In my case (Gigabyte RTX3060 in older i5 PC), nvtop is reporting 8W at idle with Driver Version: 470.161.03, but 16W with any newer driver. I’m reasonably sure that the extra power is reflected in my total system power reading, so most likely not being incorrectly reported.
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