As you can see in the above graph, the video gaming industry consumes about 105 TWh per year, just slightly more than what BTC miners use. Gold mining, on the other hand, takes much more electricity to run as its annual energy intake stands at around 240 TWh at the moment, almost 2.5x BTC mining needs.
Does mining consume a lot of electricity?
Is mining more intensive than gaming?
Mining doesn’t put any more stress on your GPU than a AAA game with great graphics—it’s doing the same computing tasks.
Does CPU mining use more power?
Powerful CPUs consume large amounts of power. If you mine crypto coins that require a lot of power, you end up spending a lot on electricity bills. That’s why miners buy CPUs with lower power consumption or mine less strenuous coins.
