Class v6 floor lane 4: floor lane 1's stock rows taken (the 4090 and H100; the occupancy knob 1 to 2 percent), the class v5 watts driver and the memory-clock try (box-cardbench-v2m.sh) on 16 card classes in parallel

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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"memory_gb": 24,
"label": "estimated",
"stock": {
"mhs": 63.0,
"w": 280.0,
"uj": 4.44,
"mhs": 70.63,
"w": 353.5,
"uj": 5.0,
"class": "v4"
},
"tiers": [
@ -411,13 +411,13 @@
"power_pct": 60,
"mem_mhz": 0,
"limit_w": 450,
"mhs": 63.0,
"w": 210.0,
"mhw": 0.3,
"mhs": 70.6,
"w": 257.0,
"mhw": 0.2747,
"source": "measured",
"label": "estimated",
"uj": 3.4,
"note": "the Ada shape (the 4070's measured tune: v3 x0.72, the premium x0.7): band 3.0 to 3.8; the class v5 kit read 62.76 MH/s on a rented 4090 with the watts unread"
"uj": 3.64,
"note": "the Ada shape (the 4070's measured tune: v3 x0.72, the premium x0.7) on the measured stock rows (class v3 253.4 W, class v4 353.5 W, floor lane 1, 8 October): band 3.3 to 4.0; the occupancy knob is worth 1 to 2 percent on this card and nothing more"
},
{
"id": "balanced",
@ -425,12 +425,12 @@
"power_pct": 80,
"mem_mhz": 0,
"limit_w": 450,
"mhs": 63.0,
"w": 235.0,
"mhw": 0.2681,
"mhs": 70.63,
"w": 290.0,
"mhw": 0.2436,
"source": "measured",
"label": "estimated",
"uj": 3.73,
"uj": 4.11,
"note": "the Ada prior (a cap holds the rate until the SM clock falls under about 2,400 MHz)"
},
{
@ -439,16 +439,16 @@
"power_pct": 100,
"mem_mhz": 0,
"limit_w": 450,
"mhs": 63.0,
"w": 280.0,
"mhw": 0.225,
"mhs": 70.63,
"w": 353.5,
"mhw": 0.1998,
"source": "stock",
"label": "estimated",
"uj": 4.44,
"note": "the 0.3.12 rented row 52.25 MH/s at 183.1 W and the rig's 57.4 at 205 W were an earlier class; the class v4 stock row is owed to the denominator sweep"
"label": "measured",
"uj": 5.0,
"note": "floor lane 1's rented 4090 at stock: class v3 70.63 MH/s at 253.4 W (3.59), class v4 70.63 at 353.5 W (5.0), idle 34.7 W; the denominator sweep's RunPod 4090 read class v3 70.09 at 222.6 W (3.18): the host spread again"
}
],
"src": "docs/analysis/prover-tiers-real-cards.md (6 October); ~/igneum-fleet/cv5-results.txt (the class v5 kit on a 4090)"
"src": "docs/analysis/class-v6/floor/sm-sparse.md (floor lane 1, 8 October); ~/igneum-fleet/cardbench/rows.jsonl (the denominator sweep)"
},
{
"card": "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080",
@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@
"source": "stock",
"label": "measured",
"uj": 2.77,
"note": "rented pods 7 and 8 October (class v3 248.9 MH/s at 411.7 W; class v4 250.6 at 695.1 W)"
"note": "rented pods 7 and 8 October (class v3 248.9 MH/s at 411.7 W; class v4 250.6 at 695.1 W); floor lane 1 read class v3 254.6 at 450.4 W (1.77) and class v4 251.9 at 699 W (2.78, the 700 W cap binding, the clock throttled to 1,750 MHz), class v5 250.2 at 698.8 W: v5 = v4 on this card"
}
],
"src": "~/igneum-fleet/cardbench/rows.jsonl, 8 October"

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@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ its source) or estimated (with its method). Nothing here moves a consensus objec
the knee, k = 1) stands; the honest sentence per joule is now "under 2x against a 16 GB Blackwell card at its knee
for a core as good as a GPU lane, 1.3x against an Apple laptop".
3. **What moves the floor is the operating point and nothing else in software.** The SM-sparse kernel is dead on
measured rows (the draw follows the work, not the SM count; research file 20.3b); the cache-policy hint is dead; the
measured rows (the draw follows the work, not the SM count; research file 20.3b; floor lane 1's rows of 13:25 on a
rented 4090 and H100 say the same at stock: the best occupancy shape saves 1 to 2 percent of the watts and the draw
over idle is flat across the SM count while the rate holds, so the residual is the clock domain, reachable by the
lock and the undervolt only); the cache-policy hint is dead; the
memory clock is never touched (a step that drags it down cannot win); the power cap is flat on Blackwell at the hash
(0.41 MH/W under every limit on the 5090) and is the only lever on Ampere; the core lock walks the driver's V/F
curve and is the lever on Blackwell and Ada; AMD has the ADLX offsets (measured today: 24 percent of the 9070 XT's
@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ Max; the wall more); the NVIDIA and AMD rows are whole-card.
| RTX 5070 (12 GB) | 12 GB | 1.75 | estimated | 2.2x / 1.6x | 2.7x / 1.8x | 3.8x / 2.2x | stock class v4 58.9 MH/s at 176.1 W (2.99) measured (the paired class v3 run 113 W); the Blackwell shape gives about 103 W: 1.75 v4; band 1.7 to 2.1 |
| RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB) | 16 GB | 2.33 | estimated | 2.9x / 2.1x | 3.6x / 2.4x | 5.0x / 3.0x | stock class v4 30.9 MH/s at 114.8 W (3.72) measured on PC 2 (the Thunderbolt enclosure); the Blackwell shape gives about 72 W: 2.33; band 2.2 to 2.6; the card-in job measures the ladder |
| RTX 5060 (8 GB) | 8 GB | 2.15 | estimated | 2.7x / 1.9x | 3.3x / 2.2x | 4.6x / 2.7x | stock class v3 31.27 MH/s at 75.4 W (2.41) measured; class v4 stock about 110 W (3.5) and the knee about 67 W: 2.15; band 2.0 to 2.5 |
| RTX 4090 (24 GB) | 24 GB | 3.40 | estimated | 4.3x / 3.1x | 5.3x / 3.5x | 7.3x / 4.3x | the denominator sweep's class v3 row 70.09 MH/s (RunPod, 8 October 13:07, the watts in section 6); the class v5 kit 62.76 MH/s on another 4090; the Ada shape (the 4070's tune: v3 x0.72, the premium x0.7) gives about 3.3 v4, 3.4 v5; band 3.0 to 3.8 |
| RTX 4090 (24 GB) | 24 GB | 3.64 | estimated (stock measured, lock owed) | 4.6x / 3.3x | 5.6x / 3.8x | 7.8x / 4.6x | stock measured by floor lane 1: class v3 70.63 MH/s at 253.4 W (3.59), class v4 70.63 at 353.5 W (5.0), idle 34.7 W; the denominator sweep's RunPod 4090 read class v3 70.09 at 222.6 W (3.18, the host spread); the Ada shape (the 4070's tune: v3 x0.72, the premium x0.7) gives about 257 W at the knee: 3.64 v5; band 3.3 to 4.0; the occupancy knob 1 to 2 percent (lane 1) |
| RTX 4080 (16 GB) | 16 GB | 3.33 | estimated | 4.2x / 3.0x | 5.2x / 3.4x | 7.2x / 4.2x | stock class v3 40.71 MH/s at 128.6 W (3.16) and class v4 40.74 at 185.6 W (4.56) measured; the Ada shape gives about 133 W: 3.26 v4, 3.33 v5; the 4080 Super reads the same (42.6 at 134.9 / 195.7 W) |
| RTX 4070 (12 GB) | 12 GB | 3.51 to 3.58 | measured at the tune point | 4.5x / 3.2x | 5.6x / 3.7x | 7.7x / 4.5x | 1,860 MHz lock + the 50 percent cap: class v4 31.08 MH/s at 109.0 W (3.51), v5 3.58; against 3.58 stock on class v3 and 2.57 tuned; the ladder below 1,860 under class v4 is owed (band 3.2 to 3.6) |
| RTX 4070 Ti (12 GB) | 12 GB | 3.60 | estimated | 4.6x / 3.2x | 5.6x / 3.7x | 7.8x / 4.6x | stock class v3 31.24 MH/s at 95.4 W (3.05) and class v4 31.26 at 155.3 W (4.97) measured; the Ada shape gives about 111 W: 3.6; the 4070 Super at a 110 W host cap held 31.26 MH/s at 108.4 W under class v4 (3.47): a cap row measured |
@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ Max; the wall more); the NVIDIA and AMD rows are whole-card.
| RX 7800 XT (16 GB) | 16 GB | 9.50 | estimated | 12.0x / 8.5x | 14.7x / 9.8x | 20.5x / 12.1x | 16 channels: about 18 MH/s at about 230 W stock (12.8); the knob 9 to 10 |
| RX 7600 XT (16 GB) | 16 GB | 13.0 | estimated | 16.5x / 11.7x | 20.2x / 13.4x | 28.0x / 16.5x | 8 channels: about 9 MH/s at about 160 W stock (18); the knob 12 to 14; the card-in queue holds one for a PC measurement |
| RX 9060 XT (16 GB) | 16 GB | 10.0 | estimated | 12.7x / 9.0x | 15.5x / 10.3x | 21.6x / 12.7x | 8 channels of GDDR6 on RDNA 4: about 9.5 MH/s at about 130 W stock (13.7); the knob 9.5 to 10.5; the card-in queue holds one |
| H100 SXM (80 GB) | DC | 2.00 | estimated | 2.5x / 1.8x | 3.1x / 2.1x | 4.3x / 2.5x | stock class v3 248.9 MH/s at 411.7 W (1.65) and class v4 250.6 at 695.1 W (2.77) measured; the premium 283 W (11.2 pJ per op); a lock on an owned host (Hopper at 1,980 MHz boost, HBM3-bound): about 500 W (2.0); band 1.9 to 2.4; rented hosts refuse `-lgc` |
| H100 SXM (80 GB) | DC | 2.00 | estimated (stock measured, lock owed) | 2.5x / 1.8x | 3.1x / 2.1x | 4.3x / 2.5x | stock class v3 248.9 MH/s at 411.7 W (1.65) and class v4 250.6 at 695.1 W (2.77) measured (floor lane 1 the same: v3 254.6 at 450.4 W, v4 251.9 at 699 W with the 700 W cap binding and the clock throttled to 1,750 MHz; class v5 = class v4 on this card, 250.2 at 698.8 W; its -lmc was accepted and the clock stayed 2,619 MHz); the premium 283 W (11.2 pJ per op); a lock on an owned host (Hopper at 1,980 MHz boost, HBM3-bound): about 500 W (2.0); band 1.9 to 2.4; rented hosts refuse `-lgc` |
| L40S (48 GB) | DC | 3.50 | estimated | 4.4x / 3.1x | 5.4x / 3.6x | 7.5x / 4.4x | stock class v3 56.4 MH/s at 220.7 W (3.91) and class v4 56.4 at 277.6 W (4.92) measured; the Ada shape gives about 198 W (3.5) |
| A100 SXM (80 GB) | DC | 3.10 | estimated | 3.9x / 2.8x | 4.8x / 3.2x | 6.7x / 3.9x | stock class v3 138.3 MH/s at 268.6 W (1.94) and class v4 138.0 at 489.3 W (3.54) measured (the premium 221 W = 15.8 pJ per op, the dearest ALU in the record); the card already runs at 1,410 MHz, a cap recovers about 60 W: 3.1 |
| Intel Arc B580 (12 GB) | 12 GB | 10.4 | estimated | 13.2x / 9.4x | 16.2x / 10.8x | 22.5x / 13.3x | 10.6 to 11 MH/s measured on PC 2 (the enclosure), the watts unread; about 110 W by the board's class (OWED); no clock lever in the app for Intel |
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| Architecture | The lever | What it does, measured | The tier points (Efficiency / Balanced / Max) | Known-failed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell (5090, 5080; 5070 Ti, 5070, 5060 Ti, 5060 by shape) | the core lock; the power cap is flat on this hash | the rate holds within 1.5 percent to 1,300 MHz on the 5090 and within 0.3 percent to 1,000 on the 5080; the draw falls a third on class v3 and the shadow's premium halves | 1,200 / 1,300 / unlocked on the 5090; 1,100 / 1,100 / unlocked on the 5080; 1,100 / 1,300 / unlocked as the prior on the others | the 5090 at 1,100 (-10.5 percent on class v4), the 5080 at 900 (-5.2 percent); the Power Helper's skip-rule fault (0.3.20) needs the padding lines |
| Ada (4090, 4080, 4070 Ti, 4070, 4060 Ti, 4060, L40S) | the core lock with a cap | the 4070's tune: 1,860 MHz and the 50 percent cap hold 30.95 MH/s at 79.5 W on class v3 (28.7 at 102.7 stock); a cap holds the rate until the SM clock falls under about 2,400 MHz (the search prior) | 1,860 at 50 to 60 percent / 2,400 at 80 percent / unlocked | the 4070 Ti Super at a 210 W host limit with the SM at 2,400 lost 10 percent on class v4 (36.95 against 41.24 MH/s): a cap that binds under the shadow costs rate on Ada too |
| Ada (4090, 4080, 4070 Ti, 4070, 4060 Ti, 4060, L40S) | the core lock with a cap | the 4070's tune: 1,860 MHz and the 50 percent cap hold 30.95 MH/s at 79.5 W on class v3 (28.7 at 102.7 stock); a cap holds the rate until the SM clock falls under about 2,400 MHz (the search prior); the 4090's class v4 premium at stock is 100 W (lane 1), under the 5090's 145 for 40 percent fewer counted ops per second | 1,860 at 50 to 60 percent / 2,400 at 80 percent / unlocked | the 4070 Ti Super at a 210 W host limit with the SM at 2,400 lost 10 percent on class v4 (36.95 against 41.24 MH/s): a cap that binds under the shadow costs rate on Ada too |
| Ampere (3090, 3080, 3070, 3060, A4000 to A6000, A100) | the power cap only | a cap holds the rate until the SM falls under about 1,800 MHz; stock clocks sit at 1,900 to 2,000, so the lever is 10 to 15 percent of the draw; the 3060 Ti at a 130 W host cap held 33.06 MH/s at 128.7 W on class v4 | 80 percent with the lock at 1,800 as a ceiling / 90 percent / unlocked | the 3080 Ti at 63 percent with the SM at 749 MHz: 24 to 28 percent of rate lost |
| Hopper (H100) | the core lock on an owned host | unmeasured: rented hosts refuse `-lgc`; the premium 283 W at stock (11.2 pJ per op) says half of it is the clock | 1,400 at 80 percent / 1,600 at 90 percent / unlocked, all estimated | none measured |
| RDNA 4 (9070 XT; 9060 XT by shape) and RDNA 3 (7900 XTX, 7800 XT, 7600 XT by shape) | the ADLX core and power offsets (0.3.25); no memory knob; no elevation | the 9070 XT's grid: the rate flat at 18.9 MH/s across 24 rows, -500 MHz and -30 percent = 149.3 W against 202 | -500 MHz, -30 percent / -300 MHz, -15 percent / stock | Ember run 6 aborted on "card reports 0 W" (fixed bd7fcf4); the ADLX sampler window bug (fixed) |
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## 6. The denominator sweep (rented, 8 October 13:05 onward, the stock rows the record lacked)
Two drivers of the fleet lane's model sweep (`box-cardbench-v2.sh` for class v3, the v5 kit's fingerprint and the
Three drivers of the fleet lane's model sweep (the third, from 13:21, on the coordinator's full-spend order: 16 card classes in parallel on `box-cardbench-v2m.sh`, the class v5 kit's bench run for 200 batches of 2^24 under the sampler so the class v5 watts are a measured mean, and a memory-clock try (`-lmc` to the card's maximum, a second class v5 run when the host accepts it)) (`box-cardbench-v2.sh` for class v3, the v5 kit's fingerprint and the
memprobe ceiling; `box-cardbench-v4watts.sh` for the class v4 shape with the paired class v3 run), one one-shot pod per
card class on RunPod or Vast under the USD 1.00 per hour consumer cap, destroyed at the end of each row; the rows
appended to `~/igneum-fleet/cardbench/rows.jsonl` with `sweep: 2026-10-08-denominator`; spend inside the lane's USD 100.
@ -264,7 +267,8 @@ table of section 2 as they land; this section lists them.
| Card | Class v3 (MH/s at W, microjoules) | Class v4 shape (MH/s at W, microjoules) | v4 over v3 watts | Host, driver, cost | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 24 GB | 70.09 MH/s (RunPod, driver 595.91, 13:07; the watts in the row) | pending | | USD 0.74 per hour, about 0.05 | the class v5 kit on another 4090 read 62.76 MH/s; the rate differs by host |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | 70.09 MH/s at 222.6 W (3.18; RunPod, driver 595.91, 13:07); class v5 kit 70.25 MATCH | pending | | USD 0.74 per hour, 0.03 | floor lane 1's rented 4090 read 70.63 at 253.4 W on the same class: the host spread of 12 percent on the watts at the same rate |
| RTX 5060 8 GB | 24.77 MH/s at 80.7 W (3.26; Vast, 13:11); class v5 kit 31.31 MATCH (a rate the v3 run on this host did not reach) | 16.23 MH/s at 87.8 W (5.41; a second Vast host, 13:10, v4 over v3 +20 percent on that host) | +20 percent | USD 0.02 | the rate varies by host 16 to 31 MH/s on this card class: the 7 October pod read 31.27 on class v3; the per-hash energy at the matched rate stands at 2.4 (v3) |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | pending (two Vast hosts rented 13:05) | pending | | USD 0.14 per hour | |
| RTX 3080 10 GB | pending | pending | | | the first Vast offer vanished at the rent (HTTP 410) |
| RTX 5080 16 GB | the RunPod host failed `cuInit` (a bad host, destroyed); Vast next | pending | | | |