MBP M1 Gaming Temps/Fan

[dolbinau]

Hi all - using a demanding game under Rosetta 2 (X-Plane) I notice my fan speeds up pretty quickly, after maybe a few minutes - and then throughout prolonged use the machine gets rather warm (but not hot) with the stats below. Performance is good and I'm assuming no issues but are these temps/fan speeds 'normal'? The reason I ask is I felt early videos had a bit of hype saying the fan barely speeds up and remains cool whereas in reality I find it's not exactly an air conditioner to touch! Note temperature in Celsius (sorry for USA!). The first GPU MTR Temp sensor for example is 77 C/170 F.

 

[GumaRodak]

So what do ppls expect? That these chips will not heat under load or what? Its a semiconductor, you cant cheat physics

 

[CMMChris]

It's perfectly fine. You can achieve even higher temps when editing 8k videos. During a long export my fan went full blast with the SoC being around 94°C. Not that surprising considering the small cooler having to carry away like 20 watts of heat.