RTX 5070 Ti Power Limit Capped at 65W on Ubuntu 24.04.2 (ROG G614FR) & nvidia-powerd service not found

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RTX 5070 Ti Mobile Power Limit Capped at 65W on Ubuntu 24.04.2 (ROG G614FR) & nvidia-powerd service not found

Hi,

I’m facing an issue with my NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile GPU on an ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614FR running Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS. The GPU power is capped at 65W despite using a 280W power adapter, and the maximum TGP should be 140W (as shown in nvidia-smi -q -d power). I’ve set the powermizer to “Prefer Maximum Performance” in nvidia-settings and selected NVIDIA mode in prime-select, but the power limit remains unchanged.

Additionally, the nvidia-powerd service, which I understand enables Dynamic Boost, doesn’t seem to work. Running systemctl status nvidia-powerd.service returns “Unit nvidia-powerd.service could not be found,” and nvidia-powerd --version exits with a nonzero status.

System Details

  • OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
  • Kernel: 6.11.0-29-generic
  • Laptop Model: ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614FR
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
  • Driver Version: 570.169 (installed via apt, “570-open” variant)
  • Power Adapter: 280W
  • Power Limit (from nvidia-smi): Current: 65W, Max: 140W

nvidia-smi power Output


==============NVSMI LOG==============

Timestamp                                 : Thu Jul 17 21:24:41 2025
Driver Version                            : 570.169
CUDA Version                              : 12.8

Attached GPUs                             : 1
GPU 00000000:01:00.0
    GPU Power Readings
        Average Power Draw                : 6.18 W
        Instantaneous Power Draw          : 5.67 W
        Current Power Limit               : 65.00 W
        Requested Power Limit             : 65.00 W
        Default Power Limit               : 65.00 W
        Min Power Limit                   : 5.00 W
        Max Power Limit                   : 140.00 W
    Power Samples
        Duration                          : Not Found
        Number of Samples                 : Not Found
        Max                               : Not Found
        Min                               : Not Found
        Avg                               : Not Found
    GPU Memory Power Readings
        Average Power Draw                : N/A
        Instantaneous Power Draw          : N/A
    Module Power Readings
        Average Power Draw                : N/A
        Instantaneous Power Draw          : N/A
        Current Power Limit               : N/A
        Requested Power Limit             : N/A
        Default Power Limit               : N/A
        Min Power Limit                   : N/A
        Max Power Limit                   : N/A

nvidia-smi Output

Thu Jul 17 19:35:51 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.169                Driver Version: 570.169        CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   46C    P8              7W /   65W |     449MiB /  12227MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A            2672      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                      186MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            3017      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell                     60MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4125      G   ...ersion=20250716-180011.921000         95MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            4304      G   /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator             50MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

nvidia-powerd Status

  • systemctl status nvidia-powerd.service: “Unit nvidia-powerd.service could not be found.”
  • nvidia-powerd --version: Exits nonzero with no output. But exists in usr/bin.
ls /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd
/usr/bin/nvidia-powerd
  • SBIOS supports dynamic boost
> nvidia-settings -q DynamicBoostSupport

  Attribute 'DynamicBoostSupport' (ASUS:1[gpu:0]): 1.
    'DynamicBoostSupport' is a boolean attribute; valid values are: 1 (on/true) and 0
    (off/false).
    'DynamicBoostSupport' is a read-only attribute.
    'DynamicBoostSupport' can use the following target types: GPU.

Steps Tried

  • Installed NVIDIA driver 570.169 via apt (selected “570-open” variant).
> apt list --installed | grep nvidia

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

libnvidia-cfg1-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-common-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 all [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-compute-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-decode-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-egl-wayland1/noble,now 1:1.1.13-1build1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-encode-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-extra-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-fbc1-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-gl-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-compute-utils-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-dkms-570-open/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-driver-570-open/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed]
nvidia-firmware-570-570.169/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-kernel-common-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-kernel-source-570-open/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-prime/noble,now 0.8.17.2 all [installed,automatic]
nvidia-settings/noble,now 510.47.03-0ubuntu4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-utils-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-570/noble-updates,now 570.169-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  • Set powermizer to “Prefer Maximum Performance” in nvidia-settings.
  • Ran prime-select nvidia to ensure NVIDIA GPU is active.
  • Attempted to use nvidia-powerd, but the service is not available.

Questions

  1. Is there a way to get nvidia-powerd working to enable Dynamic Boost?
  2. Are there specific driver or kernel configurations I should try to resolve this limit?

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

2

Ubuntu 24.04 does not ship with nvidia-powerd enabled. It is enabled in 25.04. Is he battery fully charged? And is the laptop sitting on a flat table? Some systems are sensitive to this. My dell for example.

3

Got it. The battery is fully charged and the laptop is sitting on a flat table.
I found a solution by cycling through the three power modes “balance”, “power saver”, “performance”, the power limit will rise to 115W or 140W. I’m not sure why this happens. The power limit will sometimes drop from 140W to 115W after mode switch. Below shows three consecutive inspection.

Fri Jul 18 09:30:24 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.169                Driver Version: 570.169        CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   44C    P5             18W /  140W |     407MiB /  12227MiB |      6%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A            2680      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                       97MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            3031      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell                    113MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            3744      G   /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator             44MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            7701      G   ...ersion=20250716-180011.921000         95MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Fri Jul 18 09:30:25 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.169                Driver Version: 570.169        CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   44C    P8             13W /  140W |     407MiB /  12227MiB |      6%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A            2680      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                       97MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            3031      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell                    113MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            3744      G   /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator             44MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            7701      G   ...ersion=20250716-180011.921000         95MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Fri Jul 18 09:30:25 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 570.169                Driver Version: 570.169        CUDA Version: 12.8     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   44C    P8             10W /  115W |     398MiB /  12227MiB |     44%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A            2680      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                       97MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            3031      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell                    113MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            3744      G   /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator             44MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A            7701      G   ...ersion=20250716-180011.921000         85MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+