Intel Stock Thermal Compound Review
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The table below presents the results of our measurements.
| Thermal Compound | Room Temp. | Core Temp. | Difference |
| Intel stock thermal compound | 18 °C | 89 °C | 71 °C |
| Gelid GC Extreme | 15 °C | 86 °C | 71 °C |
| Prolimatech Thermal Compound | 17 °C | 90 °C | 73 °C |
| Arctic Cooling MX-4 | 15 °C | 89 °C | 74 °C |
| Arctic Silver 5 | 18 °C | 93 °C | 75 °C |
In the following graph, at full load you can see how many degrees Celsius hotter the CPU core is than the air outside the case. The lower this difference, the better is the performance of the thermal compound.
