AMD RX 580
AMD RX 580 loses $0.29 a day mining BeamHashIII at 15 Hh/s and pulling 142.0 W from the wall. That's after subtracting power at $0.1/kWh — not quite breaking even at today's rates.
Daily projection
| Period | /Day | /Month |
|---|---|---|
| Income | $0.05 | $1.50 |
|
Cost
$0.1/kWh
|
$0.34 | $10.20 |
| Profit | $-0.29 | $-8.70 |
| Coin | Algorithm | Income | Cost | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ETHW
⚠
EthereumPoW
|
Ethash
32.74Mh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Ethash · rent | $0.05 | $0.20 | $-0.15 |
BEAM
⚠
Beam
|
BeamHashIII
15Hh · 142.0W
|
$0.05 | $0.34 | $-0.29 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
BeamHashIII · rent | $0.05 | $0.34 | $-0.29 |
FTC
⚠
Feathercoin
|
NeoScrypt
730Kh · 129.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
NeoScrypt · rent | $0.03 | $0.31 | $-0.28 |
RVN
Ravencoin
|
KAWPOW
10.147754Mh · 98.0W
|
$0.03 | $0.24 | $-0.21 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
KAWPOW · rent | $0.03 | $0.24 | $-0.21 |
|
—
|
CryptoNightR
830Hh · 90.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
ERG
⚠
Ergo
|
Autolykos2
55.094918Mh · 72.0W
|
$0.02 | $0.17 | $-0.15 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Autolykos2 · rent | $0.02 | $0.17 | $-0.15 |
|
—
|
Cuckaroo29
1Hh · 79.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
LTZ
⚠
Litecoinz
|
Zhash
23Hh · 85.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Zhash · rent | $0.02 | $0.20 | $-0.18 |
ETC
Ethereum Classic
|
Etchash
32.74Mh · 84.0W
|
$0.02 | $0.20 | $-0.18 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Etchash · rent | $0.01 | $0.20 | $-0.19 |
XMR
Monero
|
RandomX
490Hh · 63.0W
|
$0.01 | $0.15 | $-0.14 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
RandomX · rent | $0.01 | $0.15 | $-0.14 |
CFX
⚠
Conflux
|
Octopus
5.4452Mh · 126.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Octopus · rent | $0.01 | $0.30 | $-0.29 |
ZEC
Zcash
|
Equihash
295Hh · 116.0W
|
$0.01 | $0.28 | $-0.27 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Equihash · rent | $0.01 | $0.28 | $-0.27 |
NEXA
⚠
Nexa
|
NexaPoW
6.244221Mh · 119.0W
|
$0.01 | $0.29 | $-0.28 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
NexaPoW · rent | $0.0089 | $0.29 | $-0.28 |
VRSC
⚠
Verus
|
VerusHash
4.181205Mh · 74.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
VerusHash · rent | $0.0069 | $0.18 | $-0.17 |
AE
⚠
Aeternity
|
CuckooCycle
2Hh · 93.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
MONA
⚠
Monacoin
|
Lyra2REv2
36.069651Mh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
X16R
8.839455Mh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
HNS
⚠
Handshake
|
Handshake
149.033333Mh · 43.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
Blake3
367.360106Mh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Blake3 · rent | $0.0000 | — | $0.0000 |
|
—
|
X16Rv2
8.44519Mh · 103.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
ACM
⚠
Actinium
|
Lyra2z
3.005Mh · 91.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
GRIN
⚠
Grin
|
Cuckatoo32
0Hh · 74.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
IRON
⚠
Iron Fish
|
IronFish
3.619Gh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckatoo31
0Hh · 81.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
KAS
Kaspa
|
KHeavyHash
116.115546Mh · 107.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
KHeavyHash · rent | $0.0000 | $0.26 | $-0.26 |
CKB
Nervos
|
Eaglesong
346.966455Mh · 144.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Eaglesong · rent | $0.0000 | $0.35 | $-0.35 |
|
—
|
Blake (2s)
2.645296753Gh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
RandomSFX
504Hh · 42.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNight
302Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(125,4)
15Hh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckarood29
2Hh · 130.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
|
—
|
TimeTravel10
20.440515Mh · 105.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Astralhash
14.622279Mh · 113.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
C11
12.710692Mh · 102.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Skein2
305.834668Mh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowSERO
10.362662Mh · 106.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Blake (2s-Kadena)
471.72Mh · 130.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
|
—
|
Hex
8.221554Mh · 90.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
X17R
8.490594Mh · 132.0W
|
— | $0.32 | — |
|
—
|
Tellor
248.339246Mh · 143.0W
|
— | $0.34 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowZ
10.364013Mh · 78.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
X11k
1.659924Mh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
vProgPow
5.058879Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
Circcash
1.141376Mh · 143.0W
|
— | $0.34 | — |
|
—
|
AstroBWT
25.318Mh · 76.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
FIRO
Firo
|
FiroPoW
14.52Mh · 114.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
Pufferfish2
354Mh · 119.0W
|
— | $0.29 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowVeil
7.699713Mh · 107.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
Mike
889Mh · 69.0W
|
— | $0.17 | — |
|
—
|
Padihash
7.120101Mh · 93.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
X16RTVEIL
9.379696Mh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
SHA-256csm
735.80413Mh · 96.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
|
—
|
KangarooTwelve
896.805655Mh · 91.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
HeavyHash
153.220721Mh · 144.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
0x10
13.968216Mh · 159.0W
|
— | $0.38 | — |
|
—
|
Radiant
18.273Mh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
EvrProgPow
10.334197Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightLiteV7
1.52Kh · 101.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Memehash
12.914Mh · 95.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightStelliteV4
773Hh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
CNReverseWaltz
1.09Kh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d-dyn
102.3Kh · 165.0W
|
— | $0.40 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightConceal
1.565Kh · 63.0W
|
— | $0.15 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightFast
1.553Kh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightHaven
1.007Kh · 92.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightTurtle
6.3Kh · 69.0W
|
— | $0.17 | — |
|
—
|
HMQ1725
5.69194Mh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
VTC
⚠
Vertcoin
|
Lyra2REv3
41.002821Mh · 144.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
PHI1612
16.173625Mh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Tribus
44.743904Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
Ubqhash
25.97419Mh · 124.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
|
—
|
X16S
8.395012Mh · 99.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
X17
9.195104Mh · 91.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
X21S
6.845558Mh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightFastV2
1.64Kh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightUPX2
27.3Kh · 98.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
X18
7.187385Mh · 74.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
Xevan
2.721497Mh · 102.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
PHI2
5.111Mh · 78.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
Dedal
9.274649Mh · 85.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
HoneyComb
24.179177Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
BMW512
406.670774Mh · 93.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
Blake (2b-BTCC)
1.205181995Gh · 106.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Jeonghash
7.455857Mh · 146.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
Lyra2vc0ban
36.349084Mh · 145.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
Pawelhash
6.464818Mh · 86.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash+Scrypt
9.265Kh · 73.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
Chukwa
57.325Kh · 43.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightTalleo
6.259Kh · 41.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
X25X
989.526Kh · 69.0W
|
— | $0.17 | — |
|
—
|
Chukwa2
20.09Kh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d4096
35.935Kh · 43.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d-16000
3.876Kh · 85.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Curvehash
1.373752Th · 72.0W
|
— | $0.17 | — |
|
—
|
SHA256DT
649.285507Mh · 112.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
Skydoge
5.739993Th · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
MTP
1.445Mh · 101.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Darkcoin
875.77Mh · 106.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightHeavy
961Hh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
BCD
10.929471Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(96,5)
14.361Kh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
EPIC
⚠
Epic Cash
|
ProgPow
9.218428Mh · 81.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
X16RT
9.498555Mh · 146.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
X22i
5.206211Mh · 138.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
Skunkhash
24.389382Mh · 83.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
SonoA
1.397901Mh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
Globalhash
37.269864Mh · 80.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
Blake2B
1.204529217Gh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightStelliteV5
1.617Kh · 86.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightHeavyX
432Hh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightAlloy
410Hh · 99.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightWOW
820Hh · 83.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(144,5)
23Hh · 79.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(192,7)
14Hh · 86.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(210,9)
84Hh · 74.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightB2N
0Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightV7
769Hh · 75.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(150,5)
12Hh · 117.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightZLS
914Hh · 126.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
|
—
|
CuckooBFC
45Hh · 115.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightLiteV1
0Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
|
RainForest
0Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
|
RandomKEVA
513Hh · 116.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
Phi5
15Hh · 134.0W
|
— | $0.32 | — |
|
—
|
BeamHashII
14Hh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckaroo29S
2Hh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightItalo
0Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
|
Cuckaroo29b
2Hh · 145.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d-ninja
0Hh · 164.0W
|
— | $0.39 | — |
|
—
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GhostRider
797Hh · 73.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightGPU
683Hh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckaroom29
2Hh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
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CryptoNightArto
765Hh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightV8
779Hh · 122.0W
|
— | $0.29 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightSaber
952Hh · 73.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
| Pool | Algos supported | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
2Miners
|
CuckooCycle (AE) · BeamHashIII (BEAM) · Eaglesong (CKB) | 1.0% | Visit → |
HeroMiners
|
BeamHashIII (BEAM) · Autolykos2 (ERG) · Etchash (ETC) | 0.9% | Visit → |
Rplant
|
FiroPoW (FIRO) · NexaPoW (NEXA) · RandomX (XMR) | 1.0% | Visit → |
|
★
SupportXMR
|
RandomX (XMR) | 0.6% | Visit → |
|
Marketplace
|
Algos supported | Fee | Income |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NiceHash
|
Ethash (ETHW) | ~3% | $0.05/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
BeamHashIII (BEAM) | ~3% | $0.05/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
NeoScrypt (FTC) | ~3% | $0.03/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
KAWPOW (RVN) | ~3% | $0.03/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Autolykos2 (ERG) | ~3% | $0.02/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Zhash (LTZ) | ~3% | $0.02/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Etchash (ETC) | ~3% | $0.01/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
RandomX (XMR) | ~3% | $0.01/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Octopus (CFX) | ~3% | $0.01/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Equihash (ZEC) | ~3% | $0.01/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
NexaPoW (NEXA) | ~3% | $0.0089/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
VerusHash (VRSC) | ~3% | $0.0069/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Blake3 | ~3% | $0.0000/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
KHeavyHash (KAS) | ~3% | $0.0000/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Eaglesong (CKB) | ~3% | $0.0000/d visit → |
- Architecture
- Polaris
- Base Frequency
- 1257 MHz
- Boost Frequency
- 1340 MHz
- Max Memory Bandwidth
- 256 GB/s
- Max Memory Size
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- OpenCL
- 2
- OpenGL
- 4.5
- Process
- 14 nm
- Release
- April 2017
- TDP
- 185 W
- Typical Board Power (Desktop)
- 185 W
| Rigs × Qty | Share | Rev /rig/day | Cost /rig/day | Profit /rig/day | Total profit /day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
ROI calculator for AMD RX 580
Model payback, electricity, and first-year return for this rig.
The line crosses $0 on the day you break even. Everything above is pure profit.
| Month | Earned (mo) | Cost burned (mo) | Cumulative earned | Cumulative cost | Net | % ROI |
|---|
Yearly emissions by energy source
Based on the rig's annual power draw and the carbon intensity of common grid mixes.
| Energy source | CO₂e / yr |
|---|---|
| Wind | 13.5 kg |
| Nuclear | 14.72 kg |
| Hydroelectric | 29.45 kg |
| Geothermal | 46.62 kg |
| Solar | 55.21 kg |
| Biofuels | 282.18 kg |
| Gas | 601.17 kg |
| Coal | 1,006.04 kg |
Estimates only — actual emissions vary by hardware, cooling, and grid mix.
What does that actually mean?
At the world-average grid intensity of about 475 g CO₂e/kWh, AMD RX 580 running 24/7 for a year releases about 583 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent. Here's what that looks like in everyday terms:
Where you plug in matters
Electricity is not one thing. A kilowatt-hour from a coal plant carries roughly 820 g of CO₂; the same kilowatt-hour from a hydro reservoir carries about 24 g. That's a 34× difference — large enough that AMD RX 580's annual footprint swings from roughly 1,006 kg on coal-heavy grids down to about 29 kg on hydro-dominated grids. The single biggest lever a miner has on their carbon footprint is choosing where to plug in.
Regions commonly used for low-carbon crypto mining include Quebec and British Columbia (hydro-dominated, typically <50 g CO₂/kWh), Iceland and Norway (geothermal + hydro, often <30 g), Paraguay (Itaipú hydro), and parts of the US Pacific Northwest. Coal-heavy grids — Kazakhstan, Inner Mongolia, Poland, parts of Australia — sit at the opposite end, often above 700 g CO₂/kWh.
Some operators also reduce their net impact by using otherwise-wasted energy: flare gas at oil wells (burning methane that would be vented anyway), curtailed renewables (wind or solar that the grid can't absorb), or behind-the-meter hydro during off-peak hours. These arrangements can drop effective emissions below the local grid average because the energy would have been wasted or flared without the mining load.
How to reduce this rig's footprint
- Pick a greener ASIC. The efficiency column above matters as much as the grid: a 15 J/TH rig emits roughly half the CO₂ of a 30 J/TH rig for the same hashrate.
- Choose a low-carbon host. Data centres advertising hydro, geothermal, or nuclear power typically sit at <100 g CO₂/kWh.
- Look for stranded or curtailed energy. Flare-gas miners, wind-curtailment co-location, and off-peak hydro arrangements use energy that would otherwise be wasted.
- Use heat recovery. Capturing the heat for greenhouse agriculture, pool heating, or district warmth offsets fossil-fuel heating that would have been burned anyway.
- Time-shift your uptime. In grids with high daytime solar, running more during the day and less at night lowers your effective intensity even if you don't switch providers.
- Purchase verifiable offsets. Treat this as a last resort, not a substitute — and favour additional, permanent, third-party-verified projects (Gold Standard, Verra VCS).
Frequently asked questions
Yearly electricity use = rig power (W) × 24 × 365 ÷ 1000. We multiply that by each row's grid intensity in grams CO₂-equivalent per kWh and convert to kilograms. Intensities are representative averages — real emissions depend on your specific utility mix, time of day, and local transmission losses.
It depends almost entirely on where the electricity comes from. A single rig plugged into hydro in Quebec emits less over a year than an average family's two cars in a month. The same rig on a coal-dominated grid can exceed that in a few days. The hardware is the same — the grid is what changes the answer.
Network-wide estimates vary by methodology; the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance's Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index is the most widely cited reference. As of recent reporting, the network's sustainable-energy share has grown as more hashrate migrates to hydro, wind, solar, and stranded-gas sites. This page just estimates a single rig — for the big picture, CCAF's dashboard is the best source.
Not directly. The rig draws the same wattage regardless of which pool it joins or how difficulty trends — so its electricity use, and therefore its emissions, stay constant. Those factors change revenue, not power consumption.
2017 AMD Polaris GPU — 104 W, 4/8 GB VRAM. The defining Ethereum-era mining GPU.
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Where it fits Still usable on plenty of GPU-friendly chains. Cheap used-market supply keeps it relevant for farm rebuilds.
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Watch out 4 GB cards have essentially aged out of memory-heavy algorithms. 8 GB variants hold up better.
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Bottom line Perennial hobbyist favorite. Good learning hardware, serviceable mining GPU on cheap power.
Daily projection
| Period | /Day | /Month |
|---|---|---|
| Income | $0.05 | $1.50 |
|
Cost
$0.1/kWh
|
$0.34 | $10.20 |
| Profit | $-0.29 | $-8.70 |
| Coin | Algorithm | Income | Cost | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ETHW
⚠
EthereumPoW
|
Ethash
32.74Mh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Ethash · rent | $0.05 | $0.20 | $-0.15 |
|
BEAM
⚠
Beam
|
BeamHashIII
15Hh · 142.0W
|
$0.05 | $0.34 | $-0.29 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
BeamHashIII · rent | $0.05 | $0.34 | $-0.29 |
|
FTC
⚠
Feathercoin
|
NeoScrypt
730Kh · 129.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
NeoScrypt · rent | $0.03 | $0.31 | $-0.28 |
|
RVN
Ravencoin
|
KAWPOW
10.147754Mh · 98.0W
|
$0.03 | $0.24 | $-0.21 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
KAWPOW · rent | $0.03 | $0.24 | $-0.21 |
|
—
|
CryptoNightR
830Hh · 90.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
ERG
⚠
Ergo
|
Autolykos2
55.094918Mh · 72.0W
|
$0.02 | $0.17 | $-0.15 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Autolykos2 · rent | $0.02 | $0.17 | $-0.15 |
|
—
|
Cuckaroo29
1Hh · 79.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
LTZ
⚠
Litecoinz
|
Zhash
23Hh · 85.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Zhash · rent | $0.02 | $0.20 | $-0.18 |
|
ETC
Ethereum Classic
|
Etchash
32.74Mh · 84.0W
|
$0.02 | $0.20 | $-0.18 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Etchash · rent | $0.01 | $0.20 | $-0.19 |
|
XMR
Monero
|
RandomX
490Hh · 63.0W
|
$0.01 | $0.15 | $-0.14 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
RandomX · rent | $0.01 | $0.15 | $-0.14 |
|
CFX
⚠
Conflux
|
Octopus
5.4452Mh · 126.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Octopus · rent | $0.01 | $0.30 | $-0.29 |
|
ZEC
Zcash
|
Equihash
295Hh · 116.0W
|
$0.01 | $0.28 | $-0.27 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Equihash · rent | $0.01 | $0.28 | $-0.27 |
|
NEXA
⚠
Nexa
|
NexaPoW
6.244221Mh · 119.0W
|
$0.01 | $0.29 | $-0.28 |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
NexaPoW · rent | $0.0089 | $0.29 | $-0.28 |
|
VRSC
⚠
Verus
|
VerusHash
4.181205Mh · 74.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
VerusHash · rent | $0.0069 | $0.18 | $-0.17 |
|
AE
⚠
Aeternity
|
CuckooCycle
2Hh · 93.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
MONA
⚠
Monacoin
|
Lyra2REv2
36.069651Mh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
X16R
8.839455Mh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
HNS
⚠
Handshake
|
Handshake
149.033333Mh · 43.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
Blake3
367.360106Mh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Blake3 · rent | $0.0000 | — | $0.0000 |
|
—
|
X16Rv2
8.44519Mh · 103.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
ACM
⚠
Actinium
|
Lyra2z
3.005Mh · 91.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
GRIN
⚠
Grin
|
Cuckatoo32
0Hh · 74.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
IRON
⚠
Iron Fish
|
IronFish
3.619Gh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckatoo31
0Hh · 81.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
KAS
Kaspa
|
KHeavyHash
116.115546Mh · 107.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
KHeavyHash · rent | $0.0000 | $0.26 | $-0.26 |
|
CKB
Nervos
|
Eaglesong
346.966455Mh · 144.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
NiceHash
Marketplace
|
Eaglesong · rent | $0.0000 | $0.35 | $-0.35 |
|
—
|
Blake (2s)
2.645296753Gh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
RandomSFX
504Hh · 42.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNight
302Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(125,4)
15Hh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckarood29
2Hh · 130.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
|
—
|
TimeTravel10
20.440515Mh · 105.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Astralhash
14.622279Mh · 113.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
C11
12.710692Mh · 102.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Skein2
305.834668Mh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowSERO
10.362662Mh · 106.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Blake (2s-Kadena)
471.72Mh · 130.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
|
—
|
Hex
8.221554Mh · 90.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
X17R
8.490594Mh · 132.0W
|
— | $0.32 | — |
|
—
|
Tellor
248.339246Mh · 143.0W
|
— | $0.34 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowZ
10.364013Mh · 78.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
X11k
1.659924Mh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
vProgPow
5.058879Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
Circcash
1.141376Mh · 143.0W
|
— | $0.34 | — |
|
—
|
AstroBWT
25.318Mh · 76.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
FIRO
Firo
|
FiroPoW
14.52Mh · 114.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
Pufferfish2
354Mh · 119.0W
|
— | $0.29 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowVeil
7.699713Mh · 107.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
Mike
889Mh · 69.0W
|
— | $0.17 | — |
|
—
|
Padihash
7.120101Mh · 93.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
X16RTVEIL
9.379696Mh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
SHA-256csm
735.80413Mh · 96.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
|
—
|
KangarooTwelve
896.805655Mh · 91.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
HeavyHash
153.220721Mh · 144.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
0x10
13.968216Mh · 159.0W
|
— | $0.38 | — |
|
—
|
Radiant
18.273Mh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
EvrProgPow
10.334197Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightLiteV7
1.52Kh · 101.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Memehash
12.914Mh · 95.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightStelliteV4
773Hh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
CNReverseWaltz
1.09Kh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d-dyn
102.3Kh · 165.0W
|
— | $0.40 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightConceal
1.565Kh · 63.0W
|
— | $0.15 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightFast
1.553Kh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightHaven
1.007Kh · 92.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightTurtle
6.3Kh · 69.0W
|
— | $0.17 | — |
|
—
|
HMQ1725
5.69194Mh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
VTC
⚠
Vertcoin
|
Lyra2REv3
41.002821Mh · 144.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
PHI1612
16.173625Mh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Tribus
44.743904Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
Ubqhash
25.97419Mh · 124.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
|
—
|
X16S
8.395012Mh · 99.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
X17
9.195104Mh · 91.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
X21S
6.845558Mh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightFastV2
1.64Kh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightUPX2
27.3Kh · 98.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
X18
7.187385Mh · 74.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
Xevan
2.721497Mh · 102.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
PHI2
5.111Mh · 78.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
Dedal
9.274649Mh · 85.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
HoneyComb
24.179177Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
BMW512
406.670774Mh · 93.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
Blake (2b-BTCC)
1.205181995Gh · 106.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Jeonghash
7.455857Mh · 146.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
Lyra2vc0ban
36.349084Mh · 145.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
Pawelhash
6.464818Mh · 86.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash+Scrypt
9.265Kh · 73.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
Chukwa
57.325Kh · 43.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightTalleo
6.259Kh · 41.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
X25X
989.526Kh · 69.0W
|
— | $0.17 | — |
|
—
|
Chukwa2
20.09Kh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d4096
35.935Kh · 43.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d-16000
3.876Kh · 85.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Curvehash
1.373752Th · 72.0W
|
— | $0.17 | — |
|
—
|
SHA256DT
649.285507Mh · 112.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
Skydoge
5.739993Th · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
MTP
1.445Mh · 101.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Darkcoin
875.77Mh · 106.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightHeavy
961Hh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
BCD
10.929471Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(96,5)
14.361Kh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
EPIC
⚠
Epic Cash
|
ProgPow
9.218428Mh · 81.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
X16RT
9.498555Mh · 146.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
X22i
5.206211Mh · 138.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
Skunkhash
24.389382Mh · 83.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
SonoA
1.397901Mh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
Globalhash
37.269864Mh · 80.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
Blake2B
1.204529217Gh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightStelliteV5
1.617Kh · 86.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightHeavyX
432Hh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightAlloy
410Hh · 99.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightWOW
820Hh · 83.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(144,5)
23Hh · 79.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(192,7)
14Hh · 86.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(210,9)
84Hh · 74.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightB2N
0Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightV7
769Hh · 75.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(150,5)
12Hh · 117.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightZLS
914Hh · 126.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
|
—
|
CuckooBFC
45Hh · 115.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightLiteV1
0Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
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RainForest
0Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
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RandomKEVA
513Hh · 116.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
Phi5
15Hh · 134.0W
|
— | $0.32 | — |
|
—
|
BeamHashII
14Hh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckaroo29S
2Hh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightItalo
0Hh · 0.0W
|
— | — | — |
|
—
|
Cuckaroo29b
2Hh · 145.0W
|
— | $0.35 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d-ninja
0Hh · 164.0W
|
— | $0.39 | — |
|
—
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GhostRider
797Hh · 73.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightGPU
683Hh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckaroom29
2Hh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightArto
765Hh · 89.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightV8
779Hh · 122.0W
|
— | $0.29 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightSaber
952Hh · 73.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
| Pool | Algos supported | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2Miners
|
CuckooCycle (AE) · BeamHashIII (BEAM) · Eaglesong (CKB) | 1.0% | Visit → |
|
HeroMiners
|
BeamHashIII (BEAM) · Autolykos2 (ERG) · Etchash (ETC) | 0.9% | Visit → |
|
Rplant
|
FiroPoW (FIRO) · NexaPoW (NEXA) · RandomX (XMR) | 1.0% | Visit → |
|
★
SupportXMR
|
RandomX (XMR) | 0.6% | Visit → |
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Marketplace
|
Algos supported | Fee | Income |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NiceHash
|
Ethash (ETHW) | ~3% | $0.05/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
BeamHashIII (BEAM) | ~3% | $0.05/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
NeoScrypt (FTC) | ~3% | $0.03/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
KAWPOW (RVN) | ~3% | $0.03/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Autolykos2 (ERG) | ~3% | $0.02/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Zhash (LTZ) | ~3% | $0.02/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Etchash (ETC) | ~3% | $0.01/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
RandomX (XMR) | ~3% | $0.01/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Octopus (CFX) | ~3% | $0.01/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Equihash (ZEC) | ~3% | $0.01/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
NexaPoW (NEXA) | ~3% | $0.0089/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
VerusHash (VRSC) | ~3% | $0.0069/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Blake3 | ~3% | $0.0000/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
KHeavyHash (KAS) | ~3% | $0.0000/d visit → |
|
NiceHash
|
Eaglesong (CKB) | ~3% | $0.0000/d visit → |
- Architecture
- Polaris
- Base Frequency
- 1257 MHz
- Boost Frequency
- 1340 MHz
- Max Memory Bandwidth
- 256 GB/s
- Max Memory Size
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- OpenCL
- 2
- OpenGL
- 4.5
- Process
- 14 nm
- Release
- April 2017
- TDP
- 185 W
- Typical Board Power (Desktop)
- 185 W
| Rigs × Qty | Share | Rev /rig/day | Cost /rig/day | Profit /rig/day | Total profit /day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
ROI calculator for AMD RX 580
Model payback, electricity, and first-year return for this rig.
The line crosses $0 on the day you break even. Everything above is pure profit.
| Month | Earned (mo) | Cost burned (mo) | Cumulative earned | Cumulative cost | Net | % ROI |
|---|
Yearly emissions by energy source
Based on the rig's annual power draw and the carbon intensity of common grid mixes.
| Energy source | CO₂e / yr |
|---|---|
| Wind | 13.5 kg |
| Nuclear | 14.72 kg |
| Hydroelectric | 29.45 kg |
| Geothermal | 46.62 kg |
| Solar | 55.21 kg |
| Biofuels | 282.18 kg |
| Gas | 601.17 kg |
| Coal | 1,006.04 kg |
Estimates only — actual emissions vary by hardware, cooling, and grid mix.
What does that actually mean?
At the world-average grid intensity of about 475 g CO₂e/kWh, AMD RX 580 running 24/7 for a year releases about 583 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent. Here's what that looks like in everyday terms:
Where you plug in matters
Electricity is not one thing. A kilowatt-hour from a coal plant carries roughly 820 g of CO₂; the same kilowatt-hour from a hydro reservoir carries about 24 g. That's a 34× difference — large enough that AMD RX 580's annual footprint swings from roughly 1,006 kg on coal-heavy grids down to about 29 kg on hydro-dominated grids. The single biggest lever a miner has on their carbon footprint is choosing where to plug in.
Regions commonly used for low-carbon crypto mining include Quebec and British Columbia (hydro-dominated, typically <50 g CO₂/kWh), Iceland and Norway (geothermal + hydro, often <30 g), Paraguay (Itaipú hydro), and parts of the US Pacific Northwest. Coal-heavy grids — Kazakhstan, Inner Mongolia, Poland, parts of Australia — sit at the opposite end, often above 700 g CO₂/kWh.
Some operators also reduce their net impact by using otherwise-wasted energy: flare gas at oil wells (burning methane that would be vented anyway), curtailed renewables (wind or solar that the grid can't absorb), or behind-the-meter hydro during off-peak hours. These arrangements can drop effective emissions below the local grid average because the energy would have been wasted or flared without the mining load.
How to reduce this rig's footprint
- Pick a greener ASIC. The efficiency column above matters as much as the grid: a 15 J/TH rig emits roughly half the CO₂ of a 30 J/TH rig for the same hashrate.
- Choose a low-carbon host. Data centres advertising hydro, geothermal, or nuclear power typically sit at <100 g CO₂/kWh.
- Look for stranded or curtailed energy. Flare-gas miners, wind-curtailment co-location, and off-peak hydro arrangements use energy that would otherwise be wasted.
- Use heat recovery. Capturing the heat for greenhouse agriculture, pool heating, or district warmth offsets fossil-fuel heating that would have been burned anyway.
- Time-shift your uptime. In grids with high daytime solar, running more during the day and less at night lowers your effective intensity even if you don't switch providers.
- Purchase verifiable offsets. Treat this as a last resort, not a substitute — and favour additional, permanent, third-party-verified projects (Gold Standard, Verra VCS).
Frequently asked questions
Yearly electricity use = rig power (W) × 24 × 365 ÷ 1000. We multiply that by each row's grid intensity in grams CO₂-equivalent per kWh and convert to kilograms. Intensities are representative averages — real emissions depend on your specific utility mix, time of day, and local transmission losses.
It depends almost entirely on where the electricity comes from. A single rig plugged into hydro in Quebec emits less over a year than an average family's two cars in a month. The same rig on a coal-dominated grid can exceed that in a few days. The hardware is the same — the grid is what changes the answer.
Network-wide estimates vary by methodology; the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance's Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index is the most widely cited reference. As of recent reporting, the network's sustainable-energy share has grown as more hashrate migrates to hydro, wind, solar, and stranded-gas sites. This page just estimates a single rig — for the big picture, CCAF's dashboard is the best source.
Not directly. The rig draws the same wattage regardless of which pool it joins or how difficulty trends — so its electricity use, and therefore its emissions, stay constant. Those factors change revenue, not power consumption.
2017 AMD Polaris GPU — 104 W, 4/8 GB VRAM. The defining Ethereum-era mining GPU.
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Where it fits Still usable on plenty of GPU-friendly chains. Cheap used-market supply keeps it relevant for farm rebuilds.
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Watch out 4 GB cards have essentially aged out of memory-heavy algorithms. 8 GB variants hold up better.
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Bottom line Perennial hobbyist favorite. Good learning hardware, serviceable mining GPU on cheap power.