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Mac mini 2018 power consumptions
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Not desktop CPU's.
Core i3-8100H TDP 35 Watt
Core i5-8500B TDP 65 Watt
Core i7-8700B TDP 65 Watt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Mini#4th_generation_(USB-C)
Core i3-8100H TDP 35 Watt
Core i5-8500B TDP 65 Watt
Core i7-8700B TDP 65 Watt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Mini#4th_generation_(USB-C)
The i3 is the 8100B which Intel doesn't list (yet?). Basically they're BGA (ball grid array, aka soldered) versions of the desktop chips meant for smaller form factors. I saw somewhere the turbo binning (basically how it balances turbo frequencies vs number of cores in use and heat) is a bit different too but that's hard to find info on.
Those are desktop CPUs and the Wikipedia page seems to be wrong. As pointed out before, it's an i3-8100B [1] and that also has a 65W TDP [2], just like i5/i7 (ignore the B, that's just the BGA version but it's not up yet on the Intel site, it's the same chip). The i3-8100H only has 3.0 GHz. Now why [1] shows the i3 as a dual core with HT is anyone's guess...
[1] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-mini-i3-vs-i5-temps.2153401/#post-26788921
[2] https://ark.intel.com/products/126688/Intel-Core-i3-8100-Processor-6M-Cache-3-60-GHz-
Thank you for the correction about the i3 CPU.
I am aware that e.g. Core i7-8700B has the same TDP (65 Watt) as the normal desktop CPU Core i7-8700, so basically is the same CPU.
However Intel itself indicates the i7-8700B as 'Mobile' CPU:
https://ark.intel.com/products/134905/Intel-Core-i7-8700B-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-60-GHz-
https://ark.intel.com/products/126686/Intel-Core-i7-8700-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-60-GHz-
I am aware that e.g. Core i7-8700B has the same TDP (65 Watt) as the normal desktop CPU Core i7-8700, so basically is the same CPU.
However Intel itself indicates the i7-8700B as 'Mobile' CPU:
https://ark.intel.com/products/134905/Intel-Core-i7-8700B-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-60-GHz-
https://ark.intel.com/products/126686/Intel-Core-i7-8700-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-60-GHz-
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Do you really think that cpu that heavily pass the indicated TDP of already crazy high 65W can be somehow used on a laptop?
I mainly use my kill a watt to measure kWhs since I have solar and try to keep track of what is using power. so I don't really pay much attention to instant watts and I am not sure I even know what Amps mean since I never really look at that.
But for my i3 mini, I get
1-2 watts instant when sleeping (.16 amps?)
12 watts or so on, using safari here (.2 amps?)
12-15 booting up and launching apps.
I don't really have anything that would tax this computer; I haven't installed handbrake. I did launch iMovie, and then imported videos, which took all of about 10 secs, so not really a good test, but it seemed to peak at about 37 watts and then dropped below 30.
I will leave the kill a watt plugged in and check back on the kwhs over the next week or month.
But for my i3 mini, I get
1-2 watts instant when sleeping (.16 amps?)
12 watts or so on, using safari here (.2 amps?)
12-15 booting up and launching apps.
I don't really have anything that would tax this computer; I haven't installed handbrake. I did launch iMovie, and then imported videos, which took all of about 10 secs, so not really a good test, but it seemed to peak at about 37 watts and then dropped below 30.
I will leave the kill a watt plugged in and check back on the kwhs over the next week or month.
