Potential leftover Intel-related directories in /bin/

I upgraded to an AMD machine (on Fedora 34, as I recall), installing the same SSD to the new computer without formatting or reinstalling Fedora. I’ve discovered that /bin/ has several seemingly now-redundant folders; ls /bin/ | grep ^intel:

intel_audio_dump
intel_backlight
intel_bios_dumper
intel_display_crc
intel_display_poller
intel_dp_compliance
intel_dump_decode
intel_error_decode
intel_firmware_decode
intel_forcewaked
intel_framebuffer_dump
intel_gem_info
intel-gen4asm
intel-gen4disasm
intel_gpu_abrt
intel_gpu_frequency
intel_gpu_time
intel_gpu_top
intel_gtt
intel_guc_logger
intel_gvtg_test
intel_infoframes
intel_l3_parity
intel_lid
intel_opregion_decode
intel_panel_fitter
intel_perf_counters
intel_reg
intel_reg_checker
intel_residency
intel_stepping
intel_vbt_decode
intel-virtual-output
intel_watermark

A fresh install on an AMD system wouldn’t generate the said paths, I assume? Are the binaries likely entirely dormant (htop at least returns no running processes for intel)?

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Run rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/intel_* to see which package provides those files. Most of them are belong to igt-gpu-tools package.

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all are (the line repeats):

igt-gpu-tools-1.26-1.20220508gitcffa5ff.fc36.x86_64
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