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The CPU usage is 10%, but the energy usage is NOT 6.5 watts (with 65 watts being 100% usage)
That's not how CPU usage works
First energy usage is not watts, second you can look via tools like hwinfo or others how much power your cpu draws. Where did i say it would draw 6.5w at 10%?
Just checked the laptop first:
It's 9.8w on idle (including laptop screen and RAM and everything) and 16.8w scrolling a website
That's 50% more power usage. Over 20 seconds up from 196 J to 316 J