erpalma / throttled

Workaround for Intel throttling issues in Linux.
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T590(i7-8665u), higher constant frequency on powersaving mode #300

Open xceejay opened 2 years ago

xceejay commented 2 years ago

On my t590, i have installed the latest firmware updates, and bios updates, so my system is up to date and also have throttled installed, when i use cpupower to set the powersave and put on the stress test on s-tui, i get a sustained frequency of around 3.0-3.4ghz on 95 celcius for as long as 5 minutes, but when i set the it to performance mode, it throttles down to 2-8-3.0ghz within seconds, for also 95 celcius, is throttled working?

Also when i run geekbench marks i get better scores on powersaving compared to performance both on multicore and single core

link to the s-tui charts: https://imgur.com/a/ogAvDax

my thoughts : i suspect it throttles down quicker on performance mode because the frequency is within 4.6-4.8ghz which also gives the cpu a high temperature, where as on power save, the cpu is on a lower frequency having lower temperatures, so it has to ramp up while being stressed to higher frequency and gets throttled again when it reaches 95 C