Temperatures
Idle temperatures are excellent even with the fans turning off in idle. During gaming, the card also runs much cooler than the reference design, which avoids clock throttling above 82°C.
GPU Temperature Comparison |
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| Idle | Load | Gaming Noise |
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ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX | 45°C | 68°C | 33 dBA |
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Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | 42°C | 70°C | 34 dBA |
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MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X | 51°C | 72°C | 31 dBA |
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NVIDIA GTX 1080 FE | 36°C | 83°C | 37 dBA |
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NVIDIA GTX 1070 FE | 39°C | 83°C | 36 dBA |
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Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings,
cooler design, and production variances. This table just serves to provide a list of
typical temperatures for similar cards as determined during TPU review.
Clock Profiles
Modern graphics cards have several clock profiles that are selected to balance power draw and performance requirements.
The following table lists the clock settings for important performance scenarios and the GPU voltage we measured. We performed these measurements on the pins of a coil or capacitor near the GPU voltage regulator.
| GPU Clock | Memory Clock | GPU Voltage (measured) |
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Desktop | 329 MHz | 101 MHz | 0.625 V |
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Multi-Monitor | 329 MHz | 101 MHz | 0.625 V |
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Blu-ray Playback | 329 MHz | 101 MHz | 0.625 V |
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3D Load | 1784 - 2050 MHz | 1251 MHz | 0.875 - 1.062 V |
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The card uses NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking mechanism, GPU Boost 3.0. It will dynamically adjust clock and voltage based on render load, temperature, and other factors.
For the graph below, we recorded all GPU clock and GPU voltage combinations of our 1920x1080 resolution benchmarking suite. The plotted points are transparent, which allows them to add up to indicate more often used values. A light color means the clock/voltage combination is rarely used and a dark color means it's active more often.