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GPU Earnings Calculator

Select your GPU model, set your electricity rate and idle hours — see exactly what your hardware earns via compute sharing or XMR mining, net of electricity, with a payback period estimate.

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📈 Investing & Wealth

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Corp Tax Rate21%
SE Threshold$400
FICA Cap 2024$168,600

Monthly net earnings

$54

RTX 3080 · 8hr/day · 89% margin after electricity

Net / hour
$0.222
$0.250 gross
Daily
$1.78
8hr idle
Annual
$649
at this pace
Payback period
13mo
$699 MSRP

GPU Model

VRAM

10GB

Power

230W

MSRP

$699

Hours per day

8hr
1hr24hr

Hourly breakdown

+
Gross earnings$0.2500/hr
−
Electricity cost$0.0276/hr
=
Net per hour$0.2224/hr

⚡ Compute Sharing (Salad-style)

Compute sharing rents your GPU VRAM to AI inference, rendering, and ML training workloads. Salad.io, Vast.ai, and Akash pay based on GPU model and market demand. Rates shown are Salad.io averages — Vast.ai can pay 20–35% more with port-forwarding configured.

1

Compute sharing earnings

GPU compute rate ($/hr) — Salad.io market average

RTX 3080: $0.25/hr

= $0.250/hr gross

Rates reflect Salad.io market averages for GPU compute. Vast.ai typically pays 20-35% more with port-forward setup.

Salad.io earnings dashboard (2024 market data)

2

Electricity cost per hour

watts ÷ 1000 × $/kWh

230W ÷ 1000 × $0.120/kWh

= $0.0276/hr

US residential average: ~$0.12/kWh. Check your electric bill for your exact rate.

EIA: U.S. residential electricity avg ~$0.12–0.16/kWh (2024)

3

Net earnings per hour

gross/hr − electricity/hr

$0.2500 − $0.0276

= $0.2224/hr

4

Daily → monthly earnings

net/hr × hours/day × 30.44 days/mo

$0.2224 × 8hr × 30.44

= $1.78/day · $54.16/mo

5

Payback period

GPU MSRP ÷ monthly net earnings

$699 ÷ $54.16/mo

= ~13 months

Only relevant if you bought the GPU for this purpose. Already-owned hardware earns pure profit.

Key insight

Mining income (when received) and compute sharing payments are both taxable as ordinary income. Track your earnings and set aside 25–35% for taxes if you have no W-2 withholding.

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Numbers never leave your browser · Estimates based on 2024 market data — actual earnings vary

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