Q: Mac Mini power consumption

Check the tech specs of the computer.

What year?

See:

Mac mini: Power consumption and thermal output (BTU) information - Apple Support

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/11/not-the-upgrade-we-were-hoping-for-the-2014 -mac-mini-reviewed/

There are more than two i7 models of Mac Mini, some are quad-core, others two-core

in the Apple Support article linked above. The 2012 and 2011 models were a mix. Some

were custom configuration or different spec processors, of two &/or four core.

They list my quad core i7 Late 2012 Mac Mini 2.3GHz (server) as well as other models.

Did you read the article? Here's the link again. You can also look into everymac.com

to see what ones there are; not sure if there's thermal specifications on that site, tho.

•Mac mini: Power consumption and thermal output (BTU) information - Apple Support

Another look into the topic from a search engine perspective:

•mac mini i7 thermal specifications:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=mac+mini+i7+thermal+specifications

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=mac+mini+i7+thermal+output+specifications

Good luck & happy computing!