Frequency Adjustment Method and Apparatus Applied to Terminal, and Electronic Device

A method comprises monitoring a drawing time of a first frame of image, obtaining a current state of a system on chip (SOC) when the drawing time exceeds a first drawing duration, where the current state comprises a current temperature of the SOC and/or a current load of the SOC, determining whether the current state exceeds a first preset threshold, when the current state does not exceed the first preset threshold, increasing an operating frequency of the SOC in a time range, and restoring the operating frequency after the increasing of the operating frequency ends, obtaining actual drawing duration of the first frame of the image when drawing of the first frame of the image is completed, and monitoring a drawing time of a second frame of the image when the actual drawing duration does not exceed second drawing duration.