Ask HN: Why don't we just use hashcat to evaluate GPU performance

By nodesocket · 2026-10-03 · 2 points · 2 comments

I ran the following on a M4 Pro (20 core GPU) in MacOS vs a 4070 Super in Windows 11 using WSL and was kinda shocked to see the dramatic difference in GPU performance. ## generate a random sha256 8 alphanumeric python3 - <<'PY' > hashes-sha256.txt import secrets import string im…

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