Getting Your Feet Wet With Hackintosh/Graphics

This is a list of graphics cards and iGPUs supported or known to work on macOS.

AMD

Currently supported by current macOS

RDNA 2 (RX 6000 series)

Apple currently supports RDNA 2 cards in Intel Macs since macOS 11.4 Big Sur. Though it was succeeded by RDNA 3 (RX 7000 series) (not compatible with macOS), most of these GPUs are still available new for a cheaper price.

Navi 21

Supported since macOS 11.4 Big Sur

These high-end GPUs, costing around $450 to $650 new or even cheaper used, are excellent in professional tasks in macOS. When dual-booted with Windows, these are very capable of 1440p to 4K gaming

• RX 6950 XT 16GB - need to spoof to 6900 XT
• RX 6900 XT 16GB
• RX 6800 XT 16GB
• RX 6800 16GB
• Radeon Pro W6800 32GB

Required kexts: Lilu.kext, WhateverGreen.kext

Navi 22

Supported as of current macOS version

These mid-range GPUs are not natively supported by macOS, but there is a kext that makes these GPUs work in macOS. Costing around $300-350 new, they are still great choices for mid-to-high-end creative and professional tasks in macOS and even some 1440p gaming when dual-booted with Windows.

• RX 6750 GRE 12GB
• RX 6750 GRE 10GB
• RX 6750 XT 12GB
• RX 6700 XT 12GB
• RX 6700 10GB

Required kexts: Lilu.kext, NootRX.kext

Navi 23

Supported since macOS 12.1 Monterey

These GPUs provide solid performance for creative tasks on macOS on a budget and even 1080p gaming in Windows. These are available new, costing around $190-200 for RX 6600 and $220-240 for RX 6600 XT and 6650 XT.

• RX 6650 XT 8GB - need to spoof to 6600 XT
• RX 6600 XT 8GB
• RX 6600 8GB
• Radeon Pro W6600 8GB

Required kexts: Lilu.kext, WhateverGreen.kext

RDNA 1 (RX 5000 series)

Apple currently supports RDNA 1 cards in Intel Macs since macOS 10.15.1 Catalina. Although not as powerful as RDNA 2, it is affordable in the used market, costing around $120-140 for RX 5700 XT. The lineup, especially the RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT, provides very good value for creative tasks.

• RX 5700 XT 8GB - normal and 50th anniversary variants work
• RX 5700 8GB
• RX 5600 XT 6GB
• RX 5600 OEM 6GB
• RX 5500 XT 4GB/8GB
• RX 5500 OEM 4GB - unverified
• RX 5300 OEM 3GB
• Radeon Pro W5700 8GB
• Radeon Pro W5500 8GB

Required kexts: Lilu.kext, WhateverGreen.kext

Vega (Vega 56, 64, Radeon VII etc.)

Apple currently supports the Vega 10 and 20 series GPUs in Intel Macs.

Vega 20 series

Supported since macOS 10.14.5 Mojave

• Radeon VII 16GB
• Radeon Pro VII 16GB - unverified

Vega 10 series

Supported since macOS 10.13 High Sierra

• Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB - watercooled variant unverified
• RX Vega 64 8GB - Limited Edition variant supported. Liquid Cooling variant unverified.
• RX Vega 56 8GB
• Radeon Pro WX 9100 16GB
• Radeon Pro WX 8200 8GB
• Radeon Pro WX 8100 8GB - unverified

Required kexts: Lilu.kext, WhateverGreen.kext

Unsupported

• RDNA 3 GPUs - RX 7900 XTX 24GB, 7900 XT 20GB, 7900 GRE 16GB, 7800 XT 16GB, 7700 XT 12GB, 7600 XT 16GB, 7600 8GB, Radeon Pro W7900 48GB, W7800 32GB, W7700 16GB, W7600 8GB, W7500 8GB
• Navi 24 GPUs (low end RDNA 2 GPUs) - RX 6500 XT 4GB, 6400 4GB, 6300 2GB, Radeon Pro W6400 4GB, W6300 2GB
• XFX Polaris and Vega GPUs
• RX 590 GME 8GB
• RX 580 2048SP 4/8GB

Intel

Currently supported by current macOS

UHD 600 series (8th-10th gen Intel Core)

Supported since macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra

Make sure your iGPU is GT2 not GT1. GT2 applies to i3, i5, i7, i9 and even some higher end Pentium CPUs.

• UHD Graphics 615
• UHD Graphics 617
• UHD Graphics 620
• UHD Graphics 630 (192SP recommended, 184SP also work by spoofing 192SP)
  • Pentium G5500 (184SP)
  • Pentium G5600 (184SP)
  • i3-8100(T) (184SP)
  • i3-8300 (184SP)
  • i3-8350K (184SP)
  • i5-8400 (192SP)
  • i5-8500(T) (192SP)
  • i5-8600(K) (192SP)
  • i7-8700(K)(T) (192SP)
  • i7-8086K (192SP)
  • i3-9100 (184SP)
  • i3-9350K (184SP)
  • i5-9400 (192SP)
  • i5-9500(T) (192SP)
  • i5-9600(K) (192SP)
  • i7-9700(K)(T) (184SP)
  • i9-9900(K)(S) (184SP)
  • Pentium G6500(T) (184SP)
  • Pentium G6600 (184SP)
  • i3-10100(T) (184SP)
  • i3-10300(T) (184SP)
  • i3-10320 (184SP)
  • i5-10400(T) (184SP)
  • i5-10500(T)(E) (184SP)
  • i5-10600(T) (184SP)
  • i5-10600K (192SP)
  • i7-10700(K) (192SP)
  • i9-10900(K) (192SP)
• Iris Plus 645
• Iris Plus 655

Unsupported

• Rocket Lake (Core 11th gen)
• Alder Lake (Core 12th gen)
• Raptor Lake (Core 13th/14th gen)
• Any iGPUs that are Xe-based
  • Tiger Lake (Core 11th gen)
  • Alder Lake (Core 12th gen)
  • Raptor Lake (Core 13th/14th gen)
  • Meteor Lake (Core 100 series)
  • Arrow Lake (Core 200 series)
  • Lunar Lake (Core 200 series)
• Any GT1 iGPUs - found in Intel Celeron and some lower end Pentium CPUs
  • Intel HD Graphics 400
  • Intel HD Graphics 405
  • Intel HD Graphics 500
  • Intel HD Graphics 505
  • Intel HD Graphics 510
  • Intel HD Graphics 600
  • Intel HD Graphics 605
  • Intel HD Graphics 610
  • Intel UHD Graphics 600
  • Intel UHD Graphics 605
  • Intel UHD Graphics 610
  • Intel UHD Graphics G1
• Any Intel Arc GPUs
  • Intel Arc A310 4GB
  • Intel Arc A380 6GB
  • Intel Arc A580 8GB
  • Intel Arc A750 8GB
  • Intel Arc A770 8/16GB