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OUR METHODS

One number to trust: expected pay, model by model.

The best way to know what your Mac will earn on Darkbloom. No other Darkbloom tool estimates pay per model for your exact Mac and checks itself against real pay every night.

Figures for the week Oct 26 to Nov 1 (UTC), from Macs that share their activity with BloomGauge. Updated every Monday.

Live pay matches the paycheck99.98%Live readout $121.576 vs confirmed $121.555 · 95 Macs · 2,796 hours
Pay lands in the range shown7 in 10All Mac types · 85 Macs · 3,183 hours
Picked the best-paying model8 in 10M5 Pro 48 GB, the top type · 6 Macs · 354 hours. Leaving it alone: 3 in 10.

Your Mac type’s score.

Mac typePicked the best modelPay in rangeBest model paidEvidence
M5 Pro 48 GB8 in 107 in 103.1¢/h6 Macs · 402 h
M4 Max 64 GB8 in 105 in 100.3¢/h5 Macs · 172 h
M5 Ultra 96 GB8 in 107 in 1014.2¢/h10 Macs · 578 h
M4 Max 128 GB7 in 106 in 100.8¢/h6 Macs · 196 h
M5 Ultra 256 GB7 in 107 in 1016.1¢/h6 Macs · 292 h
M4 Pro 48 GB6 in 104 in 100.1¢/h6 Macs · 212 h
M5 Max 64 GB6 in 107 in 106.5¢/h11 Macs · 600 h
M5 Pro 64 GB6 in 107 in 102.0¢/h9 Macs · 242 h
M5 Max 128 GB5 in 108 in 108.5¢/h15 Macs · 652 h
M1 Max 64 GB3 in 106 in 100.1¢/h12 Macs · 626 h

Types with 5 or more Macs. “Picked the best model”: the model BloomGauge ranked first was the best-paying one for that Mac type that hour, a switch’s lost pay counted. Where every model pays about the same, a wrong pick costs little.

Reliability on Darkbloom, by Mac type.

Share of online hours with work. Macs running BloomGauge vs other Darkbloom Macs of the same type.

M5 Pro 64 GB97% vs 50%
M5 Pro 48 GB92% vs 51%
M4 Max 128 GB72% vs 36%
M1 Max 64 GB42% vs 14%
M5 Ultra 96 GB97% vs 74%
M5 Max 128 GB96% vs 75%
M5 Max 64 GB91% vs 70%
M4 Pro 48 GB51% vs 37%
M4 Max 64 GB57% vs 47%
M5 Ultra 256 GB87% vs 89%
BloomGauge MacsOther Macs, same type

Higher on 9 of 10 types with 5+ BloomGauge Macs. Compares Macs, not pay, and doesn’t show why: owners and setups differ.

Earnings are hard to predict. So we check them six ways.

Load, demand and your Mac all move the answer. Each view uses the best data available, and they all feed the one number: expected pay.

Pay at every loadEach model, at each load band, on your Mac.
Live payUpdated every 5 minutes.
Network demandWhere the work is, model by model.
A range on every estimateHow sure it is, shown, not hidden.
Where it came fromYour Mac, Macs like yours, or the network.
A nightly scoreEvery estimate checked against real pay.
Self-improving

The longer your Mac runs, the more its estimates use its own pay. Estimates within 2x of real pay:

Whole networkday one
16%
Macs like yoursfirst days
43%
Your own Macafter it has run
53%
The Manager acts on the top pick

Switches only when the gain beats a 2-minute restart. Every move explained. Manual always wins.