Power and Temperature
To test the power and temperature we perform a manual run-through in Cyberpunk 2077 at “Ultra” settings for real-world in-game data. We use GPU-Z sensor data to record the results. We report on the GPU-Z sensor data for “Board Power” and “GPU Chip Power” when available for our Wattage data. For temperature data, we report the GPU (Edge Temp of the GPU) as well as Hot Spot (Junction Temperature) when available for our temperature data.
The findings show that our ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3060Ti AMP White Edition uses over 250Watts at the Board level. This is a bit more than ZOTAC reports on the video card page on the website. Overclocking consumes more power by about 8%.
Temperatures were not an issue excepting the “hot spot” on the default settings. This reading came close to the temperature throttle, indicating that it would be a good idea to force the ZOTAC GAMING RTX 3060Ti fans to near 100% if you plan to overclock and get all the benefits. You can see that the overclocked temperatures are indeed lower in our manual run-through due to our forcing the fans to near 100%.
Sensor data on the left is the out-of-box performance and the right is overclocked.