NVIDIA CMP 50HX for AI: A Step-by-Step Guide

I’m gradually diving into the AI world. To gain hands-on experience, I bought a GPU specifically for image generation with ComfyUI. Wanting an affordable yet efficient solution, I chose the NVIDIA CMP 50HX - a card originally designed for mining. It has 10 GB of VRAM and 446 second-generation Tensor Cores, and cost me only $75.

Since I couldn’t find a complete guide for using mining GPUs in AI, I’ll share my experience here.

What about drivers?

❌ GeForce Game Ready Driver (v560.94 in my case) didn’t work.
❌ NVIDIA’s website doesn’t offer special drivers for this card.
❌ NVIDIA A100 Data Center driver (v573.39 for Windows) also failed.
✅ The solution: Install CUDA Toolkit (v12.9.1 for me) and NVIDIA cuDNN.

After this, Windows 10 recognized the CMP 50HX without issues.

NVIDIA dedicated GPU for professional mining comparison

I couldn’t find a clear table comparing all NVIDIA GPUs specifically designed for cryptocurrency mining.

So I decided to create one myself.

The GPUs under consideration:

• NVIDIA CMP 170HX
• NVIDIA CMP 100HX
• NVIDIA CMP 90HX
• NVIDIA CMP 70HX
• NVIDIA CMP 50HX
• NVIDIA CMP 40HX
• NVIDIA CMP 30HX
• NVIDIA P102-100
• NVIDIA P104-100
• NVIDIA P106-100

The information was collected from various sources, some of which provided conflicting data.
There may be different versions of these GPUs, resulting in differences in specs.
I can’t ensure the accuracy of all the information given here.

I hope you find it helpful.