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Idle average was reported as 55wats, granted that's with the crazy issues above - however minimum idle was reported at 30wats, not great..
My scar 17 R9 7945HX
At idle it was pulling 20 Watts
This all AMD machine idle power drain. so,damn high
Laptop CPUs typically target around 1W idle. 5W is more typical for the entire system. That results in around 11h battery life.