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Bitmain Antminer S5

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Is the Antminer S5 profitable?

The Bitmain Antminer S5 mines Bitcoin on the SHA-256 algorithm at 1.16 TH/s, drawing 590 W (511 J/TH). At $0.08 per kWh it earns about $0.04 a day but spends $1.13 on power, so it loses $1.09 a day. It only makes money if your power costs less than about $0.003 per kWh.

That puts it #297 of 522 on daily profit across every miner we track, and #261 of 262 SHA-256 miners on efficiency. It isn’t in stock with us at the moment. It’s an air-cooled unit, released in December 2014.

Profit at different electricity prices

Same machine, same day, different power bill. Find the row closest to what you pay.

Power pricePower / dayProfit / dayProfit / month
$0.03$0.42-$0.38-$11
$0.05$0.71-$0.66-$20
$0.06$0.85-$0.81-$24
$0.08$1.13-$1.09-$33
$0.10$1.42-$1.37-$41
$0.12$1.70-$1.66-$50
$0.15$2.12-$2.08-$62

Figures updated 16:26 UTC, 25 September 2026, using today’s network difficulty and coin prices. Estimates, not financial advice.