libera #monero-pow

18 Jan 2026

Monero's Proof of Work algorithm (RandomX) and related topics. Use #p2pool-log and #p2pool-mini for P2Pool discussions. Anti-spam active: PM hyc for voice.

• 12:12
  sech1
  AMD lineup from Zen 2 to Zen 5 has been tested: gist.github.com/SChernykh/6058ecf01c929883b9d19c7eeadc8809
• 12:12
  sech1
  Need more Intel CPUs, preferably new ones
• 12:12
  m-relay
  <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> Could you stop cooking please
• 12:12
  m-relay
  <s​yntheticbird:monero.social> it's very embarrassing for us mere mortals
• 12:13
  DataHoarder
  interesting to see even Zen2 going that well
• 12:14
  sech1
  Yes, I expected Zen 5 to get better improvement
• 12:14
  sech1
  Maybe I don't fully understand where the actual bottleneck is
• 12:14
  sech1
  But it has to do with memory access, because program size increase helps all Ryzens
• 12:22
  DataHoarder
  AMD uProf works well to gather the statistics on memory or retired ops and delays
• 12:23
  DataHoarder
  though if you want specifics you probably should just create a bunch of programs ahead of time so it can annotate them
• 12:26
  DataHoarder
  there's a bunch more small samples in comments
• 12:28
  DataHoarder
  my weird nerfed Zen2 with just P012 should arrive in a couple of days :)
• 21:52
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> ### RandomX v2 Benchmark Results
• 21:52
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> **AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 w/ Radeon 8060S @ 99.86W**
• 21:52
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> | Algorithm | Hashrate | Relative Speed | Hash/Joule | VM+AES/s | VM+AES/Joule | Relative Work/Joule |
• 21:52
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> |-----------|----------|----------------|------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|
• 21:52
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> | RandomX v1 | 15073.65 | 100.0% | 150.94 | 63.22e9 | 633.12e6 | 100.0% |
• 21:52
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> | RandomX v2 | 14003.05 | 90.0% | 139.40 | 88.10e9 | 877.05e6 | 130.0% |
• 21:52
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> **Config:** threads=32, affinity=0xFFFFFFFF, init=32
• 21:52
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> **Stability:** V1 crashes: 0/2, V2 crashes: 0/2
• 21:53
  m-relay
  <b​enchmarking420:matrix.org> (didnt tweak nothing, lazy, not running headless, lazy, numbers could be better probably, didnt check from the wall yet, lazy)