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Running continuous Cinebench test for 30 mins is a common way of assessing CPU throttling, which is a hot topic on the fanless M1 and M2 MBAs. I have seen claims that the M2 throttles more. I tested my M1 MBA (512/16) in Jan 2021, and just upgraded to a M2 MBA(2TB/24), and reran the tests out of
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