Model
Gaggenau RVF467790
Rank #377 means 376 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 52nd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 52% of those models.
What does the Gaggenau RVF467790 cost to run per year?
At about $81 a year, the Gaggenau RVF467790 costs more to run than most freezer models we track, rank #377 of 622. It uses 27% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $110/yr to run, a saving of roughly $29 a year. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it sits right around the class median, ahead of 52% of the models we track. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 14.2 cu ft (the class spans 1.1 to 23), size is the clearest lever we can point to for this model's running cost.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Ellipse EDV166W at $81/yr runs a little cheaper and the Hisense FU171N3SSEC at $81/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A freezer typically stays in service for somewhere around 14 years; over that span, the Gaggenau RVF467790's $81/yr adds up to roughly $1134 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Gaggenau RVF467790 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 $81/yr, here is what the Gaggenau RVF467790 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Gaggenau RVF467790 costs about $810. That is roughly $290 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1100 over the same ten years.
How the Gaggenau RVF467790 compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $81/yr, it runs about $6 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $56 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $110/yr, the Gaggenau RVF467790 uses 27% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 14.2 cu ft, the Gaggenau RVF467790 is a mid-size freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, right in the middle of the capacity range, so capacity is roughly a wash compared with the rest of the class.
- Interior volume. As with refrigerators, more cubic feet of frozen storage generally means a bigger compressor and a higher annual energy figure.
- Insulation and defrost type. Better-insulated cabinets lose less cold to the surrounding room, and frost-free (automatic-defrost) freezers run a periodic heating element that a manual-defrost model does not.
- Chest vs upright design. Door orientation affects how much cold air escapes per opening: top-opening chest designs generally hold cold better than front-opening upright ones.
Common questions
Is the Gaggenau RVF467790 cheap to run?
Its $81/yr running cost, rank #377 of 622, is above what most freezer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Gaggenau RVF467790 cost per month?
About $6.77 a month, which is the $81 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: 438 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $81 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Gaggenau RVF467790 for its size?
52nd 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 376 | Ellipse EDV166W17 cu ft | $81 |
| 375 | Element EUF17CE**17 cu ft | $81 |
| 374 | Avanti AV170VFLJM#**17 cu ft | $81 |
| 373 | Mora MFU170N6AWE17 cu ft | $81 |
| 372 | Hisense HFU170N6CWE17 cu ft | $81 |
Source
ES_31649_RVF467790_012120262138166_9218307View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Gaggenau and RVF467790 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.