CPU miner is a system for mining in which computations are performed by a central processing unit (CPU). Depending on the context, the term can refer either to a computer hardware configuration or to software that performs computations on the processor.

A CPU is a general-purpose computing device and is well suited to algorithms that use general-purpose computing capabilities, large amounts of cache memory, or specific characteristics of CPU architectures.

Characteristics of CPU Mining

Performance depends on the processor architecture, the number and characteristics of its cores, clock frequency, cache capacity, power consumption settings, and the specific algorithm. Therefore, the number of cores alone does not determine mining efficiency.

Compared with GPUs and specialized ASICs, CPU efficiency strongly depends on the selected algorithm. For some algorithms, CPUs may remain a suitable type of hardware, while for others, specialized devices provide significantly higher performance.