Best GPU Miner Programs for Beginners

By LiteLiger | LiteLiger Blog | 11 Nov 2019

Months ago i did list of web mining sites where you can get bitcoin and Altcoins, but i didn’t discuss about software GPU/CPU miners to windows, mac and Linux. Generally these are more reliable and less of a scam than web mining is and of course you will get lot more crypto with this alternative as well. This GPU miner list includes mostly user friendly miners, which don’t require lot of inputs and knowledge to run.

Out of the all options Hive OS is there between best option and almost easiest one to use. I highly recommend this service since it has no fees (Unless you run more than 3 miners) and best part about is that it comes with all the mining equipment, Ccminer, Claymore – you name it. All you need to do is add wallet pretty much and set up the config and the Hive OS pretty much will do rest for you. It’s great tool for beginners and there are bunch of guides how to set it up on YouTube.

Benchmark Check: Yes
Systems: Windows & Linux
Coins Supported: All
Payment Threshold: Based on pool
Website: https://hiveos.farm?ref=100035 (Get free 10$ with code LiteLiger)

One of the more popular GPU/CPU miners right now is HoneyMiner they are relatively new player to the game, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t reliable service to use when you want to maximize potential of your mining PC, overall a decent bitcoin mining software.

Benchmark Check: Yes
Systems: Windows
Coins Supported: Bitcoin
Payment Threshold: N/A
Website: https://honeyminer.com/referred/59l11

Next we have Kryptex, which is also a Bitcoin GPU miner it comes with a Litemode that will use minimal computing power to mine then when you are not using a computer it will switch to Full mode (in case you go out take out your dog or something). The user interface and stats dashboard are neat, to me it feels like a decent GPU miner.

Benchmark Check: Yes
Systems: Windows
Coins Supported: Bitcoin + Fiat
Payment Threshold: N/A
Website: https://www.kryptex.org/?ref=3a4df1ff

So Cudo Miner is new player in the mining game and they are currently in BETA and they have 0% mining fees and also are giving out 10,000 satoshi for people who register to their platform. I have to say they have very slick interface on their platform and very good referral program with 2 tiers. The miner has an option to only mine when idle & schedule use which are nice features to be had.

Benchmark Check: Yes
Systems: Windows & Mac
Coins Supported: Bitcoin, Ravencoin, Beam, Ethereum Classic and Monero
Payment Threshold: 0.0025Ƀ depends on currency
Website: https://cudominer.com?a=B-VoEjEeg

Hashfish is simple to use GPU & CPU Miner, which supports 4 different algorithms Cryptonight-XMRig, Cryptonight-Stak, Ethash-Claymore & Ethash-ETHMiner. However it seems all payments are done in bitcoin regardless. They have instant withdrawals as well.

Benchmark Check: No
Systems: Windows
Coins Supported: Uses multiple scripts but payments are in Bitcoin
Payment Threshold: N/A
Website: https://hash.fish/join.html?sc=136237

Probably one of the most known miners out there is MinerGate, because they have both the mobile market and the desktop one. They currently have four different miners on their website a GUI Miner, Console Miner, Mobile Miner & xFast Miner that has 20% higher hashrate. Since new Google rules you cannot download the mobile miner at appstore so you gotta do it directly at their website.

Benchmark Check: N/A
Systems: Windows, Fedora, Ubuntu & MAC
Coins Supported: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Gold, Zcash, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Bytecoin, Monero, DigitalNote, Aeon Coin & Grin
Payment Threshold: Depends on coin
Website: https://minergate.com/a/b5ef51ddee5cc1cabc102ad0

Nicehash is one of those bigger mining companies out there (however they got hacked and lost 4,000 BTC, so be careful whatever you want to trust them). I also had issues of launching the miner, so getting rest of the information about benchmarks and everything will be added later.

Benchmark Check: N/A
Systems: Windows (Includes Nvidia & AMD Versions)
Coins Supported: Bitcoin
Payment Threshold: N/A
Website: https://www.nicehash.com

Moonify has quite interesting concept where you can share an app and get XMR or ETN when people mine with it and you can choose percentage how much they will be getting as well from using the miner. This is brilliant concept and can be easy way to get community mining for common cause.

Benchmark Check: N/A
Systems: Windows
Coins Supported: Electroneum & Monero
Payment Threshold: N/A
Website: https://my.moonify.io/Main/Auth/signup?a=5bb63d8a1e55d

Pretty easy to use Windows miner for Ethereum. Doesn’t require much hassle to getting started only a Ethereum address and you are good to go. Doesn’t have much options for tweaking however…

Benchmark Check: No
Systems: Windows
Coins Supported: Ethereum
Payment Threshold: N/A
Website: https://wineth.net/

Next up we have Easyminer something that has UI from early 90’s doesn’t create a much confidence, however you shouldn’t judge book by its cover. There is no fees using this service and its open source which is obviously a huge plus.

Benchmark Check: No
Systems: Windows
Coins Supported: Litecoin & Bitcoin
Payment Threshold: N/A
Website: https://easyminer.net/

CryptoDredge is builded up to fully utilize Nvidia graphic cards and supports many scripts out there like NeoScrypt, Lyra, Allium and others. They take a small 1% dev fee for using their software.

Benchmark Check: N/A
Systems: Windows & Linux
Coins Supported: Allium, Lyra2REv2, Lyra2Z, NeoScrypt & PHI1612 based coins
Payment Threshold: N/A
Website: https://cryptodredge.org/

Moaminer is another alternative for people who want directly work with mining pools instead of having a company running the payments. Both NVIDIA and AMD are supported, they also take a 1% fee of the mining done with the miner.