The Raptoreum mining algorithm was developed to take advantage of the large L3 cache of modern CPUs. It seems that this mining algorithm is best suited for AMD’s Ryzen and Threadripper series, as it offers the largest L3 cache size. In a report by BitCoin Press, it was reported that miners are running large crypto operations consisting of hundreds of AMD Ryzen CPU-powered systems to earn Raptoreum money.
After GPUs and SSDs, it appears that AMD’s CPUs are proving to be another profitable solution for mining cryptocurrencies. Introducing a new mining algorithm called Raptoreum that uses the large L3 cache of AMD’s Ryzen desktop CPUs to earn significant amounts of cryptocurrency.
Thanks to the large L3 cache, AMD Ryzen CPUs are now being used for crypto mining as well
Speaking of Raptoreum itself: It relies on the GhostRider mining algorithm to keep the Raptoreum blockchain network free of ASICs. The GhostRider algorithm uses a modified x16r and the Cryptonite algorithm, which uses the CPU’s L3 cache for mining. Therefore, AMD CPUs are preferred due to their larger L3 cache size. Older CPUs like the Ryzen 9 3900 and Ryzen 9 3900X offers up to 64 MB of L3 cache, while AMD’s Threadripper and EPYC product lines can offer up to 128 MB and 256 MB of L3 cache, depending on the configuration.
As for mining speeds, the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 can deliver up to 4600 H/s in Raptoreum without any optimization. The Ryzen 9 5950X, the successor to the Ryzen 9 3950X, can deliver speeds of up to 6800 H/s, but based on price alone, the newer CPUs are not as profitable as their older counterparts. The Intel Core i9-12900K also has a 30 MB increased cache and can deliver speeds of up to 3700 H/s in the algorithm. To turn a profit, YouTuber Raid Mining explains how he achieved an ROI on six Ryzen 9 3900X and two Ryzen 9 3950X mining systems in 284 days. That’s nearly $31 in profit per day.
In the long run, the Ryzen 9 5950X can deliver up to 205 Raptoreum per day, while the Ryzen 9 5900X can deliver up to 175 Raptoreum per day. Depending on power costs and profitability, the Ryzen 9 5950X can yield $4-5 per day, while the Ryzen 9 5900X can yield nearly $3.5 per day. The larger the cache, the higher the profit. This means bad news for the EPYC Milan-X chips, which will have an insane 768 MB of L3 cache per chip. You can see how much money you’ll make on AMD CPUs with the profitability calculator here.
A massive Raptoreum CPU mining with 28 Ryzen 9 desktop CPUs can be seen in a separate video found by El Chapuza’s Informatico. Other specs are modest at best, as the algorithm relies entirely on the L3 cache rather than individual PC specs.
We have seen with Ether and more recently with Chia that these new algorithms can cause a slight and temporary lack of hardware components.
Raptoreum enters the market and its value increases, chips could be consumed by the mining ecosystem specific to this algorithm.
In addition, AMD is expected to launch Vermeer-X Ryzen CPUs with 3D-V cache, which will offer almost three times the amount of L3 cache. That remains to be seen, but we know that even CPUs are no longer immune to large-scale mining.