Which one delivers more coins per watt?
AMD or Nvidia? And am I right when I think that always the newest generation of a card is the best for mining?
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AMD or Nvidia? And am I right when I think that always the newest generation of a card is the best for mining?
In terms of raw performance, Nvidia and AMD compare favorably. Once electricity usage is factored in, Nvidia wins out with far higher efficiency in the current round of technology.
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In terms of Nvidia cards, the GTX 1070 seems to be at a good price/performance/efficiency inflection point.