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  • Auto-cpufreq only changes the CPU governor based on your preference for load and power source. In my experience you need to disable the intel_pstate driver to see real gains in the powersave/conservative governors. That’s true for all three options.

    Tlp can also manage power to radios, ports, devices. Gains are small over auto-cpufreq, and it can be a bit finicky not to lose some part you actually wanted to keep powered on.

    I’m not very familiar with power-profiles-daemon, but I think it sets governor and rules for screen/sleep timeout. You’ll probably see better gains without intel_pstate there, too.






  • I studied computer engineering in Finland, so Linux is probably way overrepresented in my circles.

    Personally I just don’t see any other viable desktop operating system. But gaming is pretty far down on the list of things I use my computers for. If a new game doesn’t run, I’m fine waiting for the switch port a decade later.