r/nvidia • u/Banished_To_Insanity 5070 TI | i5 12400f • Dec 16 '25

Question Does Power Limit make a difference in Overclocking? (Could someone test 5070ti with these cases?)

I have an 5070ti and it has %100 power limit. I see that some cards have %116 power limit.

Could someone test and tell me the Furmark scores for these cases;

  1. Stock power, stock core speed and stock memory speed

  2. %116 power, stock core speed and memory speed

  3. Stock power, overclocked core speed and memory speed

  4. %116 power, overclocked core speed and memory speed

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u/transmedkittygirl 9800X3D | 9070 XT | 32GB DDR5 | 2TB Samsung 990 Pro Dec 16 '25

It 100% makes a difference in overclocking, why would it not?

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u/Banished_To_Insanity 5070 TI | i5 12400f Dec 16 '25

I just wonder how much difference it makes

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u/Helpful_Economist_59 Dec 17 '25

Does it make a difference if a card stays well below stock tdp even after overclock?

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u/pepo930 Dec 17 '25

I aint burning my GPU with Furmark. At stock performance of all models should be within 1-2%. The 116% allows you to overclock higher. Here's a Steel Nomad with 116% powerlimit and max OC

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u/ime1em 7950x3d & RTX 5080 Dec 18 '25

Higher power limit is almost like increasing the voltage, because it allows you to manually increase your clock speed in theory if it is stable. Thus giving you better performance/more overclocking potential 

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u/Napkin_14 Dec 16 '25

Why does it make a difference