FurMark 2: cross-platform and cross-vendor power and thermal testing tool for GPUs is now available

FurMark is ready to rip every watt out of your graphics card.

FurMark 2 has officially launched, moving out of its beta phase. This widely used graphics card tool has a long history, tracing back to 2007 with its first major release. The development of version 2.0 commenced in late 2022 and has remained in beta until now.

The latest (now public) release brings support for various APIs such as OpenGL 3.2 and Vulkan 1.1. It’s designed to be cross-platform, and developers are committed to adding support for additional APIs as needed. The tool offers both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, ensuring compatibility with even older operating systems. The tool is also expanding its horizons to include platforms such as Raspberry Pi 5, and there are discussions about potential macOS support in the pipeline.

In terms of benchmarks, users can opt for the traditional donut test or explore the new knot test. Just remember that different benchmarks and APIs may yield varying scores. That’s if you are using FurMark as a benchmark, of course.

FurMark is a tool that can really make GPUs sweat. It can easily push RTX 4090 close to its TDP. Here’s a glimpse of its performance with the RTX 4090:

Furmark 2, Source: VideoCardz

The tool also has executable files for GPU Shark and GPU-Z, you can easily start those apps from Furmark without downloading any external software.

As mentioned, beyond being a tool for GPU thermal and power, FurMark also doubles as a benchmark. Those seeking to compare results can refer to this site , where one can easily find similar systems.

Furmark 2.1.0.2 (2024.02.15)

• fixed a bug in the display of graphics cards with long name in the OSI (On Screen Information).
• added the power in watts in the score submission for NVIDIA GPUs.
• added FurMark Knot demo in OpenGL and Vulkan
• improved the use of the following command line options:
  –benchmark, –max-time and –max-frames. Now they work correctly.
• score submit is disabled is a renderer is too slow (1 frame in less than 60 sec) or if a fake score is detected (number of points and average framerate do not match).
• (windows) GPU monitoring plugin: added support of GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER and RTX 4080 SUPER.
• (windows) Commercial name: added
• NVIDIA RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition, ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4080 SUPER OC 16G, GIGABYTE RTX 4080 SUPER Gaming OC 16G, PNY RTX 4080 SUPER Verto OC 16G, Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER AMP Extreme Airo 16G, MSI RTX 4080 SUPER Expert 16G, Inno3D RTX 4080 SUPER X3 16G, PNY RTX 4070 Ti SUPER XLR8 Gaming 16G, ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC 16G, Gainward RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Phoenix GS 16G, GIGABYTE RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Gaming OC 16G, ASRock RX 7600 XT Steel Legend 16G, XFX RX 7600 XT Qick 309 16G, MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Ventus 3X 16G, Zotac RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Trinity 16G, PNY RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Verto OC 16G, Palit RTX 4070 Ti SUPER JetStream 16G, GIGABYTE RTX 4070 SUPER Aorus Master 12G, Palit RTX 4070 SUPER JetStream 12G, PowerColor RX 7600 XT Hellhound, Inno3D RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Twin X2 16G, Sparkle Arc A770 Titan OC, NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER Founders Edition, Gainward RTX 4070 SUPER Ghost 12G, ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER Dual 12G, Zotac RTX 4070 SUPER Trinity 12G, PNY RTX 4070 SUPER Verto 12G, Inno3D RTX 4070 SUPER Twin X2 12G, ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4070 SUPER OC 12G, ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4070 SUPER OC 12G
• (windows) updated with GPU-Z 2.57
• (windows) updated with GPU Shark2 2.1.0
• updated with GeeXLab 0.57.0 libs

Source and download: Furmark