Support in understanding temperature semantics of RTX 6000 ADA Generation

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So I have been unable to truly understand the semantics behind, would help some clarification.
Below is one of my RTX Ada 6000 Gen GPU

Timestamp                                 : Mon May 11 00:57:11 2026
Driver Version                            : 580.95.05
CUDA Version                              : 13.0

Attached GPUs                             : 4
GPU 00000000:01:00.0
Temperature
GPU Current Temp                  : 44 C
GPU T.Limit Temp                  : 47 C
GPU Shutdown T.Limit Temp         : -7 C
GPU Slowdown T.Limit Temp         : -2 C
GPU Max Operating T.Limit Temp    : 0 C
GPU Target Temperature            : 85 C
Memory Current Temp               : N/A
Memory Max Operating T.Limit Temp : N/A

Now as per the semantics [1] i understood till now, my GPU will undergo software throttle ( min clock shave) at exactly 44 + 47 = 91 aka Max Operating Temp [2], while the Target Temp is 85, it doesnot slows down, the acceptable interval which GPU likes to keep as min,max is {85,91}. After which we consider +2 = 93 as the HW slowdown threshold (more clock cut or safe state) while at a margin of +7 i,e 98. it should shutdown. The issue is however the discrepency in the data sheet by bluechip [2] and my understanding since based on the data sheet it says 100 as slowdown and 105 as shutdown,

what am i missing?

[1] = Understanding Optimal GPU Temperature and Default GPU Fan Curve (NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada)

[2] = https://www.bluechip.de/media/86/92/28/1726579902/Datenblatt_98216.pdf?ts=1726579902

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The output of nvidia-smi combined with the very thorough explanations by Frank in the other thread should be taken as the source of truth.

The official data sheet at NVIDIA.com does not contain any temperature specifications. It might be that some OEMs provide different VBIOS implementations that modify the default limits.

I hope this helps.

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Great, thanks, so my numbers are correct right, if it goes above 91 it needs an action since minmax is (85,91)

and if i am correct the GPU Max Operating Temp is 91