Can I trust these numbers I'm seeing from Tom's Hardware?

In My Humble Opinion
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The reason I ask is because my power supply died and I need to buy a replacement. I could replace it with an equivalent PSU, but I figured I might as well get something that could carryover into the next new build I’m planning (a little down the road).

I went to tom’s graphics benchmark chart to look at power consumption of newer cards. Am I crazy, or do these numbers look unrealistic? It says the chart is total system draw, but at the bottom there’s a card that is drawing 5W. Is this chart removing the rest of the system draw from the results?

So if anyone could help me interpret those numbers, I would be grateful. They aren’t even that critical except now I don’t trust the chart that shows the draw at 3D load.

Alternately, I’d welcome recommendations or personal experiences with sites that are better/comparable to tom’s. Especially sites that help with power consumption, PSU wattage recommendations, etc.

Thanks for your help, fellow PC builders!

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Thats chart is showing card power alone.

The site is generally OK, you just need to know what its measuring.

Otara

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Thanks for the answer. That was the only explanation that made sense, so I’m glad you think so too.

In case anyone is interested, I found this list. Someone put together a large list of cards and their power consumption, compiled from reviews and tech sites all over the internet. It seems pretty thorough, but tom’s is easier to read.