Australia · costs in AUD
Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Smeg FAB50***5AU Fridge
Smeg FAB50***5AU is a 524 L top-mount fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2710).
- Total capacity
- 524 L
- 400 L fridge + 124 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.57
- Annual electricity use
- 341 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $109 / year
- $9.09 / month · $1,091 over 10 years
8% less electricity than the median of 10 comparable 500–599 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (369 kWh a year). It uses less than 80% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $9 a year less than the median, $90 over 10 years.
Uses 24% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (452 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 500–599 L top-mount 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.
Smeg FAB50***5AU running cost
- Per month
- $9.09
- Per year
- $109
- 5 years
- $546
- 10 years
- $1,091
341 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
- 524 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 400 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 124 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 621 L
- fresh food compartment
- 400 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 124 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.
Similar top-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 524 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM512NSS5E515 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 | |
| Chiq CTM513NBS5E515 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 | |
| Samsung Electronics SRT5300S465 L319 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $102 |
Fridges similar to the Smeg FAB50***5AU
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM512NSS5E 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 515 L | 5 | 312 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Chiq CTM51*N**5E 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 515 L | 5 | 312 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF513*NTVAH 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 513 L | 4 | 381 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF513SNTVAH 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 513 L | 4 | 381 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-505ER-W-A 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 505 L | 4.5 | 345 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-505ER-SB-A 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 505 L | 4.5 | 345 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTB5400WC 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 503 L | 4 | 353 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Westinghouse WTB5404SC 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 503 L | 4 | 353 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 524 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Smeg FAB50***5AU specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 341 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.573
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 452 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.549
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Other model numbers on registration ARF2710
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2710
- GEMS registration id
- 142074
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 18 October 2026
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- FAB50***5AU
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-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 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.