Default settings
By default, power-options will generate 5 profiles: Powersave++, Powersave, Balanced, Performance and Performance++.
CPUFreq options
intel_psate and amd_pstate CPUFreq drivers
| | Powersave++ | Powersave | Balanced | Performance | Performance++ |
| Operation Mode | active | active | active | active | active |
| Governor | powersave | powersave | powersave | powersave | performance |
| EPP/EPB (if supported) | power | balance_power | default | balance_performance | performance |
| Min/Max frequencies | None | None | None | None | None |
| Min/Max perf% (if supported) | 0-70 | 0-100 | 0-100 | 0-100 | 30-100 |
| Boost (if supported) | off | off | on | on | on |
| HWP boost (if supported) | off | off | off | on | on |
acpi_cpufreq and other CPUFreq drivers
| | Powersave++ | Powersave | Balanced | Performance | Performance++ |
| Governor | power | conservative | ondemand | performance | performance |
| EPP/EPB (if supported) | power | balance_power | default | balance_performance | performance |
| Min/Max frequencies | None | None | None | None | None |
Radio options
| | Powersave++ | Powersave | Balanced | Performance | Performance++ |
| Block WiFi | off | off | off | off | off |
| Block Bluetooth | on | on | on | off | off |
| Block NFC | on | on | on | off | off |
Network options
| | Powersave++ | Powersave | Balanced | Performance | Performance++ |
| Disable ethernet | true | true | off | off | off |
| Disable WiFi 7 | on | on | off | off | off |
| Disable WiFi 6 | on | off | off | off | off |
| Disable WiFi 5 | off | off | off | off | off |
| iwlwifi power_save | on | on | on | off | off |
| iwlwifi power_level | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| iwlwifi U-APSD | on | off | off | off | off |
| iwlmvm power_scheme | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| iwldvm force_cam | off | off | on | on | on |
PCIe Active State Power Management
Profile: mode
- Powersave++: powersupersave
- Powersave: powersave
- Default: default
- Performance: performance
- Performance++: performance
PCI Runtime Power Management
- Powersave++, Powersave, Balanced: on
- Performance, Performance++: off
USB Runtime Power Management
- Powersave++, Powersave, Balanced: on
- Performance, Performance++: off
SATA Active Link Power Management Policy
- Powersave++, Powersave, Balanced: med_power_with_dipm
- Performance, Performance++: max_performance
Kernel Settings
| | Powersave++ | Powersave | Balanced | Performance | Performance++ |
| Disable NMI watchdog | true | true | true | true | true |
| VM Writeback | 60 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| Laptop Mode | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Sleep/timeout Settings
| | Powersave++ | Powersave | Balanced | Performance | Performance++ |
| Turn off screen | 10 minutes | 15 minutes | 20 minutes | 30 minutes | 45 minutes |
| Suspend | 15 minutes | 20 minutes | 30 minutes | 45 minutes | 60 minutes |