As of March 2026, the most profitable coin for Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 mining is Monero (XMR) on RandomX, with 6,634 H/s hashrate and -$0.20/day net profit after electricity costs ($0.0727/kWh).
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4
Best coin: Monero — net -$0.20/day
Specifications
Brand: Intel
Platform: server
Generation: Broadwell-EP
Socket: LGA 2011-3
Cores: 14
Threads: 28
Base: 2.6 GHz
Boost: 3.5 GHz
L1: 896 KB
L2: 3.5 MB
L3: 35 MB
TDP: 135 W
Memory: DDR4 × 4ch
PCIe: Gen 3
System Build (used prices)
CPU (Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4)$42.75
Motherboard (any LGA 2011-3 X99/C612)$73.28
RAM (DDR4 ECC REG 2400 16GB × 2)$24.43
Storage (SSD 120GB SATA)$12.21
PSU (600W)$30.53
Total system$183.20
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 | 6,634 H/s | 128 W | 209 W | $0.17 | $0.37 | -$0.20 | 51.8 | 31.7 | $0.0013/W | $0.0008/W | ∞ | ∞ |
Updated 10 min ago