Engadget Logo Entered Japanese version of the new MacBook PRO cryptocurrency mining is efficient, but it takes 17 years to take the original.

Since the M1 Pro and M1 MAX adopted in the new MacBook Pro have achieved significant performance, many people have crossed the mind to mining the cryptocurrency.The result of actually trying it has been reported.

Overseas bulletin board Reddit also gathers in the thread.The first "M1 MAX can mined ETH (Ethereum) at 55MH/s? The memory bandwidth is between RX 6700 XT and RTX 3060 TI".If you can get it, you will order M1 MAX MacBook Pro instead of M1 Pro. "

By the way, "MH/S" is a hash rate unit, which is a speed for mining cryptocurrency, and the calculation per second is 1 million times.

"The fact that should be considered is the most efficient SOC, much less power consumption than a dedicated GPU. MacBook resale value (purchase and trade -in price) is basically the best in the market (... ...) SoC.Is equipped with multiple dedicated processors that specialize in specific processing, such as screen output, ultra -high -speed video encoding, encryption, and very powerful neural engines (omitted), basically the most efficient general -purpose.At the same time as a CPU, it is also the most efficient programmable ASIC. "

"I have 64GB of M1 MAX 16 (inch), but when I operated in high-power mode, about 10 with ETHMINER-M1 binary..25MH/is out.It's not fast, but it's very efficient, and the hash rates per W are probably very good. "

And some people actually test and give numbers.YouTuber's UFD Tech is surprised at its power efficiency, mining on a M1 PRO Mac.Already a compiled binary for encryption mining has already been distributed for M1 Mac, and this video describes how to install and use (this time Ethereum).

The first thing to note is that you should not mining in the background.Even a small web browses will reduce the performance of the machine, so it seems better to run it only when you do not use a Mac.

As a result of paying attention, the M1 Pro has a speed of 5MH/s or more, and the total power consumption is only 17W.It seems to be a good result because it requires much more power consumption to produce the same result on Windows PC.

However, the profit after deducting the electricity bill is only 12 per month..$ 82, about 42 cents per day.If you buy a MacBook Pro for cryptocurrency mining, it will take 17 years to get the original.If you trade in 4 to 5 years from the purchase, the profits are likely to improve a little more, but in any case it is unlikely to get out of the pocket money.

Those who have already purchased it are unlikely to harm when they are not using a Mac, but they do not want to get rich.If you have a 24 -hour M1 MAX MacBook Pro for 4K or 8K video editing, it may be wise to concentrate on your original work as before.

Source: Reddit, UFD Tech

VIA: 9to5mac