Try changing to the powersave governor. If something else set another pstate request and the intel_pstate driver doesn't know about it, then with the performance governor it might never send a new pstate request.
All of this is very similar to a few months ago, on askubuntu and the path of investigation is the same. References: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1360985/all-cpus-stuck-at-800mhz-ubuntu-20-04-3 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1366090/ubuntu-20-04-3-lts-significant-throttling-of-intel-i7-processor https://askubuntu.com/questions/1379048/intel-pstate-driver-not-being-loaded-when-added-to-grub-file To check all operating parameters I do not mean to use cpufreq-info. I mean do: grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/* and grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/* For posting herein, and as a long as you have checked that the repeated information is the same, the second one can be shortened to (choose whatever CPU you want): grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/* -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1945221 Title: CPU frequency stuck at minimum value..again Ubuntu 20.04.3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thermald/+bug/1945221/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs