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Intel Alder Lake gaming performance: 1110 benchmarks compiled
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Intel Alder Lake gaming performance: 1110 benchmarks compiled

  • compilation of 17 launch reviews with ~1100 gaming benchmarks

  • stock performance on default power limits, no overclocking

  • only gaming benchmarks for real games compiled, not included any 3DMark & Unigine benchmarks

  • benchmarks strictly at CPU limited settings, mostly at 720p or 1080p P1/99th

  • geometric mean in all cases

  • gaming performance average is (good) weighted in favor of reviews with better scaling and more benchmarks

  • for Intel's CPUs, K & KF models were seen as "same" - but the MSRP is always noted for the KF model

 

Gaming 11600K 11700K 11900K 5600X 5800X 5900X 5950X 12600K 12700K 12900K
Cores & Gen 6C RKL 8C RKL 8C RKL 6C Zen3 8C Zen3 12C Zen3 16C Zen3 6C+4c ADL 8C+4c ADL 8C+8c ADL
AnandTech - - 86.2% -% 89.3% 88.6% 87.9% - - 100%
CapFrameX - - 87.3% - - 89.9% - 88.8% - 100%
ComputerBase 78.9% - 91.6% 87.4% 90.5% 93.7% 94.7% 90.5% 94.7% 100%
Eurogamer 67.8% - 75.3% 75.9% - - 82.0% 89.0% - 100%
Gamers Nexus 87.3% 92.6% 93.8% 85.8% 90.4% 91.4% 91.4% - - 100%
Golem - - 87.0% - - 82.1% 84.6% - - 100%
Hardwareluxx 86.5% 88.4% 91.4% 86.2% 88.6% 88.7% 88.5% 92.2% - 100%
Igor's Lab 76.9% 81.3% 88.4% 81.7% 87.3% 88.4% 88.1% 90.6% 95.0% 100%
Le Comptoir 72.8% 76.4% 79.9% 80.7% 85.0% 86.8% 87.9% 93.1% 97.0% 100%
Linus TT 81.8% - 86.8% 85.7% - 91.7% 91.4% 96.3% - 100%
Notebookcheck 86.7% - 92.3% 95.5% 98.9% 99.6% 95.4% 89.2% - 100%
PCGH 75.2% - 87.1% 80.0% 82.9% 87.4% 91.1% 88.8% - 100%
PC-Welt 80.1% - 85.9% 87.7% - - 91.1% 91.8% - 100%
SweClockers 76.6% - 85.9% 81.9% - 86.9% 83.6% 90.3% - 100%
TechPowerUp 81.2% 84.5% 86.6% 85.5% 89.4% 90.4% 89.6% 93.7% 97.5% 100%
TechSpot - - 88.5% - - 94.3% 94.9% - - 100%
Tom's HW 85.2% 86.4% 92.3% 82.6% 83.9% 90.8% 86.4% 92.5% - 100%
Average Gaming Perf. 78.1% 82.3% 86.6% 83.4% 87.2% 89.3% 89.4% 91.5% 95.8% 100%
MSRP $237 $374 $519 $299 $449 $549 $799 $264 $384 $564

 

At a glance vs 11600K vs 11700K vs 11900K vs 5600X vs 5800X vs 5900X
Core i5-12600K +17.2% +11.2% +5.7% +9.8% +5.0% +2.5%
Core i7-12700K +22.7% +16.5% +10.7% +15.0% +9.9% +7.3%
Core i9-12900K +28.1% +21.5% +15.5% +19.9% +14.7% +12.0%

 

Source: 3DCenter.org

 

PS (Nov 5):
Since some have asked about this: The Intel prices listed refer to their official tray prices for orders of 1000 units, but for KF models. Usually, this price corresponds to what the retailers demand - since Intel then gives further significant discounts internally. In more recent times, Intel even officially states these tray prices for 1000 units as "Recommended Customer Price".
Core i5-12600KF: $264.00 - $274.00
Core i7-12700KF: $374.00 - $384.00
Core i9-12900KF: $564.00 - $574.00

Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake does not support DENUVO anti-tampering of 32 games
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Intel Alder Lake Meta Review: 29 launch reviews compared
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Intel Alder Lake Meta Review: 29 launch reviews compared

  • compilation of 29 launch reviews with ~2990 application benchmarks & ~1250 gaming benchmarks

  • stock performance on default power limits, no overclocking, default memory speeds

  • only gaming benchmarks for real games compiled, not included any 3DMark & Unigine benchmarks

  • gaming benchmarks strictly at CPU limited settings, mostly at 720p or 1080p 1%/99th

  • gaming benchmarks were updated with some new values (compared to this post from Nov 5)

  • power consumption if strictly for the CPU (package) only, no whole system consumption

  • geometric mean in all cases

  • application performance average is (moderate) weighted in favor of reviews with more benchmarks

  • gaming performance average is (good) weighted in favor of reviews with better scaling and more benchmarks

  • official MSRPs noted ("Recommended Customer Price" on Intel), no retailer prices

  • for Intel's CPUs, K & KF models were seen as "same" - but the MSRP is always noted for the KF model

  • performance results as a graph

  • for the full results and more explanations check 3DCenter's Alder Lake Launch Analysis

 

Applications 11600K 11700K 11900K 5600X 5800X 5900X 5950X 12600K 12700K 12900K
Cores & Gen 6C RKL 8C RKL 8C RKL 6C Zen3 8C Zen3 12C Zen3 16C Zen3 6C+4c ADL 8C+4c ADL 8C+8c ADL
AnandTech - - 72.2% - 76.3% 85.3% 91.0% - - 100%
ComputerB 45% 59% 60% 52% 67% 92% 109% 66% 84% 100%
Conseil 54.1% - 66.0% 54.5% 68.9% 86.6% 90.0% 75.6% - 100%
Cowcotland 53.2% 64.6% 69.8% 56.5% 71.4% 86.8% 95.7% 77.0% 90.3% 100%
eTeknix 53.3% - 67.6% 55.7% - 85.3% 96.0% 71.9% 87.4% 100%
GamersN 54.5% 64.9% 67.9% 58.4% 73.3% 93.3% 105.5% 72.5% - 100%
Golem - - 74.5% - - 86.0% 91.2% - - 100%
Guru3D 51.2% 64.2% 68.8% 55.9% 72.4% 94.3% 108.5% 74.0% - 100%
HWLuxx 44.6% 57.7% 61.9% 51.7% 67.9% 91.1% 110.3% 64.3% - 100%
HWUpgrade 53.1% 66.5% 68.3% 58.3% - 92.4% 107.6% 68.8% 87.1% 100%
Hot HW 53.6% - 65.8% 52.8% 67.8% 80.8% 90.5% 74.3% - 100%
Igor's 45.9% 52.7% 53.9% 50.6% 60.8% 85.5% 93.5% 69.6% 81.7% 100%
LeComptoir 46.6% 54.9% 57.0% 49.6% 63.9% 83.5% 91.8% 70.1% 84.3% 100%
LesNumer 51.3% 59.0% 60.3% 53.8% 64.1% 78.2% 89.7% 73.7% - 100%
Linus 52.2% - 62.3% 59.6% - 91.2% 103.6% 77.8% - 100%
NBC 50.2% - 66.0% 58.1% 75.0% 91.5% 109.4% 65.6% - 100%
PCGH 60.5% - 78.7% 64.5% 75.8% 98.7% 118.5% 73.6% - 100%
PC-Welt 52.3% - 64.2% 57.4% - - 102.9% 71.0% - 100%
PugetS 57.7% 67.3% 68.7% 57.8% 70.9% 84.8% 92.4% 74.8% 84.2% 100%
PurePC 54.6% 68.0% 71.0% 55.7% 71.5% 90.6% 104.3% 69.3% - 100%
QuasarZ - 63.9% 66.0% 55.9% 71.8% 92.0% 104.9% 70.9% 85.1% 100%
SweClock - - 59.3% 49.4% - 86.0% 98.8% 68.5% - 100%
TPU 67.0% 76.8% 78.8% 67.8% 81.5% 95.1% 103.2% 78.7% 90.4% 100%
TechSpot 58.3% 71.6% 74.9% 60.2% 75.9% 92.4% - 76.2% 90.6% 100%
Tom's HW ~61% ~70% ~74% 63.7% 73.8% 86.7% 93.1% 77.1% - 100%
Tweakers 53.2% 64.7% 69.9% 56.4% 71.2% 85.9% 95.4% 76.2% 90.3% 100%
WCCF Tech - - 69.0% - 70.5% 86.4% 98.0% 73.3% - 100%
Average Application Perf. 53.9% 64.9% 67.6% 57.3% 71.4% 88.7% 99.4% 73.1% 87.1% 100%
Power Limit 125/ 251W 125/ 251W 125/ 251W 88W 142W 142W 142W 150W 190W 241W
MSRP $237 $374 $519 $299 $449 $549 $799 $264 $384 $564

 

Applications vs 11600K vs 11700K vs 11900K vs 5600X vs 5800X vs 5900X vs 5950X
Core i5-12600K +35.6% +12.7% +8.1% +27.7% +2.4% –17.5% –26.4%
Core i7-12700K +61.5% +34.2% +28.8% +52.0% +22.0% –1.8% –12.4%
Core i9-12900K +85.5% +54.1% +47.9% +74.6% +40.1% +12.8% +0.6%

 

Gaming 11600K 11700K 11900K 5600X 5800X 5900X 5950X 12600K 12700K 12900K
Cores & Gen 6C RKL 8C RKL 8C RKL 6C Zen3 8C Zen3 12C Zen3 16C Zen3 6C+4c ADL 8C+4c ADL 8C+8c ADL
AnandTech - - 86.2% -% 89.3% 88.6% 87.9% - - 100%
CapFrameX - - 87.3% - - 89.9% - 88.8% - 100%
ComputerB 78% - 91% 84% 86% 92% 96% 89% 95% 100%
Eurogamer 67.8% - 75.3% 75.9% - - 82.0% 89.0% - 100%
GamersN 87.3% 92.6% 93.8% 85.8% 90.4% 91.4% 91.4% 94.8% - 100%
Golem - - 87.0% - - 82.1% 84.6% - - 100%
HWLuxx 86.5% 88.4% 91.4% 86.2% 88.6% 88.7% 88.5% 92.2% - 100%
Igor's 76.9% 81.3% 88.4% 81.7% 87.3% 88.4% 88.1% 90.6% 95.0% 100%
LeComptoir 72.8% 76.4% 79.9% 80.7% 85.0% 86.8% 87.9% 93.1% 97.0% 100%
Linus 81.8% - 86.8% 85.7% - 91.7% 91.4% 96.3% - 100%
NBC 86.7% - 92.3% 95.5% 98.9% 99.6% 95.4% 89.2% - 100%
PCGH 75.2% - 87.1% 80.0% 82.9% 87.4% 91.1% 88.8% - 100%
PC-Welt 80.1% - 85.9% 87.7% - - 91.1% 91.8% - 100%
QuasarZ - 83.8% 85.3% 78.5% 85.7% 93.4% 94.6% 89.3% 96.6% 100%
SweClock 76.6% - 85.9% 81.9% - 86.9% 83.6% 90.3% - 100%
TPU 81.2% 84.5% 86.6% 85.5% 89.4% 90.4% 89.6% 93.7% 97.5% 100%
TechSpot 76.4% 85.4% 88.5% 89.2% 93.6% 94.3% 94.9% 91.7% 96.2% 100%
Tom's HW 85.2% 86.4% 92.3% 82.6% 83.9% 90.8% 86.4% 92.5% - 100%
Average Gaming Perf. 78.3% 83.5% 87.2% 83.4% 87.2% 89.7% 90.2% 91.0% 96.0% 100%
Power Limit 125/ 251W 125/ 251W 125/ 251W 88W 142W 142W 142W 150W 190W 241W
MSRP $237 $374 $519 $299 $449 $549 $799 $264 $384 $564

 

Gaming vs 11600K vs 11700K vs 11900K vs 5600X vs 5800X vs 5900X vs 5950X
Core i5-12600K +16.2% +9.0% +4.3% +9.1% +4.4% +1.4% +0.9%
Core i7-12700K +22.7% +15.0% +10.1% +15.1% +10.2% +7.1% +6.5%
Core i9-12900K +27.7% +19.7% +14.6% +19.9% +14.7% +11.5% +10.8%

 

Power Consumption 11600K 11700K 11900K 5600X 5800X 5900X 5950X 12600K 12700K 12900K
Cores & Gen 6C RKL 8C RKL 8C RKL 6C Zen3 8C Zen3 12C Zen3 16C Zen3 6C+4c ADL 8C+4c ADL 8C+8c ADL
Prime95 @CB 183W 275W 319W 76W - 130W 116W 145W 190W 241W
AVX Peak @Anand - - 241W 76W 141W 142W 142W - - 272W
AIDA Stress @Tom 181W 215W 269W 68W 97W 130W 128W 104W - 187W
y-Cruncher @Tom 183W 187W 205W 65W 94W 103W 101W 105W - 172W
CB23 @Tweakers 131W 169W 183W 66W 122W 126W 114W 118W 150W 243W
Blender @Igor 130W 130W 158W 91W 124W 183W 217W 126W 165W 227W
Handbrake @Tom 142W 186W 218W 67W 105W 133W 128W 120W - 213W
Adobe @Tweakers 115W 123W 151W 64W 91W 111W 119W 95W 126W 158W
AutoCAD @Igor 94W 97W 118W 64W 77W 103W 109W 63W 72W 87W
Ø9 Games 720p @Golem - - 158W - - 103W 106W - - 108W
Troy Total War @Golem - - 218W - - 135W 137W - - 169W
Ø10 Games 720p @CapFX - - 113W - - 102W - 63W - 96W
Ø10 Games 720p @Igor 107W 110W 127W 67W 78W 93W 115W 74W 71W 85W
Ø10 Games 1440p @Igor 97W 99W 122W 61W 70W 85W 104W 64W 59W 68W
Power Limit 125/ 251W 125/ 251W 125/ 251W 88W 142W 142W 142W 150W 190W 241W
MSRP $237 $374 $519 $299 $449 $549 $799 $264 $384 $564

 

Source: 3DCenter.org

Fixed Nov 8: Official MSRP of 5950X is $799, not $749.

OpenCore Alder Lake (12th-Gen Intel) Hackintosh Guidance
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What can we learn from existing successful OpenCore Alder Lake desktop builds? I looked at almost every documented system on the major English and German hackintosh sites. In this article I will share the key points that I noticed when looking at these builds, documentation and configurations. This is just a very preliminary guide, since Dortania does not have an OpenCore Alder Lake Guide yet. Please point out any errors or missing configuration options and add successfully used hardware (especially motherboards) in the comments. (I will add these into the main post.)

Essentially follow the Desktop Comet Lake | OpenCore Install Guide and incorporate the insights listed below. As always, do not just copy an EFI which you might find in other people's documentation. It may not work, is hard to maintain and is against the rules of r/hackintosh. Create your own EFI based on the guide.

Actual Hardware used:

Motherboards

Mostly Z690 and a few B660M, but no Hackintosh seen yet with H610 or H670. Gigabyte and Asus have been used in the great majority of observed systems. macOS on Alder Lake laptops is not possible, due to the unsupported iGPU.

  • Gigabyte Z690I AORUS ULTRA DDR4 - Mini-ITX

  • Gigabyte Z690i Aorus Ultra DDR4 - Mini-ITX

  • Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 - ATX

  • Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite DDR5 - ATX

  • Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite AX DDR4 - ATX

  • Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Pro DDR5 - ATX

  • Gigabyte Z690 AERO G DDR4 (plus Thunderbolt card) - ATX

  • ASUS Z690 ProArt Creator WiFi (Thunderbolt 4) DDR5 - ATX

  • ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 DDR4 - ATX

  • ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI DDR5 - ATX

  • ASUS PRIME Z690M-PLUS D4 DDR4 - microATX

  • ASUS PRIME Z690-P D4 LGA DDR4 - ATX

  • ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS D4 DDR4 - ATX

  • ASRock Z690 Pro RS DDR4 - ATX

  • ASRock Z690 Steel Legend WiFi 6E DDr4 - ATX

  • ASRock B660M-HDV DDR4 - microATX

  • MSI PRO Z690-A DD5 - ATX

CPUs actually used

  • i5-12400, i5-12400F

  • i5-12600K, i5 12600KF

  • i7-12700K, i7-12700KF

  • i9-12900K

All currently available Alder Lake Core-i-x-12xxx CPUs should work.

GPUs actually used

  • PowerColor Radeon RX 6600

  • Sapphire VGA Nitro+ RX 6600 XT

  • ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6600XT

  • MSI RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio

  • Sapphire RX 6900 XT Special Edition

  • Yeston Radeon RX560 4GB GDDR5

  • AMD Radeon RX 570

  • Sapphire RX 580

Recommended GPUs

In the context of Alder Lake, I have seen primarily recommended: AMD RX 400 series, RX 500 series, RX 5000 series, RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, RX 6900 XT. AMD RX 6600 and 6600 XT are only supported in Monterey 12.1 and newer. (But RX 6700 is currently not supported at all.)

Refer to the Dortania recommendations in GPU Support | OpenCore Install Guide and GPU Buyers Guide, which continue to apply for Alder Lake.

SSDs actually used

  • WD SN850 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD 1TB

  • WD Black SN750 SE NVMe SSD1TB

  • WD Blue SN550 NVMe 1TB

  • PNY CS1031 256GB

Some Samsung NVMe drives may still have problems: SSD boot time tests · dortania.

Wifi Cards actually used

  • Fenvi FV-T919 WiFi / Bluetooth Wireless Card

  • Fenvi M.2 NGFF BCM94360NG Wifi / Bluetooth 4.0 Network Card

The recommendations from the Wireless Buyers Guide continue to apply.

OS used

  • Monterey (mostly)

  • Big Sur

macOS Catalina 10.15.4 and above should work based on Comet Lake support in macOS.

Notes

  • Thermal management works. While Intel Power Gadget is rather buggy and not recommended in production, it mostly works, so do SuperIO and SMCProcessor. (Vit, 22-01-09)

Things that don't work

  • Sidecar requires either an iGPU or an Apple T2 chip for HEVC encoding/decoding so it does not work on this system (iGPU UHD 770 is not supported by macOS). Alternatives to Sidecar: Luna Display and Duet Display.

  • macOS treats all cores the same and does not schedule tasks optimally between P-cores and E-cores

  • Intel's Bluetooth 5.2 is not yet supported.

  • Various USB issues. These may not be specific to Alder Lake, but were reported on some motherboards.

BIOS:

All the BIOS configurations are essentially the same as used for Comet Lake, except for the CPU configuration.

  • CFG Lock may not be configurable in preferences on ASUS boards. This is an obvious BIOS bug, although it may not cause boot failures. We had to unlock it manually through the Shell method described in OpenCore Reference Manual. (Vit, 22-01-09)

  • XMP works at least with DDR5 we had at hand, but there were reports of no issues with DDR4 as well. While macOS does not name DDR5 as DDR5 in the profiler, this nuance is purely cosmetic. (Vit, 22-01-09)

P-cores and E-cores

Experiment with either of these configurations to see which works best for your workflow:

  • Option 1: All P-cores, all E-cores, and Hyper-Threading enabled. The Ring Clock frequency will be 3.6 GHz with a CPU performance impact of no more than 6%, due to lesser L3 and memory performance of the P-cores. Overall multi-threading performance will be better.

  • Option 2:: Only P-cores and Hyper-Threading enabled. The Ring Clock frequency will be 4.7 GHz. Overall multi-threading performance will be less.

  • Both options may be optimised by Alder Lake Overclocking. The Ring Clock and CPU clock are separate.

Therefore in BIOS > Advanced CPU Settings configure accordingly:

  • Option 1: All cores, all threads

    • Hyper Threading → Enabled

    • All P-Cores and E-Cores → Enabled

  • Option 2: Only P-cores and Hyper-Threads

    • Hyper Threading → Enabled

    • CPU Cores Enabling Mode → Selectable Mode

    • CPU Cores Enabling Mode → (Enable all P-Cores and Disable all E-Cores)

OpenCore Config.plist Configuration

Use the latest version of OpenCore, at least 0.7.7

ACPI -> Add

Required to add SSDT-PLUG-ALT.aml XCPM power management compatibility table with Darwin method for Alder Lake CPUs.

  • Most firmware dropped Processor-based CPU definition in ACPI and switched to Device-based definition, which is not recognised by macOS. To workaround this one needs to use the SSDT-PLUG-ALT ACPI table. (Vit, 22-01-09)

SSDTs

Very similar to Comet Lake, except for the additional SSDT-PLUG-ALT.aml

  • SSDT-PLUG-ALT.aml (required)

  • SSDT-AWAC.aml (required)

  • SSDT-EC-USBX.aml (required)

  • SSDT-SBUS.aml (optional)

  • SSDT-USBW.aml (optional) Works with USBWakeFixup.kext to enable proper wake from sleep.

  • SSDT-DMAC.aml (occasionally used) As on a real MacPro 7,1 : "the DMAC Direct Memory Access Controller provides an interface between the bus and the input-output devices , share the bus with the processor to make the data transfer, speedups the memory operations by bypassing the involvement of the CPU ".

  • SSDT-HPET.aml (occasionally used) - Patches out IRQ conflicts. Check: SSDTs: The easy way (SSDTTime > HPET).

  • SSDT-DTPG.aml (occasionally used) - Implements DTGP method that is needed by other SSDTs. Related to Thunderbolt.

ACPI -> Patch (optional)

I see many configurations with various ACPI patches. Other Alder Lake systems use none of these patches. (Reddit does not format the table properly). Apply as needed: 

TableSignature  OemTableId        TableLength  Find              Replace           Count  Comment 
44534454                          0            4D435F5F          4D434843          0      Change MC__ to MCHC
53534454        4967667853736474  0            4D435F5F          4D434843          0      Change MC__ to MCHC
53534454        475357417070      0            4303141941444247  4303141958444247  1      Change ADBG to XDBG

  • Enable Change MC__ to MCHC and possibly Change ADBG to XDBG as shown above, if you encounter relevant ACPI Errors:

  • HPET _CRS to XCRS Rename, RTC IRQ 8 Patch, TIMR IRQ 0 Patch. Check: SSDTs: The easy way (SSDTTime > HPET).

  • Fix RTC _STA bug (seems to be an old fix previously used in Clover which should not be necessary in OpenCore). Try instead: SSDTs: The easy way (SSDTTime > AWAC)

Booter -> Quirks

ResizeAppleGpuBars -1 (or 0, if Re-Sizable BAR Support is enabled in BIOS)

  • We did not have PCIe 5.0 hardware to ensure optimal performance, but there were no issues with PCIe 4.0 and 3.0 including Resize Bar support handled by the ResizeAppleGpuBars quirk. (Vit, 22-01-09)

Kexts in Kernel -> Add

The kexts used are essentially the same as the ones used for Comet Lake:

  • Lilu.kext (required)

  • WhateverGreen.kext (required)

  • VirtualSMC.kext (required)

    • SMCProcessor.kext (optional - monitoring CPU temperature)

    • SMCSuperIO.kext (optional - monitoring fan speed)

  • AppleALC.kext (usually required - enable audio)

  • NVMeFix.kext (optional - for fixing power management and initialization on non-Apple NVMe)

Other common kexts used on Alder Lake:

  • RestrictEvents.kext - Lilu Kernel extension for blocking unwanted processes causing compatibility issues on different hardware. - Is needed when enabling E-cores due to large core count and makes showing the proper CPU name possible.

  • CPUFriend.kext - A Lilu plug-in for dynamic power management data injection. Used with CpuFriendDataProvider.kext which can be created according to the instructions here: CPUFriend/Instructions

    • Partial XCPM compatibility is available, but frequency vector tuning will be required. (Vit, 22-01-09)

  • An Ethernet kext. Commonly found on Z690:

  • USBWakeFixup is needed to fix keyboard wakeup support, but may cause compatibility issues with Bluetooth. Works with SSDT-USBW.

  • Kexts for USB mapping, depending on the use of USBMap or USBToolBox

See Kexts | OpenCore Install Guide for more details.

Kernel -> Emulate

This is required for Alder Lake. The configurations universally use these settings:

  • Emulate a Comet Lake CPU (0x0A0655)

  • As Alder Lake CPUs are not supported by macOS, the CPU ID has to be faked in the Config.plist

  • CPU ID is set to 0x0A0655 that is found in Comet Lake CPUs such as 10900, 10850, 10700, and 10400. 

Cpuid1Data    55060A00000000000000000000000000`
Cpuid1Mask    FFFFFFFF000000000000000000000000`
MinKernel     19.0.0

Kernel -> Quirks

ProvideCurrentCpuInfo Yes

  • More patches are required for XNU when using the efficiency cores, though handled automatically by the ProvideCurrentCpuInfo quirk starting with OpenCore 0.7.7. (Vit, 22-01-09)

NVRAM -> Add

7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82 The boot-args follow the same pattern as described in OpenCore Install Guide - NVRAM. The only required additional argument is this:

  • -wegnoigpu to disable internal GPU, which is not supported.

  • A typical boot-args may look like this: -v keepsyms=1 debug=0x100 agdpmod=pikera -wegnoigpu alcid=1

  • agdpmod=pikera is used for disabling board ID checks on Navi GPUs (RX 5000 & 6000 series), without this you'll get a black screen. Don't use if you don't have Navi (ie. Polaris and Vega cards shouldn't use this).

  • In case the iGPU is needed for other operating systems, there are other ways to hide the iGPU described here: Disabling GPU | OpenCore Install Guide.

4D1FDA02-38C7-4A6A-9CC6-4BCCA8B30102

  • Optionally add your CPU name, for example: 

revcpuname    String    10-Core Intel i5-12600K
revcpu        Number    1

PlatformInfo -> Generic

Use one of

  • MacPro7,1

  • iMac20,1

  • iMacPro1,1

MacPro7,1 is used in the majority of Alder Lake systems and appears to be the recommended choice. Read this for details: Choosing the right SMBIOS | OpenCore Install Guide.

UEFI -> Output

ProvideConsoleGop Yes

  • ASUS boards have a new aggregate GOP instance, which causes black screen during macOS first stage. This is addressed in the ProvideConsoleGop quirk starting with OpenCore 0.7.6. (Vit, 22-01-09)

  • This is enabled in OC > Sample.plist and should remain enabled, not just for ASUS boards.

Recommendation to use cputopologyrebuild.kext

tip by u/seffers84

Make sure to use cputopologyrebuild.kext. This lets Intel's heterogenous architecture (E-/P-cores) be used more optimally; MacOS, by default, can't tell the difference between E- and P-cores, since no real Macs use this architecture. I would recommend using it with the -ctrsmt boot arg, which makes MacOS see the E-cores as additional SMT threads, rather than as independent cores. Otherwise, the greater number of E-cores means MacOS would be more likely to send heavier threads to them than are optimal for them to manage.

Install it like any other kext. Add bootflag like any other bootflag. Make sure ProvideCurrentCpuInfo quirk is enabled!

Testing is as simple as:

  • Boot with the kext disabled and no bootflag. Run Cinebench.

  • Boot with the kext enabled and no bootflag. Rerun Cinebench.

  • Boot with the kext enabled AND bootflag enabled. Rerun Cinebench.

Use whichever one gives you the best performance (it'll almost certainly be the kext AND bootflag option). If you want to do more in depth testing, feel free to add GeekBench or whatever all else to the testing.

More info, and the kext itself, here: https://github.com/b00t0x/CpuTopologyRebuild

Thunderbolt related

Some of the configurations use Thunderbolt. Therefore these changes are only needed if the motherboard has Thunderbolt or an add-in card is used: AppleVTD allows certain Thunderbolt devices to connect and operate, such as Antelope Audio interfaces and Apple's own Thunderbolt-to-Gigabit Ethernet adapter. - Enabling AppleVTD requires the following:

  1. Kernel --> Quirks --> DisableIoMapper --> No (affects macOS only)

  2. ACPI --> Add --> SSDT-DMAR.aml --> Yes (affects all operating systems)

  3. ACPI --> Delete --> DMAR --> Yes (affects all operating systems)

  4. BIOS Setup --> VT-d --> Enabled

Also see here: Fixing Sleep | OpenCore Post-Install

Successful BUILD LIST

I researched more in-depth about the specifics which might differ from a Comet Lake configuration by looking at many documented successful projects reported on r/hackintosh, TM, Github, hackintosh-forum-de and InsanelyMac (links below).

r/Hackintosh

Golden and User Builds on TM

  • Discussion: Z690 Chipset and Alder Lake CPUs

  • Golden Build: Gigabyte Z690 Aero G + i5-12600K + AMD RX 6800 XT

  • Golden Build: Asus Z690 ProArt Creator WiFi (Thunderbolt 4) + i7-12700K + AMD RX 6800 XT

  • User Build: ASRock Z690 Steel Legend (WiFi 6E) nice guide including CPU ID explanation

  • User Build: Gigabyte Z690 ELITE AX D4 + i9-12900K + AMD RX 6600 XT

  • User Build: SUCCESS - Z690i Intel 12th Gen CPU i5-12400 (low cost) clean, minimal configuration

The Golden Builds are well documented and would help those who buy the same motherboard and CPU. - Yet, I am not satisfied just copying a configuration, since I might buy different hardware and I should be able to understand every part of the Config to maintain it longterm. Also you should use the tools recommended on r/hackintosh.

Github

  • glekner/GIGABYTE-Z690I-Hackintosh: OpenCore Hackintosh EFI For Gigabyte Z690I Aorus

  • luchina-gabriel/EFI-GIGABYTE-Z690-AORUS-ELITE-AX-12900K-RX6900XT: EFI for Hackintosh: Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite AX, Intel i9 12900K (8p+8e+ht), RX 6900XT, 4x 16GB DDR4 4133Mhz with XMP enabled and Fenvi BCM94360

  • kenagt/Hackintosh-Gigabyte-Z690-UD-DDR4: EFI folder for hackintosh, Z690, 12600KF, 32GB DDR4

  • kreactnative/Z690-12900K-RX6600XT-DDR5-Monterey: Hackintosh EFI For 12900K Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Pro

  • H3C4T0M8/Hackintosh-Gigabyte-z690-UD-DDR4-OpenCore

  • jiangyurui/ROG-STRIX-Z690-A-GAMING-WIFI-HACKINTOSH-BIOS

hackintosh-forum.de

  • Neuer Hackintosh mit ASUS PRIME Z690M-PLUS D4

  • Z690 UD DDR4 Alder Lake

InsanelyMac

Search Links

More Info

(Edit: incorporated more settings and explanations from Vit 2022-01-09. Clarified GPU, SMBIOS recommendations and P-core/E-core Ring-Clock frequencies. Added more MBs. Improved ACPI-Patch and Kexts sections. Added new build link. Added Recommendation to use cputopologyrebuild.kext Last update: 2023-12-06)

This article is also available at the following link which has last been updated in January 2023 with additional links to Raptor Lake builds. The content there will still be updated for longer than the current post: https://chriswayg.gitbook.io/opencore-visual-beginners-guide/advanced-topics/using-alder-lake

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This is a how to get linux working perfectly with this cool mini laptop.

First a must say that I really like this laptop and wants to encourage Chuwi to continue selling their products and I like to share my finding to other how wants to have a great workstation for traveling or anything.

Has been a week since my Chuwi Minibook X arrived and I immediately installed linux on it wiping windows of the system. I don't need windows since I'll be using it for working (coding and server administration), and I don't really like windows very much. You still can do some light gaming

So the distro I chose was Fedora Workstation 38 with last update. The reason for this is that will need the lastest production kernel available and Fedora has it with a simple update and ease and fast installation process.

But this also can be potentially used for install arch o debian as long as you update the linux kernel.

The things that don't work after a clean installation of Fedora is: Wifi, Bluetooth, issues with the screen after wake from sleep and the rotation.

AX101 WiFi: Needs Linux Kernel 6.4.10-200 or better

After update to last kernel at the time (6.4.10) Wifi start working right away without issues.

AX101 Bluetooth Fix

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firmware/intel/ibt-1040-4150.ddc.xz /usr/lib/firmware/intel/ibt-0040-1050.ddc.xzsudo ln -s /usr/lib/firmware/intel/ibt-1040-4150.sfi.xz /usr/lib/firmware/intel/ibt-0040-1050.sfi.xz

GMD (Gnome login Rotate Fix) Copy Gnome monitor config to GDM Login Screen after correctly configure display within gnome.

sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml

Allow more screen display scale options 125% for example. I think looks better

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"

Screen waking from sleep problemFix display error when recovering from sleep modeEdit the file: /etc/default/grub

add this lines to the parameter (do not delete what is already there)

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i915.enable_psr=0 intel_idle.max_cstate=2"

then update grub with this command

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2-efi.cfg

Finally reboot the system, enjoy

A suggestion to extend battery life

You can install tpl but i think there is a better alternative called auto-cpufreq that basically adjust the cpu frequencies to reduce power consumption where the load is low.

Just go to the github project and follow the instructions. I you fell confident with the command line you can install it manually (i did this way) but also you can use the snap version for an easy installation process. (i don't like snap)

https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq

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