Framework Desktop Power Mode Tuning For Better Performance Or Power Efficiency

Written by Michael Larabel in Computers on 27 August 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT. Page 3 of 7. 4 Comments.
GravityMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Renderer: Vulkan Ray-Tracing. Balanced - Default was the fastest.
GravityMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Renderer: Vulkan Ray-Tracing. Balanced - Default was the fastest.
GravityMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Renderer: Vulkan Ray-Tracing. Balanced - Default was the fastest.
Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Low, Renderer: OpenGL. Performance was the fastest.
Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Low, Renderer: OpenGL. Performance was the fastest.
Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Low, Renderer: OpenGL. Performance was the fastest.
Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Ultra, Renderer: OpenGL. Performance was the fastest.
Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Ultra, Renderer: OpenGL. Performance was the fastest.
Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Ultra, Renderer: OpenGL. Performance was the fastest.

The power saver mode for some of the graphics benchmarks did provide a slight performance-per-Watt advantage over the default balanced mode.

Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultra. Performance was the fastest.
Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultra. Performance was the fastest.
Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultra. Performance was the fastest.
Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultimate. Performance was the fastest.
Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultimate. Performance was the fastest.
Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultimate. Performance was the fastest.
DDraceNetwork benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Mode: Fullscreen, Renderer: Vulkan, Zoom: Default, Demo: RaiNyMore2. Performance was the fastest.
DDraceNetwork benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Mode: Fullscreen, Renderer: Vulkan, Zoom: Default, Demo: RaiNyMore2, Total Frame Time. Performance was the fastest.
DDraceNetwork benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Mode: Fullscreen, Renderer: Vulkan, Zoom: Default, Demo: RaiNyMore2, Total Frame Time. Performance was the fastest.

The performance mode did provide a significant advantage to CPU-limited games like Xonotic and DDNet.

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