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GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 6:36 pm
by macminergod
First release of XMRIG for mac os working for CPU and AMD GPUs.

Currently the following algo have been tested on GPU and CPU:

KawPow "kawpow" GPU
RandomX "algo": "rx/0" CPU
UPX "cn/upx2" CPU



1. Download this version of xmrig.zip.


2. Download configGPU.json and rename to config.json.


3. Create a new folder on your Desktop and put xmrig and config.json in the folder.


4. Open config.json and update:


KawPow index to 1 if you have an Intel GPU. This will prevent XMRig from trying to use the Intel GPU.
In some configurations, "0" index ALSO WORKS!

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        "kawpow": [
            {
                "index": 1,
                "intensity": 36864,
                "worksize": 256,
                "threads": [-1],
                "unroll": 8
            }

Update algo to "kawpow" and change your URL and user to your pool information. If using Unminable pool, URL is kp.unmineable.com:3333 and user is COIN:WALLETID:USER

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    "pools": [
        {
            "algo": "kawpow",
            "coin": null,
            "url": "kp.unmineable.com:3333",
            "user": "COIN:WALLETID:USER",

5. Launch XMRig. Open Terminal -> Change directory to where you put XMRig and launch ./xmrig.


On an Intel MacBook Pro 16" AMD 5600M GPU, we get 6.39 MH/s hashrate.


Macbook Pro 5600m Gpu Mining Macos
Macbook Pro 5600m Gpu Mining Macos (412.67 KiB) Viewed 157899 times

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* ABOUT        XMRig/6.13.0-dev-macos clang/12.0.0
 * LIBS         libuv/1.41.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1i hwloc/2.4.1
 * HUGE PAGES   supported
 * 1GB PAGES    unavailable
 * CPU          Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz (1) 64-bit AES
                L2:2.0 MB L3:16.0 MB 8C/16T NUMA:1
 * MEMORY       10.3/64.0 GB (16%)
                DIMM_A0: 32 GB DDR4 @ 2667 MHz MT40A4G8BAF-062E:B  
                DIMM_B0: 32 GB DDR4 @ 2667 MHz MT40A4G8BAF-062E:B  
 * MOTHERBOARD  Apple Inc. - Mac-A61BADE1FDAD7B05
 * DONATE       1%
 * ASSEMBLY     auto:intel
 * POOL #1      kp.unmineable.com:3333 algo kawpow
 * COMMANDS     hashrate, pause, resume, results, connection
 * OPENCL       #0 Apple/OpenCL 1.2 (Jun 21 2021 21:07:35)
 * OPENCL GPU   #0 n/a Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 1250 MHz cu:24 mem:384/1536 MB
 * OPENCL GPU   #1 n/a AMD Radeon Pro 5600M Compute Engine 1144 MHz cu:40 mem:2044/8176 MB
 * CUDA         disabled
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.130]  net      use pool kp.unmineable.com:3333  159.203.108.228
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.130]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871239
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.131]  opencl   use profile  kawpow  (1 thread) scratchpad 32 KB
|  # | GPU |  BUS ID | INTENSITY | WSIZE | MEMORY | NAME
|  0 |   1 |     n/a |     36864 |   256 |   3063 | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M Compute Engine
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.133]  opencl   GPU #1 compiling...
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.450]  opencl   GPU #1 compilation completed (317 ms)
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.450]  opencl   error CL_INVALID_VALUE when calling clGetProgramInfo
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.450]  opencl   READY threads 1/1 (319 ms)
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.692]  opencl   KawPow program for period 623746 compiled (242ms)
[2021-08-04 13:22:29.926]  opencl   KawPow program for period 623747 compiled (234ms)
[2021-08-04 13:22:30.440]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871239
[2021-08-04 13:22:33.614]  miner    KawPow light cache for epoch 249 calculated (3922ms)
[2021-08-04 13:22:53.961]  opencl   KawPow DAG for epoch 249 calculated (20336ms)
[2021-08-04 13:23:20.030]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871240
[2021-08-04 13:23:28.324]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871241
[2021-08-04 13:23:28.596]  opencl   KawPow program for period 623748 compiled (265ms)
[2021-08-04 13:23:29.533]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 5.93 n/a n/a MH/s max 6.04 MH/s
[2021-08-04 13:23:54.651]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871242
[2021-08-04 13:24:29.827]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 6.38 6.32 n/a MH/s max 6.39 MH/s
[2021-08-04 13:25:00.257]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871243
[2021-08-04 13:25:30.196]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 6.35 6.33 n/a MH/s max 6.39 MH/s
[2021-08-04 13:25:32.111]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871244
[2021-08-04 13:25:32.523]  opencl   KawPow program for period 623749 compiled (402ms)
[2021-08-04 13:26:30.566]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 6.28 6.28 n/a MH/s max 6.39 MH/s
[2021-08-04 13:26:41.720]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871245
[2021-08-04 13:27:30.917]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 6.21 6.17 n/a MH/s max 6.39 MH/s
[2021-08-04 13:28:31.290]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 6.19 6.20 n/a MH/s max 6.39 MH/s
[2021-08-04 13:28:35.752]  opencl   GPU #1 COMPUTE ERROR
[2021-08-04 13:28:41.735]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871245
[2021-08-04 13:28:59.071]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871246
[2021-08-04 13:29:26.577]  net      new job from kp.unmineable.com:3333 diff 4295M algo kawpow height 1871247
[2021-08-04 13:29:27.064]  opencl   KawPow program for period 623750 compiled (477ms)
[2021-08-04 13:29:31.706]  miner    speed 10s/60s/15m 5.85 6.06 n/a MH/s max 6.39 MH/s

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:08 pm
by cloudcatcher
This is amazing, I was up and running in no time.

I have two external GPUs that aren't being utilized...what can I modify to get them to work? Only one GPU is being utilized, one of the external ones, #1 below. Thanks!

* OPENCL GPU #0 n/a Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 1150 MHz cu:24 mem:384/1536 MB
* OPENCL GPU #1 n/a AMD Radeon RX 560 Compute Engine 1200 MHz cu:14 mem:1024/4096 MB
* OPENCL GPU #2 n/a AMD Radeon Pro 560X Compute Engine 1004 MHz cu:16 mem:1024/4096 MB
* OPENCL GPU #3 n/a AMD Radeon RX 560 Compute Engine 1200 MHz cu:16 mem:1024/4096 MB
* CUDA disabled

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:38 am
by macminergod
cloudcatcher wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:08 pm This is amazing, I was up and running in no time.

I have two external GPUs that aren't being utilized...what can I modify to get them to work? Only one GPU is being utilized, one of the external ones, #1 below. Thanks!

* OPENCL GPU #0 n/a Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 1150 MHz cu:24 mem:384/1536 MB
* OPENCL GPU #1 n/a AMD Radeon RX 560 Compute Engine 1200 MHz cu:14 mem:1024/4096 MB
* OPENCL GPU #2 n/a AMD Radeon Pro 560X Compute Engine 1004 MHz cu:16 mem:1024/4096 MB
* OPENCL GPU #3 n/a AMD Radeon RX 560 Compute Engine 1200 MHz cu:16 mem:1024/4096 MB
* CUDA disabled
Yes, update your index file. Can you share your hashrates you're getting for these cards please in macOS ?

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:39 pm
by cloudcatcher
Here are the hash rates, attached. Also what unMinable reports.

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:18 pm
by zephyr325
Hey - really sweet advance! One problem I'm running into, though - when I setup (using unmineable with the config listed", I'm getting this error. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot it?

[2021-10-22 16:11:27.605] net kp.unmineable.com:3333 read error: "end of file"

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:16 am
by zcbdfgrg
zephyr325 wrote: Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:18 pm Hey - really sweet advance! One problem I'm running into, though - when I setup (using unmineable with the config listed", I'm getting this error. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot it?

[2021-10-22 16:11:27.605] net kp.unmineable.com:3333 read error: "end of file"
Can you post a full screenshot? That would help immensely....or even just the text?

Need at least a 4gb GPU, and need to specify that as the index. Under KawPow. Also make sure opencl has enabled:true, and algo:kawpow

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 6:32 pm
by zephyr325
Well - it wasn't the program at all - it was my ASUS router's "AI Protection" that was interfering with communications. Turned that off, and now getting 3.66 MH/S (Macbook Pro 2019, AMD Radeon Pro 5300M 4GB). Thanks for checking back, though!

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 5:06 am
by industrialspeakage1
Hi, I tried following your instructions, but I get:

[2021-10-23 22:29:26.013] opencl skip non-existing device with index 1
[2021-10-23 22:29:26.013] opencl disabled (no suitable configuration found)

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:52 pm
by zcbdfgrg
industrialspeakage1 wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 5:06 am Hi, I tried following your instructions, but I get:

[2021-10-23 22:29:26.013] opencl skip non-existing device with index 1
[2021-10-23 22:29:26.013] opencl disabled (no suitable configuration found)
You don't have an index 1. You just have index 0. So give that a go! May or may not work.

Re: GPU Mining on Intel Apple Mac using XMRig and KawPow

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:41 pm
by industrialspeakage1
That did work, thanks! Is their a configuration that enables RandomX CPU for Mac? Is that faster?

Or, a way to speed up Kawpow in the coding?
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