Power, Temp and GPU Clock
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 TGP of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is 160W. In our testing, using GPU-Z sensor data, the Board Power while playing Cyberpunk 2077 read a maximum of 157W Board Power and 131.7W GPU Chip power, which seems in line with the reported TGP. This is an incredible power efficiency reading, as the previous generation GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE had a 205.8W Board Power and 166.2W GPU Chip power. At 157W, the RTX 4060 Ti has a 24% power efficiency savings over the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, yet it performs faster on average. The GPU Chip power is as low as the Radeon RX 6650 XT, yet the 4060 Ti performs way faster, by huge amounts. Therefore, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is an amazingly power-efficient video card.
Due to the low power utilization, the temperature readings also fall in line. The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB is a Founders Edition, and it runs at only 64c maximum temperature, which is 7 degrees cooler than the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti which is also a Founders Edition. Even the Hot Spot runs cooler on the GPU. Our Radeon RX 6650 XT is a custom add-in-board design from MSI, and even that GPU has a high Hot Spot temperature compared to the RTX 4060 Ti, which is much lower.
The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti has a Boost Clock of 2535MHz. In our testing, playing Cyberpunk 2077 we are getting a pretty solid 2805MHz Boost Clock while playing, dipping down a few times to 2775MHz. At 2805MHz this is an 11% Boost to the clock, out of the box on the Founders Edition thanks to NVIDIA GPU Boost. That gives us about 270MHz more than the quoted GPU Boost Clock while gaming.