What inputs do I need for a Monero mining profit calculator?

You need your mining speed, electricity use, electricity price, and any mining fees to estimate your Monero profit. The calculator also needs current Monero network data and an XMR price, but many tools fill those in for you. For browser mining, use measurements from your actual browser setup—not results from a different mining program.

Measure your mining speed and running time

Your hashrate is how many mining calculations your device completes each second. Monero calculators usually ask for this in H/s, meaning hashes per second.

• Use a steady reading. Let mining run long enough for your device to warm up and its speed to settle.
• Check the units. For example, 1 kH/s means 1,000 H/s. Entering the wrong unit can throw your estimate off by a thousand times.
• Enter your daily mining hours. If you only mine for six hours, do not use an estimate that assumes 24 hours without adjusting it.

Monero uses RandomX, its mining algorithm—the set of calculations miners perform. It favors CPUs, the main processors in computers. A speed measured for another coin or algorithm is not a useful substitute.

For browser mining, background-tab limits, sleep settings, heat, and other open apps can all reduce your real speed. If a service mines something else and pays you in XMR, a direct Monero mining calculator will not accurately model that service.

Get your electricity inputs right

You need two electricity figures:

• Power draw in watts: Ideally, measure this with a plug-in power meter at the wall. A processor’s advertised power rating is not your computer’s actual electricity use.
• Electricity price per kWh: A kilowatt-hour is the amount of energy used by a 1,000-watt device running for one hour. Look for the usage-based rate on your electricity bill, including applicable charges.

Which power reading should you enter? If you turn the computer on only to mine, count its full power use. If it would already be running, you can estimate the added cost by subtracting its normal non-mining power draw from its mining power draw.

The basic calculation is:

Daily electricity cost = watts ÷ 1,000 × mining hours × price per kWh

Include extra cooling costs if they are meaningful for your setup.

Add fees and any equipment costs

Enter the pool fee if you use a mining pool—a group of miners that shares rewards. Also check for browser-service charges, software fees, and withdrawal fees.

Avoid counting the same fee twice. Some services display earnings after their charges are already deducted.

For a fuller profit estimate, include:

• Equipment bought specifically for mining.
• A reasonable allowance for equipment wear.
• Conversion fees if you plan to sell your XMR.

A minimum payout is not itself a fee, but it affects when you can receive your earnings.

Check the calculator’s live assumptions

Most calculators automatically supply the XMR price, network difficulty, and block reward. Difficulty measures how hard it is to find a valid block; Monero adjusts it every block, roughly every two minutes.

Check that those figures are current. Monero’s ongoing base reward is 0.6 XMR per block, with transaction fees adding to miner rewards.

Treat the result as an estimate, not a promise. Price, mining competition, and your device’s performance can change.

The bottom line

Start with your measured hashrate, realistic mining hours, wall-power use, electricity rate, and fees. Check the calculator’s live assumptions, then distinguish estimated mining revenue from profit after costs.