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Intel NUC (8th–11th gen reference, week-measured) idle power
Idle
8.7 W
Load
—
Yearly cost at idle, 24/7
$11.43
at $/kWh
- Type
- Mini PC
- CPU
- Various NUC (mobile U/P-series)
- NIC
- 1× 1GbE (gen-dependent)
- Price band
- $150–300 used
- Idle (as reported)
- 8.7 W average over a full week (range 7.7–9.8 W), wall power
- Method
- myStrom smartplug + Home Assistant CSV (week average)
- Source
- Low-Power Home Server: Real 7-Day Watt Comparison — edywerder.ch
- Source date
- 2025
- Dataset
- SolvoHQ homelab-mini-pc-dataset (CC BY 4.0) (repo)
- Accessed
- 2026-10-19
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