Disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention are an electronic device for controlling a clock frequency and an operating method therefor. The electronic device comprises a communication module and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to check, by using the communication module, a state of a downlink channel of a carrier to be transmitted, determine, on the basis of the channel state, a reference frequency band for a signal to be transmitted through the communication module, determine, as a first clock frequency, a clock frequency for at least one constituent element included in the electronic device if the reference frequency band is a first reference frequency band, and determine, as a second clock frequency, a clock frequency for at least one constituent element included in the electronic device if the reference frequency band is a second reference frequency band. Other embodiments are also possible.