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We already know that the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X CPU is doing great for CPU mining with its 12 cores and 24 threads for the the new RandomX algorithm (RandomX CPU Benchmarks), so the demand for that particular processor is pretty high and there are shortages and price speculations. Not to mention that it is still pretty had to find, regardless of the price, in many places as it is doing great not only for mining… it is considered to be one of the best CPUs at the moment for PC enthusiasts and gamers as well. Next month we are hopefully going to see the even more powerful AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, originally scheduled to be released in September with a recommended price of $749 USD, however delayed by AMD for November release in order to meet the high user demand after they saw what is happening with the 3900X.
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is a processor with 16 cores and 32 threads, base clock of 3.5 GHz with max boost up to 4.7 GHz and a default TDP of 105W. The same 105W TDP that the 3900X has, however the base frequency is lower in order to accommodate the extra 4 cores into the same TDP level. Thee extra 4 cores and 8 threads should easily add something like another 30% of extra hashrate for RandomX on top of the 12000 H/s or more that the 3900X already manages to deliver, so we re talking about 18000 H/s or more (especially if you overclock the processor). Now that will be one hell of a performance compared to what you can currently get with high-end GPUs for RandomX or even what Intel high-end end-user processors are able to deliver.
It all seems nice and comfy when talking about specifications and expected hashrate, but when mining is concerned we also need to talk about profitability and time to ROI… Well, unfortunately at the moment the profitability of the coins that use RandomX or a modified variant of the algorithm are far from being very profitable even with 3900X and 3950X CPUs. We are hoping that the upcoming Monero (XMR) fork to RandomX will help with that, but it is at the end of November and it is still hard to justify building a PC with 3900X or 3950X just for CPU mining at this point. If you build a new PC for gaming or work where you need the large number of cores and occasionally use it for mining instead of leaving it sti idle or be turned off, then it is much more reasonable.
– To check the official specifications of the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-core processor…
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SRBMiner-MULTI CPU and AMD GPU Miner 0.1.0 Beta
4, Oct 2019
The author of the popular SRBminer CryptoNight AMD GPU miner, doktor83, has just released a new mining software called SRBMiner-MULTI CPU and AMD GPU Miner. The new miner is targeted at algorithms for CPU mining as well as some CPU and GPU ones for more recent AMD-based video cards (R9 2xx series and newer)… other than the CN-based algorithms that his other AMD GPU miner supports. Do note that just like his CryptoNight GPU miner, this new CPU and GPU AMD miner is also available only for Windows as a pre-compiled binary (it is closed source) and there is a built-in developer fee as follows: 0% for blake2b, 1.70% for rainforestv2 and 0.85% for all other supported algorithms. The miner does not yet have support for the new RandomX algorithm, but it will most likely get one at least regarding CPU support, you can find the initially supported algorithms below:
CPU-only algorithms:
– cpupower
– yescryptr16
– yescryptr32
– yescryptr8
– yespower
– yespowerlitb
– yespowerr16
CPU + GPU algorithms:
– blake2b
– blake2s
– keccak
– mtp
– rainforestv2
– yescrypt
– To download and try the new SRBMiner-MULTI CPU and AMD GPU Miner 0.1.0 Beta…
- In: Mining Software
- Tags: AMD miner, Blake2b, Blake2b miner, Blake2s, Blake2s miner, cpu miner, CPU mining, cpupower, cpupower miner, doktor83, gpu miner, Keccak, keccak miner, MTP, MTP miner, OpenCL miner, processor miner, rainforestv2, rainforestv2 miner, SRBMiner, SRBMiner-MULTI, SRBMiner-MULTI CPU miner, SRBMiner-MULTI GPU miner, SRBMiner-MULTI miner, Yescrypt, yescrypt miner, yescryptr16, yescryptr16 miner, yescryptr32, yescryptr32 miner, yescryptr8, yescryptr8 miner, yespower, yespower miner, yespowerlitb, yespowerlitb miner, yespowerr16, yespowerr16 miner
We have not talked about the BitCash (BITC) project for quite some time, but it just got our attention once more with its recent fork. BitCash has moved to the new X16Rv2 algorithm, however you will not be able to GPU mine it for the moment as the existing miner software does not support the specific header that BITC uses. So until there is official support from a GPU miner specifically for the BITC variant of X16Rv2 the coin can only be solo CPU mined via the wallet. This might be interesting for some miners out there that have decent CPUs sitting idle as this might be a good opportunity for you to stack up some coins before GPU mining becomes available again.
Update: BitCash will have another hard fork in a few days on 6 October 10:00 UTC to correct the problem with the mining. This hard fork will bring back the possibility of GPU mining. There is a new wallet version 0.17.20 already. Everybody needs to upgrade to the new version. After the new fork we should be able to use the T-Rex GPU again for X16Rv2 mining with GPUs.