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This is unacceptable, sure, other Core i9 throttle (like the XPS 15), but not this aggressively. What is even the point of offering this if it can't keep it at even base clock?

Is this the fault of thinness, aluminium chassi or something else?

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It still provides a performance benefit for peaky workloads. Want to speed up your local compile? This will probably be faster than the i7 - it'll take 15 seconds instead of 17 seconds. But what do people expect? Don't do hour long renders on your laptop.

So basically, professionals are using their professional-grade laptop wrong.

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