ZCash can currently be mined with either a CPU and GPU miner with both Windows and Linux operating systems. Listed below are the mining programs and benchmarks of various graphic cards.

Claymore Miner by Claymore Edit

Latest Version: 12.6

Release Date: 23.05.17

Developer Fee: 2%

Platform: Windows / Linux

Chip: AMD

Sol on R9 280x: ~ 270-300h/s

Sol on R9 290(x): ~ 320-340h/s

Sol on R9 Fury: ~ 430-450 H/s

Sol on RX 480: ~ 310 H/s / 115 Watt

Latest version v12.5:

- added support for latest ZCash forks.

- improved fans management for latest drivers and Polaris cards.

- added "-mpsw" option.

- added shares-per-GPU statistics when "s" key is pressed.

- Included EthMan v3.0 which supports passwords and email notifications.



Silentarmy by Marc Bevand Edit

Latest Version: 5

Release Date: 11.11.16

Developer Fee: 0%

Platform: Linux

Chip: AMD / Nvidia

Sol on RX 480: ~200S/s Sol on RX 470: ~260S/s

Download: https://github.com/mbevand/silentarmy

SILENTARMY is a free open source Zcash miner for Linux with multi-GPU and Stratum support. It is written in OpenCL and has been tested on AMD/Nvidia/Intel GPUs, Xeon Phi, and more.

Optiminer Edit

Latest Version: 1.7

Release Date: 06.02.17

Developer Fee: 2.5%

Platform: Linux 64 Bit & windows

Chip: AMD

Sol on RX 480: ~303S

Sol on R9 Nano: 450 S/s (with powertune +50)

Sol on R9 290X: 311 S/s

Download: https://github.com/Optiminer/OptiminerZcash

Features Edit

Supports:

Linux 64bit only

Windows 64bit only

AMD GCN cards only

Expected speed (stock card):

R9 Nano: 260 S/s

R9 290: 200 S/s

RX 480: 300 S/s

No NVIDIA support planned at the moment.

The miner contains a 2.5% fee for supporting the dev. All shown hash rates are net rate, i.e., with fee deducted. What you see is what You get!

Bminer: a fast Equihash miner for CUDA GPUs Edit

Latest Version: 5.2.0

Developer Fee: 2%

Platform: Windows / Linux

Chip: Nvidia

735-745 Sol/s on GTX 1080Ti

450-460 Sol/s on GTX 1070

315-325 Sol/s on GTX 1060

Latest version 5.2.0:

--Introduced the option -logfile to append the logs into a file.

--Minor optimization on Windows for cards that are mounted on the risers.

--Improve compatibility for NiceHash.

Downloads: https://www.bminer.me/releases/

EWBF's CUDA Zcash miner Edit

Latest Version: 0.3.4b

Release Date: 21.03.17

Developer Fee: 2%

Platform: Windows / Linux

Chip: Nvidia

Sol on EVGA GTX 1080ti 11G-P4-6593-KR 767 Sol/s Sol/w 305 settings: pw 100% 59c, GPU +109 60c, Mem +109 59c, Fan 100%

Sol on Palit Game Rock GTX 1080ti: 765-785 Sol/s (Msi Afterburner settings: 120%/~300W power, +170Mhz Core, +900Mhz Mem, Fan 70% @ 60°C)

Sol on Gtx 1080ti : ~760 h/s (1999/2800)

Sol on Pny Gtx 1080TIFE: - 650-680 h/s (Msi Afterburner settings: 75% power, +150Mhz Core, +815Mhz Mem, Fan 75% @ 60c

Sol on Gtx 1080: ~520 h/s (140w)

Sol on Asus ROG STRIX Advanced Gaming GTX 1070ti: 550-570 Sol/s (Msi Afterburner settings: 120%/~200W power, +250Mhz Core, +680Mhz Mem, Fan 60% @ 50°C)

Sol on Palit DUAL GTX 1070: 460-480 Sol/s (Msi Afterburner settings: 112%/~170W power, +200Mhz Core, +650Mhz Mem, Fan 70% @ 65°C)

Sol on Palit Jetstrem GTX 1070 :~500 H/S (Setting 105% Power, +200Mhz Core, +750Mhz Mem, Fan70% @ 60'C)

Sol on MSI 1070 Gaming X: 490 h/s (SimpleMiningOS 230w,+1200 mhz on memory, +120 mhz on core, 65% min fan, @70C)

Sol on Gtx 1070: ~440 h/s (165w)

Sol on Gtx 1070ti: ~515 h/s (150w) (Msi Afterburner settings: 100%/~300W power, +200Mhz Core, +500Mhz Mem, Fan 67% @ 66°C)

Sol on Gtx 1060: ~309 h/s (1657/2252)

Sol on Gtx 1050TI: ~170 h/s

Sol on Gtx 1050: ~150 h/s (Pascal, 640 cores, 2GDDR5)

Sol on MSI 1030: ~60 h/s (Low Profile Fan 100% @ 82C, -10 core, +400 mem, 1708C,3416M)

Sol on Gtx 980ti: ~435 sol/s (75% pwr, +160 core, +200 mem)

Sol on Gtx 980: ~330 h/s

Sol on Gtx 970: ~280 h/s

Sol on Gtx 960: ~165 h/s ~1.53 Sol/W

Sol on Gtx 950: ~150 h/s

Sol on Gtx 870: ~100h/s

Sol on Gtx 850: ~80h/s

Sol on Gtx 850m: ~45h/s

Sol on Gtx 770: ~72h/s (Msi Afterburner settings: +50 core clock (1267), +0 memory clock (3506), Fan 62% @ 66°C)

Sol on Gtx 750: ~70h/s (Power Limit 95%, Core Clock +351 MHz, Fan 35% @ 50°C)

Sol on Quadro K2200: ~67 Sol/s ~2.60 Sol/W on Linux

Excavator Edit

Latest Version: 1.3.8 alpha

Release Date: 24.11.17

Developer Fee: 0%

Platform: Windows / Linux

Chip: Nvidia

Sol on Palit Dual Gtx 1070 : ~439 h/s (Msi Afterburner settings: 80%/~120W power, +200Mhz Core, +550Mhz Mem, Fan Auto @ 65°C)

Sol on GTX 1060: ~270 h/s without overclocking, 100-120 Watt power usage.

Sol on GTX 1050 Ti: ~170 h/s without overclocking.

Sol on Gtx 970: ~250 h/s

Sol on GTX 750 Ti: ~70 h/s without overclocking, ~30 W power usage.

Excavator Edit

1.4.3a

Chip: Nvidia