RK3588 Power Draw, Measured: What 24/7 Uptime Costs
For devices that never sleep, electricity is the hidden line item. We metered an RK3588 mini PC from idle to full load.
Measurements
- Idle: 2.3 W;
- Typical (NAS + resident Docker): 4-6 W;
- Full load (all 8 cores): 11.8 W;
- Context: a comparable x86 mini PC draws 15-35 W.
The yearly bill
At a typical 5 W running 24/7, that’s ~44 kWh a year — pocket change on any residential tariff. This is the core economics of ARM edge boxes: the power savings repay the price difference within two years.
Related products: mini-pc-rk3588, edge-rk3588-4d32-v12a. Manuals, firmware and SDKs are in the Hugsun Documentation Center; contact us via the website for volume / ODM programs.
