Model
Lg OLED83G5***
Rank #167 means 166 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 4th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 4% of those models.
What does the Lg OLED83G5*** cost to run per year?
Out of the 172 television models we track, the Lg OLED83G5*** lands at rank #167 on cost, roughly $70 a year, one of the most expensive figures in the class. Capacity-normalized, it ranks ahead of just 4% of television models we track, near the bottom of every model we track in the class. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 82.5 in (the class spans 13.23 to 114.4), size is the clearest lever we can point to for this model's running cost.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg OLED83G6WU* at $69/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg OLED83C5P** at $70/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A television typically stays in service for somewhere around 7 years; over that span, the Lg OLED83G5***'s $70/yr adds up to roughly $490 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Lg OLED83G5*** 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 $70/yr, here is what the Lg OLED83G5*** adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Lg OLED83G5*** costs about $700. That is roughly $350 more than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Lg OLED83G5*** compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $70/yr, it runs about $35 a year above the class median of $35, and it is about $67 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 82.5 in, the Lg OLED83G5*** is a large television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, size is usually the single biggest lever behind a running-cost figure, and at this end of the range there is more capacity to service, which tends to push the number up.
- Screen size. Screen size is the single strongest predictor of a TV's on-mode wattage, ahead of panel technology or brand.
- On-mode brightness. On-mode watts, the figure ENERGY STAR measures at the factory picture setting, can differ a lot from what a TV actually draws once you change the picture mode.
- Hours of use. Running cost compounds with hours of use, so this figure is really a per-hour rate multiplied by a standard viewing assumption, not a fixed annual bill.
Common questions
Is the Lg OLED83G5*** cheap to run?
Its $70/yr running cost, rank #167 of 172, is above what most television models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Lg OLED83G5*** cost per month?
About $5.8 a month, which is the $70 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: 375 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $70 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Lg OLED83G5*** for its size?
4th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is not the main reason for the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 166 | Lg OLED83G6WU*82.5 in | $69 |
| 165 | Samsung QN83S95HAE82.5 in | $69 |
| 164 | Lg OLED83C4PU*82.5 in | $67 |
| 163 | Samsung QN77S95DAF76.7 in | $67 |
| 162 | Samsung QN98QN90FAF97.5 in | $66 |
Source
ES_1118034_OLED83G5***_112120242314624_8895855View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Lg and OLED83G5*** 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.