Thermal Compound Roundup – May 2011
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The table below presents the results of our measurements.
| Thermal Compound | Room Temp. | Core Temp. | Difference |
| No Thermal Compound | 26 °C | 88 °C | 62 °C |
| Zalman ZM-STG2 | 24 °C | 59 °C | 35 °C |
| Prolimatech Thermal Compound | 24 °C | 56 °C | 32 °C |
| Cooler Master Thermal Compound Kit | 23 °C | 58 °C | 35 °C |
| Evercool EC420-TU15 | 22 °C | 57 °C | 35 °C |
| Spire Bluefrost | 22 °C | 58 °C | 36 °C |
| Gelid GC Extreme | 26 °C | 61 °C | 35 °C |
| Coolink Chillaramic | 26 °C | 61 °C | 35 °C |
| Deepcool Z9 | 26 °C | 61 °C | 35 °C |
| Noctua NT-H1 | 26 °C | 61 °C | 35 °C |
| Thermalright The Chill Factor | 26 °C | 63 °C | 37 °C |
| Antec Thermal Grease | 24 °C | 58 °C | 34 °C |
| Arctic Silver 5 | 24 °C | 57 °C | 33 °C |
| Arctic Silver Céramique | 24 °C | 57 °C | 33 °C |
| Biostar Nano Diamond | 22 °C | 57 °C | 35 °C |
| Xigmatek PTI-G3606 | 22 °C | 55 °C | 33 °C |
| Antec Formula 7 | 21 °C | 55 °C | 34 °C |
| Arctic Cooling MX-4 | 21 °C | 56 °C | 35 °C |
| Cooler Master High Performance | 22 °C | 56 °C | 34 °C |
| Thermaltake Thermal Compound | 21 °C | 54 °C | 33 °C |
| Tuniq TX-3 | 22 °C | 54 °C | 32 °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.
