comparison of new generation asic miners for bitcoin miningIn the fall of 2018, many new Asic miners appeared for mining cryptocurrencies using the SHA-256 encryption algorithm, including Bitcoin. The main reason for such a revival of Asic chip developers is the industrial development of 7nm semiconductor manufacturing process. Since Asic chips are small and have a simple structure compared to the GPU and X86 architecture, so the production of such chips is the most economically justified and gives the maximum effect from the transition to a thinner process. This is due to the increased number of defects from not fully developed technologies, which affects the cost of Asic chips much less than CPU and GPU chips. If the previous generation of Asic was mainly performed according to 12-16nm norms, then the use of 7nm in Asic of a new generation is expected to significantly increase the energy efficiency of such devices. Since on November 14, all the leading development companies of Asic Miners have already released or announced their Asic at 7nm, so it’s worthwhile to make their direct comparison by hashrate, energy efficiency and price.

Released or already announced by the SHA-256 asic miners of the new generation for November 14, 2018:

Specifications Antminer S15 Antminer T15 Terminator 3 43T

Terminator 2 Turbo 25T 

Terminator 2 Turbo 32T

H22

H28

B3
HashRate SHA-256 28Th/s 23Th/s 43Th/s  25Th/s 32Th/s 22Th/s 28Th/s 33Th/s
Tech process 7nm 7nm 7nm  10nm? 10nm? 10nm 8nm 7nm
Power consumption W 1596 1541 2100  2050 2200 1600 1700 3417
Energy efficiency W/TH 57 67 49  82 68,7 72,7 60,7 103
Price USD 1475  913 2200  1150 1586 1600 1800 2000
USD/TH 52,6 40 51  46 49,5  72,7  64,3 60,6
Warranty days 180 180 180  180 180  ?  ?  ?
Start of sales 12.2018 12.2018 01.2019  10.2018 09.2018 12.2018  12.2018 07.2018
Manufacturer Bitmain Bitmain Innosilicon Innosilicon Innosilicon HolicTec HolicTec GMO miner

 

Specifications B2 Tardis Panter B1+ Ebit E11 ++

Ebit E11+

Ebit 11

8 Nano

 Whatsminer M10
HashRate SHA-256 24Th/s 80TH/s 24,5Th/s 44Th/s  37Th/s 30Th/s 44Th/s 33Th/s
Tech process 7nm 7nm? 10nm 10nm  10nm 10nm 8nm 16nm
Power consumption W 1950 6300 2100 2100 2035 1950 2100 2145
Energy efficiency W/TH 81 79 85,7  47,7  55 65 47,7 65
Price USD 2000 ? 899  2024  1517 1110 4500 1475
USD/TH 83,3 ? 36,7 46  41 37  102 44,7
Warranty days ? ? 180 ? ? ?  ? ?
Start of sales 10.2018 ? 08.2018 10.2019  10.2018 10.2018 10.2018  09.2018
Manufacturer GMO miner Bitfury BitFily Ebang Ebang Ebang AsicMiner MicroBT

 

As can be seen in 2018, the list of manufacturers of asic miners has greatly expanded to 9 manufacturers. And most of them are Chinese companies that have not yet managed to gain the trust of customers, because for many such models from little-known manufacturers in the network there are many dissatisfied with the quality of products and non-compliance with the declared technical characteristics.

In any case, when buying such highly specialized devices, there is no need to hurry; you need to weigh the pros and cons of such a purchase, especially the purchase of Asic from new companies in the market.