Anyone tried rx480 in primecoin?
Around 10.4 CPD (core 1350 mem 2250)
Ubuntu 16.04 with amdgpu-pro 16.30 drivers - 7CPD on stock RX480. Detail benchmark shows:
Ellesmere; 14 compute units
square 320 bits: 112.954ms (1188.251M ops/sec)
multiply 320 bits: 92.802ms (1446.281M ops/sec)
square 352 bits: 132.720ms (1011.285M ops/sec)
multiply 352 bits: 109.674ms (1223.788M ops/sec)
Fermat tests 320 bits: 86.361ms (1.518M ops/sec)
Fermat tests 352 bits: 103.842ms (1.262M ops/sec)
*** hashmod benchmark ***
MHash per second: 567.128
Hash per iteration: 35.125 (0.000419 %)
Average hash multiplier size: 30.199
*** sieve (check) benchmark ***
* [OK] found candidates by CPU: 7192 by GPU: 7198
* [OK] invalid candidates: 0
* [OK] CPU/GPU candidates difference: 0
*** sieve (performance) benchmark ***
* scan speed: 54.709 G
* iteration time: 10.062ms
* candidates per second: 722873.194
* candidates per iteration: 7273.84 (3510.67 320bit, 3763.17 352bit)
* 320bit/352bit ratio: 0.933/1
A much slower than R9 290 in all used algorithms except SHA256:
square 320 bits: 40.524ms (3312.055M ops/sec)
multiply 320 bits: 49.931ms (2688.064M ops/sec)
square 352 bits: 48.891ms (2745.244M ops/sec)
multiply 352 bits: 60.490ms (2218.842M ops/sec)
Fermat tests 320 bits: 38.432ms (3.410M ops/sec)
Fermat tests 352 bits: 47.956ms (2.733M ops/sec)
*** hashmod benchmark ***
MHash per second: 550.495
Hash per iteration: 37.938 (0.000452 %)
Average hash multiplier size: 30.712
*** sieve (check) benchmark ***
* [OK] found candidates by CPU: 8077 by GPU: 8082
* [OK] invalid candidates: 0
* [OK] CPU/GPU candidates difference: 0
*** sieve (performance) benchmark ***
* scan speed: 94.933 G
* iteration time: 5.799ms
* candidates per second: 1282165.428
* candidates per iteration: 7435.11 (2711.41 320bit, 4723.70 352bit)
* 320bit/352bit ratio: 0.574/1
Some optimizations are possible, may be 15-20%, but ethereum mining still more profitable on RX480.