NVIDIA has removed “Hot Spot” sensor data from GeForce RTX 50 GPUs

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GPU-Z won’t show hot spot temperature for RTX 50 series

NVIDIA has decided to disable the sensor entirely.



Performance aside, there are other interesting topics arising from today’s review coverage of RTX 5090 cards. NVIDIA has spoken a lot about its new dual-slot cooler design, which is intended to handle higher power requirements. However, there is a change that has not yet been mentioned.

According to Wizzard, TechPowerUP’s tech reviewer and the creator of the GPU-Z tool, NVIDIA has removed the Hot Spot sensor from RTX 5090 cards. Other reviewers have also noted that the current data produced by this sensor shows 255°C, which is obviously incorrect.
 

With Blackwell, NVIDIA has removed the “Hot Spot” sensor, you still have access to “GPU Temperature” and “Memory Temperature”. While there was always some drama around Hot Spot, it was useful to diagnose a misaligned cooler or waterblock.
— Wizzard, TechPowerUP RTX 5090 Review

We reached out to Wizzard for a comment, and he confirmed that the Hot Spot sensor is not available on the RTX 50 series, not just the 5090 series. In fact, this sensor data will be removed from GPU-Z.

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