Model
Ge Profile PFD87GS*V***
Rank #603 means 602 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 27th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 27% of those models.
What does the Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** cost to run per year?
Rank #603 of 615 puts the Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** among the priciest clothes dryer models we track to keep running, at roughly $128 a year. Size-adjusted, this model trails most of its class on efficiency, ahead of just 27% of clothes dryer models we track. Its CEF of 3.48 reflects combined energy factor, one of the class's core efficiency levers.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Samsung WH46DBH1**E* at $128/yr runs a little cheaper and the Maytag MGD7020R** at $128/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 Ge Profile PFD87GS*V***'s $128/yr adds up to roughly $1664 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Ge GFD35GS*Y***.
By the numbers
The Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** 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 $128/yr, here is what the Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** 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 PFD87GS*V*** costs about $1280. That is roughly $150 more than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $128/yr, it runs about $15 a year above the class median of $113, and it is about $105 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.8 cu ft, the Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** is a large clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, 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. Its CEF of 3.48, below the class median of 3.93, reflects combined energy factor: a higher figure means it wrings more useful work out of every kilowatt-hour, so it is the efficiency lever to weigh against raw size.
- 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 Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** cheap to run?
Its $128/yr running cost, rank #603 of 615, is above what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** cost per month?
About $10.63 a month, which is the $128 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: 687 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $128 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Ge Profile PFD87GS*V*** for its size?
27th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 591 | Samsung WH46DBH1**E*7.6 cu ft | $128 |
| 590 | Samsung WH46DBH1**G*7.6 cu ft | $128 |
| 589 | Samsung WH46DBH5**G*7.6 cu ft | $128 |
| 588 | Samsung WH53DBH7**G*7.6 cu ft | $128 |
| 587 | Ge GFD65GS*V***7.8 cu ft | $128 |
Source
ES_1123206_PFD87GS*V***_021220241904764_1727527View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Ge Profile and PFD87GS*V*** 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.