Bitcoin Mining with GPU – Top Choices for 2022
This website’s primary focus is all about GPU and CPU mining.
In this article, my aim is to provide you with the best graphics cards for mining in 2022.
How to pick the best GPU for Bitcoin mining
As with any other method, Bitcoin mining with GPU is all about profitability.
And to pick the most profitable GPU for mining, you need to pay attention to three things:
- GPU mining hash rate(mining speed)
- power consumption(how much electricity it spends), and
- GPU price(this one should be self-explanatory)
GPU mining performance is usually measured in hashes per second(H/s) or Soles per second(Sol/s).
However, telling you that an Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB has a hash rate of 24 MHash/s won’t make much sense to you, especially if you’re a beginner.
Furthermore, different coins have different mining difficulties, so mining with the same GPU will yield different amounts of different coins over the same time.
Like that’s not complicated enough, mining the same amount of Bitcoin will give you different profits, depending on how much your GPU is spending power, as well as how much you pay for that power.
And as you already learned- the GPU price must be added to the equation as well.
Graphics cards are usually the most expensive part of the mining rig(or PC), and after all, they are the ones that perform mining.
That’s why picking the right GPUs for your mining operation is essential.
Luckily for you, picking the right GPU for mining in 2022 isn’t as nearly complicated as you may think now.
Gathering the data and showing it in a table can make all the difference:
Newest Update on GPU mining performance(01/04/2022)
Let’s take a look at ROI(return on investment), so we can pick the best GPUs for mining in 2022.
We will calculate ROI as price/earnings so we can see how many days it takes to pay off the GPU before you can start yielding the profit:
| GPU | GPU Earnings/day(zero electricity cost) | GPU Earnings/day($0.05/kWh electricity cost) | GPU Earnings/day($0.10/kWh electricity cost) | GPU Price(cheapest I found for used or new for newest models) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 3090 | $5.08 | $4.70 | $4.31 | $2200 |
| RTX A5000 | $4.42 | $4.14 | $3.87 | $2760 |
| Radeon VII | $4.16 | $3.92 | $3.68 | $1540 |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | $4.08 | $3.80 | $3.53 | $1170 |
| RTX A4500 | $3.88 | $3.68 | $3.46 | $3100 |
| GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | $3.79 | $3.45 | $3.12 | $1490 |
| GeForce RTX 3080 LHR | $3.52 | $3.22 | $2.92 | $1200 |
| GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | $3.12 | $2.87 | $2.62 | $930 |
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | $2.87 | $2.60 | $2.33 | $1050 |
| Radeon RX 6800 | $2.86 | $2.68 | $2.50 | $1060 |
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | $2.86 | $2.67 | $2.49 | $1900 |
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | $2.85 | $2.68 | $2.50 | $1350 |
| RTX A4000 | $2.65 | $2.49 | $2.32 | $1280 |
| GeForce RTX 3070 | $2.59 | $2.43 | $2.27 | $820 |
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | $2.58 | $2.43 | $2.27 | $680 |
| GeForce RTX 3070 LHR | $2.48 | $2.27 | $2.05 | $900 |
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | $2.46 | $2.31 | $2.15 | $700 |
| Radeon RX 5700 | $2.46 | $2.31 | $2.15 | $700 |
| GeForce RTX 2080 | $2.41 | $2.18 | $1.95 | $800 |
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR | $2.41 | $2.19 | $1.96 | $680 |
| Radeon RX Vega 64 | $2.23 | $2.00 | $1.77 | $570 |
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | $2.19 | $1.98 | $1.78 | $550 |
| Radeon RX 6700 XT | $2.15 | $1.98 | $1.81 | $830 |
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | $2.00 | $1.76 | $1.52 | $550 |
| GeForce RTX 3060 LHR | $1.95 | $1.78 | $1.61 | $620 |
| GeForce RTX 3060 | $1.95 | $1.78 | $1.61 | $560 |
| GeForce RTX 2070 | $1.89 | $1.71 | $1.53 | $650 |
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | $1.81 | $1.68 | $1.55 | $590 |
| RTX A2000 6GB | $1.75 | $1.66 | $1.56 | $780 |
| GeForce RTX 2060 | $1.62 | $1.46 | $1.31 | $440 |
| GeForce GTX 1080 | $1.54 | $1.34 | $1.15 | $450 |
| Radeon RX 6600 XT | $1.46 | $1.36 | $1.26 | $490 |
| Radeon RX 580 8GB | $1.36 | $1.20 | $1.05 | $330 |
| GeForce GTX 1070 Ti | $1.35 | $1.19 | $1.03 | $245 |
| Radeon RX 480 8GB | $1.34 | $1.17 | $1.00 | $320 |
| GeForce GTX 1660 Super | $1.32 | $1.21 | $1.10 | $400 |
| GeForce GTX 1070 | $1.30 | $1.15 | $0.99 | $280 |
| Radeon RX 6600 | $1.27 | $1.18 | $1.10 | $500 |
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | $1.27 | $1.18 | $1.08 | $410 |
| Radeon R9 Fury | $1.23 | $0.96 | $0.70 | $650 |
| Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB | $1.16 | $1.05 | $0.94 | $830 |
| GeForce GTX 1660 | $1.07 | $0.96 | $0.85 | $400 |
| Radeon RX 570 4GB | $0.93 | $0.74 | $0.55 | $175 |
| GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | $0.93 | $0.82 | $0.72 | $260 |
| Radeon RX 470 4GB | $0.89 | $0.71 | $0.53 | $170 |
| Radeon R9 380 4GB | $0.64 | $0.46 | $0.28 | $140 |
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | $0.57 | $0.48 | $0.38 | $175 |
| GPU | GPU ROI(ZERO ELECTRICITY COST) | GPU ROI($0.05/KWH ELECTRICITY COST) | GPU ROI($0.10/KWH ELECTRICITY COST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce GTX 1070 Ti | 181 days | 206 days | 238 days |
| GeForce GTX 1070 | 215 days | 243 days | 283 days |
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR | 264 days | 280 days | 300 days |
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | 264 days | 280 days | 300 days |
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | 251 days | 278 days | 309 days |
| Radeon RX 580 8GB | 243 days | 275 days | 314 days |
| Radeon RX 570 4GB | 188 days | 236 days | 318 days |
| Radeon RX 480 8GB | 239 days | 274 days | 320 days |
| Radeon RX 470 4GB | 191 days | 239 days | 321 days |
| Radeon RX Vega 64 | 256 days | 285 days | 322 days |
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | 285 days | 303 days | 326 days |
| Radeon RX 5700 | 285 days | 303 days | 326 days |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | 287 days | 308 days | 331 days |
| GeForce RTX 2060 | 272 days | 301 days | 336 days |
| GeForce RTX 3060 | 287 days | 315 days | 348 days |
| GeForce RTX 3060 LHR | 287 days | 315 days | 348 days |
| GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | 298 days | 324 days | 355 days |
| GeForce RTX 3070 | 317 days | 337 days | 361 days |
| GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | 280 days | 317 days | 361 days |
| GeForce GTX 1080 Ti | 275 days | 313 days | 362 days |
| GeForce GTX 1660 Super | 303 days | 331 days | 364 days |
| GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | 323 days | 347 days | 380 days |
| Radeon RX 5600 XT | 326 days | 351 days | 381 days |
| Radeon RX 6600 XT | 336 days | 360 days | 389 days |
| GeForce GTX 1080 | 292 days | 336 days | 391 days |
| GeForce RTX 2080 | 332 days | 367 days | 410 days |
| GeForce RTX 3080 LHR | 341 days | 373 days | 411 days |
| Radeon VII | 370 days | 393 days | 418 days |
| Radeon RX 6800 | 371 days | 396 days | 424 days |
| GeForce RTX 2070 | 344 days | 380 days | 425 days |
| GeForce RTX 3070 LHR | 363 days | 396 days | 439 days |
| GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | 366 days | 404 days | 451 days |
| Radeon RX 6600 | 394 days | 424 days | 455 days |
| Radeon RX 6700 XT | 386 days | 419 days | 459 days |
| GeForce GTX 1660 | 374 days | 417 days | 471 days |
| GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | 393 days | 432 days | 478 days |
| Radeon R9 380 4GB | 219 days | 304 days | 500 days |
| RTX A2000 6GB | 446 days | 470 days | 500 days |
| GeForce RTX 3090 | 433 days | 468 days | 510 days |
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | 474 days | 504 days | 540 days |
| RTX A4000 | 483 days | 514 days | 552 days |
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | 175 days | 542 days | 684 days |
| RTX A5000 | 624 days | 667 days | 713 days |
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | 665 days | 712 days | 763 days |
| Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB | 716 days | 790 days | 883 days |
| RTX A4500 | 799 days | 842 days | 896 days |
| Radeon R9 Fury | 528 days | 677 days | 929 days |
Before proceeding with top choices for 2022, I just want to remind you of something.
The ROI is important only if you are looking to buy the best GPUs for your mining operation.
If you already have them, the best thing you can do is just connect them, get the mining software and start mining.
Since all GPUs are profitable at the moment, putting them into use really makes sense.
But if you are looking at buying some additional GPUs for mining, here are my picks:
Top GPU choices for mining in 2022
The ROI data is implacable.
The earnings winner is definitely GeForce RTX 3090, however, it’s very expensive and thus has an ROI of 433-510 days.
Since the ROI is what defines our profitability, cards with the best ROI will be my top choices.
#1 – GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (ROI: 181 – 238 days)
#2 – GeForce GTX 1070 (ROI: 215- 283 days)
#3 – GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR (ROI: 264 – 300 days)
#4 – GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (ROI: 264 – 300 days)
#5 – Radeon RX Vega 56 (ROI: 251 – 309 days)
#6 – Radeon RX 580 8GB (ROI: 243 – 314 days)
#7 – Radeon RX 570 4GB (ROI: 188 – 318 days)
It’s interesting to see that the four most profitable graphics cards are coming from nVidia.
On #5, we have Radeon RX Vega 56, which is coming from AMD and is pretty power intensive. But for the same reason, its price is lower, so it makes it in the top 5 most profitable GPUs for mining in 2022.
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