "Idle States" like the 2.3GHz. What is idle states?
Idle States (C-states) are used to save power when the processor is idle. C0 is the operational state, meaning that the CPU is doing useful work. C1 is the first idle state, C2 the second, and so on, where more power saving actions are taken for numerically higher C-states.

This is scary. Is it being missing accidental? Or is it really geared to the special "power" users that dont care about idle power consumption?

https://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/2...-high-end-haswell-processors-for-macbook-pro/
 
It says N/A here. That doesn't mean that the 4960hq does not have them, but just that it has not been anounced yet.
Imo it's the same chip, but with a higher clock, so don't worry
 
It's a very new chip, Intel has not yet added all its features to their website. It has lower power states trust me on that.
 
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