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MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio 8 GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Review – The Battle Has Just Begun!

Hassan Mujtaba

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio Power Consumption

I compiled the power consumption results by testing each card under idle and full stress when the card was running games. Each graphics card manufacturer sets a default TDP for the card which can vary from vendor to vendor depending on the extra clocks or board features they plugin on their custom cards. Default TDP for the RTX 3090 is set at 350W while the MSI custom model has a TDP of 370W.

Also, it's worth noting that the 8nm process from Samsung increases the density by around 2x versus the previous generation. NVIDIA is cramping even larger amounts of transistors and more cores than their previous cards, making it one of the densest chips built to date. It's likely to consume a lot of power and the results are reflective of that.

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Power Consumption
Gaming Load
Peak Load
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90
180
270
360
450
540
0
90
180
270
360
450
540
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio
438
484
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio
392
422
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z
323
366
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning X
295
310
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio
246
278
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
238
254
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio
229
262
MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X
228
241

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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