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I think that would be correct for the Desktop, but in laptops the turbo clock normally(?) does not work for a sufficient long time to give it any meaning.


It does in well-designed machines, although usually not in the ultraslim ones. The ThinkPad T470 can sustain full turbo indefinitely according to notebookcheck. Lenovo's premium line (X1 Carbon/Yoga) cannot, though, as they're too thin and light for a sufficiently capable cooling system, and will throttle after a while.


Would you have a link to the page you're referring to? I'm wondering if that's also true for the T470p.


The T470 review is at https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T470-Core-i5-F... - but keep in mind that's a 15W i5. The 35W CPUs in the T470p produce a lot more heat. I'm sure notebookcheck has a review of that, too.




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