Awesome Miner: Mining on a Mac Pro 28-Core + AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo MAXED!!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:55 pm
55 minutes of video of mining (CPU,GPU) on Apple's late 2019 Mac Pro in Windows Boot Camp using Awesome Miner. Awesome Miner did not read sensor temps on the Vega II Duo card. We mined on NiceHash pool. Awesome Miner has a nice interface and makes Crypto mining on Mac's easy to get started with. Visit for the latest crypto mining software and install guides for macOS and Windows.
CPU NeoScrypt Average hashrate (CPUminer 3.15.6): 98 kH/s
GPU Ethereum Average hashrate (PhoenixMiner 5.5): 138 MH/s
Averages based on the video seen:
Average Wall Wattage Draw Mac Pro: 600 - 700
Average Daily Earnings: $14
Average Monthly Earnings: $420
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:
Mac Pro (Late 2019) (MacPro7,1)
macOS Catalina 10.15.7
2.5GHz 28‑core (56 Virtual Cores) Intel Xeon W-3275M Turbo Boost 4.4GHz
32GB (4x8GB) 2933 MHz of DDR4 ECC memory
2TB SSD storage
AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo with 2x32GB of HBM2 memory
BIOS Version: 016.004.000.045
Windows 10: Windows 10 Home Single 64-Bit 10.0 Build 19042. Version 20H2
OS Build: 19042.804
Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0
Boot Camp Version: 6.1.7675
AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo Windows Boot Camp Info:
Radeon Pro Software Version: 19.40.01.48
Radeon Pro Settings Version: 2020.0220.1701.30630
Driver Packaging Version: 19.40.01.48-200220a-352141C
Provider: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
2D Driver Version: 8.1.1.1634
Direct3D® Version: 9.14.10.01426
OpenGL® Version 26.20.11000.13587
AMD Audio Driver Version: 10.0.1.12
Vulkan™ Driver Version: 2.0.116
Vulkan™ API Version: 1.1.125