Power and GPU Frequency 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
On power, GPU-Z only shows the GPU Chip power on Intel Arc A770 and Radeon cards, not the Board power, unfortunately. The Intel Arc A750 is consuming the highest power draw, but it is not insanely high. Comparing GPU Chip power, Intel Arc A750 consumes 61% more power than the GeForce RTX 3050 and Radeon RX 6600. Considering we did see some large performance improvements, especially with Ray Tracing, the power logically adds up. It is still a very midrange to high-low-end power draw with a TDP of 225W. According to HWiNFO64 the PL1 and PL2 Power Limit is at 190W according to the software.
Default GPU Frequency
With both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, the GPU frequency is dynamic, well the same is mostly true with Intel. NVIDIA has GPU Boost, AMD has its Game Clock and Boost Clock quoted frequencies, and Intel GPUs will also boost beyond the base clock as needed. Typically, GPUs today can exceed the “Boost Clock” dynamically. We need to find out what the GPU frequency is while gaming. To do this we will record the GPU clock frequency over time while playing a game. We use Cyberpunk 2077 for this with a very long manual run-through at “Ultra” settings recording GPU-Z sensor data.
The Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition video card has a base clock of 2050MHz and can boost up to 2400MHz. As we can see from the graph, our video card was doing exactly that. It was boosting to the maximum of 2400MHz very consistently, in fact, more consistent than the Arc A770 was. It only dipped a few times to 2350MHz as you can see above. For the most part clock speed was stable at 2400MHz while gaming. That is a GPU boost of 17% over the base clock on the Limited Edition.
Temperature
All of the comparison video cards are custom AIB cards with custom coolers, so keep that in mind. Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition is hitting about 67c on the GPU temp, sandwiching it in between the RTX 3050 and RX 6600. Considering the two other cards are AIB cards with custom coolers, this is a very good temperature Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition is operating at. Unfortunately, the software does not report the Hot Spot temp, we are not sure if there is a sensor for it.
GPU-Z and HWiNFO64 Sensor Data
GPU-Z sensor data indicates that Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition operates at a max voltage of 1.035V and the memory temperature was 72c maximum while GPU was 67c. Fan RPM was at 1617 RPM. HWiNFO64 indicates PL1 and PL2 Power Limit is at 190W.