VirtualSMC VS RadeonSensor

Compare VirtualSMC vs RadeonSensor and see what are their differences.

VirtualSMC

SMC emulator layer (by acidanthera)
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RadeonSensor

Monitoring Radeon GPU temperature on macOS (by aluveitie)
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VirtualSMC RadeonSensor
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4.5 0.0
11 months ago 10 months ago
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VirtualSMC

Posts with mentions or reviews of VirtualSMC. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-01.

RadeonSensor

Posts with mentions or reviews of RadeonSensor. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-14.
  • RX5700xt cannot display the temperature
    1 project | /r/macpro | 28 Jun 2023
    Martin Lo's opencore package it includes RadeonGadget.app or download it from Giithub https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor it is a simple temp sensor for your gpu that lives in the menu bar.
  • how to install radeonsensor kext? (opencore, coffee lake Vega56)
    1 project | /r/hackintosh | 29 May 2023
    I'd like gpu monitoring for my my Vega56. on the page https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor, i can see RadeonSensor folder, but no kext inside, only some cpp files etc. also, the README says this kext isn't needed for Vega 10 and older. is Vega56 newer or older?
  • 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)
  • Success! Ventura 13.3 on Ryzen 7 PRO 3700, Radeon RX 6600 8 GB and Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO-P
    7 projects | /r/hackintosh | 14 Apr 2023
    Radeon Sensors + SMC Radeon GPU
  • What do I need to do when upgrading from RX580 to 6800?
    1 project | /r/hackintosh | 23 Dec 2022
    Add this bootarg: agdpmod=pikera Add these kexts: https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor (RadeonSensors and SMCRadeonGPU)
  • AMD RX 6600: How to display core clock and memory clock frequencies?
    1 project | /r/hackintosh | 28 Nov 2022
    What other settings / kexts are you using? I'm using the two kexts from here https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor Also WhateverGreen kext + agdpmod=pikera boot arg
  • RX 6600 XT users - what are your idle temps?
    1 project | /r/hackintosh | 18 Mar 2022
  • X299 Hackintosh - Near Gold Build
    5 projects | /r/hackintosh | 29 Jan 2022
    Any reason you run NVMeFix.kext and RestrictEvents.kext? Also u/STDVRockbell told me about this repo https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor
  • AMD 6900XT Temp Sensor
    3 projects | /r/hackintosh | 17 Jan 2022
    Download the zip file and extract. https://github.com/aluveitie/RadeonSensor/releases/download/0.3.1/RadeonSensor-0.3.1.zip
  • Big Sur on 5900x 6800xt
    3 projects | /r/hackintosh | 9 Dec 2021
    GPU - info Page, kext Page

What are some alternatives?

When comparing VirtualSMC and RadeonSensor you can also consider the following projects:

Opencore-Vanilla-Desktop-Guide - Host for files for the OpenCore Vanilla Desktop Guide

FakeSMC3_with_plugins - Driver for emulation SMC device with hardware sensors support

Legacy-Kexts - Repo for misc legacy kexts

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

VoodooPS2

SMCAMDProcessor - Power management, monitoring and VirtualSMC plugin for AMD processors

OcBinaryData

LucyRTL8125Ethernet - macOS driver for Realtek RTL8125

Lilu - Arbitrary kext and process patching on macOS

RadeonSensor - Monitoring Radeon GPU temperature on macOS

RestrictEvents

VirtualSMC vs Opencore-Vanilla-Desktop-Guide RadeonSensor vs FakeSMC3_with_plugins VirtualSMC vs Legacy-Kexts RadeonSensor vs OpenCore-Install-Guide VirtualSMC vs VoodooPS2 RadeonSensor vs SMCAMDProcessor VirtualSMC vs OcBinaryData RadeonSensor vs LucyRTL8125Ethernet VirtualSMC vs Lilu RadeonSensor vs RadeonSensor VirtualSMC vs OpenCore-Install-Guide RadeonSensor vs RestrictEvents