Reduce your GPU power limit

r/LocalLLaMA
AI Hardware

I'd like to note, I'm effectively a layman at this and have no idea what I'm talking about. Inspired by another post, I wanted to do some testing on power limit adjustments impact on token processing and generation. I have no idea if this applies to pro-hardware. But it's absolutely applicable on your gaming GPU! Just open up MSI afterburner from back in highschool when you thought you were going to overclock. I believe the testing was with qwen3.5:9b, but it was a few days ago and I forgot to write it down. The second image is data from testing adjustments to core and memory clocks.