t480s i7-8650u with throttled running and HWP setting on, included undervolt Intel Core i7-8650U: Processor: Intel Core i7-8650U @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20L8S2N800 (N22ET50W 1.27 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L7, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC257, Network: Intel I219-LM + Intel 8265 / 8275 OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 4.19.66-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.14, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.4, Compiler: GCC 9.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 t480s: Processor: Intel Core i7-8650U @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20L8S36SUS (N22ET61P 1.38 BIOS), Memory: 40960MB, Disk: 512GB Lexar SSD + 2048GB Sabrent + 32GB MassStorageClass, Graphics: i915drmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC257 OS: Fedora 31, Kernel: 5.4.17-200.fc31.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: MATE, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20190827, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 T480s-HWP-performance: Processor: Intel Core i7-8650U @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20L8S36SUS (N22ET61P 1.38 BIOS), Memory: 40960MB, Disk: 512GB Lexar SSD + 2048GB Sabrent + 31GB Ultra Fit + 32GB MassStorageClass, Graphics: i915drmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC257 OS: Fedora 31, Kernel: 5.4.19-200.fc31.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: MATE, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20190827, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-8650U ... 273.69 |=============================================== t480s ................. 204.93 |=================================== T480s-HWP-performance . 202.12 |===================================