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Test gpu unlock on 3060 12GB

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Nov 1, 2026

(Updated: 8 days ago)

ML Research

As the gpu unlock project described, Video generation (BF16) speed up +15~20%

https://github.com/Zagitta/gpu-unlock

Since the install on Ubuntu is very easy now, I tried this tool and run H3 video generation.

System spec:

  • i7-6700K @4.2G, DDR3 32GB @1600MHz

  • ASUS TUF 3060 12GB

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Generation workflow reference:

https://github.com/tlano-z/ComfyUI-MiniMax-H3-Workflows-For3060/

  • 0.4M 3:4 (576×736) 5 seconds 24fps

  • dpmpp_2m_sde + sgm_uniform

  • pytorch attention

A video generation time decreases from 248s to 190s, improve about 23%.

However the power consumption increased from 150W to 170W at the same power limit setting

sudo nvidia-smi -pl 170

Before unlock even set power limit at 187W the maximum consumption was still about 150W.

After unlock set power limit at 187W and GPU run at 187W.

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Since the difference I tried to set power limit 150W and test again, it ranges from 200-220s a video about +10~20% improvement.

Summary

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Finally do any thing on your own risk, happy generation!

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Even nvtop screenshot can be PG-13.

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