AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Can’t Mine Ether as Well as Radeon RX 5700 XT

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AMD’s latest RDNA 2 graphics card is a worse pick than its predecessor when it comes to mining the Ethereum network’s native cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH). This is according to new tests published by the Crypto Mining Blog, which revealed that the Radeon RX 6700 XT’s ETH hash rate is around 43.5 MH/s. The Navi 10-based Radeon RX 5700 XT, on the other hand, features an ETH hash rate of around 54.28 MH/s.



“No surprises here and pretty much on par with what we have assumed the RX 6700 XT would be capable of, based on its specifications that are very similar to the ones of the performance limited Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU,” the editor wrote. “The good news on the new AMD GPU is that there is...

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[Dogsofjune]

It isn't low and or mid grade stuff that needs mining neutered.

 

[Brian_B]

I always thought you looked at Hash/Watt - and that made the mid/low tier stuff look like rock stars?

MH/s, after all, can be made up for by purchasing in bulk.