Alternatives to CoreFreq
A Linux CPU monitoring and tuning tool that reports per-core frequencies, C-states, temperatures and power. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
CoreFreq
A Linux CPU monitoring and tuning tool that reports per-core frequencies, C-states, temperatures and power.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as CoreFreq.
s-tui
Terminal tool that graphs CPU frequency, utilization, temperature and power and can run a stress test.
s-tui graphs CPU frequency, temperature, power and load in a terminal with a built-in stress test, needs no kernel module, but gives less C-state detail.
CPU-X
Inspect processor, motherboard and system information on Linux.
CPU-X inspects processor and motherboard information on Linux with graphical, terminal and report modes, focusing on identification more than live C-state and power tuning.
PowerTOP
A Linux command-line tool for diagnosing power consumption and power management problems.
PowerTOP diagnoses power consumption by device and process on Linux, trading per-core frequency and C-state depth for power management tuning.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
lm-sensors
Linux command-line utilities and a library for reading hardware temperature, voltage and fan sensors.
CoreCtrl
A Linux utility that applies CPU and GPU settings automatically through per-application profiles.
btop++
A terminal resource monitor that looks good enough to leave open, with processes, CPU, memory, disks, network and GPUs.
ThrottleStop
A small Windows utility that monitors and corrects Intel CPU throttling, especially on laptops.
Hardinfo2
A graphical Linux tool that shows detailed system information and runs benchmarks.
