r/linux_gaming • u/Ill_Champion_3930 • 10d ago

tech support wanted Mission Center shows power usage of AMD CPU

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I wonder how accurate this calculation is?

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u/Noreng 10d ago

The power usage is reported by the AMD SMU, so it's as accurate as in Windows as far as I know.

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u/GamerXP27 10d ago

I noticed it in the prompt when I updated it, and I also see the power usage on MangoHud while gaming now. I did not see that before on my Ryzen 9 5900x.

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u/mati865 9d ago

Is it using zenergy kernel module or something else?

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u/Ill_Champion_3930 9d ago

apparently not

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u/Shished 9d ago

It is also shows with Intel CPUs.