Power Consumption and Temperature

Since TITAN X has 10% more GPU cores than 980 Ti we would expect the TITAN to use more power when stressed with maximum GPU utilization and we do see that through Furmark, the feature tests of 3D Mark Vantage such as the Perlin noise tests and Batman Arkham Origins which implements Heavy GPU accelerated PhysX effects.

In a typical game play scenario versus a scripted benchmark, GPU utilization is constantly varying and is rarely ever 100% flat, combined with high boost speeds of 1200 MHz for the 980 Ti, this explains why the 980 Ti used more power in Crsys3 and Battlefield 4. We do our power tests at 1080P so in ideal situations the GPU should have some headroom to push boost speeds. Prime 95 CPU-only power draw tests and OpenCL bitcoin mining are provided as references.