| Bitcoin Cloud Mining Hardware |
At first, miners used their central processing unit (CPU) to mine, but soon this wasn't fast enough and it bogged down the system resources of the host computer. Miners quickly moved on to using the graphical processing unit (GPU)
in computer graphics cards because they were able to hash data 50 to 100 times faster and consumed much less power per unit of work.
in computer graphics cards because they were able to hash data 50 to 100 times faster and consumed much less power per unit of work.
During the winter of 2011, a new industry sprang up with custom equipment that pushed the performance standards even higher. The first wave of these specialty bitcoin mining devices were easy to use Bitcoin miners were based on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) processors and attached to computers using a convenient USB connection.
FPGA miners used much less power than CPU's or GPU's and made concentrated mining farms possible for the first time.
Today's modern and best bitcoin mining hardware
Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners have taken over completely. These ASIC machines mine at unprecedented speeds while consuming much less power than FPGA or GPU mining rigs. Several reputable companies have established themselves with excellent products.
Miner | Capacity | Efficiency | Price |
AntMiner S1 | 180 Gh/s | 2.0 W/Gh | $299.0 |
AntMiner S2 | 1000 Gh/s | 1.1 W/Gh | $2259.0 |
AntMiner S3 | 441 Gh/s | 0.77 W/Gh | $382.0 |
AntMiner S4 | 2000 Gh/s | 0.7 W/Gh | $1400.0 |
AntMiner S5 | 1155 Gh/s | 0.51 W/Gh | $370.0 |
AntMiner S5+ | 7722 Gh/s | 0.44 W/Gh | $2307.0 |
AntMiner S7 | 4.73 Th/s | 0.25 W/Gh | $479.95 |
AntMiner S9 | 13.5 Th/s | 0.098 W/Gh | $1,987.95 |
AntMiner U1 | 2 Gh/s | 1.25 W/Gh | $29.0 |
AntMiner U2 | 2 Gh/s | 1.0 W/Gh | $49.66 |
AntMiner U3 | 63 Gh/s | 1.0 W/Gh | $38.0 |
ASICMiner BE Blade | 11 Gh/s | 7.72 W/Gh | $350.0 |
ASICMiner BE Cube | 30 Gh/s | 6.67 W/Gh | $550.0 |
ASICMiner BE Sapphire | 0 Gh/s | 7.59 W/Gh | $20.0 |
ASICMiner BE Tube | 800 Gh/s | 1.13 W/Gh | $320.0 |
ASICMiner BE Prisma | 1400 Gh/s | 0.79 W/Gh | $600.0 |
Avalon Batch 1 | 66 Gh/s | 9.35 W/Gh | $1299.0 |
Avalon Batch 2 | 82 Gh/s | 8.54 W/Gh | $1499.0 |
Avalon Batch 3 | 82 Gh/s | 8.54 W/Gh | $1499.0 |
Avalon2 | 300 Gh/s | N/A | $3075.0 |
Avalon3 | 800 Gh/s | N/A | N/A |
Avalon6 | 3.5 Th/s | 0.29 W/Gh | $499.95 |
bi*fury | 5 Gh/s | 0.85 W/Gh | $209.0 |
BFL SC 5Gh/s | 5 Gh/s | 6.0 W/Gh | $274.0 |
BFL SC 10 Gh/s | 10 Gh/s | N/A | $50.0 |
BFL SC 25 Gh/s | 25 Gh/s | 6.0 W/Gh | $1249.0 |
BFL Little Single | 30 Gh/s | N/A | $649.0 |
BFL SC 50 Gh/s | 50 Gh/s | 6.0 W/Gh | $984.0 |
BFL Single 'SC' | 60 Gh/s | 4.0 W/Gh | $1299.0 |
BFL 230 GH/s Rack Mount | 230 Gh/s | N/A | $399 (used) |
BFL 500 GH/s Mini Rig SC | 500 Gh/s | 5.4 W/Gh | $22484.0 |
BFL Monarch 700GH/s | 700 Gh/s | 0.7 W/Gh | $1379.0 |
BitFury S.B. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Bitmine.ch Avalon Clone 85GH | 85 Gh/s | 7.65 W/Gh | $6489.0 |
Black Arrow Prospero X-1 | 100 Gh/s | 1.0 W/Gh | $370.0 |
Black Arrow Prospero X-3 | 2000 Gh/s | 1.0 W/Gh |
