High temperature under idling and low usage

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Hello!

I received and started using my framework 13 ai 9 hx 370 about a week ago.

Since the very first day, I noticed that the temperature remains consistently between 50C and 60C while idling and under low usage (firefox text webpages, no videos). This warms up the bottom of the laptop so much that it becomes uncomfortable to use on my lap.

In the low usage scenario, the cou utilization is always below 10%.
I see these these temperatures even wwith power saver mode enabled

Has anyone else faced this issue? And has anyone been able to resolve it?

Some more details on my setup:
Ubuntu 25
2x16GB Crucial RAM (Crucial 32GB DDR5 RAM Kit (2x16GB), 5600MHz (or 5200MHz or 4800MHz) Laptop Memory 262-Pin SODIMM, Compatible with Intel Core and AMD Ryzen 7000, Black - CT2K16G56C46S5 at Amazon.com)
T500 1TB Crucial NVMe (Amazon.com: Crucial T500 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD, Up to 7300MB/s, Laptop & Desktop Compatible + 1mo Adobe CC All Apps - CT1000T500SSD8 : Electronics)

I would really love to keep the laptop and would hate to return it, but the heating issue is kind of a deal breaker for me. I would be grateful if someone could help me figure the issue out.

Thank you!

Edit : add information about cpu usage and power saver mode.

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Hi, yes.
In my case it’s because the laptop isn’t actually idling, but firefox keeps active for some reason. Look into about:processes , to see which tabs are active. My culprit is usually a github tab (only text, no videos… go figure).
Websites are ridiculous today…
From what I hear, Chromium is a lot more aggressive in keeping websites in check. Haven’t experimented. Maybe even the compositing is a bit more efficient there.

And finally: check the powersaving profile.

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My apologies I forgot to add this in the original post.
Based on top overall CPU using is always below 10%>

The temperature still seems a lot high for that kind of cou usage.

Also, the temperatures that I mentioned are with power saver mode enabled.

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I’ll start grasping at straws now, as I said, my issue was firefox.
what about radeontop?
And what gives fiddling around with powertop?
Also one thing I do for this piece of hardware is to have the newest kernel.

But yeah, the temperature isn’t low: as I write this the k10temp sensor reports 52C