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This write up is really great. Hardware evaluations and comparisons like this are incredibly helpful as I learn more about benchmarking and choosing hardware.

Would there be long term implications for the chip's longevity in the unit because it runs so hot?

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Not really. It's often the BGA soldering on the bottom that fails first. If it does, get another one. It's cheap. As long as you can't boil water with it, it should be fine indefinitely. If there are problems, internal thermal throttling will kick in. It kinda depends on how good the contact is between the CPU and heatsink, but if you make as much heat as possible continuously for many hours and don't come close, don't worry about it.

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