Front-load washers ranked by filed efficiency (IMEF)
361 front-loading 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.
Scope Front-loading 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) · 2026-10-25Not 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.