Oh wow, I never paid attention to how energy efficient Mac minis are. Speaking of idle, mostly.
I see that starting with Mac mini (Late 2014) they’re quite good.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/103253
Upd: Ha-ha, this is really funny. A bonus story. If you buy two Mac minis from Apple, they are (one dollar) cheaper than just one with twice more memory and storage:
this is so absurd it’s crazy lmfao
2x 16GBx256GB mac minis cost 1$ cheaper than a single 32GBx512GB mac mini