Hello everyone
I am stuck with CPU power states not working properly with my GNOME install on my new Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 laptop.
After installing Manjaro GNOME from scratch two weeks ago, I wanted to make use of the CPU governors by occasionally switching to “performance” mode when making music and needing all the power I can get from the CPU.
It seemed to work out of the box when executing sudo cpupower frequency-set -g performance and subsequently checking with cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor.
However, I didn’t notice an actual increase in performance nor was there an actual change in CPU frequency.
From my desktop computer (which sports a Ryzen 9 3900X) I am used to drastic differences between “powersave” and “performance” governors. Not so on my new laptop.
Also, I noticed that I could not change the governors from “GNOME settings > power” section nor from the GNOME shell panel toggles. The options to change the governors were simply not present in both of the mentioned places.
When executing sudo cpupower frequency-info | grep driver I noticed that “acpi_cpufreq” was returned instead of “amd-pstate” (which was what I was expecting).
I checked in the BIOS and there is basically only one CPU related option which is whether or not to manage CPU power which is enabled.
So, I went ahead and first enabled systemctl enable cpupower.service, installed AMD CPU power states and CPU power state governor support for the GNOME shell via pamac install power-profiles-daemon followed by systemctl enable power-profiles-daemon.
I also added amd_pstate=passive as a kernel parameter to the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= via sudo nano /etc/default/grub followed by grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg and systemctl reboot.
The result is that I now see the toggles in the GNOME shell and in GNOME settings and seem to be able to change the governors from there too, but I still feel like there is actually nothing changing.
I am aware that my knowledge in this area is limited and that I might misunderstood or misconfigured something along the way. I am very thankful if anyone has an input on how I can make this work. 
System information:
The output of inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width is:
System:
Kernel: 6.1.7-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=2b7072e2-76a6-42f5-83c2-2ab80366d449 rw
cryptdevice=UUID=0547c112-bbd6-43c9-8e23-ad3207afedf1:luks-0547c112-bbd6-43c9-8e23-ad3207afedf1
root=/dev/mapper/luks-0547c112-bbd6-43c9-8e23-ad3207afedf1
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-b3063d16-3277-4725-89a2-14f079d36d79
udev.log_priority=3
bootsplash.bootfile=bootsplash-themes/manjaro/bootsplash
amd_pstate=passive
Desktop: GNOME v: 43.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.36 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 43.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 21D4CTO1WW v: ThinkPad Z16 Gen 1
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 21D4CTO1WW serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
v: N3GET47W (1.27 ) date: 12/08/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.9 Wh (57.0%) condition: 70.0/72.0 Wh (97.3%)
volts: 16.3 min: 15.5 model: SMP 5B10W51887 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
status: charging cycles: 30
Device-1: wacom_battery_0 model: Wacom HID 52F5 serial: N/A charge: 0%
rechargeable: yes status: N/A
Memory:
RAM: total: 14.9 GiB used: 4.33 GiB (29.1%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA404102
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB
desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 400 high: 401 min/max: 400/4564 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 401 2: 401 3: 401 4: 400
5: 401 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 bogomips: 79084
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs
invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke osvw
overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid
rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep
ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall
tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif
vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Rembrandt [Radeon 680M] vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7 bus-ID: 64:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1681 class-ID: 0300
temp: 35.0 C
Device-2: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 13d3:8219 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated IR Camera type: USB driver: N/A
bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 13d3:8222 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.6 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.7
compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Samsung 0x4165 built: 2021 res: 3840x2400 dpi: 284
gamma: 1.2 size: 344x215mm (13.54x8.46") diag: 406mm (16") ratio: 16:10
modes: max: 3840x2400 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.3 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (rembrandt
LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.1.7-1-MANJARO) direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 64:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x,snd_rn_pci_acp3x,snd_pci_acp5x,snd_acp_pci,snd_rpl_pci_acp6x,snd_pci_ps,snd_sof_amd_renoir,snd_sof_amd_rembrandt
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 64:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 64:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.7-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.64 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lenovo driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 0489:e0d9 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
Device-1: luks-0547c112-bbd6-43c9-8e23-ad3207afedf1 maj-min: 254:0
type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 937.18 GiB
Components:
p-1: nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 937.18 GiB
Device-2: luks-b3063d16-3277-4725-89a2-14f079d36d79 maj-min: 254:1
type: LUKS dm: dm-1 size: 16.39 GiB
Components:
p-1: nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 16.39 GiB
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 385.68 GiB (40.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL21T0HCLR-00BL7
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: CL2QGXA7 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 937.18 GiB size: 921.39 GiB (98.32%)
used: 385.65 GiB (41.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-0547c112-bbd6-43c9-8e23-ad3207afedf1 label: N/A
uuid: 2b7072e2-76a6-42f5-83c2-2ab80366d449
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 34.6 MiB (11.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: NO_LABEL uuid: FEEC-51B2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.39 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
mapped: luks-b3063d16-3277-4725-89a2-14f079d36d79 label: swap
uuid: f204fe9e-1387-44d5-b256-f0e540591fd7
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4:2 info: IMC Networks Integrated Camera type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 13d3:8219 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 0489:e0d9 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 3-3:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3.4:4 info: Shenzhen Goodix USB2.0 MISC type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 27c6:658c class-ID: ef00 serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-1:2 info: IMC Networks Integrated IR Camera type: Video
driver: N/A interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 13d3:8222 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub ports: N/A rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-8: 7-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-9: 8-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-10: 9-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-11: 10-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 35.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Processes: 480 Uptime: 1h 13m wakeups: 9946 Init: systemd v: 252
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
Packages: 1181 pm: pacman pkgs: 1101 libs: 308 tools: gnome-software,pamac
pm: flatpak pkgs: 80 Shell: sh default: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kgx
inxi: 3.3.24