Anecdotally, he says that the fans do not spin up, and the MacBook Pro runs cool enough to keep on his lap. What benefits does turning off Turbo Boost offer for MacBooks? Arment reports a 62% drop in power consumption and a significant decrease in temperatures on his 16-inch MacBook Pro.
(There’s also a free Turbo Boost Switcher that requires more manual interaction but would likely be sufficient for testing.) Such a feature has already been available for iOS since iOS 9, and Arment has found a way to implement something similar with the $9.95 Turbo Boost Switcher Pro, which prevents Intel’s Turbo Boost feature from automatically overclocking the processor for intensive tasks.
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