SMCAMDProcessor VS Lilu

Compare SMCAMDProcessor vs Lilu and see what are their differences.

SMCAMDProcessor

Power management, monitoring and VirtualSMC plugin for AMD processors (by trulyspinach)

Lilu

Arbitrary kext and process patching on macOS (by acidanthera)
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SMCAMDProcessor Lilu
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5.4 5.1
29 days ago about 18 hours ago
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SMCAMDProcessor

Posts with mentions or reviews of SMCAMDProcessor. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-25.
  • Successful Ryzentosh laptop (HP 245 G8)
    3 projects | /r/hackintosh | 25 Jul 2023
    What works: - CPU power management using this kext. Battery life is not great, but I haven't checked what can be done to improve it yet. - USB tethering from an Android phone as a workaround for having Wi-Fi since iOS only allows to do USB tethering with mobile data. If you need it as well, check this kext out. - Hardware acceleration thanks to NootedRed. - iServices. - Built-in speakers. - All USB ports. - HDMI video. - Ethernet. - Keyboard. - Trackpad.
  • Ryzentosh 100% success! R5 3600X, RX5700XT on Ventura.
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 9 May 2023
    Sleep works, there's an AMD power management kext https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor
  • What are the apps that will not run or runs unstably with Ryzentosh?
    5 projects | /r/hackintosh | 17 Apr 2023
    If you install https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor you have the same telemetry as you would with Intel.
  • Success! Ventura on Ryzen 7 PRO 3700, Radeon RX 6600 and Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P
    10 projects | /r/hackintosh | 14 Apr 2023
    ## Hardware: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 - GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB - RAM: 4x 8 GB 3200 MHz - Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P - Audio Codec: ALC1200 / Disabled in BIOS / USB Headset - Ethernet Card: Realtek RTL8125B - Wifi/BT Card: None - BIOS revision: Latest / f15d ## Details: - Bootloader: OpenCore 0.9.1 - Guide followed: [dortania's OpenCore Install Guide](https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/) - What's working: Absolutely all what I need + iCloud - What's not: All AppleHV Hypervisors (VirtualBox 6.x works on Ventura with some [hacks](https://forum.amd-osx.com/threads/virtual-machine-software-that-works-with-amd-hackintoshes.3460/post-26028)) - Kexts used: - [Lilu](https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu) - [Virtual SMC](https://github.com/acidanthera/VirtualSMC) - [Whatever Green](https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen) - [Apple MCE Reporter Disabler](https://github.com/acidanthera/bugtracker/files/3703498/AppleMCEReporterDisabler.kext.zip) - [Restrict Events](https://github.com/acidanthera/RestrictEvents) - [AMD Ryzen CPU Power Management + SMC AMD Processor](https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor) - [Radeon Sensors + SMC Radeon GPU](https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor) - [Lucy RTL8125 Ethernet](https://github.com/Mieze/LucyRTL8125Ethernet) - [USB ToolBox](https://github.com/USBToolBox/tool)
  • New Mac OS install, should I be generating a new serial?
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 15 Oct 2022
    AMD ryzen power manager, SMC AMD processor
  • Dual-boot Mac/Win Hackintosh - Slower performance on MacOs
    1 project | /r/hackintosh | 7 Feb 2022
    This isn't true, trulyspinach has a power management kext for AMD that brings performance to pretty much being identical to Windows with the Core Performance Boost feature. Or you can just force the CPU into the P0 state. https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor/releases
  • Dual-boot Mac/Win Ryzentosh - Slower performance on MacOs
    1 project | /r/Ryzentosh | 6 Feb 2022
    I've tried playing around with the SMCAMDProcessor, but not had any luck. This is same with Cinebench
  • AMD 6900XT Temp Sensor
    3 projects | /r/hackintosh | 17 Jan 2022
    SMCAMDProcessor
  • Big Sur on 5900x 6800xt
    3 projects | /r/hackintosh | 9 Dec 2021
    CPU - Info Page , kext Page
  • Moterey Beta 8 - MSI Motherboard & Ryzen 3600 Success!
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 30 Sep 2021

Lilu

Posts with mentions or reviews of Lilu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
  • FINALLY DID IT!!!
    3 projects | /r/macOSVMs | 11 Dec 2023
  • Running Ventura on my 2013 Mac Pro - thanks OCLP..!
    1 project | /r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher | 11 Oct 2023
  • Radeon RX580 on a 2012 MacPro 5,1
    2 projects | /r/macpro | 15 Apr 2023
  • Success! Ventura on Ryzen 7 PRO 3700, Radeon RX 6600 and Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P
    10 projects | /r/hackintosh | 14 Apr 2023
    ## Hardware: - CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 - GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB - RAM: 4x 8 GB 3200 MHz - Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P - Audio Codec: ALC1200 / Disabled in BIOS / USB Headset - Ethernet Card: Realtek RTL8125B - Wifi/BT Card: None - BIOS revision: Latest / f15d ## Details: - Bootloader: OpenCore 0.9.1 - Guide followed: [dortania's OpenCore Install Guide](https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/) - What's working: Absolutely all what I need + iCloud - What's not: All AppleHV Hypervisors (VirtualBox 6.x works on Ventura with some [hacks](https://forum.amd-osx.com/threads/virtual-machine-software-that-works-with-amd-hackintoshes.3460/post-26028)) - Kexts used: - [Lilu](https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu) - [Virtual SMC](https://github.com/acidanthera/VirtualSMC) - [Whatever Green](https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen) - [Apple MCE Reporter Disabler](https://github.com/acidanthera/bugtracker/files/3703498/AppleMCEReporterDisabler.kext.zip) - [Restrict Events](https://github.com/acidanthera/RestrictEvents) - [AMD Ryzen CPU Power Management + SMC AMD Processor](https://github.com/trulyspinach/SMCAMDProcessor) - [Radeon Sensors + SMC Radeon GPU](https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor) - [Lucy RTL8125 Ethernet](https://github.com/Mieze/LucyRTL8125Ethernet) - [USB ToolBox](https://github.com/USBToolBox/tool)
  • Successful install! (Catalina 10.15.7)
    2 projects | /r/hackintosh | 7 Feb 2023
    I would at least look around to see if your card needs any specific support, or ask someone who has more knowledge on Kepler (600 Series) hackintoshes other than me, but according to Dortainia, you'll need Lilu.kext & WhateverGreen.kext as well as a shikigva=40 boot flag.
  • MacOS Ventura on SKYLAKE LAPTOP Dell Latitude 5480
    9 projects | /r/hackintosh | 2 Nov 2022
    Lilu
  • Cannot shutdown properly with Monterey on HP Envy laptop
    4 projects | /r/hackintosh | 22 Jan 2022
    Lilu (1.5.9)
  • [HOW TO] OpenCore 0.7.6 > 0.7.7 differences
    7 projects | /r/hackintosh | 10 Jan 2022
    Lilu 1.5.9 (updates)
  • Update From Catalina to Monterey
    5 projects | /r/hackintosh | 16 Dec 2021
    I usually update the kexts manually. Lilu: https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu/releases WhateverGreen: https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen/releases
  • Display port not working (cMP 4.1-5.1 Big Sur OC)
    2 projects | /r/macpro | 23 Oct 2021
    Check out this page for your Lilu.kext and this page for your WhateverGreen.kext. When using WG, try using the boot arguments shikigva=40 which will set your boardID as an iMac14,2 which helps with some nVidia Support. If that doesn't help, maybe use agdpmod=vit9696 which skips the boardID check altogether which has been known to fix black screens. Installing WhateverGreen, in general, will most likely solve your issue though.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SMCAMDProcessor and Lilu you can also consider the following projects:

NootedRed - Lilu plugin for AMD Vega iGPUs. No commercial use.

Legacy-Kexts - Repo for misc legacy kexts

AsusSMC - A VirtualSMC plugin provides native macOS support for ALS, keyboard backlight and Fn keys on Asus laptops

WhateverGreen - Various patches necessary for certain ATI/AMD/Intel/Nvidia GPUs

ryzen-mac-msi-x470 - OpenCore 0.8.2 for MSI X470 Gaming Plus Max and RX580

VirtualSMC - SMC emulator layer

OpenCore-Install-Guide - Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide

FeatureUnlock - Add Sidecar support to unsupported models

single-gpu-passthrough

AppleALC - Native macOS HD audio for not officially supported codecs

RadeonSensor - Monitoring Radeon GPU temperature on macOS

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