I've been using the hastily ported ethminer-m1 (not m1 or m1 max optimized, just basically ported to build and run) on the new M1 Max (fully maxed out config) Apple MacBook Pro 16".
No, I am not trying to turn a profit and won't use it for mining regularly. I am just trying to get a good understanding of how it stacks up for my own curiosity. There are many differences in intent, design, target market, etc between this SoC (and its GPU cores) and discrete PCI cards used for mining, yes.
Running ethminer-m1 I get consistently 10.25 Mh/S whether on battery, mains, whatever.
Looking at powermetrics output for GPU, CPU, and SoC (Package) power use while at "idle" (keeping all other things as constant as possible) and while running ethminer-m1 (after a few min to get the system heat up and let fans start to kick in, etc well after the DAG is loaded and cores have been working a bit) I am seeing about a 19.4W difference in total package use (mostly all in the GPU, as one would expect).
Works out to about 0.528 Mh/W.
Super rough as per-process power use is a bit tough to measure on Mac OS X and an SoC in general...but definitely puts it in a very competitive stance (if not almost leading?) with the traditional GPU-based mining crowd (and ethminer-m1 is not really M1 optimized let alone M1 Max optimized).
Thoughts on ways to better test are welcome and input on methodology, etc is very welcome!
No, I am not trying to turn a profit and won't use it for mining regularly. I am just trying to get a good understanding of how it stacks up for my own curiosity. There are many differences in intent, design, target market, etc between this SoC (and its GPU cores) and discrete PCI cards used for mining, yes.
Running ethminer-m1 I get consistently 10.25 Mh/S whether on battery, mains, whatever.
Looking at powermetrics output for GPU, CPU, and SoC (Package) power use while at "idle" (keeping all other things as constant as possible) and while running ethminer-m1 (after a few min to get the system heat up and let fans start to kick in, etc well after the DAG is loaded and cores have been working a bit) I am seeing about a 19.4W difference in total package use (mostly all in the GPU, as one would expect).
Works out to about 0.528 Mh/W.
Super rough as per-process power use is a bit tough to measure on Mac OS X and an SoC in general...but definitely puts it in a very competitive stance (if not almost leading?) with the traditional GPU-based mining crowd (and ethminer-m1 is not really M1 optimized let alone M1 Max optimized).
Thoughts on ways to better test are welcome and input on methodology, etc is very welcome!