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Does the CPU constantly hold the turbo speed under a single threaded workload?

• eulers_secret 4y ago
  Depends. The cpu attempts to hold the maximum possible speed on any cores that are in use. On my water cooled and specifically tweaked desktop- yes. It’ll hold max boost indefinitely, even with all threads. (getting to about 80c after 10 mins). Single-thread max is faster, and it’ll hold that as well. My laptop will pull power within 15 seconds and be down to base clocks in a couple mins. Unless I set it down outside and it’s very cold.
  • Dylan16807 4y ago
    Most un-tweaked chips are going to be below 25 watts with a single core loaded, and lots of laptops can cool that without any problems.
• 0x457 4y ago
  It depends on motherboard and cooling. 6700K, for example, is constantly running at 4.2Ghz or 4.5Ghz (winter clocks). Constantly while thermals allow it... Non-overclocking motherboards allow it to boost for 2 minutes, after that, it's iffy.