Similar to the extra not too long ago launched Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 that got here with mining hashrate limiter enforced by Nvidia, the brand new GeForce RTX 3080 Ti additionally got here out “with a diminished Ethereum hash charge” making them much less fascinating for miners. The simply launched Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is sort of equal when it comes to specs to an RTX 3090 GPU, however with half the video reminiscence, so solely 12GB GDDR6X as an alternative of the total 24GB. For the brand new RTX 3080 Ti when it comes to CUDA cores there’s a very slight discount and reminiscence clocks too, however the reminiscence bus stays 384-bit, so in concept efficiency sensible it must be similar to an RTX 3090 and that goes not just for mining, however for gaming as nicely. There may be the Ethereum hashrate limiter nonetheless that messes issues up a bit for miners, however not for players and the diminished in half video reminiscence must also be making it extra inexpensive and extra accessible to players in comparison with RTX 3080… in concept.
Attempting to mine Ethereum (ETH) at inventory settings for the RTX 3080 Ti exhibits a beginning hashrate at about 100 MH/s that shortly drops right down to round 53-55 MH/s with the default setting because of the enforced hashrate limiter for mining ETH by Nvidia. The default settings for the RTX 3080 Ti from Palit/Gainward we now have tried give us 325W of energy utilization as reported by the miner. And though Nvidia talks about limiting Ethereum mining hahsrate different comparable reminiscence intensive mining algorithms might also be affected in addition to we now have seen already with the RTX 3060 GPUs that have been the primary to introduce the hashrate limiting answer by Nvidia.
Going for optimized settings to scale back energy consumption for 265W and have larger hashrate (if there was no hashrate limiter in play) give us barely decrease beginning hashrate a bit under 100 MH/s, however it drops right down to round 60 MH/s and never under that like with inventory settings. So, efficiency sensible mining Ethereum (if there was no synthetic hashrate limiter) the RTX 3080 Ti ought to’ve been usually able to delivering the identical hashrate as an RTX 3090 does presently. One thing round 100 MH/s with inventory settings and about 120 MH/s with clocked reminiscence and diminished energy utilization may’ve been potential, however as an alternative we’re getting simply round half of that in actuality.
Now, Nvidia is speaking about Ethereum mining hashrate limiter, although another reminiscence intensive crypto mining algorithms may also be affected as we already know, however there are nonetheless different algorithms that might be delivering the total hashrate with none synthetic limiters in play. Right here is an instance with RavenCoin (RVN) mining on the RTX 3080 Ti the place the hashrate is just not being artificially diminished, you can be getting about 48 MH/s hashrate for KawPoW with the inventory settings. And though it will make mining RVN extra worthwhile than ETH on this explicit GPU, if the unreal ETH hashrate limiter was not current mining ETH would’ve been extra worthwhile. So, the brand new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is just not going to be a lovely choice for Ethereum miners, although another crypto miners not into ETH is perhaps , however we’re seeing beginning costs for the Ti as for the non-Ti model the place accessible. And in contrast to miners, players is not going to be very pleased to purchase at these inflated costs, don’t forget nonetheless that players might be getting efficiency very near that of the a lot larger priced (for the second) RTX 3090 GPUs.
The New Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti that must also be hitting the market in a couple of days from now can be going to supply a pleasant improve when it comes to {hardware} specs over the older RTX 3070 GPU, however identical to the RTX 3080 Ti it is going to additionally include synthetic Ethereum hashrate limiter. Essentially the most notable improve for the brand new RTX3 070 Ti over the outdated non-Ti mannequin is the brand new quicker GDDR6X reminiscence which ought to in concept enhance the mining efficiency for reminiscence intensive algorithm, however because of the Nvidia hashrate limiter Ethereum mining is not going to be benefiting a lot and actually we count on to see decrease hashrate than on RTX 3070 because of the limiter in play. Once more, another reminiscence intensive algorithms in addition to Ethash is perhaps affected as nicely, although not all, and GPU intensive mining will most likely not endure and the efficiency there must be barely higher than on RTX 3070.
