In this paper, we find transfer characteristics of a Silicene nanotube field effect transistor (SiNTFET) by use of transfer matrix method. The emphasis is to study the impact of factors like channel length, chirality and diameter of a tube that influence the device current. Also, we investigate the impact of electric field on the energy gap, input and output characteristics of SiNTFET and carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET). Since the energy gap of silicon nanotube changes in the presence of an electric field, this feature causes a SiNTFET has more advantages compared to CNTFET. Our result shows that OFF current strongly depends on the characteristics of the nanotube. Hence the I on /I off is varied by changing the chirality, diameter of the nanotube, and perpendicular electric field. We are exceeding high I on /I off ratio, in the order of 10 8 , by variation of the perpendicular electric field in SiNTFET.