In 2018, everywhere you look has some mention cryptocurrency. Bitcoin erupted in popularity last year, and while its losing its popularity and its meteoric growth has slowed to a crawl – there are still plenty of cryptocurrencies that are booming. So it shouldn’t be surprising that in 2018, everyone wants a piece of the action. If you’re thinking about diving into cryptocurrency mining, it would wise to lookup what the best GPU's available are!
1. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Core Clock: 1,506MHz
Memory: 8GB GDDR5
Memory Clock: 8Gbps
Power Connectors: 1 x 6-pin
Power Draw: 150W
Outputs: 3 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0, DL-DVI
The 1070 has a god balance of balance of power and hash rate and a lot of memory, but it's a bit on the expansive side around 470$
2. AMD Radeon RX580
Core Clock: 1,257MHz
Memory: 8GB GDDR5
Memory Clock: 8Gbps
Power Connectors: 1x 8-pin, 1 x 6-pin
Power Draw: 185W
Outputs: 1 DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0
The RX580 has a great price with around 255$ per unit with very good cooling, it is a very popular option for mining.
3. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
Core Clock: 1,506MHz
Memory: 6GB GDDR5
Memory Clock: 6Gbps
Power Connectors: 1 x 6-pin
Power Draw: 120W
Outputs: 3 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0, DL-DVI
The 1060 is the cheapest one on this list(around 180$), but it is a very popular choice for miners. Due to this it is often out of stock.
4.AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Core Clock: 1,156MHz
Memory: 8GB HBM2
Memory Clock: 800MHz
Power Connectors: 2 x 8-pin
Power Draw: 210W
Outputs: 3 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0
The Vega 56 has grat mining performance, but with high energy consumption and not so great cooling system.
5.Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
Core Clock: 1,480MHz
Memory: 11GB GDDR5X
Memory Clock: 11GHz
Power Connectors: 1 x 6-pin; 1 x 8-pin
Power Draw: 250W
Outputs: 3 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0
The 1080Ti is the most powerful on the list, with excellent hash rates but it's very expensive to buy and run. The price goes over 1000$
Hope this will be helpful to all the new miners that plan to start!