Question Higher than usual GPU idle power consumption and temperature

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Hello there

So i build this brand new system yesterday, mainly for HTPC usage (Watching videos, Etc.). I installed windows and it boot up flawlessly but i noticed that the GPU heatsink is very warm even at idle condition. So i opened GPU-Z and saw high core temperature of 54 celcius and power consumption around 33W at idle. The GPU was Asrock ARC A380 and already installed the latest driver. I know this is a low end card and it supposedly have a tiny power consumption on idle but my card doesn't. Even my radeon 6600 XT draw just 3 watts at idle. Is there anything wrong with this card? Should i RMA it?

Thanks in advance