Intel Skylake Performing Better With CPUFreq Than P-State For Linux Gaming

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 16 October 2015 at 01:39 PM EDT. Page 3 of 3. 17 Comments.

In some common CPU tests, there wasn't any difference between the scaling drivers and governors.

With FFMpeg, however, P-State did manage to come out faster.

Primarily if you're a Linux gamer, the CPUFreq driver for this Core i5 Skylake processor was delivering noticeably better frame-rates than with the P-State. More tests are still ongoing; if you'd like to support this work and investigation, consider subscribing to Phoronix Premium or making a PayPal tip.

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