Model
Ge Profile PTD60GB*R***
Rank #540 means 539 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 14th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 14% of those models.
What does the Ge Profile PTD60GB*R*** cost to run per year?
Among the 615 clothes dryer models we track, the Ge Profile PTD60GB*R***'s $128/yr running cost ranks it #540, in the pricier fifth of the class. Size-adjusted, this model ranks near the bottom of its class on efficiency, ahead of just 14% of clothes dryer models we track. The CEF figure of 3.48 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Samsung DVG60A99*** at $128/yr runs a little cheaper and the Electrolux ELFG7637*** 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 PTD60GB*R***'s $128/yr adds up to roughly $1664 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Amana NGD5800H**.
By the numbers
The Ge Profile PTD60GB*R*** 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 PTD60GB*R*** 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 PTD60GB*R*** 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 PTD60GB*R*** 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 7.4 cu ft, the Ge Profile PTD60GB*R*** is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, 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. 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 PTD60GB*R*** cheap to run?
Its $128/yr running cost, rank #540 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 PTD60GB*R*** 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 PTD60GB*R*** for its size?
14th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 559 | Samsung DVG60A99***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
| 558 | Samsung DVG45A64***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
| 557 | Samsung DVG55A73***7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 556 | Samsung DVG55A77***7.4 cu ft | $128 |
| 555 | Samsung DVG50A85***7.5 cu ft | $128 |
Source
ES_1123206_PTD60GB*R***_062920211716333_3715946View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Ge Profile and PTD60GB*R*** 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.