Intel Mac Temperature Database

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This site will help collect and show the temperatures of Apple Macintosh computers using the new processors by Intel. All new computers that haven't faced the trail of time will have problems and issues that can make users mad and furious. As with the new MacBook Pro machines where were, and still are, problems with heat dissipation. After scouting forums and help sites for information about what temperatures I can expect on a new MacBook, but that turned out to be harder and more scattered than I first imagined. That's the main motive behind this site and it didn't take too long to setup as I had the base code handy from another site. -

2016-05-15: The model database has been updated with the latest models up to may 2016, a few spam comments has been cleared and the site now runs exclusively on HTTPS/SSL! The site is going strong and new postings are coming in at a steady pace. If you can't find your model number in the list, please go to everymac.com and find the related sub-model.

Total entries: 840 Most popular machine:
MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White Popular CPU freq: 2.00 GHz
Popular memory size: 2.0 GB Popular drive size: 80 GB
Mac OS X version: 10.4 Avg. ambient temp: 24.6
Avg. drive temp: 40.5 Whine audiable: 138
Whine not audiable: 363 Moo audiable: 78
Moo not audiable: 382

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Added Base model CPU Freq. Memory Drive / RPM Serial OS X Ambient Idle / (Fix) Load / (Fix) HDD / (Fix) Whine / Moo Posted by Comment # R

51. 2006-05-24 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8619 10.4.6 23 °C 34 °C 79 °C 41 °C Yes / No munkford None 0 [x]

52. 2006-10-01 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 999.9 MB 120 / 5400 W8618 10.4.8 23 °C 52 °C 84 °C 38 °C Unk / Unk octelcogop... 1. Warpe... 0 [x]

53. 2006-06-05 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 80 / 5400 W8617 10.4.6 20 °C 48 °C 53 °C 33 °C Unk / Unk eldude None 0 [x]

54. 2006-07-18 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8617 10.4.7 24 °C 0 (65) °C 0 (76) °C 0 (40) °C Yes / No kurd Applying... 0 [x]

55. 2007-11-20 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8616 10.4 21 °C 21 °C 33 °C 0 °C Yes / Unk Fred This is ... 0 [x]

56. 2006-08-16 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8616 10.4.7 21 °C 40 °C 82 °C 30 °C Unk / Unk valkraider... None 0 [x]

57. 2006-06-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8614 10.4.6 23 °C 0 (47) °C 0 (64) °C 0 °C No / No d Before f... 0 [x]

58. 2006-06-06 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 512.0 MB 80 / 5400 W8613 10.4 12 °C 59 °C 84 °C 36 °C Yes / No JoRide I'm not ... 0 [x]

59. 2006-05-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 1.5 GB 80 / 5400 W8613 10.4 23 °C 58 °C 83 °C 45 °C Yes / Unk Anders None 0 [x]

60. 2006-05-23 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 999.9 MB 100 / 5400 W8613 10.4.6 22 °C 47 °C 78 °C 32 °C Yes / No Andrew Bak... None 1 [x]

61. 2006-06-22 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 999.9 MB 80 / 5400 W8613 10.4.6 20 °C 30 °C 37 °C 45 °C Yes / No Dmitry Kir... None 0 [x]

62. 2006-05-27 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8613 10.4.6 20 °C 57 °C 82 °C 36 °C Yes / No djbjazz Sent to ... 0 [x]

63. 2006-05-20 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8612 10.4.6 28 °C 67 °C 88 °C 44 °C Yes / Unk Peter Brad... None 0 [x]

64. 2006-05-30 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8611 10.4 27 °C 63 °C 81 °C 43 °C No / No zaphodes The firs... 1 [x]

65. 2006-07-08 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 512.0 MB 80 / 5400 W8610 10.4.7 18 °C 37 (28) °C 0 (89) °C 0 °C No / No vidano After th... 0 [x]

66. 2010-11-25 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8610 10.6.5 29 °C 67 °C 117 °C 42 °C No / No Jedi In 2009 ... 0 [x]

67. 2006-05-24 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8610 10.4.6 24 °C 51 °C 81 °C 0 °C Yes / No adamll None 0 [x]

68. 2006-05-30 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8609 10.4 21 °C 54 °C 92 °C 43 °C No / Yes keith Dunc... Asked ap... 0 [x]

69. 2006-07-25 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8609 10.4.7 25 °C 58 °C 88 °C 42 °C Yes / Yes KM Denver Mooing s... 0 [x]

70. 2006-05-20 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8609 10.4.6 23 °C 64 °C 81 °C 40 °C Yes / Unk daemonduck... None 0 [x]

71. 2006-05-26 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8608 10.4.6 20 °C 55 °C 75 °C 45 °C No / No Lord TIGER... None 0 [x]

72. 2006-07-26 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 80 / 5400 W8607 10.4.7 0 °C 56 °C 78 °C 0 °C Yes / No Derf Not happ... 0 [x]

73. 2006-05-19 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5200 W8607 10.4 20 °C 60 °C 83 °C 30 °C Unk / Unk Eric Duvau... Entry fr... 0 [x]

74. 2006-05-23 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8607 10.4.6 20 °C 50 °C 82 °C 45 °C Yes / Unk DaedalusX None 0 [x]

75. 2006-05-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8607 10.4.6 24 °C 53 °C 79 °C 43 °C No / Unk Andrew de ... None 0 [x]

76. 2006-05-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8606 10.4.6 23 °C 0 (37) °C 0 (78) °C 0 (33) °C Unk / Unk Colin Nede... Reapplie... 0 [x]

77. 2006-05-23 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8604 10.4.6 27 °C 47 °C 52 °C 0 °C No / Unk truthfind None 0 [x]

78. 2011-12-12 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 8.0 GB 180 / 5400 W8102 10.7.2 22 °C 42 °C 81 °C 30 °C No / No dstoupakis... None 0 [x]

79. 2011-10-20 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 8.0 GB 120 / 0 W8050 10.7.2 23 °C 54 °C 97 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk drcavlee None 0 [x]

80. 2010-09-17 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 5400 W8030 10.6.3 20 °C 42 °C 75 °C 31 °C Unk / Unk Bandi None 0 [x]

81. 2010-08-09 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 5400 W8013 10.6.3 34 °C 53 °C 75 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Navidneoh None 0 [x]

82. 2019-12-29 MacBook 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 6.0 GB 120 / 0 W8006 10.13.6 26 °C 49 °C 80 °C 34 °C No / No DanZDM None 0 [x]

83. 2010-05-02 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz 2.53 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8005 10.6.3 23 °C 55 °C 82 °C 40 °C No / No andrew None 1 [x]

84. 2008-07-08 iMac 24-inch 2.8 GHz 3.06 GHz 4.0 GB 750 / 7200 VM826 10.5.4 18 °C 32 °C 64 °C 49 °C Unk / Unk andychris0... None 0 [x]

85. 2016-01-30 Mac mini 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 999.9 MB 256 / 0 VM636 10.6.8 20 °C 42 °C 58 °C 26 °C Unk / Unk The Nuudz Fully up... 0 [x]

86. 2008-04-09 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 0 QP810 10.5.2 23 °C 36 °C 48 °C 46 °C Unk / Unk njblackbir... None 0 [x]

87. 2017-04-30 iMac 24-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 QP810 10.9.5 20 °C 39 °C 50 °C 41 °C Unk / Unk ChadG92 None 0 [x]

88. 2006-06-13 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 512.0 MB 60 / 5400 HA619 10.4 25 °C 45 °C 80 °C 0 °C No / Unk stupendous... only hav... 0 [x]

89. 2006-05-27 Mac mini 1.66 GHz 1.66 GHz 512.0 MB 80 / 5400 G8615 10.4 27 °C 45 °C 77 °C 49 °C Unk / Unk RLD None 0 [x]

90. 2006-05-27 Mac mini 1.66 GHz 1.66 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 G8615 10.4.6 27 °C 45 °C 77 °C 49 °C Unk / Unk RLD None 0 [x]

91. 2016-04-18 Mac Pro Quad-Core 2.66 GHz 16.0 GB 640 / 7200 CK947 10.9.5 31 °C 41 °C 65 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk DB ATI Rade... 0 [x]

92. 2007-05-12 Mac Pro 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 CK706 10.4.9 21 °C 33 °C 60 °C 30 °C Unk / Unk dan1el Memory M... 0 [x]

93. 2006-05-25 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 500 / 7200 CK620 10.4.6 20 °C 32 °C 53 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk Coddy85 None 0 [x]

94. 2010-12-26 iMac 27-inch Quad-Core 2.8 GHz 2.93 GHz 16.0 GB 1000 / 7200 CK049 10.6.5 22 °C 35 °C 70 °C 42 °C Unk / Unk dnk None 0 [x]

95. 2011-04-29 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 120 / 0 C2VFC 10.6.7 21 °C 36 °C 90 °C 0 °C No / No dutchflea Base mod... 0 [x]

96. 2018-08-24 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i7 2.9 GHz 2.90 GHz 16.0 GB 500 / 4200 C1MKG 10.13.6 25 °C 42 °C 80 °C 0 °C No / No emcquaid None 0 [x]

97. 2015-12-03 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 2.5 GHz 2.50 GHz 8.0 GB 500 / 5400 C1MKF 10.11.1 21 °C 0 (42) °C 0 (99) °C 0 (31) °C No / No Duke None 0 [x]

98. 2015-11-24 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 1024 / 5400 C1MHF 10.7.5 18 °C 65 (41) °C 95 (70) °C 0 °C Unk / Unk ChadG New ther... 0 [x]

99. 2020-03-26 Mac mini Core i5 2.5 GHz 2.50 GHz 8.0 GB 240 / 0 C07JH 10.15.3 22 °C 65 °C 84 °C 0 °C No / No Alejandro ... None 0 [x]

100. 2018-12-19 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 2.6 GHz 2.60 GHz 16.0 GB 512 / 0 C02LK 10.14.1 22 °C 83 °C 99 °C 0 °C Yes / Yes Devin None 0 [x]

Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included): 23 °C 50 / 48 °C 77 / 83 °C 38 / 39 °C

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Submit Temperature Entry

IMPORTANT: Before you fill out this form and submit your information to the database, please follow some simple guidelines to make make sure the measurements are as accurate as possible. We'll have more valuable data if every entry is measured and recorded using similar practices. How to do this is described in the link below. If you need help filling out the fields, click the questionmark for some quick guidance.

How to correctly measure temperatures

1. Profile details:

Your name/nick:	?
Your e-mail: (for edit)	? Show e-mail address publicly
Verification code:	? - Enter code:

2. Computer details:

Select base model:	? You find this under the "About this Mac" menu! (this will auto fill some of the fields below)
Serial number:	? (only the 5 first chars needed)

If you have upgraded a system component, correct the value below:
CPU frequency:	? (only digits, i.e 1.83, 2.0, 2.16)
Memory:	? (only digits, i.e 512, 1, 2)
Drive brand/model:	? (copy from System Report)
Drive size:	? (GB, only digits)
Hard drive RPM:	? (for SSD type -1)
Mac OS X version:	? (only digits, i.e 10.4.6)
Boot ROM version:	?
SMC firmware version:	?

Whine issue: (MacBook Pros)	?
Moo issue: (MacBooks, pre-2010)	?

3. Temperatures:

I have read the policies:	? Yes
All temperatures measured in:	? °Celsius °Fahrenheit
Ambient / room temperature:	? (only digits)

Enter the values from an NORMAL unaltered machine. If you've already done thermal fixes, leave empty and skip to the next group. Note: This is the CPU core temperatures, not case temperatures.
Idle temperature:	? (only digits)
Load (100%) temperature:	? (only digits)
Drive temperature:	? (only digits)
Screenshot of load graph: (500KB / JPG / PNG allowed)	?

If you have FIXED the thermal cooling system yourself, enter the temperature values below. If not, leave empty.
Idle temperature after fix:	? (only digits)
Load temperature after fix:	? (only digits)
Drive temperature after fix:	? (only digits)
Screenshot of load graph:	?

4. Closing comments or other issues:

? Comments:
(purchase date and place (Apple store, retail, etc.), problems or issues, applied fixes, normal operation, normal temp, fan action, etc.)

* Fields marked with BOLD are required.