Pick your GPU, enter your electricity rate, and see estimated daily profit and a break-even timeline. Figures use periodically updated network data, so check current difficulty and coin price before buying hardware.
⏱ Coin revenue updates daily from network dataHashrate and power for the coin you pick are typical tuned mining figures from WhatToMine (checked 14 Oct 2026; RX 7700 XT from hashrate.no), not the board TDP.
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Kaspa (KAS) is not listed. kHeavyHash has been ASIC-dominated since late 2023, so a GPU figure for it would be misleading. There is more detail in the FAQ below.
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The figures above assume you buy the GPU and run it yourself — upfront cost, power draw, heat and noise. Hosted mining services are the other route: you rent hashrate and somebody else runs the machines. Different trade-offs, and worth comparing against your own numbers above rather than in place of them.
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Compare hosted mining at GoMining →This calculator is an educational tool, not investment advice. Mining returns depend on coin price, network difficulty and your electricity rate, and all three change constantly.
The formula is simple: daily profit = daily revenue − daily electricity cost. Revenue depends on your GPU's hashrate and the coin's current network rewards. Electricity cost is your GPU's power draw (TDP) × 24 hours × your rate per kWh. The gap between those two numbers is your actual daily take-home.
Break-even is equally straightforward: divide your total GPU cost by daily profit. If an RTX 4070 costs $549 and earned $0.90/day profit (well above what the live figures above show today), break-even would be 610 days — about 20 months. If electricity costs rise or coin prices drop, that timeline extends. This calculator shows you the current snapshot; the real world fluctuates daily.
Two miners with identical GPUs can have completely different outcomes based solely on their electricity rate. At current coin prices, even $0.08/kWh only gets most cards on this page to roughly break-even, and at $0.18/kWh the same cards lose money every day. Check the table above for the live figure. This is why mining operations cluster in regions with cheap power — Iceland, parts of the US Pacific Northwest, Quebec — where electricity is under $0.05/kWh. Most US residential rates ($0.12-$0.18/kWh) make GPU mining marginally profitable at best.
A 1% pool fee sounds trivial but compounds over time. On $1.00/day gross revenue, it costs $3.65/year — that's one extra day of free mining you're gifting the pool operator annually. Most reputable pools charge 0.5-2%. The benefit is consistent, predictable payouts rather than the high variance of solo mining where you might wait months between blocks.
Efficiency = hashrate ÷ power draw, and it depends on the coin. On WhatToMine’s tuned figures (checked 14 Oct 2026), the RTX 4090 is about 10% more efficient than the RTX 4070 on Etchash (127 MH/s at 260 W vs 62 MH/s at 140 W), but on Autolykos the 4070 is about 15% ahead (120 MH/s at 80 W vs 260 MH/s at 200 W). If electricity is your biggest cost (which it usually is), efficiency matters more than raw hashrate. The calculator above uses each card’s own figure for the coin you pick.
Not competitively, and it is the clearest example of how quickly mining economics move. kHeavyHash was designed to resist ASICs, and for a while that held. Dedicated kHeavyHash ASICs arrived in late 2023 from IceRiver, Bitmain and Goldshell, and network hashrate climbed from under 100 PH/s to over 700 PH/s within months. Current hardware such as the Antminer KS5 Pro runs at roughly 21.5 TH/s, while an RTX 4090 manages about 1 GH/s, so a GPU is several orders of magnitude off the pace. Kaspa is still worth understanding as a cautionary case: an algorithm being ASIC-resistant by design does not mean it stays that way.
Technically yes, but practically no. Bitcoin uses the SHA-256 algorithm which is completely dominated by ASIC miners — dedicated hardware 100,000× more efficient than GPUs at this specific task. A GPU mining Bitcoin will earn fractions of a cent per day while consuming dollars in electricity. Stick to algorithms that are still mined on GPUs, such as Autolykos (Ergo) or KawPow (Ravencoin).
Coin prices and network difficulty change daily. The revenue-per-TH values in this calculator are updated periodically but may lag current market conditions. For real-time profitability, cross-reference with WhatToMine.com or NiceHash's profitability calculator before making any hardware purchases. Use this tool for directional planning, not day-trading decisions.
In most countries, yes — GPU mining cryptocurrency is legal. It's treated as self-employment income in the US and most Western countries, meaning you owe taxes on profits at your marginal income tax rate. Some countries have restricted or banned certain crypto activities — always verify local regulations. This calculator makes no legal or financial recommendations.