[ GLOSSARY DEFINITION ]
Performance
Thermal Throttling
Chips slowing down when hot to stay within thermal limits; higher stability % means less slowdown.
Also known as:
Throttling
Stability
Full Definition & Technical Explanation
Thermal throttling reduces clocks when temperature rises to protect the chip. Benchmark Stability: 72% shows how much performance is sustained after long load — higher is better for gaming and exports.
Thin laptops and fanless tablets throttle most; devices with vapor chambers or liquid metal sustain performance longer.
Related Technical Terms
Liquid Metal
A high-performance thermal interface used instead of paste; cools CPUs/GPUs far better but is trick…
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TDP
Sustained power/heat a chip is designed for; higher allows higher performance with more cooling.
Performance
TGP
The power budget a laptop GPU can draw; higher TGP usually means more sustained gaming performance.
Performance
Vapor Chamber
A flat heat-spreading cooling plate used in laptops and phones to lower temperatures under load.
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