Open Terminal, copy paste, and run:
bash <(curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shadowed1/PowerControl/main/bin/Download_PowerControl.sh?$(date +%s)")
PowerControl:
- Uses ARM, AMD, and Intel's max_perf_pct for easy user control.
- Pairs user adjustable max_perf_pct and thermal0 temp sensors to create a user adjustable clockspeed-temperature curve.
- If $min_temp threshold is below a certain point, the CPU will be able to reach max_perf_pct of its speed.
- The closer the CPU approaches $max_temp, the closer it is to min_perf_pct.
- PowerControl will always be stringent regarding thermals and performance versus native behavior.
- Editable clockspeed ramp-up and ramp-down feature; emulating modern AMD thermal behavior for Intel + ARM.
- Alter the clockspeed-temperature curve to be more aggressive/passive using hotzone variable.
- Uses a virtual temp sensor for Apple Silicon
GPUControl:
For Mediatek and Intel only
- Identifies the GPU (AMD, Adreno, Mali, and Intel) based on the name of the device's path in /sys/class/
- Limits control to only below the maximum clock speed for safety and with Chromebooks in mind.
- ChromeOS has built-in overclock prevention, so these safety precautions are just extra guardrails.
- Altering GPU clockspeed in real-time is a useful tool to debug performance.
- Intel GPU's maximum clock speed changed from: /sys/class/drm/card0/gt_max_freq_mhz
- AMD GPU's maximum clockspeed changed from: /sys/class/drm/card0/pp_od_clk_voltage
- Adreno GPU's maximum clockspeed changed from /sys/class/kgsl/kgsl-3d0/max_gpuclk
- Mali GPU's maximum clockspeed changed from: /sys/class/devfreq/mali0/max_freq
PowerControl commands with examples:
powercontrol # Show status
sudo powercontrol start # Throttle CPU based on temperature curve
sudo powercontrol stop # Restore default CPU settings
sudo powercontrol no_turbo 1 # 0 = Enable, 1 = Disable Turbo Boost
sudo powercontrol max 75 # Set max performance percentage
sudo powercontrol min 50 # Set minimum performance at max temp
sudo powercontrol max_temp 86 # Max temperature threshold - Limit is 90°C
sudo powercontrol min_temp 60 # Min temperature threshold
sudo powercontrol hotzone 78 # Temperature threshold for aggressive thermal management
sudo powercontrol ramp_up 15 # % in steps CPU will increase in clockspeed per second
sudo powercontrol ramp_down 20 # % in steps CPU will decrease in clockspeed per second
sudo powercontrol hotzone 78 # Temperature threshold for aggressive thermal management
sudo powercontrol poll 1 # PowerControl polling rate in seconds (0.1s - 5s)
sudo powercontrol monitor # Toggle live temperature monitoring
sudo powercontrol limits # Print x86_64 Power Limits
sudo powercontrol startup # Copy or Remove no_turbo.conf & powercontrol.conf at: /etc/init/
sudo powercontrol startup_all # Copy or remove all /etc/init/ .conf files for PowerControl
sudo powercontrol start_all # Start all modules for PowerControl
sudo powercontrol stop_all # Stop all modules for PowerControl
sudo powercontrol reinstall # Redownload and reinstall PowerControl from Github
sudo powercontrol uninstall # Uninstall PowerControl
sudo powercontrol version # Check PowerControl version
GPUControl commands with examples:
gpucontrol # Show current GPU info and frequency
gpucontrol help # Show this help menu
gpucontrol monitor # Monitor GPU clockspeed in real-time.
sudo gpucontrol restore # Restore GPU max frequency to original value
sudo gpucontrol 800 # Set GPU max frequency to 800 MHz
sudo gpucontrol startup # Enable or disable GPUControl on startup
Changelog:
- 0.1:
Released PowerControl for Linux.
- 0.2:
Added Graph for PowerControl. Fixed AMD CPU temp sensor on Linux. Thanks to Tavreth for helping. - 0.3:
Added Apple Silicon support for Asahi Linux