Conventionally, a year ago, mining became again popular and profitable, people again started talking about the cryptocurrencies Ethereum and Bitcoin, everyone rushed to buy video cards and ASICs. If with ASICs everything is clear and stable on the market, then various questions may arise in relation to video cards, for example, what hashrate does it produce using a particular algorithm, and what is the profit from this. This article will present a table with the hashrate indicators of different video cards using popular (profitable) algorithms for 2022 (and of course for the next 2022, until new GPUs are released).
Over the past few years, many new video card models have been released, and with each subsequent generation, their graphics cores become more and more energy efficient. Miners, in turn, are divided into two groups: those who can mine Ether on their equipment, and those who cannot. The latter have to look for a profitable algorithm and cryptocurrency so that video cards continue to earn money. Let me remind you that to mine ETH you need to have video cards with a RAM capacity of at least 6 GB, since the size of the Dag file has already exceeded 4.5 GB. Therefore, many old video cards “fell off” from Ethereum mining, but not all new ones are suitable for this business.
How to mine Ethereum (ETH) correctly, read the most detailed guide throughout the Russian-language Internet.
Read how to assemble a mining rig here.
Read how to determine the LHR mining limiter here.
The most interesting thing is that under this limitation of capabilities, new cryptocurrency projects are appearing, the mining of which is focused on video cards with a large amount of video memory (8Gb or more), for example, Octopus, GRIN, Cortex. But there are projects that are ready to fight for a niche, attracting the attention of miners with video cards of 4 GB of video memory or less. The most striking example is the transition of Ethereum Classic from the Ethash mining algorithm to ETCHash, so that mining of this cryptocurrency would again become available on video cards with 3 GB and 4 GB of video memory. This also includes the recent hard fork of the old VertCoin cryptocurrency, with the new Verthash mining algorithm.
- How to mine ETC - detailed instructions.
- How to mine Raven coin – also detailed instructions.
In addition to the sharp exclusion of video cards that did not have suitable characteristics from Ethereum mining, another disaster occurred at the end of 2022: a gradual decrease in the hashrate of the Nvidia Geforce GTX 1000 series using the Ethash (Dagger-Hashimoto) algorithm. If at the beginning of the year the flagship GTX 1080Ti video card produced 55 MH/s, now it produces 50 MH/s, and it is also necessary to raise the core and memory frequencies to maximum values, which will not have a very good effect on the crystal and batteries of the device. The decline in computing power in mining (hashrate) continues in 2022 with the transition to new Epochs (increasing the DAG file) of the Ethereum cryptocurrency. A similar situation occurs with video cards GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060.
The latest current generations of Nvidia RTX 2000 and 3000, as well as AMD Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 have so far proven themselves to be profitable in mining on Ethereum. Only sometimes certain GPU models can be more profitable on other algorithms; this is due to both the architecture of the chips and fluctuations in the exchange rate of coins.
To monitor the cryptocurrency exchange rate, I recommend using the Binance exchange, and the profit of video cards can be checked on the Whattomine.com mining calculator.
And for those who are afraid of the transition of Ethereum to PoS, there is this article.
Current information on cryptocurrency mining
Nvidia video cards today are not in great demand among miners, since compared to AMD GPUs they are much less powerful.
Accordingly, mining on these video adapters is much more expensive. For example, the most powerful chipsets from Nvidia produce approximately 150 KHash/sec, while AMD boasts an output of 1500 KHash/sec. True, Nvidia has a top model Tesla S2070, which gives 700 hash, but its cost makes many miners abandon the idea of mining on it. Since Nvidia cards are not particularly profitable, the only way to mine a decent amount of crypto coins with them is to organize a mining farm of inexpensive but relatively effective models.
What does a mining rig consist of?
Essentially, the farm consists of the same components as a classic PC, but has some differences:
- The motherboard must be one of the top ones, and have at least 4 PCI slots for video adapters.
- When mining crypto on a video card, a processor is not really needed, so they usually choose the cheapest one of all those compatible with the selected video cards.
- There is essentially only one requirement for DDR RAM: a volume of at least 4 Gigabytes. As for the rest, RAM can be the cheapest and simplest, since it is not involved in the mining process in any way.
- The hard drive doesn't matter either. In fact, it is only needed for storing wallets and installing the operating system, so instead of a hard drive, even a flash drive will be enough.
- The power supply is one of the most important elements of the system; you need to choose it carefully and carefully. The main characteristic of a power supply is power, and it must be selected with a gap of 150-200 W, not forgetting that power is consumed not only by the video card, but also by other elements of the system.
- The video card directly calculates the hash functions of cryptocurrency blocks. This is the most expensive and main component of the farm, so you will have to choose it with the utmost care.
- The cooling system is required to remove heated air from the video adapters. In this case, the distance between graphics adapters must be at least 8 centimeters. In addition to conventional cooling using fans, it is possible to organize water CO; it is more efficient, but technically more difficult to implement. Among the unusual systems for reducing the heating level, we can highlight the oil one, when all the equipment is in a tank with technical oil, and some manage to use vegetable oil for these purposes.
Overclocking the video adapter
As mentioned above, Nvidia video cards are characterized by low power and a fairly high cost. Therefore, the only way to squeeze decent performance out of these chips is overclocking. At the same time, the most suitable parameters for the frequency and graphics core and memory are individually selected for each card. These characteristics will affect both mining efficiency and the stability of the entire system. You also need to remember that overclocking leads to an increase in equipment temperature and increases power consumption. The more you overclock the video card, the more powerful the CO will be required.
Compatibility
If the farm consists of several video cards of different models, then conflicts may arise during setup and overclocking, which will lead to a drop in mining speed and the performance of the entire system. Additionally, the combination of hardware chosen affects the hashrate. If you choose the right components (motherboard and RAM), you can increase the production speed. Since there are essentially no standardized solutions in mining, the same values for video cards often become ineffective when installed in a different configuration.
Features of organizing a mining farm
When creating a farm, you need to do some serious calculations to choose the most profitable option. It is necessary to calculate how much all the components will cost, and to select them in the ideal ratio of profitability to energy consumption. You will also have to calculate the electrical power consumed by the entire farm, and calculate what the cost of electricity will be per day. After all the calculations, a conclusion should be drawn about the payback and timing.
This all looks quite complicated, but there is good news: there are a huge number of online calculators on the Internet that allow you to calculate the profitability of a mining farm and other characteristics based on given data. The most advanced calculators take into account changes in the exchange rate of the mined cryptocurrency in real time and constantly make appropriate adjustments to their forecast.
What are the alternatives?
If you want to start mining cryptocurrency steadily and without unnecessary stress, then perhaps you should use the services of cloud services? They work in a similar way to cloud hosting or file storage: you simply rent a remote service, use the capacity and make your profit. In addition, you get the opportunity to earn currency that is simply impossible to mine at home:
How to Increase 3090 Card Hashrate: GPU Overclocking for More Efficient Mining
Nvidia 3090 hashrate can be much higher than stated. It is better to overclock the GPU for mining using MSI Afterburner. The utility interface is very simple. To overclock a video card, you will need two sliders:
- Core Clock – core overclocking, increases the core frequency;
- Memory Clock – memory overclocking, increases the memory frequency.
You need to change the frequency values little by little. Then test stability. If all is well, then you can increase the frequency further. If the video card starts to fail or the drivers crash, then simply reduce the frequency. There will be no harm.
Optimized Nvidia RTX 3090 mining settings:
- TDP: 73%/300W;
- GPU: 400 MHz;
- VRAM: +1000 MHz;
- Cooler: 100%;
- ETH hashrate: 120 MH/s.
To overclock the NVIDIA RTX 3090 for mining ether or other coins using the DaggerHashimoto algorithm, you need to increase the memory frequency, and, on the contrary, lower the core to save energy, because it does not affect production speed.
Overclocking parameters for cards from different manufacturers based on miners' experience:
| Details | Hashrate | Program | Core Memory Power |
| Palit GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming Pro | 107.0 MH/s – 125.7 MH/s(+18.7) DaggerHashimoto ETH | MSI Afterburner | -200 1500 95% |
| EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra | 107.0 MH/s – 120.9 MH/s(+13.9) DaggerHashimoto ETH | EVGA Precision X1 | 0 1085 80% |
Why does the hashrate drop on the RTX 3090?
Many miners are faced with the problem of reduced GPU performance. They don’t understand why the hashrate on the 3090 card is dropping. An important tip for setting up the RTX 3090 card is that when mining Ethereum, you should always turn on the cooler at 100%, even if the temperature of the video cards is low. It is necessary to keep the memory chips cool because the GDDR6X memory these GPUs use gets very hot when mining Ethereum and you need to keep it as cool as possible.
If the graphics card gets too hot, you may experience a drop in mining performance, resulting in a drop in hashrate, so make sure you monitor the operating temperatures of your GDDR6X memory. This can be done using the useful free tool HWiNFO. It allows you to monitor HotSpot GPU temperatures for Nvidia chips.
Overclocking video cards to increase hashrate during mining
Increasing the performance of GPU cards for mining is an integral part of setting up a farm. Overclocking can be done using special programs running from the operating system; for this we recommend MSI Afterburner. Also, overclocking a video card can be achieved by flashing the BIOS.
We talk in detail about all overclocking options here; there are also video instructions for AMD and Nvidia cards (their overclocking principles are slightly different).
Our website also provides detailed reviews of the most popular GPUs for cryptocurrency mining in 2022:
Mining on Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090: how many hashes does the card produce using other algorithms
With such powerful GPUs you can mine not only Ether. Let's see how many hashes 3090 produces for other cryptocurrencies. We have compiled a table of NVIDIA RTX 3090 hashrate (hashrate) for popular algorithms based on data from whattomine.com. The numbers may be lower than those stated in the reviews, since GPU performance directly depends on the manufacturer and the mining card settings.
| Ethash | 114.0 Mh/s | MTP | 6.4 Mh/s |
| KawPow | 46.5 Mh/s | Zhash | 155 h/s |
| CryptoNightGPU | 4600 h/s | ProgPowZ | 46 Mh/s |
| Octopus | 94 Mh/s | EquihashZero | 93 h/s |
| Etchash | 114 Mh/s | CuckooCycle | 13.9 h/s |
| Autolykos | 238 Mh/s | Cuckaroo29s | 13.9 h/s |
Special video cards for mining from Nvidia
Nvidia has prepared 2 graphics adapters that were specifically designed for cryptocurrency mining. Both cards are based on existing Pascal architecture chips, but have been modified for more efficient and productive mining on Nvidia GTX chips. These GP104-100 and GP106-100 graphics cards are provided by Nvidia authorized partners.
It is worth noting that the warranty for these video cards is only 3 months . The launch of video cards for mining on Nvidia GTX is expected in mid-June, but the timing may vary among different suppliers. The P104-100 graphics chip is claimed to have increased performance/watt by 30% compared to the GTX 1060 3GB. And the P106-100 chip gives a 10% increase in comparison with the same video card. Both video cards are released without video interfaces.
The Nvidia P104-100 graphics card uses the same design as the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. But it provides much more performance per watt of power consumption, since the adapter is specially modified for mining on Nvidia GTX. Cards from different manufacturers come with different chip frequencies, while this base model runs at a base frequency of 1607 MHz. The boost frequency is 1733 MHz with 10 GB/s GDDR5X memory bandwidth and a 256-bit bus width.
Power is supplied via a single 8-pin connector and power consumption is approximately 180 W. The basic model of the graphics adapter is planned to be shipped at a price of $350, but a model from the manufacturer Inno3D is announced at a price of $370 - Inno3D P6D-N104-1SDN P104-100 Twin X2 8GB GDDR5X. These prices are significantly less than their gaming counterparts ($499).
The stated mining performance on the Nvidia GTX P104-100 will be approximately 60 MH/s, but this performance will only be achieved after updating the adapter BIOS to the new firmware.
The Nvidia P106-100 model uses the same design as the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060. This made it possible to configure the graphics adapter for mining on Nvidia GTX much more efficiently. The adapter operates at a base frequency of 1506 MHz, the turbo frequency is 1708 MHz, and the memory bandwidth is 8 GB/s GDDR5 with a 192-bit bus. Power will be transmitted through a 6-pin connector, and power consumption will be 120 W.
The price of the base model in the US market will be $200, which is $49 cheaper than the gaming analogue GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB. Here is the price of a specific Inno3D adapter (N5G-N106-4SDN P106-100 Twin X2 6GB GDDR5) – $235.
The Quadro GP100 16 Gb video card, released in October 2016, continued the Quadro Nvidia family line, becoming the first model in which the manufacturer combined the GP100 chip with HBM2 memory. And if the first GP100 GPUs, built on the Pascal architecture in combination with high-speed second-generation HBM memory, were aimed at the server segment, the company introduced a new product containing 16 GB of memory and a PCI-Express interface in the consumer category in March 2022.
Profitability of A5000 in mining various coins
- ETH 108Mh - core indicator 1320, memory 3500 Mhz. Consumption 230W.
- Autolykos 260Mh - 1840 core, 3500Mhz memory. Consumption 230W.
- Octopus 89Mh - 1400 core, 1500Mhz memory. Consumption 230W.
- CuckooCycle 5.00h/s - 1570 core and 1600 memory. Consumption 230W.
- KawPow 45.44Mh - 1570 core and 3300 memory. Consumption 230W.
- MTP - 5.20Mh - 1750 core and -1600 memory. Consumption 230W.
The card's performance in all coins is limited to the Power Limit 230W from the manufacturer. If it weren't for this limitation, the RTX A5000 would have produced much better performance. The mining option on the RTX 3080 or RTX 3080 TI looks more interesting if the price is similar. Due to the fact that the RTX 3080 has no power limitation.
At the current Ethereum rate, the profitability of the RTX A5000 video card is approximately $6 per day, including the outlet. The card can bring in income of $178 per month.
Technical characteristics of PNY Quadro GP100 16 Gb
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The video card is based on the GP100 core containing 3580 FP32/1792 FP64 CUDA microprocessors. A distinctive feature of the Pny Quadro Gp100 16 Gb is the combination of a high-speed Nv interface >
Standardized in 2016 as JESD235a, the second generation of memory with high bandwidth HBM2 (High Bandw> allowing 2 times the standard 16 MB memory capacity.
Experienced miners note a decrease in HBM2 memory performance in crypto mining when the temperature increases above 65 degrees. This is due to the setting of the thermal protection algorithm of the microcircuits to increase delays with increasing memory temperature, which reduces the operating speed even while maintaining the same frequency.
The dual-slot card reaches 267 mm in length and is connected via the PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface via one 6-pin and one 8-pin cable, providing a power of 235 W. The cooling system is represented by one centrifugal turbofan.
The main set of characteristics includes:
- architecture - Pascal;
- core – GP100;
- technological process – 16 nm TSMC;
- core area – 610 mm;
- number of shader processors – 3584;
- number of transistors – 15.3 million;
- base core frequency – 1380 MHz;
- core frequency in Boost mode – 1441 MHz;
- texturing speed – 322.8;
- number of texture blocks – 298;
- raster operations pipelines (ROP) – 128;
- floating point performance – 10.329 Gflops;
- memory type – HBM2;
- memory capacity – 16 Gb;
- memory frequency – 1800 MHz;
- memory bus width – 4096 bit;
- memory bandwidth – 921.6 Gb;
- video connectors – 1 x DVI, 4 x DisplayPort;
- interface - PCI-Express 3.0 x16;
- Dimensions – 267 mm x 2 slots;
- additional power connectors – 1 x 6 pin, 1 x 8 pin;
- API support – OpenGL 4.5, Open CL, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.0, DirectCompute;
- TDP – 235 W;
- Recommended power supply is 600 W.
In Quadro Gp100 16 Gb, developers have combined the capabilities of modeling, high-performance computing, rendering and design. For professional designers and engineers, the map allows them to create realistic visualizations during the design process, incorporating virtual reality into their workflows. The GPU delivers over 20 teraflops of 16-bit floating point computing. FP32 single precision performance is 10 teraflops. The graphics accelerator supports technologies: Nvidia SLI, Quadro Sync, Quadro Mosaic, Quadro Digital Video Pipeline, DirectCompute, OpenCL, Nvidia GPUDirect.
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The introduction of Pascal architecture into graphics accelerators was a breakthrough for all classes of products. Due to the transition to the 16 nm process, there was an increase in computing power through the addition of additional CUDA cores, and clock frequencies increased significantly. The use of GDDR5 with 16n prefetch allowed for increased memory bandwidth. The result of these innovations is performance that is significantly superior to previous models.
The Pny Quadro Gp100 16 Gb model is aimed at meeting the needs of designers, rendering, multimedia processing and scientific computing in the workstation segment. The card is equipped with four DisplayPort outputs and allows you to connect up to 4 5K displays with a resolution of 5,120 x 2,880 pixels at 60 Hz or 4 4K displays with a refresh rate of 120 Hz. The accelerator also supports 10-bit color output.
The video card comes complete with accompanying documentation, DVI-D-SUB adapters, 8 pin to 2 x 6 pin, DisplayPort-DVI, 1 x Stereo Connector Bracket.
Characteristics of RTX A5000
| GPU Specifications | NVIDIA RTX A5000 |
| Video memory capacity | 24GB GDDR6 with Error Correction Code (ECC) |
| Display connectors | 4 DisplayPort 1.4* |
| Maximum power consumption | 230 W |
| Data bus | PCI Express Gen 4 x16 |
| Form factor | Height 11.2 cm (4.4 inches), length 26.7 cm (10.5 inches), double slot |
| Cooling | Active |
| NVLink | Dual-board low-profile configuration (2- and 3-slot bridges) |
| Virtual GPU (vGPU) software support | NVIDIA Virtual PC (vPC) and Virtual Applications (vApps), NVIDIA RTX vWS, NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server |
| VR support | Yes |
RTX A5000 Specifications
Video card PNY Quadro GP100 16 Gb in mining
The cost of the Pny Quadro Gp100 16 Gb accelerator in 2022 is about 550 thousand rubles, which makes the card unprofitable for crypto mining. Meanwhile, stock mining hashrates show 42.6 MH/s for Ethereum, 1.58 GH/s for Siacoin, 670 H/s for Monero, 409 Sol/s for Zcash. In Boost mode the card produces +100/+130 Mh/s.
It is obvious that the professional accelerator is focused on industrial applications, use in scientific and commercial developments. Mining using Pny Quadro Gp100 16 Gb is interesting, rather, from an experimental point of view. Building mining farms based on the card is also extremely ineffective, primarily due to the high price. In this regard, buying a GTX 1080ti would be more justified.
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| Genesis-Mining | You save 3%. Code: 7VA5Uw The service has been paying since 2013! | Comparison of Nvidia graphics cardsAs we wrote below, Nvidia adapters are considered very unprofitable for mining cryptocurrencies, and AMD cards have practically driven them out of the market. Nowadays, Nvidia for mining is bought either by beginners who just want to indulge in crypto mining at low speeds, or by those who are well versed in overclocking and know how to create a mining farm from numerous video cards of different configurations. Below we provide a summary table with the characteristics of video cards from this manufacturer, sorting them by power for convenience. Notes to the table: C – video processor frequency, M-memory frequency, V-voltage, W-power consumption. Up to 100 kHash/secAs you can see, the GTX 9800 is a very weak video card in terms of mining - only 2 kHash/sec. It is impossible to even take such indicators seriously. The most powerful in this weight category are the GTX 275, 460 and 650. 100-200 kHash/secThe most profitable are the 560, 660 and 670 series. The Tesla K40c model with 188 kHash/sec and 732 MHz video processor frequency may also be of interest. 200-500 kHash/secOf this entire table, the most interesting are the various modifications of the GTX Titan and 780. The most powerful in terms of kHash is the Nvidia Quadro K6000 video card with 485 kilohash per second. If you can boast of a computer with a good video card, then you can start mining bitcoins right now. However, in order to increase profits and do this professionally, we recommend purchasing several video cards (optimally from 4 to 6) and assembling your own farm for mining cryptocurrency. By installing several video adapters, you can increase the performance level of your computer, which will count much faster because... It is video cards that provide all the computing power for mining (for most algorithms). Note that, taking into account current prices for video cards, in 2022 cloud GPU mining has become more profitable, which is more profitable than buying your own equipment, much more flexible in the amount of investment and does not require maintenance of your farms. We have made a detailed review of cloud cryptocurrency mining with a rating of the best services based on the results of the last few years. Material navigation: |
Mining profitability on Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
We figured out how many megahashes the RTX 3090 produces, now let's see how things are with profitability. In the table below you can see how much profit one card will bring per day. Data is presented as of August 2022. Current information can be calculated at whattomine.com.
| Cryptocurrency | Income in dollars per 24 hours | Cryptocurrency | Income in dollars per 24 hours |
| Ethereum(ETH) Ethash | $8.31 | Zano(ZANO) ProgPowZ | $4.78 |
| Nicehash-Ethash Ethash | $7.40 | Zclassic(ZCL) EquihashZero | $4.81 |
| Ravencoin(RVN) KawPow | $7.08 | Nicehash-Autolykos Autolykos | $4.87 |
| Ryo(RYO) CryptoNightGPU | $6.26 | Equilibria(XEQ) CryptoNightGPU | $4.79 |
| Nicehash-KawPow KawPow | $5.40 | Conceal(CCX) CryptoNightGPU | $4.57 |
| Conflux(CFX) Octopus | $5.16 | BitcoinZ(BTCZ) Zhash | $4.44 |
| EthereumClassic(ETC) Etchash | $5.09 | Tent(TENT) Zhash | $4.25 |
| Ergo(ERG) Autolykos | $5.18 | Aeternity(AE) CuckooCycle | $4.17 |
| Firo(FIRO) MTP | $4.94 | Ycash(YEC) EquihashZero | $4.15 |
| BitcoinGold(BTG) Zhash | $4.94 | BitTubeCash(TUBE) CuckooCycle | $4.15 |
| Nicehash-Octopus Octopus | $4.79 | Swap(XWP) Cuckaroo29s | $4.09 |
How much can you earn on one video card?
Having some idea of how to make money with a video card, you should know which video adapters are best suited for mining. An excellent option would be AMD Radeon series 5 and higher. Since the final amount of your earnings will depend on the performance of this device, it is recommended to acquire flagships.
There is an opinion that when using video cards manufactured by AMD, the calculation speed is slightly higher than that of analogues under the nVidia brand. But this greatly depends on the calculation algorithm on which each specific cryptocurrency is built. Accordingly, the more calculations per second, the more significant your earnings.
It is important to remember that if you decide to mine using one, even the top-end video card, its performance will not be enough. You will spend a lot of time before you get 1 BTC. For example, if the Radeon HD 7970 GPU is used, your result will be about 555 MH/s, and the daily production will be at the level of 0.0031 BTC, or 80 cents. It is worth considering that during mining, electricity consumption increases. Therefore, this method of mining cryptocurrency is considered inappropriate.
Payback of RTX A5000 in mining
Payback of RTX A5000 in Ethereum mining
The card costs approximately $3,000 at the end of December 2022. Those. The payback period for the video card is 17 months. To do this, divide 3000 by 178.
You can view this using the Wattumine calculator.
The card is frankly expensive, and given the fact that Ethereum will very soon go to POS, the payback may double or triple.
But if you are considering a card solely for mining, you can take it without any problems. The card has very good energy efficiency.
