NVIDIA Ampere triple as fast for Ethereum mining?

Posted on Thursday, September 10 2020 @ 13:41 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Word is going around that NVIDIA's new Ampere-based video cards offer quite a performance boost for cryptocurrency mining. TweakTown picked up whispers that the GeForce RTX 3080 may offer a performance level of 115MH/s for Ethereum mining. That makes the card three times faster than a RTX 2080 for this specific job. If this is true, the Ampere GPUs may become quite popular in places with cheap electricity costs.

Just how fast is the RTX 3080 at Ethereum mining? Well, we're looking at a rumored 115MH/s from the GeForce RTX 3080, which is 3-4x faster than the 30-40MH/s or so that the Turing-based GeForce RTX 2080 is capable of.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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