Mining Hardware

Hardware is the component that performs the hash calculations.

There are different types of hardware:

• ASIC(Application-Specific Integrated Circuit): designed to perform a single task with maximum performance


• CPU(Central Processing Unit): designed to handle a wide range of tasks, but not at maximum efficiency for any specific one.


• GPU(Graphics Processing Unit): designed to perform a large number of calculations in parallel.


• FPGA(Field-Programmable Gate Array): designed to be reconfigurable hardware, adaptable to different.

In mining:

• ASIC: maximum energy efficiency for a single algorithm.


• CPU: mainly used for algorithms designed to be ASIC-resistant.


• GPU: flexible, capable of mining many different coins and algorithms.


• FPGA: a balance between efficiency and flexibility, but less commonly used.

For comparing and viewing ASICs miners, a useful resource is: AsicMinerValue

And for ASICs, GPUs, CPUs and FPGAs, a useful resource is: HashRate