Whatsminer M21 vs RX 5500
Side-by-side mining comparison: specs, per-algorithm benchmarks, efficiency and current profitability.
| Type | ASIC | GPU | |
| Power | 1860 W | 47 W | |
| Release | 2019-08 | ||
| Best opportunity |  BTCNetwork |  RVNNetwork | |
| Profit/day | $-2.31 | $-0.10 | |
| Score | 49/100 | 49/100 | |
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Benchmarks by algorithm
Best available benchmark per device; efficiency = hashrate per watt.
| Algorithm | Whatsminer M21 | RX 5500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autolykos2 | not supported | 5.023 MH/s47 W · 106.9 kH/s/W | |
| BCD | not supported | 7.528 MH/s87 W · 86.53 kH/s/W | |
| Blake (2s) | not supported | 2.705 GH/s99 W · 27.32 MH/s/W | |
| KAWPOW | not supported | 2.677 MH/s64 W · 41.83 kH/s/W | |
| SHA-256 | 31 TH/s1860 W · 16.67 GH/s/W | not supported |