Australia · costs in AUD
French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Midea MDRF923FIM45APM Fridge
Midea MDRF923FIM45APM is a 706 L french door fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3932).
- Total capacity
- 706 L
- 430 L fridge + 276 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4
- Star rating index 4.01
- Annual electricity use
- 500 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $160 / year
- $13.33 / month · $1,600 over 10 years
17% less electricity than the median of 5 comparable 700 L and above french door fridge freezer registrations (603 kWh a year). It uses less than 60% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $33 a year less than the median, $330 over 10 years.
Uses 25% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (665 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 32c/kWh in AUD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 700 L and above french door fridge freezer sold in Australia, counted once per registration. Star ratings already account for size through the GEMS adjusted-volume formula; this comparison is in raw kWh against models a buyer would actually consider instead.
Midea MDRF923FIM45APM running cost
- Per month
- $13.33
- Per year
- $160
- 5 years
- $800
- 10 years
- $1,600
500 kWh × 32c/kWh. No inflation or tariff change assumed. Fridges run continuously, so the label figure is a whole-year estimate under standard test conditions.
Capacity and compartments
- Total gross volume
- 706 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 430 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 276 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 923 L
- fresh food compartment
- 430 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 276 L gross
Gross volumes exclude shelving. Fresh food = fresh food, chill and cellar compartments; frozen = freezer, two-star and ice-making (zero-star) compartments. Adjusted volume weights frozen space more heavily and is what the government uses to set the star rating for the size.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 706 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-B705MBL665 L394 kWh/yr | 5 | $126 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBPRO3650*/**660 L429 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $137 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBPRO3650G/RH660 L429 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $137 | |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GSL-A635 L441 kWh/yr | 4 | $141 | |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LA635ER-GDS-A635 L441 kWh/yr | 4 | $141 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 706 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Midea MDRF923FIM45APM specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 908 mm
- Height
- 1,775 mm
- Depth
- 736 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 500 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.011
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 665 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.542
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3932
- GEMS registration id
- 179384
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 20 May 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with three or more doors
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.