ASICMining
FIG · Equipment
MicroBT Whatsminer M3

Browse our current-gen miners. Add the ones you want, then sign in any time to save your cart and check out.

MicroBTSHA-256BTC

Whatsminer M3

12 TH/s2,000 WAir-cooled
Profit / day
-$3.48/day
after power at $0.08/kWh
Efficiency
166.67J/TH

Availability

0 units

Profitability · SHA-256 · BTC

Is the Whatsminer M3 profitable?

Not at $0.08 per kWh. The MicroBT Whatsminer M3 mines Bitcoin on the SHA-256 algorithm at 12 TH/s, drawing 2,000 W (167 J/TH). At $0.08 per kWh it earns about $0.36 a day but spends $3.84 on power, so it loses $3.48 a day.

It’s #263 of 269 SHA-256 miners on efficiency. It isn’t in stock with us at the moment. It’s an air-cooled unit, released in January 2018.

Break-even power price
$0.007/kWh

It only makes money below this.

Daily profit rank
#431of 533

Across every miner we track.


Whatsminer M3 specifications

ManufacturerMicroBT
ModelWhatsminer M3
AlgorithmSHA-256
CoinsBTC
Hashrate12 TH/s
Power consumption2,000 W
Efficiency167 J/TH
CoolingAir
Noise78 dB
ReleasedJanuary 2018

Other coins it can mine

Mine instead

BitcoinBTCRanked on
$0.360.00000476 BTC
–
0.0000014%
$31.0B
−2.0%
QuaiQUAI
$0.4359.42 QUAI
+19%
0.02%
$91kLow liquidity
+14.7%
DigiByte (SHA-256)DGB
$0.40131.24 DGB
+11%
0.05%
$2.3M
−3.3%
eCashXEC
$0.4069,919 XEC
+11%
0.03%
$1.6M
−6.2%
Bitcoin SVBSV
$0.360.0221 BSV
<1%
0.0049%
$6.6M
−2.4%
Bitcoin CashBCH
$0.350.00148 BCH
−1%
0.00036%
$175.1M
−13.7%

Paid on top

Fractal BitcoinFB
+<$0.010.0000617 FB
+<1%
0.0000014%
$2.4M
−16.8%Volatile
NamecoinNMC
+<$0.010.00000515 NMC
+<1%
0.0000014%
$0Illiquid
+0.4%
ElastosELA
+<$0.010.00000515 ELA
+<1%
0.0000014%
$307k
−43.0%Highly volatile
HathorHTR
+<$0.010.000463 HTR
+<1%
0.0000014%
$71kLow liquidity
−17.7%Volatile
Max potential profitUnlikely
-$3.48/day
-$3.48 BTC profit + <$0.01 paid on top

How it compares · SHA-256 miners

MinerRankEfficiencyProfit / day
Bitmain Antminer S23 Hyd 3U (1.16 PH)#19.5 J/TH$13.48
Bitdeer SealMiner A4 Ultra Hydro#29.4 J/TH$10.38
Bitmain Antminer S23e Hyd U2H (865T)#310.0 J/TH$9.22
Bitmain Antminer S23e Hyd 2U (865Th)#410.0 J/TH$9.22
Ebang Ebit E9#149171 J/TH-$1.88
Canaan AvalonMiner 741#153158 J/TH-$1.99
MicroBT Whatsminer M3This miner#219167 J/TH-$3.48
MicroBT Whatsminer M3XNewer model#225164 J/TH-$3.56

More from MicroBT


Figures updated 00:01 UTC, 10 November 2026, using today’s network difficulty and coin prices. Estimates, not financial advice.