Model
Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2
Rank #142 means 141 of the 404 room air conditioner models we track cost less to run each year; the 65th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 65% of those models.
What does the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 cost to run per year?
The Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 costs about $90 a year to run, which beats most of the 404 room air conditioner models we track; it ranks #142. It uses 44% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $160/yr to run, a saving of roughly $70 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 65 is comfortably above the class median. At a CEER of 15.7, its combined energy efficiency ratio is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Tcl W10WC72-B at $87/yr runs a little cheaper and the Black+Decker BD10NWES at $93/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A room air conditioner typically stays in service for somewhere around 10 years; over that span, the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2's $90/yr adds up to roughly $900 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 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 $90/yr, here is what the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 costs about $900. That is roughly $700 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1600 over the same ten years.
How the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 compares
The room air conditioner class we track runs from $51 to $389 a year. At $90/yr, it runs about $9 a year cheaper than the class median of $99, and it is about $39 a year more than the cheapest room air conditioner to run at $51. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $160/yr, the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 uses 44% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 10100 BTU/hr, the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 is a mid-size room air conditioner for its class, which spans 5000 to 34100 BTU/hr with a median of 10100 BTU/hr, putting it squarely in the middle of the class on the size lever that drives most of the cost. Beyond size, its CEER of 15.7, above the class median of 15, is the class's own efficiency yardstick, combined energy efficiency ratio, and it is what separates two similarly sized models with different running costs.
- Combined Energy Efficiency Ratio (CEER). Two units with the same BTU rating can post very different running costs, and CEER is the figure that explains most of that gap.
- BTU cooling capacity. BTU rating scales with room size, and it is usually the first driver of an air conditioner's running cost, ahead of its CEER figure.
- Thermostat and mode usage. How the unit is actually operated, thermostat cycling versus a fixed setting, moves real electricity use more than the rated BTU or CEER figure alone.
Common questions
Is the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 cheap to run?
Yes. Its $90/yr running cost puts it at rank #142 of 404, below what most room air conditioner models we track cost to run.
How much does the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 cost per month?
About $7.46 a month, which is the $90 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: 483 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $90 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Ge Profile AHTR10ACH2 for its size?
65th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 141 | Tcl W10WC72-B10000 BTU/hr | $87 |
| 140 | Tcl W10WC7210000 BTU/hr | $87 |
| 139 | Tcl T10WV9SB10000 BTU/hr | $87 |
| 138 | Tcl T10WV9S10000 BTU/hr | $87 |
| 137 | Tcl T10WV3S10000 BTU/hr | $87 |
Source
ES_1123206_AHTR10ACH2_10232023153049_9869958View certified room air conditioner listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Ge Profile and AHTR10ACH2 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.