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 the Hot Spot (Junction Temperature) when available for our temperature data.
Power
Here we have the power draw from our bench run-through. You can see that both our cards exceed the listed TDP of 165 watts. The ASUS ROG Strix RX 7600 OC is 11% over the listed TDP. When overclocked the difference is 23%.
Temperature
Changing perspective, we can see that the ASUS ROG Strix RX 7600 OC heatsink really performs well. Despite using more power, the card is 19% cooler at default. When we turned up the fans during our overclocking run-through…..almost 30 degrees cooler. Bigger is better. In defense of the MBA RX 7600, its fans were at default. That said, if you look here even at 100% the MBA RX 7600 can’t come close.
Above are the GPUZ sensor logs for the benchmark run-throughs. The default settings are on the left and the overclock is on the right.