Model
Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E
Rank #373 means 372 of the 709 dishwasher models we track cost less to run each year; the 35th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 35% of those models.
What does the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E cost to run per year?
Ranking #373 of 709, the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E runs at roughly $45 a year, neither the cheapest nor the priciest in its class. It uses 21.8% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $57/yr to run, a saving of roughly $12 a year. Adjusted for size, it is only more efficient than 35% of dishwasher models we track, so part of its running cost comes from its capacity rather than efficiency alone. At 12 place settings, it is a small dishwasher for the class, which runs 2 to 18 place settings; size and efficiency are the two levers behind the figure above, and this dataset does not carry a separate efficiency-factor column for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Hisense HDWH12AB3FR8E at $45/yr runs a little cheaper and the Honeywell HDS24SS-H at $45/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A dishwasher typically stays in service for somewhere around 9 years; over that span, the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E's $45/yr adds up to roughly $405 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Amana ADFS2524R**.
By the numbers
The Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E 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 $45/yr, here is what the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E costs about $450. That is roughly $120 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $570 over the same ten years.
How the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E compares
The dishwasher class we track runs from $15 to $45 a year. At $45/yr, it runs about $1 a year above the class median of $44, and it is about $30 a year more than the cheapest dishwasher to run at $15. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $57/yr, the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E uses 21.8% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 12 place settings, the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E is a small dishwasher for its class, which spans 2 to 18 place settings with a median of 14 place settings, at the small end of the class, capacity itself is doing a lot of the work to keep that figure down, separate from how efficient the unit actually is.
- Place-setting capacity. A larger dishwasher heats more water per cycle, so bigger capacity generally means a higher annual energy figure, independent of how efficient the unit is.
- Water heating. The booster heater that brings water up to sanitizing temperature is usually the single largest electrical load in a dishwasher's cycle.
- Cycle length and drying method. Cycle selection, eco versus heavy, air-dry versus heated-dry, moves real running cost more than most owners realize for a given capacity.
Common questions
Is the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E cheap to run?
It is about average. At $45 a year it ranks #373 of 709 dishwasher models we track, close to the middle of its class on running cost.
How much does the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E cost per month?
Roughly $3.71/mo, spreading the $45/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 240 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $45 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Hisense HDWH12B3FR8E for its size?
35th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
Source
ES_1150152_HDWH12B3FR8E_032420260344254_8249774View certified dishwasher listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Hisense and HDWH12B3FR8E 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.