And with a price tag to match on April 26, 2021, 11:15 11 comments Why it matters: Bitmain, the Chinese crypto mining company, has teased its upcoming Antminer E9 Ethereum mining box. Not only is this welcome news for miners, it could potentially benefit PC gamers as the machine can mine at a hash rate equivalent to 32 GeForce RTX 3080s working simultaneously. As reported by Tom's Hardware, the Antminer E9 has a rate of 3 GH/s, making it faster than the Linzhi's Phoenix Ethash ASIC miner that manages up to 2,600 MH/s. Additionally, Bitmain's offering uses less power—2,556W—than the Linzhi machine's 3,000W.