[oblvious-earth]

I think it depends how you count it.

According to this setup their under load power consumption of the entire system was just shy of 700Ws https://pcper.com/2014/10/nvidia-gtx-980-3-way-and-4-way-sli...

Back then components didn't tend to be as power bursty so I think it matters whether you compare peak power consumption or average power consumption under "typical" load.

A wall load from a gaming PC with a 4090 and 13900k is definitely going to burst passed 700Ws, but average while playing a game is probably lower than that.

[Retric]

Yea, Stock GTX 980 wasn’t that bad however the GTX 980 Ti was significantly more power hungry.

That said, that review mentioned several very power hungry SLI setups.