5 best GPU's for mining BTC, ETC and others in 2018

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!