As of March 2026, the most profitable coin for AMD Ryzen 5 5600X mining is Monero (XMR) on RandomX, with 8,500 H/s hashrate and $0.00/day net profit after electricity costs ($0.0727/kWh).
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Best coin: Monero — net < $0.01/day
Specifications
Brand: AMD
Platform: consumer
Generation: Zen 3
Socket: AM4
Cores: 6
Threads: 12
Base: 3.7 GHz
Boost: 4.6 GHz
L1: 384 KB
L2: 3 MB
L3: 32 MB
TDP: 65 W
Memory: DDR4 × 2ch
PCIe: Gen 4
System Build (used prices)
CPU (AMD Ryzen 5 5600X)$85.49
Motherboard (any AM4 B450/B550)$61.07
RAM (DDR4 3200 8GB × 2)$30.53
Storage (SSD 120GB SATA)$12.21
PSU (450W)$24.43
Total system$213.74
Mining Profitability
| Coin | Algo | Hashrate | CPU W | System W | Income/day | Elec/day | Profit/day | CPU H/s/W | Sys H/s/W | CPU $/W | Sys $/W | ROI CPU | ROI System |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monero (XMR) | randomx | 8,500 H/s | 68 W | 121 W | $0.21 | $0.21 | < $0.01 | 125.0 | 70.1 | $0.0031/W | $0.0018/W | ∞ | ∞ |
Updated 3 min ago