I am running some homelab stuff with NUC5i5RYH running ESXi. I wanted to know why everything showed up as 1.6ghz and not the 2.7ghz it should burst to. I got a reply from INTEL stating:
The Intel® Core™ i5-5250U Processor is an Ultra-Low power processor (because of the U at the end of the model).
Any U processor cannot disable speedstep which would have allowed me to run full speed, just an FYI to those wanting to do it! You will only get the downclocked speed.
Hi,
so you can not go to 2.7Ghz?
Correct, I can NOT hit 2.7ghz, only the non speedstep speed.
But doesn’t it hits 2.7 Ghz under heavy load?
Correct, it never boosts to 2.7.