GPU ROI Explorer
G GPU ROI Explorer Snapshot 2026-10-10

Local inference / mining / token economics

Where does your GPU pay back first?

Compare current crypto mining profit with the value of running Qwen3.8 27B locally. Change the assumptions. The table recalculates in your browser.

Fastest modeled payback
36 days

RTX 3090 through frontier API savings.

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Best local speed 75 tok/s RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q
Best mining ROI 325 days RTX 4090
Best average API ROI 609 days RTX 3090
Best frontier ROI 36 days RTX 3090
GPU ROI comparison

41 cards shown. Click a GPU name for the calculation detail.

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RTX 3090

The selected row shows the inputs used for each payback path. Mining values use the current Hashrate.no best row. API values use the local generation estimate and the selected token prices.

Open Hashrate.no data · Open price reference

Calculation detail

Hardware price$1,200
Mining revenue$3.18 / day
Mining power cost$0.88 / day
Average API savings$1.97 / day
Frontier API savings$33.59 / day
Runtime supportCUDA native, llama.cpp native, ROCm n/a, Ollama native
Best modeled path36 days

What the numbers mean

Mining net subtracts GPU power from the current Hashrate.no gross daily estimate. Local API savings multiply Qwen generation speed by 86,400 seconds, then subtract AI power. Missing mining rows show n/a instead of inventing a crypto return.

Benchmark boundary

The RTX 3090 Qwen result is measured. Other generation rates use reported results, memory bandwidth, architecture estimates, or a named range. Runtime, quantization, context length, and drivers change the result. Legacy warnings cover cards that need pinned drivers, older ROCm, or custom builds.