Monitoring Turbo Boost / SpeedStep on 13" MacBook Pro

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I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" and I'm supposed to be able to turbo boost up to 2.9GHz until the processor begins to overheat. Does anyone know of a utility that can monitor the current processor speed, as opposed to the "2.3GHz" that About This Mac shows?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '11 at 01:16

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I haven't used it and it doesn't look like a very professional site, but several forums referred to this site with a program called "CPU-x", which shows the frequency of the CPU. Using this should let you keep an eye on the processor speed.

answered Apr 05 '11 at 01:16

nhinkle

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '13 at 13:13

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The Intel Power Gadget allows one to monitor the variable clock rate of the CPU on Apple Macbooks.

answered May 24 '13 at 13:13

cavalcade

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Monitoring Turbo Boost / SpeedStep on 13" MacBook Pro

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