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ElijahLynn • today at 6:30 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Millions of Mac users could make passive income renting out their plugged in GPU and compute...


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bigyabai • today at 7:15 PM

No, they really can't. There is no market for Apple Silicon GPU compute, largely because the fastest Mac GPUs you can buy are arguably a waste of TSMC's silicon.

Look at it like this: a maxed-out M5 Ultra Mac Studio starts at $6,799, and the iGPU benchmarks similar to an $800 RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. That's a 3nm SOC getting outperformed by a 5nm dGPU; Apple Silicon is years behind Nvidia's consumer offerings, and that's before we even compare with datacenter-grade DGX/Instinct GPUs.

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1-6 • today at 6:33 PM

Sounds like Elon Musk's plan of Tesla owners selling idle compute on their cars.