Apple computer, ENERGY STAR certified
Apple Mac mini (M4)
16 GB desktop computer, model number A3238.
Memory
16 GB
Processor
Apple M4
Typical electricity use
12 kWh/yr
NPU installed
No
Of 247 certified desktop business computers, 5 have a lower typical electricity use than the Mac mini (M4) (12 kWh/yr).
Its certified typical electricity use of 12 kWh/yr costs about $1.56 a year at 13¢/kWh.
ENERGY STAR has certified this model 2 times, first in Oct 2025. The figures here are from the most recent certification.
- Maker
- Apple
- Model
- Mac mini (M4)
- Model number
- A3238
- Type
- Desktop
- Processor
- Apple M4
- CPU cores
- 10
- Memory
- 16 GB
- NPU installed
- No
- Storage
- SSD
- Operating system
- Mac OS, Version 15
- Typical electricity use
- 12 kWh/yr
- Power in sleep
- 0.6 W
- Power at long idle
- 2.4 W
- Power when off
- 0.1 W
- On the market since
- Oct 2024
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 16 Oct 2025
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: A3238, MU9D3, MU9E3, MCYT4.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified business computers dataset, US EPA, record 4513878, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mac Studio (M5 Max) | Desktop | Apple M5 Max | 128 GB | 26.2 kWh/yr |
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| MacBook Pro 16 in. with M5 Max Chip | Notebook | - | 36 GB | 17.9 kWh/yr |
| MacBook Pro 16 in. with M5 Pro Chip | Notebook | - | 24 GB | 17 kWh/yr |
| MacBook Pro 14 in. with M5 Max Chip | Notebook | - | 36 GB | 9.2 kWh/yr |