Does the amd radeon rx vega really have a high power consumption?

AMD may not have disclosed too many details about the Radeon RX Vega range of gaming graphics cards, but some manufacturers have unveiled several specifications, such as that these cards will have a Vega 10 GPU and HBM2 memory, and There are even those who pointed out that it would have a high energy consumption.

Radeon RX Vega would consume a lot of energy, according to the director of marketing of MSI

According to MSI's marketing director, AMD's next graphics card for gaming would have high power consumption due to its powerful specifications. Specifically, this is what he had to say about it:

“I have seen the Vega RX specifications. It needs a lot of energy. We're working on it, which is a start, so its launch is coming up soon. ” (via Tweakers Forums)

First, this information comes from an AMD partner who has confirmed that the company has started sending samples to motherboard manufacturers. In doing so, AMD will offer several benchmark Radeon RX Vega cards at launch but also hopes to present some custom cards through its strategic partners.

As for energy consumption, the truth is that nobody should be too alarmed, because so far AMD has detailed three cards based on the Vega 10 GPU, and all of them have an average TDP of 300W, which is about 50W more than the NVIDIA GTX 1080 You So those additional 50Ws are not a reason for concern nor should it drive away users who want Vega based Gaming PCs.

The only model in the range that will have a little more consumption is the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition version with liquid cooling and a TDP of 375W, but still AMD said that this model is aimed more at professionals and not at gamers.