Model
Samsung QN65S85HAE
Rank #102 means 101 of the 172 television models we track cost less to run each year; the 50th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 50% of those models.
What does the Samsung QN65S85HAE cost to run per year?
The Samsung QN65S85HAE costs about $40 a year to run, a fairly typical figure for the class; it ranks #102 of 172. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it sits right around the class median, ahead of 50% of the models we track. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 64.5 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 Samsung QN55S95FAF at $39/yr runs a little cheaper and the Samsung QN65S85FAF 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 QN65S85HAE's $40/yr adds up to roughly $280 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
By the numbers
The Samsung QN65S85HAE 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 $40/yr, here is what the Samsung QN65S85HAE 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 QN65S85HAE costs about $400. That is roughly $50 more than the class median, which would run closer to $350 over the same ten years.
How the Samsung QN65S85HAE compares
The television class we track runs from $3 to $117 a year. At $40/yr, it runs about $5 a year above the class median of $35, and it is about $37 a year more than the cheapest television to run at $3.
What drives its running cost
At 64.5 in, the Samsung QN65S85HAE is a mid-size television for its class, which spans 13.23 to 114.4 in with a median of 55 in, putting it squarely in the middle of the class on the size lever that drives most of the cost.
- 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 Samsung QN65S85HAE cheap to run?
Roughly, yes. Its $40/yr figure is close to the class median, ranking #102 of 172, neither a bargain nor a splurge on running cost.
How much does the Samsung QN65S85HAE cost per month?
About $3.29 a month, which is the $40 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: 213 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $40 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Samsung QN65S85HAE for its size?
50th percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 101 | Samsung QN55S95FAF54.6 in | $39 |
| 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 |
Source
ES_1023593_QN65S85HAE_020320261239922_8366128View certified television listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Samsung and QN65S85HAE 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.