Windows 10: What CPU thermometer to believe?

I took my running laptop out for a moment and held it on my hand. It felt hot and I ran my "Speccy" software. That showed me a temperature of 112-115 C. That was alarming so I installed another few programs. But to my surprise they all give me a different reading. Now, how do I interpret the readings and what do I make of it?
The other program showed me a temp. of 65c at the same time Speccy showed me 115c. So what to believe??
The picture is a screenshot of the 2 programs besides one another:





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HWMonitor CPUID program 122c temps (248F_. Is this possible? TMPIN6

You can try installing a different hardware monitoring software, then check if it's showing the same temperature. If there's an available room thermometer in your house, you could use it to at least check the heat that is being released within your CPU.

If both methods show the same temperature, kindly get back to us so that we can assist you further.

 

thermometer and barometer

make one yourself - if you think it is so important. seems like big stupidity to not make one. should be easy.

 

Your motherboard should give the most accurate reading....have a look in your bios.

 

But, don't those readings come from the motherboard?

 

I think the differences in each of the various programs results amounts to a failure to keep the program updated to read the sensors on the motherboard and the hardware correctly.
I have used Hardware Info for years. (HWInfo). It is and always has been, free for personal use. It is widely used by large business' so as to make the free version possible. It is free to download from the author's site (don't get it elsewhere) without any kind of PUP or nags.
You may like the features and ability to display as much or as little info as possible in widgets on the desktop or in the systray.

Get it here: HWiNFO - Hardware Information, Analysis and Monitoring Tools

It will tell you way more than you could ever want to know so you need to take a little time to configure it to show you just what you want to see.

 

I just did, but my BIOS doesn't show me a temperature.

 

HWinfo reads about the same temperatures as OpenHardwareMonitor, so I am tempted to trust that, thanks!

 

For AMD systems, AMD Overdrive is most accurate.
AMD Overdrive Utility 4.3.1.0698 Download - TechSpot
Take note that temperatures are shown as "Margin", it's margin to throttling temperature. Higher the number, cooler it is.