---
name: "cpufreq-selector"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnome-applets"
version: "3.56.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cpufreq-selector"
---

# cpufreq-selector(1)

tool to set CPU frequency

## NAME

cpufreq-selector — tool to set CPU frequency

## SYNOPSIS

**cpufreq-selector** \[**-c** *CPU\]  \[***-g** *GOV\]  \[***-f** *FREQ\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**cpufreq-selector** is a command-line tool for choosing  CPU frequency settings.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax,  with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').  A summary of  options is included below.

- **-?**, **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-c** *NUMBER,* **--cpu=***NUMBER*

  number of CPU to set.  If omitted, zeroth CPU is implied.

- **-g** *GOV,* **--governor=***GOV*

  CPU governor to use, such as \`\`*powersave*'',  \`\`*performance*''.

- **-f** *FREQ,* **--freq=***FREQ*

  CPU frequency to use, in kHz.

## AUTHOR

cpufreq-selector, as part of gnome-applets, was written by Carlos García  Campos carlosgc@gnome.org and other GNOME contributors.

This manual page was written by Theppitak Karoonboonyanan thep@linux.thai.net for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any   later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.