GPU Power Consumption

[DAK1640]

Surfing for power draw on GPU's for those of you considering to help our cause. The 8800GT only draws 78W under full load OC'd...Take a look:



HD 4870 CF_______###############¦)##############}' 122W-245W !
HD 4850 CF_______#########¦)##############}|' 78W-199W ^

HD 3870 X2 CF____###########¦)#######################}|' 95W-307W ^
HD3870X2+3870 CF##########¦)################' 82W-225W ^
HD 3870 CF_______####¦)###############|' 40W-163W !
HD 3850 CF_______####¦)############|' 40W-139W !

HD 2900 XT CF____#############¦)########################| 105W-306W ! (2x 1GB GDDR4)
HD 2900 XT CF____###############¦)#########################|' 121W-331W ! (2x 512MB GDDR3)

X1950 XTX CF_____####¦)#####################|' 37W-211W !
X1900 XTX CF_____#####¦)#####################' 43W-217W !
X1900 XT CF______###¦)###################}' 27W-189W !
X1950 Pro CF_____##¦)##########}| 24W-110W !
X1900 GT CF _____################|' 123W
X1800 XT CF______######¦)##############|' 52W-171W !
X1800 XL CF______#######¦)##########}' 62W-149W !
X1650 XT CF______###¦)########}|' 25W-101W !
X1600 XT CF______#########}| 78W
X1600 PRO CF____########' 67W
X1300 PRO CF____#######} 60W

X850 XT CF_______##############|' 115W
X800 XL CF_______##########' 81W


ATI Single Card
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HD 4870 X2_______###¦)###########################| 25W-250W %
HD 4870 _________#######¦)####### 59W-120W !
HD 4850 _________#####¦)#¦]#####}| 41W-61W-110W ²
HD 4670 _________#¦)##########} 10W-100W %
HD 4650 _________#¦)######## 10W-80W %
HD 4470 _________#¦)####| 10W-50W %
HD 4450 _________#¦)#}| 10W-30W %

HD 3870 X2_______#######¦)¦]#############|' 58W-66W-171W ²
HD 3870 _________##¦)¦]######' 19W-25W-81W ²
HD 3850 X3_______###################} 156W §
HD 3850 X2_______######¦)###########' 54W-145W §
HD 3850 _________#¦)¦]####}|' 14W-20W-63W ²
HD 3690 _________##¦)###}' 21W-51W §
HD 3650 _________#¦)###| 12W-42W ² (512MB)
HD 3650 _________##¦)###}' 19W-53W § (256MB)
HD 3470 _________#### 32W
HD 3450 _________##¦)#} 18W-36W §

HD 2900 XTX______#################################}| 270W % (OEM 12.4")
HD 2900 XTX______############################## 240W % (Retail 9.5")
HD 2900 XT_______#######¦)##########}| 65W-150W ! (1GB GDDR4)
HD 2900 XT_______########¦)¦]##########' 72W-76W-161W ² (512MB GDDR3)
HD 2900 Pro______########¦)¦]######}' 71W-76W-133W ²
HD 2900 XL_______######################} 180W %
HD 2600 XT_______##¦)¦]##' 21W-28W-49W ²
HD 2600 Pro______#¦)¦]}|' 16W-22W-31W ²
HD 2400 XT_______¦)¦]|' 7W-15W-19W ²
HD 2400 Pro______¦)}|' 9W-15W &
HD 2400 LE ______###' <25W +

X1950 XTX________####¦)#¦]########}' 33W-54W-125W ²
X1900 XTX________###¦)##¦]########' 29W-50W-121W ²
X1950 XT_________############ 96W
X1900 XT_________###¦)#¦]#######}' 28W-46W-109W ²
X1900 XT_________###¦)########} 26W-100W ^ (R580+ 256MB model)
X1950 Pro________##¦)#¦]###| 24W-36W-66W ²
X1950 GT ________###¦)###' 30W-57W &
X1900 GT ________###¦)#¦]###|' 25W-45W-75W ²
X1800 XT OC _____###¦)#¦]######## 26W-48W-110W ² (XT OC version, 700/1600)
X1800 XT_________###¦)##¦]#####}|' 30W-52W-103W ²
X1800 XL_________###¦)#¦]#' 27W-42W-57W ²
X1800 GTO_______###¦)¦]# 25W-35W-48W ²
X1650 XT_________##¦)##¦]}|' 23W-42W-55W ²
X1650 Pro________#¦)###} 23W-44W &
X1600 XT_________##¦)#¦]| 24W-38W-42W ²
X1600 Pro________##¦)¦]#' 24W-30W-41W ²
X1550 ___________###|' 27W
X1300 XT_________##}| 22W
X1300 Pro________##¦)}|' 18W-26W-31W ²
X1050 ___________### 24W

X850 XT PE_______########|' 67W
X850 XT__________###¦)#¦]##}' 27W-45W-69W ²
X800 XT PE_______##¦)####}|' 18W-63W ²
X800 XT __________######}| 54W
X800 Pro _________#¦)#### 15W-48W ²
X800 XL __________##¦)#¦]#' 18W-36W-49W ²
X800 GTO ________##¦)¦]##' 19W-31W-49W ²
X800 GT__________##¦)¦]# 21W-31W-40W ²
X800_____________###}| 30W
X700 XT__________#¦)##}| 12W-38W !
X700 PRO ________#¦)#¦]' 16W-30W-33W ²
X700_____________#¦)###} 15W-44W ^
X600 XT__________#¦)#' 11W-25W !
X600 Pro_________#¦)##} 12W-36W ^
X300_____________¦)###} 8W-36W !
X300 SE__________¦)##}| 7W-30W ^

9800 XT__________####¦)##} 38W-60W ²
9800 Pro_________###¦)#}|' 31W-47W ²
9700/9800________####| 34W
9600 XT__________#¦)}| 9W-22W ²
9600 Pro_________#¦)| 9W-18W ²
9500/9600________#} 12W
9000-9200________###} 28W

7x00-8500________##}|' 23W
<=32MB AGP/PCI _#}|' <15w

FireGL range
GL V8600________###########¦)#######}|' 95W-159W ²
GL V7600________########¦)######}|' 65W-127W ²
GL V7350________####¦)########}|' 33W-111W §
GL V7300________############' 97W
GL V7100________###########|' 91W
GL V5600________#¦)#########' 15W-89W ²
GL V5200________####|' 35W
GL V3600________¦)########' 7W-73W ²
GL V3200________#####}| 46W

GL X3-256________#######' 57W
GL X1-256________####}' 37W


nVidia Multicard
----------------------------

GTX 280 3x SLI ___############################################### ##################|' 523W §
GTX 280 SLI______##########¦)############################# ###|' 84W-347W ^

9800 GX2 SLI_____#################¦)######################} ' 144W-325W ^ ("Quad SLI")
9800 GTX 3x SLI __#################¦)###########|' 142W-234W !
9800 GTX+ SLI____############¦)#############}|' 102W-215W ^
9800 GTX SLI_____###########¦)################} 92W-228W ^
9600 GT SLI______#########¦)#######' 79W-137W ! (2x 512MB)

8800 Ultra 3x SLI__##############################¦)############# ################## 247W-496W ^
8800 Ultra SLI ____####################¦)##################' 168W-313W ^
8800 GTX SLI_____#################¦)##########}|' 142W-231W !
8800 GTS SLI_____############¦)##############' 103W-217W § (2x 512MB)
8800 GT SLI______#########¦)#########}' 79W-157W ^ (2x 512MB)
8800 GTS SLI_____#############¦)########' 112W-177W ! (2x 640MB)
8800 GTS SLI_____#####################' 169W (2x 320MB)
8600 GTS SLI_____#########}|' 79W

7950 GX2 SLI_____###########¦)#########' 89W-169W ! ("Quad SLI")
7950 GT SLI______######¦)#######}' 49W-117W !
7900 GX2 SLI_____#########################}' 205W ("Quad SLI")
7900 GTX SLI_____#######¦)############# 62W-168W !
7900 GT SLI______#####¦)######| 41W-98W !
7900 GS SLI______#####¦)######}' 41W-101W !
7800 GTX 512 SLI _#######¦)################' 64W-193W !
7800 GTX SLI_____######¦)#############' 56W-161W !
7800 GT SLI______####¦)########## 35W-120W !
7600 GT SLI______##¦)#####}' 24W-69W !
7600 GS SLI______#####}|' 47W
7300 GS SLI______###}' 29W

6800 Ultra SLI_____###############| 122W
6800 GT SLI ______###########}| 94W
6800 GS SLI______####¦)#########|' 39W-115W !
6600 GT SLI ______####¦)######| 33W-90W !


nVidia Single Cards
---------------------------------

GTX 280__________#####¦)#################|' 46W-183W ^
GTX 260__________####¦)#############| 40W-146W ^

9800 GX2_________########¦)#¦]##########}| 69W-83W-182W ²
9800 GTX+________######¦)#######}' 52W-117W !
9800 GTX_________#####¦)¦]######} 45W-54W-108W ²
9600 GT__________###¦)¦]##}' 27W-34W-61W ² (512MB)
9600 GT__________###¦)###|' 26W-59W § (256MB)
9600 GSO ________#####}| 46W
9500 GT__________?

8800 Ultra________##########¦)#########' 85W-161W *
8800 GTX ________########¦)#¦]#####} 70W-83W-132W ² (768MB)
8800 GTS ________####¦)##¦]####|' 38W-58W-99W ² (512MB G92)
8800 GT OC ______####¦)¦]####}' 36W-41-86W ² (512MB 700/1025)
8800 GT _________####¦)####}| 35W-39W-78W ² (512MB)
8800 GT _________###¦)##| 31W-50W ^ (256MB)
8800 GTS OC_____#######¦)#¦]####}' 60W-78W-117W ² (640MB 576/1350)
8800 GTS ________######¦)#¦]####| 58W-71W-106W ² (640MB)
8800 GTS ________######¦)#¦]###}|' 56W-69W-103W ² (320MB)
8800 GS _________###¦)###|' 27W-59W §
8600 GTS ________##¦)¦]#}|' 21W-31W-47W ²
8600 GT _________###¦)##} 26W-52W ^
8500 GT _________#¦)¦]|' 14W-19W-27W ²
8400 GS _________###}| 30W
8300 GS _________##| 18W

[Marvin_The_Martian]

Somehow that chart feels wrong as for my feeling the diffrences feel really small.

But it's a good start and it can help people calculate running costs if they have tables like this so from me.

[mstp2009]

That chart is not remotely accurate.

I have multiple 8800GT cards and have measured the power draw of them (vs. integrated video) and the difference is about 105-110W.

Those values in the OPs table MIGHT be the difference between idle and load. MIGHT.

[MikeB12]

wow, great chart!

confirmed 8800gt numbers at xbit http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...-8800gt_5.html

[MikeB12]

there's also a list of tdp's from wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...Force_8_series
it lists the 8800gt as 102w... so I guess at a 100% an oc'ed card would go above that...

[Marvin_The_Martian]

I would take he power draw posted at the folding forums over 3d load taken during benchmarks, as the load might be diffrent between crunching and normal gaming. Remember allot more gpu's squeek when folding then when gaming, the chips is used diffrently and it might indicate a diffrent power draw. Just an observation.

[DAK1640]

Good input all...Even if the power is off, we can still use it for comparison purposes

[Iannis]

Very nice Job man

Thanks

[SocketMan]

Great info !

Just want to add that if anyone is looking for a new PS
the Odin GT from Gigabyte has a usb hookup and
gives you various readings about the power consumption


EDIT**
Thats 1 card folding,adding 4850 to it and bumping the cpu to 3250 and I am getting :
260w, not bad considering that running these 2 cards on 2 machines would eat ~400w

[Kingcarcas]

4870 and GTX260 are around 200W IIRC and the 4850 is around 150. What i found funny was the Ps3 pulling more juice while folding than while gaming, about 150W.

[grimREEFER]

9800gtx+ doing a good job there

[sc00p]

Thanx for posting this dak.