There seems to be some uncertainty on this matter. On the main Graphics Card forum on this website, I even got my thread locked and received a warning from the mods for misleading.
So I would like to get some actual and substantiated proof about what TDP means. If both Nvidia and AMD define it differently, I would like to know that too.
People in that thread were saying that it refers to the cooling solution rather than the actual power usage.
Anyway, today there was a GTX 1060 "reviewers guide" (never knew there was such a thing!) that leaked, and in there Nvidia clarified what TDP meant to them:
TDP is a measure of maximum power draw over time in real world applications. It does not represent the maximum power draw in pathological cases such as Furmark. Please see [TDP wiki page] for more info.
They also quoted the Wiki article and highlighted two parts. The first part is similar to what they wrote above, the second part being that TDP cannot be compared across manufacturers. So possibly they mean AMD, maybe even against how Intel measures TDP for its CPUs.
So it's pretty telling that Nvidia never emphasized on the cooling solution part, but they quite clearly emphasized twice that the TDP is the power rating of the GPU when under heavy gaming loads.
What do you think about this? Do we have a "reviewers guide" from AMD that may clarify their stance on the TDP definition to them?
Reviewer's Guide: http://videocardz.com/62138/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-reviewers-guide-leaked
PS: I do not wish to talk about the TDP/power consumption of individual GPUs. That will just devolve into a shouting match and unnecessary insults. Let's talk about what TDP means in a broader sense to the two leading GPU manufacturers of our times.
So I would like to get some actual and substantiated proof about what TDP means. If both Nvidia and AMD define it differently, I would like to know that too.
People in that thread were saying that it refers to the cooling solution rather than the actual power usage.
Anyway, today there was a GTX 1060 "reviewers guide" (never knew there was such a thing!) that leaked, and in there Nvidia clarified what TDP meant to them:
TDP is a measure of maximum power draw over time in real world applications. It does not represent the maximum power draw in pathological cases such as Furmark. Please see [TDP wiki page] for more info.
They also quoted the Wiki article and highlighted two parts. The first part is similar to what they wrote above, the second part being that TDP cannot be compared across manufacturers. So possibly they mean AMD, maybe even against how Intel measures TDP for its CPUs.
So it's pretty telling that Nvidia never emphasized on the cooling solution part, but they quite clearly emphasized twice that the TDP is the power rating of the GPU when under heavy gaming loads.
What do you think about this? Do we have a "reviewers guide" from AMD that may clarify their stance on the TDP definition to them?
Reviewer's Guide: http://videocardz.com/62138/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-reviewers-guide-leaked
PS: I do not wish to talk about the TDP/power consumption of individual GPUs. That will just devolve into a shouting match and unnecessary insults. Let's talk about what TDP means in a broader sense to the two leading GPU manufacturers of our times.