Model
Samsung DVE45B6305*
Rank #376 means 375 of the 615 clothes dryer 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 Samsung DVE45B6305* cost to run per year?
The Samsung DVE45B6305* costs about $113 a year to run, more than most of the 615 clothes dryer models we track; it ranks #376. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it edges out 65% of the class, a modestly above-average showing. The CEF figure of 3.93 on this model captures combined energy factor, the main efficiency lever ENERGY STAR tracks for this class.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Ge Profile PTD90EB*T*** at $113/yr runs a little cheaper and the Frigidaire FDEX22E4EW at $113/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 Samsung DVE45B6305*'s $113/yr adds up to roughly $1469 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Direct Supply 0-36CJ8.
By the numbers
The Samsung DVE45B6305* 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 $113/yr, here is what the Samsung DVE45B6305* adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Samsung DVE45B6305* costs about $1130. That is roughly $0 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung DVE45B6305* compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $113/yr, it sits right on the class median of $113, and it is about $90 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 7.5 cu ft, the Samsung DVE45B6305* 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, and larger clothes dryer models generally cost more to run than smaller ones in the same class, simply because there is more to keep cold, spin, heat, or light. The CEF of 3.93 on this model, above the class median of 3.93, measures combined energy factor; it is the number to compare directly against another model's CEF if capacity is similar.
- 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 Samsung DVE45B6305* cheap to run?
Its $113/yr running cost, rank #376 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 Samsung DVE45B6305* cost per month?
About $9.4 a month, which is the $113 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: 608 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $113 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung DVE45B6305* for its size?
65th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 347 | Ge Profile PTD90EB*T***7.3 cu ft | $113 |
| 346 | Ge Profile PFD95ES*T***7.8 cu ft | $113 |
| 345 | Ge GTD65EBMR***7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 344 | Samsung DVE52B76***7.4 cu ft | $113 |
| 343 | Ge Profile PTD70EB*T***7.4 cu ft | $113 |
Source
ES_1023593_DVE45B6305*_02172022061128_80114931View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and DVE45B6305* 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.