An enthusiast tested the new Intel Xeon Ice Lake-SP server processors in Monero mining. Video appeared on the TechTechPotato YouTube channel.
The experiment showed that two 24-core Xeon Gold 6330 CPUs on the RandomXmonero algorithm yield $1.99 per day at a hash rate of 17 kH/s. Together they draw 580 W of power.
Data: TechTechPotato YouTube channel.
TechTechPotato used only half of the processor cores, due to the intensive bandwidth load. Each Xeon core has about 2.5 MB of L3 cache.
Data: TechTechPotato YouTube channel.
The profitability of the server processors is comparable to the Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics card, but the cost of the two CPUs is significantly higher, at roughly $3,800.
Central processors were used for Bitcoin mining in the early stages of the industry, dating back to 2009. By comparison, the i7-990X delivered roughly 33 MH/s.
In the summer of 2010, Bitcoin’s price rose to $0.08. By the end of 2010, CPU mining had lost competitiveness due to GPUs appearing.
Earlier ForkLog reported that enthusiasts used a portable gaming system Game Boy based on a Sharp processor running at 4 MHz for Bitcoin mining.
The system produced a hash rate of 0.8 H/s. At the current Bitcoin price (above $60,000), mining $1 would take about 50,000 years.
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