Name: Candy GWD 496B8B-80
Brand: Candy
SKU: GWD 496B8B-80

Wash cyclesper week

Electricity pricep/kWh

Water price£/m³metered water plus sewerage; £0 if you are not metered

Energy class: D; A to G scale, GB energy label
Official energy figure: 308 kWh/100 cycles; 641 kWh a year at your usage
Our estimated running cost: £230 / year; £169 electricity + £62 water · £2,302 over 10 years
Wash capacity: 9 kg; 6 kg on the wash and dry cycle

Energy (label): 308 kWh · per 100 wash and dry cycles
Washing only: 40 kWh · class A per 100 wash cycles
Water per cycle: 74 L
Programme: 8 h 40 min · wash and dry
Spin: 1330 rpm · spin-drying class B

About the same energy as the median of 20 comparable 9 kg freestanding washer dryers in our current UK dataset (307 kWh/100 cycles). It uses less than 15% of them. At your rates that is about £1 a year more than the median, £5 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 307264322

kWh/100 cycles. Bar: the middle 80% of 20 comparable 9 kg freestanding washer dryer registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every 9 kg freestanding washer dryer in our current UK dataset with a verified product information sheet, compared on the label figure (kWh/100 cycles).

Washer dryers that use less energy

Same type and size group, at least 3% lower label figure. UK products only.

Model	Volume	Class	kWh/100 cycles	Est. cost / yr	vs median
Hotpoint HPD 9693G CARE UK252 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	C	252	£186	-18%
Hotpoint HPD 1093 CARE UK252 kWh/100 cycles10 L	10 L	C	252	£186	-18%
INDESIT IDMA8564SMYTIMEUK263 kWh/100 cycles8 L	8 L	D	263	£209	-1%
Beko BMM5DFO851W263 kWh/100 cycles8 L	8 L	D	263	£209	-1%
INDESIT IDMA8564MYTIMEUK263 kWh/100 cycles8 L	8 L	D	263	£209	-1%

Label figures are per 100 cycles of the complete wash and dry programme, at full and half load. Estimated cost uses your electricity price and usage settings.

Washer dryers similar to the Candy GWD 496B8B-80

Model	Volume	Class	kWh/100 cycles	Est. cost / yr	vs median
Aeg LWR7196U4B265 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	D	265	£197	-14%
Hisense WD3S9043BW3307 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	D	307	£242	0%
Aeg LWR7195M4B265 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	D	265	£198	-14%
Hoover HBWR 496B8-80308 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	D	308	£230	+0%
Hoover HBWR 496B8G-80308 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	D	308	£230	+0%
Beko BM5D59645UA306 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	D	306	£222	0%
Beko BM5D59645UW306 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	D	306	£222	0%

Label figures are per 100 cycles of the complete wash and dry programme, at full and half load. Estimated cost uses your electricity price and usage settings.

Other Candy models of similar size

Model	Volume	Class	kWh/100 cycles	Est. cost / yr	vs median	Compare
Candy GWD 4968-80308 kWh/100 cycles9 L	9 L	D	308	£230	+0%

Label figures are per 100 cycles of the complete wash and dry programme, at full and half load. Estimated cost uses your electricity price and usage settings.

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Candy GWD 496B8B-80 specifications

Structured from the supplier’s product information sheet, the document the GB energy label is based on.

Rated capacity (wash): 9 kg
Rated capacity (wash and dry): 6 kg
Energy efficiency class (wash and dry): D
Energy efficiency class (wash): A
Energy per 100 cycles (wash and dry): 308 kWh
Energy per 100 cycles (wash): 40 kWh
Water per cycle (wash and dry): 74 L
Water per cycle (wash): 42 L
Programme duration (wash and dry): 8:40
Spin speed (rated): 1,330 rpm
Spin-drying efficiency class: B
Noise (spin): 70 dB(A), class A
Type: freestanding
Dimensions (H × W × D): 850 × 600 × 610 mm

GWD 496B8B-80 energy label and product information sheet

GB energy label for the Candy GWD 496B8B-80, class D — The supplier’s label image.

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The supplier’s declaration the label and the figures on this page come from.

Energy label and sources

Great Britain record. Northern Ireland follows the EU label; an EPREL record is shown here once linked.

Scheme: GB energy label (Energy Information Regulations)
Regulation: EU 2019/2014 as applied in Great Britain
Model identifier: GWD 496B8B-80
Supplier: Candy
Energy class: D
Label figure: 308 kWh/100 cycles
EPREL registration: 2608570
Source: eprel_registration_from_model_search (official structured record)
Retrieved: 24 September 2026

See the energy label and product information sheet above

Energy class shown: D
Seen at a UK retailer: in stock, £379 on 24 September 2026 · listing

UK figures on this page are from the supplier’s product information sheet, the document behind the GB energy label, and are not edited. Running costs, benchmarks and comparisons are our calculations. Retailer price and availability are observations on the date shown, not offers. How the UK data is gathered and calculated.