Power Consumption

Power Consumption Idle*	Watts
AMD Radeon R9 280X (ASUS DC2T) 13.12 WHQL	49
AMD Radeon R9 280X (ASUS DC2T) 13.11 Beta1	48
AMD Radeon R9 270X (ASUS DC2T) 13.11 Beta1	48
AMD Radeon R9 270X (ASUS DC2T) 13.12 WHQL	47
AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) 13.11 Beta1	53
AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) 13.12 WHQL	50
*Entire system	Less is better

Power Consumption Idle*	Watts
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) 13.11 Beta1	60
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) 13.12 WHQL	59
AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) 13.12 WHQL	48
AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) 13.11 Beta1	47
AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) 13.12 WHQL	49
AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) 13.11 Beta1	48
AMD Radeon HD 7850 (ASUS DC2T) 13.12 WHQL	46
AMD Radeon HD 7850 (ASUS DC2T) 13.11 Beta1	45
AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) 13.11 Beta1	45
AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) 13.12 WHQL	42
*Entire system	Less is better

Power Consumption Idle*	Watts
AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) 13.11 Beta1	80
AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) 13.12 WHQL	72
AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) 13.11 Beta1	57
AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) 13.12 WHQL	55
*Entire system	Less is better

Power Consumption Load (FurMark)*	Watts
AMD Radeon R9 280X (ASUS DC2T) 13.12 WHQL	321
AMD Radeon R9 280X (ASUS DC2T) 13.11 Beta1	320
AMD Radeon R9 270X (ASUS DC2T) 13.12 WHQL	230
AMD Radeon R9 270X (ASUS DC2T) 13.11 Beta1	223
AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) 13.12 WHQL	195
AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) 13.11 Beta1	194
*Entire system	Less is better

Power Consumption Load (FurMark)*	Watts
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) 13.11 Beta1	360
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) 13.12 WHQL	325
AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) 13.12 WHQL	329
AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) 13.11 Beta1	323
AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) 13.11 Beta1	220
AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) 13.12 WHQL	219
AMD Radeon HD 7850 (ASUS DC2T) 13.11 Beta1	195
AMD Radeon HD 7850 (ASUS DC2T) 13.12 WHQL	190
AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) 13.11 Beta1	152
AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) 13.12 WHQL	151
*Entire system	Less is better

Power Consumption Load (FurMark)*	Watts
AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) 13.12 WHQL	500
AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) 13.11 Beta1	481
AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) 13.12 WHQL	252
AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) 13.11 Beta1	244
*Entire system	Less is better

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