# New laptop GPU TDP stuck at lower power levels

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/new-laptop-gpu-tdp-stuck-at-lower-power-levels/189631>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [September 19, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/new-laptop-gpu-tdp-stuck-at-lower-power-levels/189631 "2021-09-19T19:54:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/new-laptop-gpu-tdp-stuck-at-lower-power-levels/189631/2 "2021-10-15T23:20:39Z")

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> [@\[Lenovo Legion 5 RTX 3060, 460.x, 470.x, 495.x\] Power draw stuck at 80W, Windows does 130W](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/lenovo-legion-5-rtx-3060-460-x-470-x-495-x-power-draw-stuck-at-80w-windows-does-130w/192174):
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> Description of the problem from an attempted fix at [GitHub - adnanpri/legion-wmi: A WMI driver for Lenovo Legion series of laptops](https://github.com/adnanpri/legion-wmi) Problem The Legion line of laptops from Lenovo come with the ability to switch power modes between “quiet”, “balanced” and “performance.” On Windows this feature works as expected and you can clearly see the performance differences across benchmarks. On Linux too this seems to work out of the box, with the exception of the Nvidia GPU. No matter what is attempted, t…

Same issue.

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