The concept of co-mining with an APU's CPU and IGPU is intriguing and opens up some
interesting possibilities where they could work cooperatively but that's not where the
APU market is. APU's are for smaller lower cost systems where a discrete GPU isn't required
so high powered APUs are unlikely.
APUs also aren't designed for heavy duty use where both the CPU and IGPU are running 100% 24/7
so cooling would be an issue.
Another issue is that the CPU and IGPU compete for resources like memory so an APU mining rig
would likely need more memory than would otherwise be needed.
It's somewhat like the development of hifi audio in the 1970's where all in one receivers started appearing
which combined the power amp, pre-amp and tuner into one box. Initially they were aimed at the lower
end of the market and shunned by those who wanted better quality. But they improved and now home
theatre receivers are just as good as seperates.
Eventually APUs may go up-market and compete with seperates but they have a long way to go.
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Hi,
just a few hours ago, first benchmarks of the new APUs from AMD appeared.
It turns out that the iGPU is as fast as a RX550. (maybe even a tad fester) This is amazing!
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/news/hardware/prozessoren/45571-erste-benchmarks-zu-den-neuen-ryzen-apus.html
My question: You can actually mine both the CPU cores and the iGPU at the same time?
If so, this could be a very nice little setup for few money (about $160)
Have anyone experience with mining on a integrated GPU?
-wzi
just a few hours ago, first benchmarks of the new APUs from AMD appeared.
It turns out that the iGPU is as fast as a RX550. (maybe even a tad fester) This is amazing!
https://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/news/hardware/prozessoren/45571-erste-benchmarks-zu-den-neuen-ryzen-apus.html
My question: You can actually mine both the CPU cores and the iGPU at the same time?
If so, this could be a very nice little setup for few money (about $160)
Have anyone experience with mining on a integrated GPU?
-wzi
You should be able to mine with both the CPU and the GPU cores.
Obviously it cant be any memory heavy algo as its an APU.
I imagine cryptonight would do quite well on the 704 shader model.
The Ryzen 5 2400G is basically half of a Ryzen 1700x so you can assume about 300 H/s on cryptonight.
Not sure how the integrated GPU will work with Cryptonight but based on the shader cores expect at least RX 550 numbers so like 300 H/s. Realistically anywhere between 250-400 H/s.
You be lucky to get 600 H/s total. Not bad if you can find a board that will support 6 cards. Though im sure it will cost a lot more than a basic celery CPU.
I dont think its very lucrative but might be good for mining rigs if its not overpriced. You'd need a Ryzen mobo + the CPU And I cant see them selling the top tier CPU for less than $120, probably $149.99 for the Ryzen 5 2400G.
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