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Jay D Dee
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This file is included in the Windows binary package. Compile instructions
for Linux and Windows can be found in RELEASE_NOTES.
cpuminer is a console program that is executed from a DOS command prompt.
There is no GUI and no mouse support.
cpuminer is a console program that is executed from a DOS or Powershell
prompt. There is no GUI and no mouse support.
Miner programs are often flagged as malware by antivirus programs. This is
a false positive, they are flagged simply because they are cryptocurrency
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optimum speed using the best available features.
Architecture names and compile options used are only provided for Intel
Core series. Budget CPUs like Pentium and Celeron are often missing the
latest features.
Core series. Budget CPUs like Pentium and Celeron are often missing some
features.
AMD CPUs older than Piledriver, including Athlon x2 and Phenom II x4, are not
supported by cpuminer-opt due to an incompatible implementation of SSE2 on
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_CPU_microarchitectures
Exe name Compile flags Arch name
Exe file name Compile flags Arch name
cpuminer-sse2.exe "-msse2" Core2, Nehalem
cpuminer-aes-sse42.exe "-march=westmere" Westmere
cpuminer-avx.exe "-march=corei7-avx" Sandybridge
cpuminer-avx2.exe "-march=core-avx2 -maes" Haswell, Skylake, Coffeelake
cpuminer-avx512.exe "-march=skylake-avx512" Skylake-X, Cascadelake-X
cpuminer-zen "-march=znver1" AMD Ryzen, Threadripper
cpuminer-sse2.exe "-msse2" Core2, Nehalem
cpuminer-aes-sse42.exe "-march=westmere" Westmere
cpuminer-avx.exe "-march=corei7-avx" Sandybridge, Ivybridge
cpuminer-avx2.exe "-march=core-avx2 -maes" Haswell*
cpuminer-avx512.exe "-march=skylake-avx512" Skylake-X, Cascadelake-X
cpuminer-zen.exe "-march=znver1" AMD Ryzen, Threadripper
cpuminer-avx512-sha-vaes.exe "-march=icelake-client" Icelake*
* Haswell includes Broadwell, Skylake, Kabylake, Coffeelake & Cometlake.
Icelake is only available on some laptops. Mining with a laptop is not
recommended. The icelake build is included in anticipation of Intel eventually
releasing a desktop CPU with a microarchitecture newer than Skylake.
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