Date: May 2016
Cpuminer is a multi-threaded, CPU-optimized miner for Litecoin, Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies. It supports and benchmarks SHA-256d and scrypt(N, 1, 1) algorithms. The source is available in github at https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer.
root@susie:/srv/app/cpuminer/bin# ./minerd --benchmark -a sha256d
root@susie:/srv/app/cpuminer/bin# ./minerd --benchmark
| System | CPU | Arch | GHz | OS | sha256d (BTC) | scrypt (Litecoin) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi 1B | Broadcom BCM2835 | ARMv6 | 0.7x1 | Raspbian 8 | 171 khash/s | .28 khash/s |
| Raspberry Pi 0W | Broadcom BCM2835 | ARMv6 | 1.0x1 | Raspbian 8 | 289 khash/s | .50 khash/s |
| Beaglebone Black | AM3359 Cortex-A8 | ARMv7 | 1.0x1 | Ubuntu 14.04 | 561 khash/s | .72 khash/s |
| Raspberry Pi 2B | Broadcom BCM2836 | ARMv7 | 0.9x4 | Raspbian 8 | 727 khash/s | 1.12 khash/s |
| Altera Atlas SoC | 5CSEMA4U23C6N A9 | ARMv7 | 0.9x2 | Ubuntu 16.04 | 1,016 khash/s | 1.71 khash/s |
| Raspberry Pi 3B | Broadcom BCM2837 | ARMv8 | 1.2x4 | Raspbian 8 | 1,407 khash/s | 2.54 khash/s |
| NanoPi NEO 2 | Allwinner H5 | ARMv8 | 1.5x4 | Ubuntu 16.04 | 1,818 khash/s | 3.13 khash/s |
| Raspberry Pi 4 | Broadcom BCM2711 | ARMv8 | 1.5x4 | Raspbian 10 | 4,120 khash/s | 7.69 khash/s |
The same benchmark was run on the consumer hardware below to provide a frame of reference:
| System | CPU | Arch | GHz | OS | sha256d (BTC) | scrypt (Litecoin) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Surface Go 8GB | Pentium 4415Y | Intel | 1.6x2 | Ubuntu 16.04 | 4,970 kHash/s | 9.38 kHash/s |
| Apple MacMini 2007 | Core 2 Duo T7200 | Intel | 2.0x2 | Windows 10 32 | 5,160 khash/s | 6.15 khash/s |
| Xperia Z4 Tablet | Snapdragon 810 | ARMv8 | 2.0x4 | Android 6.0 | 5,088 khash/s | 9.70 khash/s |
| HP laptop zBook 14 | i7-4600U Haswell | Intel | 2.7x2 | Windows 10 64 | 20,000 khash/s | 36.00 khash/s |
| Linode 4GB VM | Xeon E5-2680 VM | Intel | 2.8x1 | Ubuntu 14.04 | 30,000 khash/s | 48.20 khash/s |
| NUC7 32GB | i7-10710U | Intel | 1.1x6 | Ubuntu 20.04 | 70,000 khash/s | 110.30 khash/s |
Before compiling Cpuminer, some of the prerequisite SW packages are:
- automake
- libjansson-dev
- libcurl4-openssl-dev
Remember to re-run ./autogen.sh if the packages were added after its first run.