Carrier heat pumps: how do their ratings compare?

A typical Carrier heat pump beats 47% of similar heat pumps (same size and type), which is about average. Carrier has 701 heat pump models in this list, also sold as Airquest, Arcoaire, Bryant, Bryant Heating and Cooling Systems, Comfortmaker and 14 more names.

Covers older R-410A heat pumps, no longer installed new. See models sold today · Updated Oct 11, 2026

Overall score

47%

of similar heat pumps beaten by its typical model

About average

Ranked 23 among brands with a QMID on file. Based on 619 models with every rating.

Carrier, rating by ratingStrongest on hot-day cooling efficiency (beats 59%), weakest on heating power kept at 5°f (beats 32%).

Efficiency on a 5°F dayCOP at 5°FBeats 58%
Heating power kept at 5°FCapacity at 5°F vs 47°FBeats 32%
Winter-long heating efficiencyHSPF2Beats 38%
Summer-long cooling efficiencySEER2Beats 45%
Hot-day cooling efficiencyEER2Beats 59%

Average (50%)

Each bar: the share of similar heat pumps a typical model beats on that rating.

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Rebate standards

Share of this brand’s models that meet the efficiency levels rebate programs use. Programs can have other rules too.

29%
meet CEE 2025 Tier 1, the level many utility rebates use.
200 models. All brands: 48%.
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17%
meet Xcel Energy Colorado’s cold-climate rebate levels.
120 models. All brands: 38%.
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2%
reach the cold-climate tier: full heating output and a COP of 2.1 or more at 5°F.
14 models. All brands: 1%.
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Top Carrier cold-climate picks, by size

Only units that keep at least 70% of their heat at 5°F, ranked on heat kept, efficiency at 5°F and seasonal efficiency (HSPF2), against units their size.

Showing Ducted, 2.5–3 tons (27,000–38,999 Btu/h cooling). What size is my system?

43 of Carrier’s 197 models of this size and type qualify.

138MURAQ36AB3*with indoor coil H,PG48936 and furnace 927TA60080V21Carrier (sold as Bryant Heating and Cooling Systems)3 tons · 38,500 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 115% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, CEE Advanced, Xcel CC, DOE CCHP
Heat kept at 5°F
115% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
Top 10%
Efficiency at 5°F
2.34 (COP at 5°F)
Great
Seasonal efficiency
11.5 (HSPF2)
Top 10%
96.4score / 100
238MURAQ30AB3*with indoor coil H,PG9J936 and furnace 927TA60080V21Carrier (sold as Bryant Heating and Cooling Systems)3 tons · 33,600 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 125% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, CEE Advanced, Xcel CC, DOE CCHP
Heat kept at 5°F
125% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
Top 10%
Efficiency at 5°F
2.24 (COP at 5°F)
Great
Seasonal efficiency
10.5 (HSPF2)
Top 10%
95.1score / 100
3MCY-MAP0367HS-ULCarrier (sold as Toshiba Carrier)3 tons · 36,000 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 76% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC
Heat kept at 5°F
76% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
Good
Efficiency at 5°F
3.05 (COP at 5°F)
Top 10%
Seasonal efficiency
10.9 (HSPF2)
Top 10%
87.6score / 100
4MCY-MAP0367HS-UL*Carrier (sold as Toshiba Carrier)3 tons · 36,000 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 78% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC, ENERGY STAR CC
Heat kept at 5°F
78% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
Good
Efficiency at 5°F
2.70 (COP at 5°F)
Top 10%
Seasonal efficiency
10.9 (HSPF2)
Top 10%
86.7score / 100
5HVH837GKA2*with ducted air handler AE(D,N,U)+CM36B34+TDRCarrier (sold as HEIL)2.5 tons · 32,200 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 99% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC
Heat kept at 5°F
99% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
Top 10%
Efficiency at 5°F
2.95 (COP at 5°F)
Top 10%
Seasonal efficiency
8.5 (HSPF2)
Good
83.3score / 100

These are certified test ratings, not a recommendation for your home. The right size comes from a load calculation by a contractor.

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