Most energy-efficient clothes washers
1,279 residential clothes washers are on file. Ranked by filed IMEF inside each product class, the highest front-loading, standard size IMEF is 3.2, shared by 4 models. 18 models named in a CPSC recall are left out.
Scope Residential washers ranked by filed IMEF inside each DOE product class; models at the federal minimum are counted, not ordered.
Front-loading, standard size
323 models above the federal minimum, highest IMEF first; 37 more file exactly the minimum and are not ordered among themselves.
- Tied at rank 1: Electrolux ELFW7738 IMEF 3.2
- Tied at rank 1: LG Signature WM9901H…A IMEF 3.2
- Tied at rank 1: LG Signature WM9998H…A IMEF 3.2
- Tied at rank 1: LG WC6907H…A IMEF 3.2
- Tied at rank 5: LG WM3420C IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: LG WM4500H…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: LG WM5800H…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: LG WM6700H…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: LG WM8900H…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF45A64…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF45B63…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF46BB67…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF46BG65…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF50A86…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF50A88…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF50BG83…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF51CG80…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF53BB87…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF53BB89…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF56H91…A IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF90F53…D IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WF90F53xDx IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WH46DBH1…E IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WH46DBH1…G IMEF 3.1
- Tied at rank 5: Samsung WH46DBH5…G IMEF 3.1
Top 25 of 323 shown.
DOE CCD (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25Top-loading, standard size
202 models above the federal minimum, highest IMEF first; 650 more file exactly the minimum and are not ordered among themselves.
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT1701C…+ IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT5270C IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT5480C…+ IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT7300C IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT7400C IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT7700H…A IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT7800C IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT7900H…A IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 1: LG WT8600C IMEF 2.76
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT1301C IMEF 2.38
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT1501C IMEF 2.38
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT1801H…A+ IMEF 2.38
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT5680H…A IMEF 2.38
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT7200C IMEF 2.38
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT7500C IMEF 2.38
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT7600H…A IMEF 2.38
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT7800H…A IMEF 2.38
- Tied at rank 10: LG WT7850H…A IMEF 2.38
Show the other 7 models
- Tied at rank 19: Samsung WA53CG7155A IMEF 2.3
- Tied at rank 19: Samsung WA54CG7105A IMEF 2.3
- Tied at rank 19: Samsung WA54CG715…A IMEF 2.3
- Tied at rank 19: Samsung WA54CG755…A IMEF 2.3
- Tied at rank 19: Samsung WA55CG71…A IMEF 2.3
- Tied at rank 19: Samsung WA55CG75…A IMEF 2.3
- Tied at rank 25: Midea MAL54C-F2816MPS/01FM-US IMEF 2.26
Top 25 of 202 shown.
DOE CCD · 2026-10-25Top-loading, compact
36 models above the federal minimum, highest IMEF first; 12 more file exactly the minimum and are not ordered among themselves.
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11187US-GR IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11187US-WH IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11212US-GR IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11212US-WH IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11213US-GR IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11213US-WH IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11214US-GR IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11214US-WH IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11215US-GR IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11215US-WH IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11216US-GR IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11216US-WH IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11217US-GR IMEF 1.49
- Tied at rank 1: Costway FP11217US-WH IMEF 1.49
Show the other 11 models
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11188US-GR IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11188US-WH IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11218US-GR IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11219US-GR IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11219US-WH IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11220US-GR IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11220US-WH IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11221US-GR IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11221US-WH IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11222US-GR IMEF 1.25
- Tied at rank 15: Costway FP11222US-WH IMEF 1.25
Top 25 of 36 shown.
DOE CCD · 2026-10-25Not ranked
Front-loading, compact (1 above the minimum, 0 at it): fewer than eight models above the federal minimum, too few to rank.
How this list is ranked
One filed figure decides the order — IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included — inside one DOE product class at a time. Yearly kWh is not used to rank: DOE counts the same 295 cycles for every drum, so a bigger washer always shows more. Models that file the same IMEF share a rank, shown as =N. Models at the federal minimum are counted, not ordered; a class is ranked only when at least eight models sit above it and their IMEFs spread by at least 8%. Models named in a CPSC recall are left out.
Related pages
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Every clothes washer on file
All four product classes, from the DOE registry.
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Top load vs front load washing machine
The two standard-size classes, side by side.
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How much water and electricity does a washing machine use?
Yearly gallons and kWh by class, from the registries.
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How a clothes washer is figured
IMEF, yearly energy and water, class minimums.