2019 MBP 16" 2.3Ghz i9 severe thermal throttling (Catalina 10.15.5)
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# Brief Summary
2019 MBP 16" 2.3Ghz i9 shows severe thermal throttling
* CPU Frequency hovers around 1.9-2.0 Ghz
* Power draw doesn't exceed 30W
* Max Temperature only 76ish degrees Celcius
* Exporting a 5min clip on Adobe Premiere Pro which slams all 8 cores
I've attached screenshots below showing just how much the new MBP 16" i9 throttles. I haven't really had a problem with it until recently... but there are 2 variables:
## What's Changed?
* Catalina upgrade to 10.15.5 recently
* Applecare service replaced the logic board
## Questions
* Is it likely that the replacement logic board is not up to snuff?
* I haven't heard any complaints online (reddit, stack exchange, apple support) of thermal throttling lately. How does one test abnormal throttling?
## Screenshots
* terminal output after running
-g thermlog
* intel power gadget showing the aforementioned stats holding steady despite high CPU Utilization.

Asked by treefiddy
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Jun 23, 2020, 12:10 PM
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