Cpukiller Alternatives

Cpukiller is described as 'CPUKILLER is a software capable of slowing down your computer up to 99% permitting you to run old software' and is an app in the gaming software category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Cpukiller for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Cinnamon and GNOME apps. The best Cpukiller alternative is Prime95, which is free. Other great apps like Cpukiller are CPU Frequency Selector, SetCPU, HeavyLoad and Auto-CPUFreq.

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CPUKILLER is a software capable of slowing down your computer up to 99% permitting you to run old software.

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Cpukiller alternatives page was last updated May 1, 2023
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  1. Prime95 icon
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    Prime95

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    Prime95 is a program that searches for new Mersenne prime numbers. It is commonly used as a stability test for overclocked computers.

    25 Prime95 alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Prime95 Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Stress Testing
    3.  Overclock
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    One is a stress test, the other an cpu speed emulator for old fashioned and badly written programs.

    Negative comment •Apr 11, 2023
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    • Prime95 is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cpukiller.

    • Prime95 is the most popular free alternative to Cpukiller.

    • Prime95 is Free and ProprietaryCpukiller is also Free and Proprietary
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    CPU Frequency Selector

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    cinnamon-cpufreq-applet - Port of Gnome 3 CPUFreq applet to Cinnamon - with some fixes.

    27 CPU Frequency Selector alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME

    CPU Frequency Selector Features

    1.  Pitch Shifting
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    CPU Frequency Selector iconCpukiller Icon

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    • CPU Frequency Selector is the most popular Open Source alternative to Cpukiller.

    • CPU Frequency Selector is Free and Open SourceCpukiller is Free and Proprietary
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    SetCPU

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    SetCPU is a tool for changing the CPU settings (capable of overclock and underclock) on a rooted Android device, to improve performance or save battery.

    9 SetCPU alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Android

    SetCPU Features

    1.  Root required
    2.  Overclock
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    SetCPU iconCpukiller Icon

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    • SetCPU is the most popular Android alternative to Cpukiller.

    • SetCPU is the most popular commercial alternative to Cpukiller.

    • SetCPU is Paid and ProprietaryCpukiller is Free and Proprietary
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    HeavyLoad

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    The individual test methods employed by HeavyLoad can be customized to fit your needs. Can stress test CPU, hard disk, memory and GPU.

    29 HeavyLoad alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HeavyLoad Features

    1.  Stress Testing
    2.  Overclock
    3.  GPU Acceleration
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    HeavyLoad iconCpukiller Icon

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    Guest

    One is a stress test program, the other an cpu speed emulator for old fashioned and badly written programs.

    Negative comment •Apr 11, 2023
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    • HeavyLoad is Free and ProprietaryCpukiller is also Free and Proprietary

  6. Auto-CPUFreq

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    An automatic CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux that helps to improve battery life in laptops.

    3 Auto-CPUFreq alternatives
    Auto-CPUFreq screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    cpulimit

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    CPU Usage Limiter for Linux - cpulimit is a simple program which attempts to limit the cpu usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don't want them to eat too much cpu.

    13 cpulimit alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    cpulimit iconCpukiller Icon

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  9. CPU Limiter icon
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    CPU Limiter

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    Limits CPU power to applications based on percentage CPU limit (per target process) ou or suspend target processes. The program permit add process using wildcard and actions triggered.

    3 CPU Limiter alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Qt
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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    CPU Limiter iconCpukiller Icon

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    SuperPI

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    Super PI is a single threaded benchmark that calculates pi to a specific number of digits. It uses the Gauss-Legendre algorithm and is a Windows port of a program used by Yasumasa Kanada in 1995 to compute pi to 232 digits.

    11 SuperPI alternatives
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    1m Calculation

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SuperPI Features

    1.  Portable
    SuperPI iconCpukiller Icon

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    One is a benchmark, the other an cpu speed emulator for old fashioned and badly written programs.

    Negative comment •Apr 11, 2023
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    • SuperPI is Free and ProprietaryCpukiller is also Free and Proprietary
  11. No-frills CPU Control icon
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    No-frills CPU Control

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    No-frills CPU Control is a tool you can use on your rooted device to quickly set the CPU frequencies and governor to use.

    6 No-frills CPU Control alternatives
    No-frills CPU Control screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android

    No-frills CPU Control Features

    1.  Root required
    2.  Overclock
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    No-frills CPU Control iconCpukiller Icon

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    Ananicy

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    Ananicy (ANother Auto NICe daemon) — is a shell daemon created to manage processes' IO and CPU priorities, with community-driven set of rules for popular applications (anyone may add their own rule via github's pull request mechanism). It's mainly for desktop usage.

    14 Ananicy alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Ananicy iconCpukiller Icon

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  13. StressMyPC icon
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    StressMyPC

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    StressMyPC is stress testing software, to do a PC stability test ergo computer stress test at fully load of the hardware.

    8 StressMyPC alternatives
    StressMyPC screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    StressMyPC Features

    1.  Stress Testing
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    StressMyPC iconCpukiller Icon

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    One is a stress test, the other an cpu speed emulator for old fashioned and badly written programs.

    Negative comment •Apr 11, 2023
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    • StressMyPC is Free and ProprietaryCpukiller is also Free and Proprietary
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