NVIDIA RTX 2080TI Worth it for Crypto Mining in 2022? RTX 2080 Ti vs RTX 3070 

Is the RTX 2080TI a Good Card to Buy for GPU Mining? 

A  good way to passively earn some decent money is by using your gaming PC to mine cryptocurrencies. A month of mining can give a fairly decent amount of profit as you can earn upwards of $80 a month with some of the higher-end GPUs. Right now the RTX 2080 TI and RTX 3070 are both going for near the same price of about $1200 on sites like eBay. Although these cards cost near the same, their performance is different in mining. 

As you can see above, to compare these cards I used a website called NiceHash and for the sake of comparison put $0.1 as the USD/kWH cost. For most Americans this value is likely higher but the same card will win even if electricity costs are increased.

According to NiceHash users can expect above $0.25 more per day income from the RTX 3070 over the RTX 2080TI. This means that the RTX 3070 performs about 11% better than the 2080TI. After 1 month of mining the 3070 is estimated to give $84.89 while the 2080TI will only give $79.77. This means that the RTX 3070 is the clear winner in this scenario.

On the left the RTX 2080TI’s earnings are shown and the right is for the 3070. The 2080TI is actually shown to have better earnings before electricity costs are deducted than the 3070. This is because the 2080TI draws way more power than the 3070 so as electricity costs increase more and more, the 2080TI will fall further and further behind. 

The 3070 is estimated to only use $8.92 worth of electricity over a month (at a rate of $0.1 kWH/USD) while the 2080TI a whopping $14.84! This means that the 2080TI uses 66% more electricity than the 3070. 

Right now both of these cards can be found on eBay quite easily for about $1200 but the 3070 is the clear winner. The 3070 gives more earnings, is one generation ahead of the 2080TI, and you can potentially find it at MSRP price while the 2080TI can only be bought used right now.

If you are looking to buy a new GPU check out the article below, some RTX 3000 series GPUs have restocked and they may still be available. 

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 GPUs Restocked! STILL AVAILABLE, RTX 3060, 3060 TI, 3070 TI, 3080 TI, 3090

RTX GPUs Available Now

Due to various issues from COVID to crypto mining it has been nearly impossible to find a graphics card within the last few years. Right now GPU prices are so high that even a card like the GTX 1070 from 2016 which was released with an MSRP of $380 is now being sold for $400+ used! Right now a mid-end card like the RTX 3060Ti is going for $800+ and the RTX 3070 is going for more than $1,100! If you are currently on the market to purchase a brand new GPU at MSRP I have good news for you, right now a bunch of GPU bundles are available…Click here to read the full article. 

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