Energy efficiency
14.5 J/TH
14,000 W ÷ 966 TH/s
#32 of 99 in the catalog
ASIC miner · MicroBT
MicroBT Whatsminer M79
A hydro-cooled Bitcoin ASIC with 966 TH/s at 14,000 W — 14.5 J/TH.
About Whatsminer M79
The Whatsminer M79 is MicroBT's hydro-cooled model, released in December 2025. At 14.5 J/TH it ranks #32 of 99 in the catalog by efficiency, and 16th of 33 among hydro-cooled machines.
With a water cooling loop and 14.0 kW it needs a hosting site or a data center. It comes in hashrate variants from 870 to 968 TH/s; this page uses the manufacturer's nominal 966 TH/s.
What the specs add up to
Derived from the specs below, with the formula on every card. Estimates, not a forecast
Electricity used per day
336.0 kWh
14.00 kW × 24 h
122.6 MWh a year
Electricity cost per day
$33.60
336.0 kWh × $0.10 per kWh
Break-even electricity price
$0.087 / kWh
Estimated daily reward ÷ electricity used per day
As of 13 Nov 2026
Built for
Data center
14.00 kW of heat
Home class: up to 50 dB and 1.4 kW, air cooling
Hashrate per kW
69.0 TH/s
966 TH/s ÷ 14.00 kW
Whatsminer M79 or a digital miner with the same 966 TH/s
Same hashrate, side by side. Scenario: you run the machine yourself, on household electricity. Numbers follow our reward calculator and update daily
BTC price · 13 Nov 2026$70,780
Whatsminer M79
Your own machine · 966 TH/s · 14.5 J/TH
- Upfront cost
- Not shownNot in the catalog yet — see the manufacturer's store
- Reward per day (est.)
- 0.00041 BTC≈ $29.10 at the same hashrate
- Running cost per day
- $33.6014.00 kW × 24 h × $0.10 per kWh
- Net per day (est.)
- −$4.50At your electricity price
- Delivery and setup
- Shipping, customs, pool setup
- Noise and heat
- 14.00 kW of heat at your place
GoMining digital miner
966 TH/s · 15 J/TH · runs in our data centers
- Upfront cost
- $10,798966 TH × $11.18 per TH
- Reward per day (est.)
- 0.00041 BTC≈ $29.10
- Running cost per day
- $25.99Daily maintenance fee: electricity and service
- Net per day (est.)
- $3.11After the maintenance fee
- Delivery and setup
- Nothing to ship — runs in the app
- Noise and heat
- Nothing at your place
Break-even electricity price for this model: $0.087 per kWh. Above it, electricity costs more than the estimated reward
Estimates, not a forecast. Based on the BTC price, network difficulty and GoMining fees as of 13 Nov 2026; specs as published by the manufacturer. Assumes the machine runs 24/7 with no pool fee; industrial hosting is a different calculation. The digital miner's fee is shown before discounts. Mining rewards vary and are not guaranteed; they may fall below fees. Not investment advice. See terms
Whatsminer M79 specifications
16 characteristics, each with its source and the date we checked it. Values are nominal, as published by the manufacturer
- Published spec
- Calculated by GoMining
- Not found
- Manufacturer
- MicroBT
- Model
- Whatsminer M79
- Algorithm
- SHA-256 (Bitcoin)
- Hashrate (nominal)
- 966 TH/s
- Calculated
- Energy efficiency
- 14.5 J/TH
- Calculated
- Sold by manufacturer
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- Not found · 16 Oct 2026
- Noise level
- —The manufacturer does not publish it
- Not found · 16 Oct 2026
- Dimensions
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- Not found · 16 Oct 2026
- Weight
- —
- Not found · 16 Oct 2026
- Input voltage
- —
- Not found · 16 Oct 2026
- Network
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- Not found · 16 Oct 2026
- Coolant inlet temperature
- —
- Not found · 16 Oct 2026
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