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Bitmain Antminer S9 Hydro

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Antminer S9 Hydro (18Th)

18 TH/s1,728 WHydro-cooled
Profit / day
-$2.78/day
after power at $0.08/kWh
Efficiency
96.00J/TH

Availability

0 units

Profitability · SHA-256 · BTC

Is the Antminer S9 Hydro profitable?

Not at $0.08 per kWh. The Bitmain Antminer S9 Hydro (18Th) mines Bitcoin on the SHA-256 algorithm at 18 TH/s, drawing 1,728 W (96.0 J/TH). At $0.08 per kWh it earns about $0.54 a day but spends $3.32 on power, so it loses $2.78 a day.

It’s #243 of 269 SHA-256 miners on efficiency. It isn’t in stock with us at the moment. It’s a hydro (water-cooled) unit, released in August 2018.

Break-even power price
$0.013/kWh

It only makes money below this.

Daily profit rank
#392of 533

Across every miner we track.


Antminer S9 Hydro specifications

ManufacturerBitmain
ModelAntminer S9 Hydro
AlgorithmSHA-256
CoinsBTC
Hashrate18 TH/s
Power consumption1,728 W
Efficiency96.0 J/TH
CoolingHydro (water)
Noise45 dB
ReleasedAugust 2018

Other coins it can mine

Mine instead

BitcoinBTCRanked on
$0.540.00000714 BTC
–
0.0000021%
$31.0B
−2.0%
QuaiQUAI
$0.6488.97 QUAI
+19%
0.02%
$90kLow liquidity
+14.8%
eCashXEC
$0.59104,880 XEC
+10%
0.04%
$2.7M
−6.5%
Bitcoin CashBCH
$0.520.00221 BCH
−2%
0.00053%
$140.1M
−13.9%
DigiByte (SHA-256)DGB
$0.38126.84 DGB
−29%
0.04%
$2.3M
−4.1%

Paid on top

Fractal BitcoinFB
+<$0.010.0000909 FB
+<1%
0.0000021%
$2.4M
−19.0%Volatile
NamecoinNMC
+<$0.010.00000772 NMC
+<1%
0.0000021%
$0Illiquid
+0.4%
ElastosELA
+<$0.010.00000772 ELA
+<1%
0.0000021%
$311k
−38.1%Highly volatile
HathorHTR
+<$0.010.000695 HTR
+<1%
0.0000021%
$69kLow liquidity
−17.1%Volatile
Max potential profitUnlikely
-$2.78/day
-$2.78 BTC profit + <$0.01 paid on top

How it compares · SHA-256 miners

MinerRankEfficiencyProfit / day
Bitmain Antminer S23 Hyd 3U (1.16 PH)#19.5 J/TH$13.48
Bitdeer SealMiner A4 Ultra Hydro#29.4 J/TH$10.38
Bitmain Antminer S23e Hyd U2H (865T)#310.0 J/TH$9.22
Bitmain Antminer S23e Hyd 2U (865Th)#410.0 J/TH$9.22
Bitmain Antminer R4#13697.1 J/TH-$1.36
Bitmain Antminer S9k (13.5Th)#15597.0 J/TH-$2.11
Bitmain Antminer S9j (14.5Th)Earlier model#15793.1 J/TH-$2.16
Bitmain Antminer S11 (20.5Th)Newer model#16874.6 J/TH-$2.33
Bitmain Antminer S9 Hydro (18Th)This miner#19096.0 J/TH-$2.78
Aisen A1 Pro#22295.7 J/TH-$3.54

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Figures updated 00:01 UTC, 10 November 2026, using today’s network difficulty and coin prices. Estimates, not financial advice.