Mining Monero & Ethereum on a MacBook Pro 16" 2.4GHz 8-Core + Radeon 5600M
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:51 pm
Video of mining Monero (CPU) and Ethereum (GPU) on MacBook Pro 16" 2.5GHz. Average GPU hashrate was 14 MH/s. This mining video was done in Windows Boot Camp using Nice Hash. Nice Hash benchmarked GMiner to have the highest hashrate for AMD Radeon Pro Vega 5600M. Visit for the latest crypto mining software and install guides for macOS and Windows.
CPU Monero Average hashrate (XMRig 6.8.1): 3550 H/s
GPU Ethereum Average hashrate (GMiner 2.44): 14 MH/s
Averages based on the video seen:
Average Wall Wattage Draw Mac Pro: 87
Average Daily Earnings: $1.50
Average Monthly Earnings: $44
Earnings depend on how you are paid per pool. Nice Hash pays via BTC. With how volatile BTC currency is, your earnings may vary widely.
System Details:
Apple MacBook Pro 16-Inch (2019) (MacBookPro16,4)
macOS Catalina 10.15.7
2.4GHz 8‑core (16 Virtual Cores) Intel I9-9980HK Turbo Boost 5.0GHz
64GB 2667MHz of SDRAM memory
2TB SSD storage
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8G
Windows 10: Windows 10 Home Single 64-Bit 10.0 Build 19041.
Boot Camp Version: 6.1.8034
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M Windows Boot Camp Info:
Radeon Pro Software Version: 19.50.32.01
Radeon Pro Settings Version: 2020.0420.1031.18946
Driver Packaging Version: 19.50.32.01
Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
2D Driver Version: 8.1.1.1634
Direct3D® Version: 9.14.10.01432
OpenGL® Version 26.20.11000.13587
AMD Audio Driver Version: 10.0.1.12
Vulkan™ Driver Version: 2.0.137
Vulkan™ API Version: 1.2.133