September 20, 2018 RTX2080 has become available for purchase. There are various tests and video cards. This time, the novelty was testet by almost all the algorithms that are relevant for video card mining, Ethash, X16r, Equihash, Cryptonight, Hex, Lyra2Rev2, TimeTravel10, Phi2.
We will not load you with technical information on video cards here and go straight to the hash rates of the Nvidia Geforce RTX2080 video card. For those who are not familiar with these cards, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with this material and at the same time compare our forecast with real data.
Gigabyte Gaming OC Geforce RTX2080 8G video card tests were performed without overclocking (1830Mhz / 14000Mhz) with PowerLimit 100%
| Algorithm | Ethash | X16R | Equihash | Cryptonight | Hex | Lyra2Rev2 | TimeTravel | Phi2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miner | Claymore 11.9 | Enemy 1.1.9 | EWBF`s 0.3.4b | XMRig 2.5.2 | Enemy 1.1.9 | Enemy 1.1.9 | Enemy 1.1.9 | Enemy 1.1.9 |
| HashRate | 35,8Mh/s | 24,8Mh/S | 767Sol/s | 778H/s | 34,8Mh/s | 42,17Mh/s | 72Mh/s | 6,2Mh/s |
| Watt | 174 |
Unfortunately, the information on the power consumption of the video card is only available for mining on the Ethash algorithm.
Also, for this video card for the algorithms Ethash and X16r, we performed optimization with overclocking and PowerLimit to obtain the optimal performance of the RTX2080 in the mining.
| Algorithm | Ethash | X16R |
|---|---|---|
| Miner | Claymore 11.9 | Enemy 1.1.9 |
| PowerLimit | 58% | 75% |
| Memory Clock | +1000Mhz | +850Mhz |
| GPU Clock | +50Mhz | +70Mhz |
| HashRate | 42,5Mh/s | 24,8Mh/S |
| Watt | 120W | 145W |
Update 10.01.2018. Advanced test for RTX2080 video card in mining.
| Algorithm | Ethash | X16R | Equihash | Equihash 144/5 | Equihash 210/9 | CryptonightV7 | Cryptonight-Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PowerLimit | 47% | 70% | 60% | 65% | 60% | 65% | 65% |
| Memory Clock | +800Mhz | +850Mhz | +850Mhz | +850Mhz | +850Mhz | +850Mhz | +500Mhz |
| GPU Clock | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz |
| HashRate | 41,1Mh/s | 26Mh/S | 680sol/s | 60sol/s | 320sol/s | 893H/s | 1285H/S |
| Watt | 105W | 155W | 145W | 135W | 135W | 120W | 110w |
| Algorithm | SHA3 | PHI2 | LyraRev2 | Lyra2z | HEX | ProgPow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PowerLimit | 55% | 55% | 60% | 100% | 60% | 65% |
| Memory Clock | -500Mhz | -200Mhz | +500Mhz | +500Mhz | +850Mhz | +0Mhz |
| GPU Clock | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz | +150Mhz |
| HashRate | 255Mh/s | 9,4h/S | 69Mh/s | 3,3Mh/s | 19Mh/s | 22,5Mh/s |
| Watt | 125W | 120W | 135W | 110W | 135W | 145W |
Comparing Nvidia Geforce GTX1080Ti with Geforce RTX2080
Because at a price the novelty is now comparable or even more expensive than the previous flagship Nvidia GTX1080Ti, then we will compare with it.
The current prices on the GTX1080Ti on ComputerUniverse start from 600 euros, and on the RTX2080 now the prices start from 696 euros.
For example, the Geforce GTX1080Ti on Ethereum produces an average of 50Mh / s with the OhGodAnETHlargementPill tablet with power consumption of 180-200W
| Characteristics | GTX1080Ti | RTX2080 |
|---|---|---|
| HashRate Ethash | 50 | 42 |
| Watt | 180 | 120 |
| Price | 600 Euro | 690 Euro |
| Energy efficiency W/MH | 3,6 W/MH | 2,85 W/MH -20% |
| Euro/MH | 12 Euro/MH | 16 Euro/MH +15% |
Update 10.01.2018.
| Characteristics | GTX1080Ti | RTX2080 |
|---|---|---|
| HashRate Ethash | 50 | 41 |
| Watt | 180 | 105 |
| Price | 600 Euro | 690 Euro |
| Energy efficiency W/MH | 3,6 W/MH | 2,56 W/MH -29% |
| Euro/MH | 12 Euro/MH | 17 Euro/MH +41% |
| Characteristics | GTX1080Ti | RTX2080 |
|---|---|---|
| HashRate CryptoNightV7 | 895H/s | 893H/s |
| Watt | 140 | 105 |
| Price | 600 Euro | 690 Euro |
| Energy efficiency W/MH | 0,15 W/H | 0,117 W/MH -22% |
| Euro/MH | 0,67 Euro/H | 0.77 Euro/MH +15% |
| Characteristics | GTX1080Ti | RTX2080 |
|---|---|---|
| HashRate X16R | 16Mh/s | 26Mh/s |
| Watt | 150 | 155 |
| Price | 600 Euro | 690 Euro |
| Energy efficiency W/MH | 9,37 W/MH | 5,96 W/MH -37% |
| Euro/MH | 37,5 Euro/MH | 26.53 Euro/MH -30% |
UPDATED Conclusion: After more thorough testing of the new generation of Nvidia video cards in the face of the RTX2080, it can be concluded that the energy efficiency of the RTX20xx generation video cards outperforms the previous generation GTX10XX by 20-30% while showing an equal or higher hash rate (X16r) compared to the more efficient previous generation video card.
Conclusion: While everyone around is shouting about the high cost of new video cards, we, in turn, made a rather interesting conclusion from the comparison of GTX1080Ti and RTX2080 video cards. If price the RTX2080 is clearly overpriced, in mining, taking into account its energy efficiency, we get an approximate parity on the payback of these video cards, which will shift more towards RTX2080, the more expensive electricity costs you to power a mining farm. According to the Whattomine calculator, the balance between the RTX2080 and GTX1080Ti video cards comes at an electricity price of 0.09USD. At a lower cost, the GTX1080Ti will be more profitable, and if above 9 cents, then it's more profitable than RTX2080. The choice for mining between two video cards of different generations is not as obvious as we assumed earlier.
P.s. The comparison was made on one Ethash algorithm, which cannot claim to be a full review of two video cards, and it is also worth considering that the current software was used, which is not optimized for new video cards.
