# Miner- \[NiceHash\] Zcash CPU/GPU for Linux and Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [October 19, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861 "2016-10-19T22:00:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![novemberdelta241](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/novemberdelta241/32/6708_2.png) [@novemberdelta241](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/novemberdelta241)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/168 "2016-10-25T21:39:09Z")
> [@novemberdelta241](#): > > I am currently running Tromps from [minezcash.com](http://minezcash.com) - is there a guide anywhere to implement xenoncat in linux?? I am currently running Tromps from [minezcash.com](http://minezcash.com) - is there a guide anywhere to implement xenoncat in linux?? ---
**Author:** ![CjMapope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@CjMapope](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/CjMapope)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/169 "2016-10-25T21:39:15Z")
for selling your hash, BTC is the only PAYMENT option. if you want to get paid in a specific coin, just mine it yourself, don’t need nicehash for that ;p ---
**Author:** ![nicehashdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@nicehashdev](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/nicehashdev)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/170 "2016-10-25T21:42:01Z")
Yes, if you really want to get Zcash by mining, you should look at the ability to buy hashing power. We are much less risky investment, because you can cancel all orders at any time - you don’t get locked in contracts like with all other cloud mining companies. We have currently about 1 kH/s (or 1 kSols/s) of equihash available and prices are around 0.01 BTC for 1 kH/s per one day mining. ---
**Author:** ![DanLar75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@DanLar75](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanLar75)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/171 "2016-10-25T22:15:29Z")
Would be great if you could sticky (or include in top post) the location of the download links, and also a version set of the miner. ---
**Author:** ![nicehashdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@nicehashdev](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/nicehashdev)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/172 "2016-10-25T22:15:39Z")
Dual CPU Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 **reaching almost 100 Sols/s** ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/original/1X/02eaff2c9a9af31596672c63254bbd0d7ac1b796.png) That is 2x 135W = 270 W for 100 Sols/s ---
**Author:** ![tromp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/tromp/32/522_2.png) [@tromp](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/tromp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/173 "2016-10-25T22:22:45Z")
Ok, energy efficiency benchmark is set at 2.7 J/Sol … Can anyone produce a solution with fewer Joules? How many Watt for jtoomim’s 41 Sol/s ? ---
**Author:** ![ecohash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@ecohash](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/ecohash)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/174 "2016-10-25T22:35:03Z")
Its R9 390 so i think that more than 100W easy. Lets say 4.1 J/Sol, but i think that is closer to 5-6. ---
**Author:** ![funkyzebraz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@funkyzebraz](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/funkyzebraz)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/175 "2016-10-25T22:39:37Z")
Jtoomim’s top post on [Toomim Bros GPU mining software and cloud mining](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/toomim-bros-gpu-mining-software-and-cloud-mining/2080) says 41 sol/s on a R9 290. If the GPU is fully utilized, that’s 250 watts TDP - around 6.1 J/Sol. ---
**Author:** ![nicehashdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@nicehashdev](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/nicehashdev)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/176 "2016-10-25T22:44:04Z")
i7 5930K does cca 39 sols/s with 89 W (did not measure at wall, maybe a bit more there) so that is about 2.3 J/Sol. ---
**Author:** ![neo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neo](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/neo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/177 "2016-10-25T23:16:22Z")
> [@nicehashdev](#): > > Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 Thats a very expensive cpu. ---
**Author:** ![DanLar75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@DanLar75](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanLar75)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/178 "2016-10-25T23:19:38Z")
Yeah, not gonna be a lot of people looking to build a $10k workstation for mining. (This is a single processor: [Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 2.3 GHz LGA 2011-3 145W BX80660E52697V4 Server Processor - Newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117639&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Processors+-+Server-_-N82E16819117639&gclid=Cj0KEQjwhbzABRDHw_i4q6fXoLIBEiQANZKGW8fGCHxl8WafgdbzkorBbgUlriODeOAQdTNgSMsKShcaAl4c8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds)) $5600 for processors only to reach 100 H/s 🙂 And I’m going to go ahead and assume a HUGE part of the performance is the 45 MB L3 cache that allows for massive increase in data shuffling rate. While the i7 5930K is a $600 processor. So maybe take these numbers with a grain of salt. Edit: I checked and if the hash-rate is as highly dependent on L3 cache as I suspect, Xeons will most likely not be a very viable solution as the cheapest with 40MB+ L3 cache is $2k+ Edit: Even renting the Xeon used in the 100 h/s example is well around or above current cloud mining rates: [http://www.softlayer.com/gpu](http://www.softlayer.com/gpu) ---
**Author:** ![DanLar75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@DanLar75](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanLar75)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/179 "2016-10-25T23:23:25Z")
What version of your miner are you using? Download link? I’ll run tests on a slightly older (affordable) Dual - Xeon and post results. **edit: My Dual-Xeon is at 14 Sol/s right now. Not sure if I am running the right miner though, there are 2 exe. files so I tried the AVX one. ??** ---
**Author:** ![czenrique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@czenrique](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/czenrique)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/180 "2016-10-25T23:30:50Z")
Which card is better for Zcash mining GTX 1060 or RX 480? ---
**Author:** ![neo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@neo](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/neo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/181 "2016-10-25T23:34:09Z")
I don’t think its published yet. ---
**Author:** ![DanLar75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@DanLar75](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanLar75)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/182 "2016-10-25T23:39:15Z")
My guess is they are about the same as of current. It does seem however that AMD cards generally perform better once optimizations are truly pushed. Not saying it will be true for Zcash, but I think it’s likely. ---
**Author:** ![somebody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@somebody](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/somebody)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/183 "2016-10-25T23:39:39Z")
> [@DanLar75](#): > > older (affordable) is this miner out for cpu. the updated one? great speeds, well done nicehash. ---
**Author:** ![jtoomim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jtoomim](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/jtoomim)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/184 "2016-10-25T23:45:55Z")
> > 41 sol/s on a R9 290. > If the GPU is fully utilized, that’s 250 watts TDP - around 6.1 J/Sol. We’re not doing any texture lookups or texture compression or other graphics processing, so it’s not “fully utilized”. Also, that particular GPU is slightly undervolted. We measured it at around 200 W, or 5 J/Sol. We’re probably going to be mostly using RX 470s, which are around 3.75 J/Sol even with the crummy driver issue. I expect those numbers to improve once we get back to code optimization. ---
**Author:** ![czenrique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@czenrique](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/czenrique)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/185 "2016-10-25T23:48:23Z")
And please do anybody know which hashrate have Fiji cards Fury X and r9 nano? ---
**Author:** ![somebody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@somebody](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/somebody)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/186 "2016-10-26T00:40:10Z")
The new miner is not out yet right? Above was just nicehash test results? ---
**Author:** ![DanLar75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@DanLar75](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanLar75)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861/187 "2016-10-26T00:43:20Z")
Most tests indicate that there isn’t a huge performance diff between 290/390/480/Fury, Nano etc. Yes, some, but nothing extreme so far. [Previous page](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861.md?page=8) [Next page](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/miner-nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-for-linux-and-windows/2861.md?page=10)