{"id":16632,"date":"2022-04-20T09:55:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T07:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g100.us\/?p=16632"},"modified":"2022-06-17T15:35:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:35:32","slug":"nvidia-lhr-gpus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Nvidia's LHR \u201cLite Hash Rate\u201d GPUs Perform Worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66845530d925e\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #7f11e0;color:#7f11e0\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #7f11e0;color:#7f11e0\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66845530d925e\" class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-66845530d925e\" checked><nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 \"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#What_is_an_Nvidia_LHR_GPU\" title=\"What is an Nvidia LHR GPU?\">What is an Nvidia LHR GPU?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#What_is_GPU_Hash_Rate\" title=\"What is GPU Hash Rate?\">What is GPU Hash Rate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#How_Does_GPU_Hash_Rate_Impact_Performance_For_Gaming\" title=\"How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Performance For Gaming?\">How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Performance For Gaming?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#How_Does_GPU_Hash_Rate_Impact_Performance_For_Productivity_and_Rendering\" title=\"How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Performance For Productivity and Rendering?\">How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Performance For Productivity and Rendering?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#How_Does_GPU_Hash_Rate_Impact_Mining_Performance\" title=\"How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Mining Performance?\">How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Mining Performance?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#Can_These_Limits_Be_Subverted\" title=\"Can These Limits Be Subverted?\">Can These Limits Be Subverted?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#FAQ\" title=\"FAQ\">FAQ<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#How_else_can_I_put_my_PC_to_work_when_Im_not_using_it\" title=\"How else can I put my PC to work when I\u2019m not using it?\">How else can I put my PC to work when I\u2019m not using it?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#Should_I_use_GPU_or_CPU_Rendering_for_my_workloads\" title=\"Should I use GPU or CPU Rendering for my workloads?\">Should I use GPU or CPU Rendering for my workloads?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/nvidia-lhr-gpus\/#Over_to_You\" title=\"Over to You\">Over to You<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Do Nvidia LHR GPUs perform worse than regular Nvidia GPUs?<\/p>\n<p>What does Lite Hash Rate even mean, anyway?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_an_Nvidia_LHR_GPU\"><\/span>What is an Nvidia LHR GPU?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An Nvidia LHR GPU is an Nvidia <strong>L<\/strong>ite <strong>H<\/strong>ash <strong>R<\/strong>ate GPU.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This refers to an Nvidia graphics card where the graphics card\u2019s hash rate has been reduced by Nvidia before being sold to the market<\/strong>, ostensibly as an attempt to sell cheaper graphics cards to gamers and other consumers not impacted by GPU hash rate.<\/p>\n<p>More on how that went in a bit; for now, let\u2019s define hash rate.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_GPU_Hash_Rate\"><\/span>What is GPU Hash Rate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>GPU hash rate basically refers to the number of raw \u201chash\u201d equations used by cryptocurrencies and similar technologies that a graphics card can solve in a second.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16642\" style=\"width: 2316px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16642\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-border wp-image-16642 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate.jpg\" alt=\"Kryptex NVIDIA RTX 3080 Hashrate\" width=\"2316\" height=\"1160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate.jpg 2316w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-1536x769.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-2048x1026.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2316px) 100vw, 2316px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16642\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-border wp-image-16642 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202316%201160%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Kryptex NVIDIA RTX 3080 Hashrate\" width=\"2316\" height=\"1160\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202316%201160%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2316px) 100vw, 2316px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate.jpg 2316w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-1536x769.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate-2048x1026.jpg 2048w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Kryptex-NVIDIA-RTX-3080-Hashrate.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-16642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kryptex.org\/en\/hardware\/nvidia-rtx-3080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kryptex<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>More hash rate equals faster mining, and hash rate scales fairly well with raw GPU calculation horsepower.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever seen the heavy-duty thousand-dollar GPUs used for professional <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/best-hardware-for-gpu-rendering-in-octane-redshift-vray\/\">GPU rendering<\/a>, you have an idea what\u2019s going on here.<\/p>\n<p>Hash rate is pretty much exclusive to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, though. In theory, that should mean its impact on tasks unrelated to these workloads <em>should<\/em> be nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>The main determining factor of whether this holds true is if an LHR GPU achieves its goal by altering software or hardware.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If hardware is altered fundamentally, things, like compute performance (which boost but are not hash rate), may be impacted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So let's do some research. This is the fun part!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_GPU_Hash_Rate_Impact_Performance_For_Gaming\"><\/span>How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Performance For Gaming?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For the most part, GPU hash rate has no noticeable performance impact on gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Where performance differences between LHR and non-LHR versions of a card exist, these are down to changes in cooling design or factory overclocks rather than hash rate changes.<\/p>\n<p>As a great example, I\u2019ve embedded a video from Testing Games on YouTube below, showcasing this across nine different modern games.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7KqKDGup5tw\" width=\"760\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"760\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7KqKDGup5tw\" class=\" lazyload\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Where a (marginal) performance difference is apparent, it\u2019s generally explained by the non-LHR version of the card having an improved cooling setup (namely, a larger heatsink and an extra fan- 3 compared to the LHR\u2019s 2.) Otherwise, these GPUs perform identically- because they are identical.<\/p>\n<p>At least for gaming performance. What about other rendering tasks?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_GPU_Hash_Rate_Impact_Performance_For_Productivity_and_Rendering\"><\/span>How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Performance For Productivity and Rendering?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fortunately, LHR GPUs don\u2019t really negatively impact productivity or professional rendering tasks, either!<\/p>\n<p>The difference between non-LHR vs LHR performance in the GPU Rendering Benchmark in V-Ray 5 below is pretty much down to the margin of error.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16633\" style=\"width: 798px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16633\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16633\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/word-image-3.png\" alt=\"Non-LHR vs LHR applications in Puget Systems\u2019 benchmarks\" width=\"798\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/word-image-3.png 798w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/word-image-3-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/word-image-3-768x509.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16633\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16633 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20798%20529%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Non-LHR vs LHR applications in Puget Systems\u2019 benchmarks\" width=\"798\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20798%20529%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 798w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/word-image-3.png 798w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/word-image-3-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/word-image-3-768x509.png 768w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/word-image-3.png\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-16633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/NVIDIA-Lite-Hash-Rate-GPU-Performance-2241\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PugetSystems<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Puget Systems ran thorough benchmarks for video editing, rendering, and even photogrammetry and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/labs\/articles\/NVIDIA-Lite-Hash-Rate-GPU-Performance-2241\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed to find any meaningful performance difference<\/a> between LHR and non-LHR GPUs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With this in mind, I think it\u2019s fair to say that reports of LHR GPUs negatively impacting non-mining performance have been greatly exaggerated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the few circumstances where this may be the case, it\u2019s more likely to be caused by a lower-end cooler configuration or factory clock speed than actual hash rate-related bottlenecking.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_GPU_Hash_Rate_Impact_Mining_Performance\"><\/span>How Does GPU Hash Rate Impact Mining Performance?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>It does directly impact mining performance- pretty much linearly depending on how much the rate is lowered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16649\" style=\"width: 2213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16649\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-border wp-image-16649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1.jpg\" alt=\"NVIDIA RTX 3070 LHR vs Non-LHR Hashrate\" width=\"2213\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1.jpg 2213w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-1536x715.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-2048x953.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2213px) 100vw, 2213px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16649\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-border wp-image-16649 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202213%201030%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"NVIDIA RTX 3070 LHR vs Non-LHR Hashrate\" width=\"2213\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202213%201030%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2213px) 100vw, 2213px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1.jpg 2213w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-1536x715.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1-2048x953.jpg 2048w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/NVIDIA-RTX-3070-LHR-vs-Non-LHR-Hashrate-1.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-16649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image-Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kryptex.org\/en\/hardware\/nvidia-rtx-3070-lhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kryptex<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, there\u2019s a catch that Nvidia\u2019s marketing won\u2019t mention...<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_These_Limits_Be_Subverted\"><\/span>Can These Limits Be Subverted?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Yes.<\/strong> In fact, in a rather embarrassing incident, Nvidia broke the limit themselves by accidentally releasing a beta driver for an LHR version of the RTX 3060 (at launch!) with the limiter removed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While the LHR limits can be broken in other ways for other LHR cards, doing so is not officially sanctioned by Nvidia, and doing so would likely void your hardware\u2019s warranty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, I won\u2019t be directing you to subvert the hash rate limiter- but it only impacts crypto, and this is a product explicitly aimed at being a cheaper product for non-crypto miners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now is as good a time as any to discuss how the hash rate limit is actually implemented<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>LHR is forced through software, yes, but there\u2019s a genuine hardware aspect to it, too, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bdelrizzo\/status\/1362619264423747590?s=03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handshake between on-board software and silicon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, <strong>LHR unlockers are actually unable to unlock the full hash rate of the non-LHR version of the card (the absolute best-case scenarios are around 70 percent), rendering most LHR GPUs a genuine downgrade for even the most determined miners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQ\"><\/span>FAQ<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_else_can_I_put_my_PC_to_work_when_Im_not_using_it\"><\/span>How else can I put my PC to work when I\u2019m not using it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t interested in crypto but still have notions of putting your PC to work while you aren\u2019t actively using it, there are solutions for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first place I would consider going to is <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/foldingathome.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Folding @ Home<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16644\" style=\"width: 1939px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16644\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16644\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home.jpg\" alt=\"Folding@home\" width=\"1939\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home.jpg 1939w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home-1536x713.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1939px) 100vw, 1939px\"><\/noscript><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16644\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16644 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201939%20900%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Folding@home\" width=\"1939\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201939%20900%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1939w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1939px) 100vw, 1939px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home.jpg 1939w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home-1536x713.jpg 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/Folding@home.jpg\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-16644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/foldingathome.org\/?lng=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folding@home<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Folding @ Home means you\u2019re donating your processing power to help understand and find cures for existing diseases.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Should_I_use_GPU_or_CPU_Rendering_for_my_workloads\"><\/span>Should I use GPU or CPU Rendering for my workloads?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to use your PC hardware for professional workloads, you may be wondering whether a powerful GPU or CPU is better for the job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When it comes to rendering workloads, you can get fairly impressive visuals with CPU and GPU alike- perhaps even better with CPU-based rendering- but GPUs have their own key advantages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Namely, speed and modern real-time GPU power in general. Even mid-range GPUs can get fairly close-to-CPU results faster than most high-end CPUs can.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16645\" src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering.jpg\" alt=\"CPU vs GPU rendering\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16645 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"CPU vs GPU rendering\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%202048%201080%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering-1536x810.jpg 1536w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/2022\/04\/CPU-vs-GPU-rendering.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex has written about this in more detail than I have- <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/cpu-vs-gpu-rendering\/\"><strong>peruse his CPU vs GPU rendering guide<\/strong><\/a><strong> if you want a more detailed take!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Over_to_You\"><\/span>Over to You<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>And that\u2019s it!<\/p>\n<p>I hope that this article helped teach you a little more about graphics card technology and how manufacturers and end-users can alter its use.<\/p>\n<p>What about you: will you be grabbing an Nvidia LHR GPU?<\/p>\n<p>Chances are they\u2019ll still end up being a great deal on the secondhand market whenever there\u2019s a crypto crash. Otherwise, they\u2019re seemingly just slightly-cheaper versions of regular Nvidia GPUs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Leave a <a href=\"#comments\">comment<\/a> below and let me know what you think, or head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/g100.us\/forum\/\">forums<\/a> if you need help finding a GPU for your needs!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Nvidia LHR GPUs perform worse than regular Nvidia GPUs? What does Lite Hash Rate even mean, anyway? What is an Nvidia LHR GPU? An Nvidia LHR GPU is an Nvidia Lite Hash Rate GPU. 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