Model
Samsung QN55S95FAF
Rank #101 means 100 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 20th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 20% of those models.
What does the Samsung QN55S95FAF cost to run per year?
Do the math and the Samsung QN55S95FAF's $39/yr puts it at rank #101 of 172, right around the class average. Normalized for capacity, it beats only 20% of television models we track, a below-average efficiency result. At 113.6 W in on-mode, its power draw is a direct input into that running-cost figure.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Lg OLED65B4PU* at $39/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung QN65S85HAE at $40/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 Samsung QN55S95FAF's $39/yr adds up to roughly $273 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Samsung QN55S95FAF 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 $39/yr, here is what the Samsung QN55S95FAF 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 QN55S95FAF costs about $390. That is roughly $40 more than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung QN55S95FAF compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $39/yr, it runs about $4 a year above the class median of $35, and it is about $36 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 54.6 in, the Samsung QN55S95FAF is a mid-size television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, right in the middle of the capacity range, so capacity is roughly a wash compared with the rest of the class. Its on-mode power draw of 113.6 W (the class spans 9.3 to 343.5 W) is the direct input into the running-cost figure, and the picture-brightness setting you choose is the single biggest lever you control over it day to day.
- On-mode brightness. The picture mode you leave a TV on, vivid or eco, moves its real-world wattage more than almost anything else you control directly.
- Screen size. A bigger panel needs more backlight or more emissive pixels to reach the same brightness, so energy use climbs with diagonal screen size across most panel technologies.
- Hours of use. ENERGY STAR's on-mode wattage figure assumes a standard number of hours per day; a TV left on longer than that, or used as ambient background noise, accumulates more of that hourly cost.
Common questions
Is the Samsung QN55S95FAF cheap to run?
It is about average. At $39 a year it ranks #101 of 172 television models we track, close to the middle of its class on running cost.
How much does the Samsung QN55S95FAF cost per month?
Roughly $3.27/mo, spreading the $39/yr estimate evenly across twelve months at $0.1856/kWh. Actual monthly bills swing with your rate and usage pattern.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
We take the model's published annual energy use of 211 kWh from ENERGY STAR and multiply it by the US average residential electricity rate of $0.1856/kWh, giving about $39 a year. It is an electricity-only estimate and does not include purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung QN55S95FAF for its size?
20th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Lg OLED65B4PU*64.5 in | $39 |
| 99 | Lg 75QNED85AU*74.5 in | $39 |
| 98 | Samsung QN65S85DAE64.5 in | $38 |
| 97 | Lg 65QNED85TU*64.5 in | $38 |
| 96 | Lg OLED55B5***54.6 in | $38 |
Source
ES_1023593_QN55S95FAF_02052025043413_1115461View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and QN55S95FAF 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.