Model
Samsung DV25B68**H*
Rank #22 means 21 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 95th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 95% of those models.
What does the Samsung DV25B68**H* cost to run per year?
Rank #22 of 615 puts the Samsung DV25B68**H* at the very top of the cheapest-to-run leaderboard for its class, at roughly $29 a year. Size-adjusted, this model beats 95% of clothes dryer models we track on efficiency, a standout even among the class's efficient models. At a CEF of 5.5, its combined energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Beko HPD24412W at $28/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung DV25FG62*0** at $29/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Samsung DV25B68**H*'s $29/yr adds up to roughly $377 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Samsung DV25FG62*0**.
By the numbers
The Samsung DV25B68**H* normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $29/yr, here is what the Samsung DV25B68**H* adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Samsung DV25B68**H* costs about $290. That is roughly $840 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung DV25B68**H* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $29/yr, it runs about $84 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $6 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 4 cu ft, the Samsung DV25B68**H* is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, less capacity to service is usually the first reason a running-cost figure lands on the low side, before efficiency even enters the picture. Beyond size, its CEF of 5.5, above the class median of 3.93, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy factor, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- Heat source and Combined Energy Factor (CEF). Heat-pump dryers recycle heat instead of generating it fresh with a resistance coil, and typically use meaningfully less electricity per load than a conventional resistance dryer, at the cost of a longer cycle; CEF is the federal figure that captures this.
- Drum capacity. A larger drum can dry a bigger load per cycle, but it also usually needs more energy per cycle to heat the extra air volume.
Common questions
Is the Samsung DV25B68**H* cheap to run?
Yes. Its $29/yr running cost puts it at rank #22 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Samsung DV25B68**H* cost per month?
About $2.38 a month, which is the $29 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 154 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $29 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung DV25B68**H* for its size?
95th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Beko HPD24412W4.1 cu ft | $28 |
| 20 | Blomberg DHP24412W4.1 cu ft | $28 |
| 19 | Blomberg DHP24400W4.1 cu ft | $28 |
| 18 | Samsung DV22N680*H*4 cu ft | $27 |
| 17 | Samsung DV22N685*H*4 cu ft | $27 |
Source
ES_1023593_DV25B68**H*_05242022082615_80127881View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and DV25B68**H* are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.