Potential Use of ARM Macs for Crypto Mining?

[sierramist]

If I purchase the highest-end (CTO) MacBook Pro and use it for mining cryptocurrencies, would the profit outnumber the MBP cost? What do you think?

 

[turbineseaplane]

Dear god no

I wish crypto would just die in a fire

 

[Agent OrangeZ]

If I purchase the highest-end (CTO) MacBook Pro and use it for mining cryptocurrencies, would the profit outnumber the MBP cost? What do you think?

I know currently... PoW mining ETH heavily depends on VRAM. I wonder how an M1Max MBP with 64GB of unified memory would do....

 

[mi7chy]

Apple claims M1 Max iGPU is 4x faster than M1 iGPU.

M1 ethereum hash rate is 2 MH/s so M1 Max is 4x that so 8 MH/s.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-m1-chip-mining-ethereum

Lowest cost for Macbook Pro M1 Max is $3099.

For that amount of money you can get:

8 x $400 3060ti Founder Edition GPUs at 45 MH/s x 8 = 360 MH/s

or 4x $700 3080 Founder Edition GPUs at 85 MH/s x 4 = 340 MH/s

or 6x $500 3070 Founder Edition GPUs at 55 MH/s = 330 MH/s

or 2x $1500 3090 Founder Ediition GPUs at 120 MH/s = 240 MH/s