A computer-implemented method for generating a circuit design is provided according to certain aspects. The method includes determining a gating efficiency of first gate-enable logic, determining a gating efficiency of second gate-enable logic, and determining one of the first gate-enable logic and the second gate-enable logic having a greater one of the determined gating efficiencies. The method also includes placing the determined one of the first gate-enable logic and the second gate-enable logic in clock gating logic of the circuit design, and placing another one of the first gate-enable logic and the second gate-enable in data gating logic of the circuit design.