8 pin GPU

8 pin

— powered by one additional 8-pin connector. Such a connector is capable of supplying up to 150 W to the graphics card — in addition to 75 W coming through the PCI-E slot. Accordingly, the maximum power consumption of such graphics cards is limited to 225 watts. This is a fairly high power margin, and organizing power from 8-pin is generally not difficult; therefore, nowadays, this option is much more common than 6-pin, and in general, graphics cards with this power supply are noticeably more powerful.