How much is Xbox Game Pass?

Essential runs 9.99 USD a month, Premium 14.99, PC Game Pass 13.99 and Ultimate 22.99. Ultimate came down from 29.99 in April 2026 and PC Game Pass from 16.49. Prices differ by country, so check your own store page for the figure you will actually be charged.

Is Xbox Live Gold still a thing?

The name is gone, the codes are not. Microsoft folded Gold into Xbox Game Pass Core in September 2023 and renamed Core to Game Pass Essential in the 2025 reshuffle. Retail Gold codes still sell and still redeem — the time simply lands on the tier that replaced Gold.

How do you get Xbox Game Pass for free?

You build a balance with GamerHash AI and spend it in the GamerHash store on a three- or twelve-month membership code. The membership is paid for normally — the difference is that your graphics card earned the money, running AI jobs during the hours the machine was idle anyway.

Does Xbox Live Gold convert to Game Pass Ultimate?

It has done for years: Microsoft lets prepaid Core or Gold time be turned into Ultimate, and the ratio has long been two months of Core for one of Ultimate on accounts that are new or lapsed rather than already subscribed. That ratio is Microsoft’s to change, so buy the code for what it says on the tin — membership time — and treat a conversion as a bonus.

How do I redeem an Xbox code?

Sign in and enter the 25-character code at xbox.com/redeem, in the Microsoft Store app on Windows or in the Store on the console. The time is added immediately. The code has to match the region your account is set to.

How long does it take to earn three months of membership?

At eight idle hours a day an RTX 5090 gets there in six days, an RTX 4090 in seven, an RTX 4080 in nine and an older RTX 3090 in about eighteen. The twelve-month code takes seventeen days on a 5090. Use the calculator on this page for your exact card.

Do Xbox membership codes expire?

Once redeemed, the time sits on your account and counts down from the day it starts. You can hold up to three years of prepaid membership at once, so a twelve-month code bought today does not have to be spent today.

Official Microsoft artwork — an Xbox Wireless Controller in Velocity Green against a green backdrop

Xbox Live Gold, 3 and 12 months · straight from the GamerHash store

An Xbox membership your graphics card pays for

Your PC sits idle for hours every single day. Put those hours to work: the app runs AI jobs on your graphics card, the balance climbs while you sleep, and you spend it on an Xbox Live Gold code — three months or twelve. Redeem it and the time lands on your account as Game Pass Essential, the tier Gold turned into. This catalog stocks the membership rather than wallet credit, so that is exactly what this page promises.

Three months of membership: about six days on an RTX 5090
Twelve months: seventeen days on the same card
Out of your own pocket: nothing

Start earning Xbox membership See how long it takes

Three steps. That is the whole thing.

No catch, no subscription on our side, no small print. You rent out your graphics card for AI compute and get paid for it — during the hours you were not using the machine anyway.

Switch it on, forget it

Install the app, hit EARN, get on with your day. Setup takes about a minute.

The card works, the balance grows

Not gaming? Your GPU runs AI jobs. Gaming? It steps aside instantly. You get paid by the hour.

Collect the membership code

Pick three or twelve months in the store, then redeem the 25-character code at xbox.com/redeem.

How many days does your card need?

A three-month membership takes six days on an RTX 5090, seven on an RTX 4090, nine on an RTX 4080 and about eighteen on an older RTX 3090. The twelve-month code takes seventeen days on a 5090 and twenty-two on a 4090 — under three weeks of idle time for a year of online play. Pick your exact model in the calculator and see the real number.

What your PC needs to earn

22.25 GUSD

RTX 5090 6 daysRTX 4090 7 daysEstimated at 8 idle hours a day.

Run it on your card

Balances are held in GUSD — an internal unit equal to 1 USD. How fast it adds up depends on your card, the hours it runs and current network demand.

The membership itself, not a stand-in

The English catalog carries one Xbox product and carries it properly: Xbox Live Gold, in three-month and twelve-month codes. There are no Xbox wallet cards in this market, so this page does not pretend there are — what your balance buys here is subscription time, bought outright with no intermediate card to trade on.

Xbox Live Gold 3 months

Gift cards

Xbox Live Gold 12 months

Gift cards

You redeem the 25-character code at xbox.com/redeem, on the console or in the Microsoft Store app, and the time is added straight away. Gold became Xbox Game Pass Core in September 2023 and Core was renamed Game Pass Essential in the 2025 tier reshuffle, so what lands on your account is the tier carrying online multiplayer, a rotating catalog of games and cloud play. Codes match the region your account is set to, and up to three years of prepaid membership can sit on one account — so a twelve-month code does not have to be used the day it arrives.

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Xbox membership — what it is and what it costs

Short and concrete: which tiers exist now, what they cost after the April 2026 cut, what a Gold code actually turns into and where you redeem it. Taken from Xbox and Microsoft Support.

What this catalog stocks: Xbox Live Gold codes for 3 and 12 months — this market carries no Xbox wallet cards
What Gold is now: Folded into Xbox Game Pass Core in September 2023; Core was renamed Game Pass Essential in 2025
The tiers today: Essential 9.99, Premium 14.99, PC Game Pass 13.99 and Ultimate 22.99 USD a month
April 2026 price cut: Ultimate dropped from 29.99 to 22.99 USD and PC Game Pass from 16.49 to 13.99 USD
What Essential covers: Online multiplayer, a rotating catalog of games, cloud gaming and member deals
The Call of Duty change: Since April 2026 new Call of Duty releases reach Game Pass about a year after launch, not on day one
Where to redeem: xbox.com/redeem, the Microsoft Store app on Windows or the Store on the console — 25 characters
Region and stacking: Codes match the account region; up to three years of prepaid membership can sit on one account

Source: Xbox and Microsoft Support (xbox.com, support.microsoft.com).

Frequently asked questions

Essential runs 9.99 USD a month, Premium 14.99, PC Game Pass 13.99 and Ultimate 22.99. Ultimate came down from 29.99 in April 2026 and PC Game Pass from 16.49. Prices differ by country, so check your own store page for the figure you will actually be charged.
The name is gone, the codes are not. Microsoft folded Gold into Xbox Game Pass Core in September 2023 and renamed Core to Game Pass Essential in the 2025 reshuffle. Retail Gold codes still sell and still redeem — the time simply lands on the tier that replaced Gold.
You build a balance with GamerHash AI and spend it in the GamerHash store on a three- or twelve-month membership code. The membership is paid for normally — the difference is that your graphics card earned the money, running AI jobs during the hours the machine was idle anyway.
It has done for years: Microsoft lets prepaid Core or Gold time be turned into Ultimate, and the ratio has long been two months of Core for one of Ultimate on accounts that are new or lapsed rather than already subscribed. That ratio is Microsoft’s to change, so buy the code for what it says on the tin — membership time — and treat a conversion as a bonus.
Sign in and enter the 25-character code at xbox.com/redeem, in the Microsoft Store app on Windows or in the Store on the console. The time is added immediately. The code has to match the region your account is set to.
At eight idle hours a day an RTX 5090 gets there in six days, an RTX 4090 in seven, an RTX 4080 in nine and an older RTX 3090 in about eighteen. The twelve-month code takes seventeen days on a 5090. Use the calculator on this page for your exact card.
Once redeemed, the time sits on your account and counts down from the day it starts. You can hold up to three years of prepaid membership at once, so a twelve-month code bought today does not have to be spent today.
Yes. GamerHash AI releases the graphics card the moment you launch a game and returns to compute when you close it. You only earn on time your PC was idle anyway.

Your card is idle anyway. Put it on your Xbox bill.

Setup takes a minute. Six days later the three-month code is in reach, and just over two weeks in, the twelve-month one.

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