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<h2>Cpu scaling governors on Thinkpad X220</h2>
<h3>2025-03-26</h3>
<h4>There are only two CPU scaling governors on my Thinkpad X220</h4>
<p>Powersave, and Performance</p>
<p>Attempting to use any other in tlpui will not give the desired results</p>
<p>Check available govenors:</p>
<code>cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors</code>
<p>See also: <a href="http://wittamore.fr/articles/2025/Linux-power-consumption-control.html">Linux
power consumption control</a></p>
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