Does Intel turbo boost work in Ubuntu?

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I have an Intel i7 processor. It's frequency is 2.67 GHz, however it has turbo boost allowed to a frequency of 3.3 GHz. Is turbo boost posible using Ubuntu?

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 14 '11 at 04:09

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if you are using ubuntu 11.04 or ubuntu 11.10 then it is possible

Try powertop and turbostat from the acpidump package (run sudo modprobe msr before sudo turbostat).

answered Dec 14 '11 at 04:09

paru38

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Yes you can use turbo boost in Ubuntu. Here is a link you might find usefull : Is Turbo Boost Working?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Dec 14 '11 at 04:02

jayeag00

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Does Intel turbo boost work in Ubuntu?

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