cpupower is a Linux kernel tool which examines and tunes power saving related of your processor. It shows and set processor power related values.
This is a collection of tools.
This is free and open source software.
Commands provided:
- frequency-info – a small tool which prints out cpufreq information helpful to developers and interested users.
- frequency-set – allows you to modify cpufreq settings without having to type e.g. “/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_set_speed” each time.
- idle-info – prints out per cpu idle information helpful to developers and interested users. CPU sleep state statistics and descriptions are retrieved from sysfs files, exported by the cpuidle kernel subsystem. The kernel only updates these statistics when it enters or leaves an idle state, therefore on a very idle or a very busy system, these statistics may not be accurate. They still provide a good overview about the usage and availability of processor sleep states on the platform.
- idle-set – set cpu idle, also called cpu sleep state, specific options offered by the kernel. One example is disabling sleep states. This can be handy for power vs performance tuning.
- powercap-info – shows kernel powercapping subsystem information. This needs hardware support and a loaded powercapping driver (at this time only intel_rapl driver exists) exporting hardware values userspace via sysfs. Some options are platform wide, some affect single cores.
- set – sets kernel configurations or directly accesses hardware registers affecting processor power saving policies.
- info – shows kernel configurations or processor hardware registers affecting processor power saving policies.
- monitor – reports processor topology, frequency and idle power state statistics. Either command is forked and statistics are printed upon its completion, or statistics are printed periodically.
Website: www.kernel.org
Support:
Developer: Linux kernel developers
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
cpupower is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Power Consumption Tools | |
|---|---|
| TLP | Power management package; features in Essential System Tools |
| auto-cpufreq | Automatic CPU speed and power optimizer |
| PowerTOP | Enable various powersaving modes |
| cpupower | Linux kernel tool |
| power-profiles-daemon | Makes power profiles handling available over D-Bus |
| cpupower-gui | Tool to set CPU frequency limits |
| batctl | Battery charge threshold manager for Linux laptops |
| TuneD | Daemon for monitoring and adaptive tuning of system devices |
| asusctl | Control aspects of ASUS laptops |
| system76-power | Utility for managing graphics and power profiles |
| jolt | Terminal-based battery and energy monitor |
| thermald | Thermal daemon for Intel Architecture |
| powerstat | Measures the power consumption of a laptop |
| LACT | Linux GPU Control Application |
| CPUFreq | System monitor and power manager |
| Wattage | Monitor the health and status of power devices |
| ddogreen | Smart power management tool |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
 Explore our carefully curated directory of recommended free and open source software, covering every major software category.The directory forms part of our extensive collection of articles for Linux enthusiasts. It includes hundreds of detailed reviews, together with free and open source alternatives to proprietary software from companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Autodesk. LinuxLinks also covers interesting projects worth exploring, Linux-compatible hardware, free programming books and tutorials, and much more. Know a useful free and open source Linux application that we haven’t covered? Tell us about it using our submission form. |
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.