Topic: XMR-Stak VS CPUMiner-opt (Read 213 times)
think with cpuminer you can set mining intensity
best CPU miner for any cryptonight variation is JCE CPU Miner. Give it a try and maybe tweak it extensively for maximum hashrate
I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong thread or already discussed; I could not find the answer.
Im relatively new to mining and compiling miners and hoping someone could guide me a bit. I used to mine coins from Cryptonight family using XMR-STAK. I like XMR-STAK because of its low CPU usage and good Hashrate.
I recently started mining other algos using other miners and have become a fan of YescryptR16. I use CPUMiner-OPT to mine YescryptR16 but it uses 100% CPU power.
I did a comparison of both miners on CryptonightV7 with my i7 for 5 minutes each-
I understand that they're different miners, made for different things but how can I make CPUMiner-OPT use less CPU power without sacrificing Hashrate (like XMR-Stak)? Or is there another miner for YescryptR16 that is the XMR-Stak equivalent?
Thank you in advance for your guidance.
Im relatively new to mining and compiling miners and hoping someone could guide me a bit. I used to mine coins from Cryptonight family using XMR-STAK. I like XMR-STAK because of its low CPU usage and good Hashrate.
I recently started mining other algos using other miners and have become a fan of YescryptR16. I use CPUMiner-OPT to mine YescryptR16 but it uses 100% CPU power.
I did a comparison of both miners on CryptonightV7 with my i7 for 5 minutes each-
- XMR-STAK= 170H/s at 25% CPU Power
- CPUMiner-OPT= 80H/s at 99-100% CPU Power
I understand that they're different miners, made for different things but how can I make CPUMiner-OPT use less CPU power without sacrificing Hashrate (like XMR-Stak)? Or is there another miner for YescryptR16 that is the XMR-Stak equivalent?
Thank you in advance for your guidance.
cryptonight needs 2mb l3 cache per thread for best efficiency, and xmr-stak detect cache and sets correct amount of threads
it also support large pages, which increase memory access speed
cpuminer-opt, doesnt support large pages and doesnt autodetect l3, so you need to manually set thread count "-t X" to make it more efficient, but even then it will not reach xmr-stak speeds
I mined XMR for a short time and I preferred XMR-Stak (self-compiled with lowered dev-fee).
If you'd like to compile it on your own and don't know how to do it you could check this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgK8dhKmxc0
It's not the best but it should show everything you need.
If you'd like to compile it on your own and don't know how to do it you could check this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgK8dhKmxc0
It's not the best but it should show everything you need.
Thanks, I appreciate the quick reply and link. I've been looking at videos for compiling both but can never seem to get it working correctly. Will keep trying.
I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong thread or already discussed; I could not find the answer.
Im relatively new to mining and compiling miners and hoping someone could guide me a bit. I used to mine coins from Cryptonight family using XMR-STAK. I like XMR-STAK because of its low CPU usage and good Hashrate.
I recently started mining other algos using other miners and have become a fan of YescryptR16. I use CPUMiner-OPT to mine YescryptR16 but it uses 100% CPU power.
I did a comparison of both miners on CryptonightV7 with my i7 for 5 minutes each-
I understand that they're different miners, made for different things but how can I make CPUMiner-OPT use less CPU power without sacrificing Hashrate (like XMR-Stak)? Or is there another miner for YescryptR16 that is the XMR-Stak equivalent?
Thank you in advance for your guidance.
Im relatively new to mining and compiling miners and hoping someone could guide me a bit. I used to mine coins from Cryptonight family using XMR-STAK. I like XMR-STAK because of its low CPU usage and good Hashrate.
I recently started mining other algos using other miners and have become a fan of YescryptR16. I use CPUMiner-OPT to mine YescryptR16 but it uses 100% CPU power.
I did a comparison of both miners on CryptonightV7 with my i7 for 5 minutes each-
- XMR-STAK= 170H/s at 25% CPU Power
- CPUMiner-OPT= 80H/s at 99-100% CPU Power
I understand that they're different miners, made for different things but how can I make CPUMiner-OPT use less CPU power without sacrificing Hashrate (like XMR-Stak)? Or is there another miner for YescryptR16 that is the XMR-Stak equivalent?
Thank you in advance for your guidance.
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