The price tag for each GMO miner B2 unit, launched on June 6, was $1,999.
The B3 model will be sold at the same price as the B2 model.
So, that's a 37.5% increase in hashing power -- 33TH/s for $1,999 -- but power consumption has also increased to 103W per TH/s.
Let's see how it
compares to Bitmain.
By comparison, the current market leader – Bitmain's Antminer S9 – offers 14TH/s at a power consumption of around 1,300W.
[...] That's compared with $837 for the Antminer S9.
Looks like Bitmain still edges out GMO in terms of both output and power consumption. But it's close -- less than a $1 per TH/s and ~ 10W per TH/s. Seems like good progress in the battle to chip away at Bitmain's market share.
Efficiency aside people in the mining speculation thread are concerned about the heat and they do have a point.
That's 3,417W in a metal box with 4 fans trying desperately to prevent a meltdown.
Probably the noise will be insane and you're going to need extra cooling compared to the S9 or far better airflow.
Disappointing...especially coming from a large company, not a 2 men one garage start-up.
PS.
Shipping November 2018, in
BTC time that's 2-3 years.
