Power and Temp
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 or Package Temp) as well as Hot Spot (Junction Temperature) when available for our temperature data.
Power
The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING X TRIO video card is sitting right at the NVIDIA TGP of 320W board power. At this power level, it is the most efficient video card on this graph, pulling less power than the RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090, and RTX 3090 Ti. It is faster than the RTX 3090 Ti but uses 29% less power while being faster. When we overclocked the video card the board power rose 11%, which was about equal to the performance advantage we experienced, so it was a close 1:1 ratio. At this power level, it is now on par with the RTX 3080 Ti power-wise. This is a power-efficient video card that seems to follow its performance ratio to power efficiency pretty linearly.
Temperature
The MSI GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING X TRIO’s TRI FROZR 3 thermal solution is working very well on this video card. It reached only 68.7c on the GPU temp at default settings and a Hot Spot of 80.5c. These temperatures are cooler than every video card on this graph, including the 3090 and 3090 Ti FE cards with beefed-up coolers. What was also impressive was that the fans were only at 38% rotational speed at these temps, so the noise profile is very low, you cannot hear them. When we overclocked the video card we set the fans to 100%, and the temperatures were kept very cool at 57c, so thermals are not a problem when overclocking.
GPU-Z Sensor Data
In the above GPUz screenshots, you can see the full sensor results. The left screenshot is at default settings, and the right screenshot is overclocked.
Discussion (19 replies)
Join Discussion →Now this is just one result, but it's the one singled out on the summary page where the above statement is also located, and going back to the game benches it looks fairly typical:
Ok.. 10% less power - check. But 39% isn't anywhere close to twice as fast, is it?
Other than that one bit of math, which I admit I'm not certain I'm correct on even - good writeup. Looks like a great card. I'm still suspect on the pricing but it's definitely bringing the game.
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Is this graphic correct:
The 3080Ti and 4080OC Board Powers are identical, while the 4080 chip draws almost 100W more power? Also curious, the 3080Ti draws less board power than a 3090?
Makes me wonder - what's on the Ampere boards that is causing them to draw so much power aside from the GPU itself? Or is it just bad readouts from GPU-Z or on-board monitoring?
I know GDDR6X is going to use some decent power, but all these cards (except the AMD) are using it to various degrees.
How much does it cost????
I averaged the performance gain. And the power savings is even more in other games, Cyberpunk 2077 is where the power efficiency was rated, and that was the worst-case scenario, in reality, the power savings in other games over the 3080 is even greater. There are games where it sits under 300W.
Just eyeballing it, but even an average gain was somewhere in the 30% range? Not 100%, which would be "double". Nothing hit 100% that I saw compared to the 3080Ti.
If you have to ask...
That really is the correct answer to this question. 4090 looks like a better deal, and for some of those AIBs, about the same price.
I can see how that can be confusing, I think some of that was with DLSS 3 Frame Generation in mind. I've updated the text accordingly in both reviews.
Hmm, I'm dissapointed I can only find 4K benchmarks, and while those have some interest, from other reviews I seen that the 4080 sometimes get's beaten by 3000 series cards at lower resolutions.
Also somewhat dissapointed there are no test results with a 3080 which this card is supposed to replace even if the price would suggest otherwise.
There are some 1440p scores and a comparison with the RTX3080 as well
My Founders Edition review has two pages of 1440p results.
After scanning through this review... this generation of cards I think are actually bringing 4k to the upper tier gaming to be a easily enjoyable experience.
Not so.
This card gives roughly 75% of a 4090 in performance at 4K.
If the card is more than msrp then it is not worth it. May as well buy a 4090.
Didn't we just say the same thing? :unsure:
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I honestly didn't notice an issue with 4K gaming and my 3090 Ti with everything maxed out, but the 4090 is a lot smoother.
$1309.99 MSRP
Oofta! With pricing like that who knew you could offer something that makes the top-tier card look appealing? It's a nice card but other than power savings I'm not sure what the incentive to get one over a 4090 would be. I can understand picking it over a 3080/3090/3090 Ti but not a 4090.
I'm still pretty happy with my Hybrid 3090 Ti. For giggles, I ran my OC settings on it on Sunday for a few hours with CP 2077 (Driver 525 and latest 1.61 build), RT med, DLSS performance, and just about everything else completely maxed (sans any post-processing like motion blur which I always turn off completely) and it was holding 60-66 FPS at 4K (2160-2175 MHz), with a max temp ~61c. At its stock settings (2040-2050 MHz), and so quiet, it averages 50-60+, with occasional dips in the high 40s and temps ~50-60c, but still a very enjoyable experience.