RTX 4060 Ti power consumption
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What could have been another great graphics card for gamers, has actually been met with mostly disappointment. Many feel the RTX 4060 Ti priced itself out of the equation, offering little value to those in the market for an upgrade. One saving grace to this series, and indeed, the RTX 4060 Ti, is its power consumption as with improved efficiency from previous generations it achieves great performance at a lower power rating. Saving you an extra few bucks over time.
ASUS RTX 4060 Ti 8GB TUF Gaming OC
Core Clock Speed
2,310MHz base, 2,655MHz OC boost
CUDA cores
4,352
Memory Size
8GB GDDR6
Dimensions
300 x 139 x 62.4mm – 3.12 slot
PSU Required
650W
TBP
160W
The 4060 Ti’s predecessor was an extremely popular choice for gamers, with the RTX 3060 second and 3060 Ti seventh in the Steam hardware survey. This should have led to the successor taking the reigns, however, many felt the generational jump simply wasn’t enough and the RTX 4060 Ti reviews reflected this.
The XX60 SKUs come in three different variants, available with 8GB and 16GB VRAM, and with these, you can expect to get decent 1080p performance and middling 1440p performance, with an average of 111 and 78 FPS at those resolutions for the 8GB model. Both models offer good performance out of the gate but they aren’t ideal for those looking to future-proof their gaming PC.
What is the RTX 4060 Ti power consumption?
For the power rating, we can just look at the specs of the cards, the TGP is what we look to for it. The total graphics power is the maximum power the card can consume and for the 4060 Ti, we have a 160/165W rating between the 8/16GB model cards. Although that is the max and in actual usage you can expect a lower number. In the official specs, Nvidia suggests an idle power of 7W, a video playback drawing of 13W, along with a 140W average gaming power.
For hands-on testing, Techpowerup reviews the FE card for its actual power consumption. There at idle to have 7W, the multi-monitor consumes 12W, video playback increases it to 12W, gaming averages to 152W, and at a maximum it goes to 159W. Even then it is a more efficient choice over other graphics cards with similar performance.
What this means for your system power is that you don’t need too high of a power supply for it. As Nvidia recommends just a 550W PSU for your total system featuring one of these GPUs if you’re considering where to buy the RTX 4060 Ti.
