What Matt Birchler thinks about software performance

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Designer, product manager, YouTuber and developer who has written about technology at Birchtree since 2010. He makes the Quick Reviews and Quick Notes apps and the A Better Computer YouTube channel.

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18 Sept 2026

Our readingiPhones start a sustained processing task at peak performance and then throttle down to a lower level after a couple of minutes.

Their wordsiPhones always start out really high, and then after a couple minutes will throttle down and settle somewhere.

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18 Sept 2026

Our readingMacBook Pros sustain peak processing performance indefinitely during heavy workloads without throttling down like iPhones do.

Their wordsthe MacBook Pro just starts going and will literally just keep in the same performance window from now until the end of time.

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