Eli5: Why do smartphones not need cooling fans like other computers do?

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Everybody always talks about the massive computing power of smartphones (movies love the moon mission comparison) but still my phone rarely gets hot. (Only when I use it while charging sometimes)

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Phones also usually get the most advanced processor tech (node) available and are able to deliver more performance with far less power than a desktop would be able to at the same power consumption.

Phone processors will use like 5 watts and a desktop processor will use like 150, but the phone can get a good fraction of the performance that the desktop gets despite this

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