AMD 21.4.1 driver reduces application consumption by up to 72% and in idle mode

lately AMD New launched Drivers do Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1 WHQL As of today (26) TechPowerUp members have discovered this This update improves power consumption by up to 72% when the system is running idle. The website has compared the Radeon RX 6700 XT, RX 6800, RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT showing the changes.

TechPowerUP employees ran some tests with several video cards from the Radeon line AMD Comparison of energy consumption in Cases of low pressure in appliances In the new version of Driver (21.4.1) Compared to the previous one (21.3.2) And group the graph below with the results found

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The results show that The Radeon RX 6700 XT remains unchanged when idle, But The RX 6800, RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT showed a big difference in consumption Since then, at 1440p (Quad HD), the consumption level has started From 25 watts to 5 watts in the new driver version, Which represents prof Contrast of about 72%.

When the systems Media playback, AMD’s new driver release has also improved power consumption in About 30% Our RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6900 XT, block The RX 6700 XT also didn’t show major differences in this scenario.

AMD has never mentioned these efficiency improvements in its driver update notes. The site also tested whether the same phenomenon had occurred with previous-generation Radeon boards, such as RX 5700 XT, but there were no changes. Consumption also remained the same for the RX 6700 XT, which already has reasonable efficiency in idle and video playback.

However, it is important to highlight thisAnd Nvidia’s competitors still consume less power than the new Radeon. While the RX 6800 or 6900 XT consumption has decreased in video playback from 50W pair 35W, One GeForce RTX 3070 operates in the same position and consumes 18 watts, While the 3080 consumes only 27 watts. This could be one of the reasons AMD hasn’t given much importance to change.

Source: TechPowerUp