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 or Package Temp) as well as Hot Spot (Junction Temperature) when available for our temperature data.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OC video card was the most power-efficient video card in our comparison. It literally was at the top of the graph, with the lowest Board and GPU Power numbers. At 271.1W Board Power it uses 23% less power than the GeForce RTX 3090, and 40% less power than the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, that’s getting close to half as much power. Compared to the Radeon RX 7900 XT, it uses 12% less power. That’s right, it is more power efficient than the new Radeon RX 7900 XT. In terms of Board Power, it’s even less than the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti! That means it is performing between an RTX 3090 and RTX 3090 Ti, but consuming less power than the RTX 3070 Ti! That is truly efficient. Even overclocked, it’s still under the RTX 3070 Ti.
The GPU temperatures seem fine here, it runs cooler than the RTX 3090 Ti, RTX 3090, and RTX 3090 Ti. It’s actually very close to Radeon RX 7900 XT temperatures. This is of course a custom video card from ASUS, so temperatures will vary by board partner. This one keeps it cool, and overclocking wasn’t an issue. The cooler is not holding back overclocking potential.
GPU-Z Sensor Data
The first two screenshots of GPU-Z above are at Default, and the second two screenshots of GPU-Z are at Overclocked.