Head to Head test of CoolMiner 1.3 Vs ccminer 2.2.5
Hash rate numbers are vanity metrics and can be gamed. The only thing I care about is "which miner puts more coins in my wallet?" I've done dozens of Head to Head tests in the past see: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/x16r-rvn-miner-head-to-head-test-log-3385643
I've decided to test CoolMiner 1.3 Vs ccminer 2.2.5 to see which one mines more coins.
The Setup:
I use a 12 GPU 1080Ti rig on Windows 10, split into three mining instances of 4 GPU's each (for this test, only two of the instances are used). All three mining instances are balanced to get as close to the same hash rate as possible.
Each mining instance is running at the same time on the same machine mining on the same pool.
Overclock settings: 100% TDP, +75 core, -502 mem
Drivers: Nvidia 397.93
Test 1 Results: CoolMiner 1.3 wins by 7.72%
Duration: 360 minutes
Default intensity: 16; pool set variable diff
-I stopped the test early, because I wanted to see both miners running a static pool diff and 20 intensity
Test 2 Results: CoolMiner 1.3 wins by 2.51%
Duration: 855 minutes
-i 20; pool diff = 10
This test was very close from the outset, much closer than Test 1.
