When selecting SMBIOS for your machine, it’s important to recognize that it goes beyond merely matching the CPU. Several factors influence how your system operates, as the SMBIOS plays a crucial role in managing CPU power, GPU profiles, USB mapping, and more.
Mobile vs Desktop vs Server, as this can greatly affect sleep and overall system stability.
Note: AMD CPUs do not need to concern about this
This is important when considering the Mac Mini SMBIOS, which is designed exclusively for mobile hardware and is not suited for desktop systems. For this reason, we strongly advise against using it, except for devices like Intel’s NUC series and similar systems that are built on mobile hardware.
For Laptops, Apple assumes that any SMBIOS with a dGPU will route all display outputs through it. This can lead to problems on Optimus laptops where external displays are connected through the iGPU instead, resulting in black screen issues that require additional patching to resolve.
CPUs without an iGPU need to pay very close attention, as features like Quick Look will be broken if the SMBIOS expects an iGPU (ie. Every single iMac SMBIOS).
DRM is also linked to this, although it can be resolved with THIS
This is particularly relevant for older hardware, where macOS may still support the CPU but no longer supports the SMBIOS from that generation. A good example is Arrandale CPUs, which are supported up to macOS Big Sur, though iGPU support is limited to macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra) and earlier.
Certain SMBIOS will have their own USB map which may attach to your hardware causing USB issues. Ensure to manually may your USB with this guide HERE
Find the right CPU Generation and tier as closely as possible
Then match up with either iGPU only or dGPU SMBIOS
Finally decide on other minor things (like exact GPU and CPU)
The iMacPro1,1 and MacPro7,1 are the only two SMBIOS options that enable the dGPU to manage all workloads, including background rendering and tasks typically handled by the iGPU. We recommend using these SMBIOS configurations if you are using a Desktop or Server CPU.
Additionally, this setup requires a Polaris, Vega, or Navi GPU to function correctly.
The letter beside each CPU Family is the tier of CPU:
Letter Type Y Mobile (Low end) U, M Mobile (Mid tier) H, QM, HQ Mobile (High End) S Desktop EP, SP, W, X HEDT/Server
SMBIOS CPU Family GPU board-id Initial Support Last Supported Version MacBook1,1 Yonah(M) GMA 950 Mac-F4208CC8 10.4.6 (8I2025) 10.6.8 MacBook2,1 Merom(M) GMA 950 Mac-F4208CA9 10.4.8 (8N1108) 10.7.5 MacBook3,1 Merom(M) GMA X3100 Mac-F22788C8 10.5 (9A3111) MacBook4,1 Penryn(M) GMA X3100 Mac-F22788A9 10.5.2 (9C2015) MacBook5,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M Mac-F42D89C8 10.5.5 (9F2114) 10.11.6 MacBook5,2 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M Mac-F22788AA 10.5.6 (9G2110) MacBook6,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M Mac-F22C8AC8 10.6.1 (10A2047) 10.13.6 MacBook7,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 320M Mac-F22C89C8 10.6.3 (10D2162) MacBook8,1 Broadwell(Y) HD 5300 Mac-BE0E8AC46FE800CC 10.10.2 (14C2061) 11.7.10 MacBook9,1 Skylake(Y) HD 515 Mac-9AE82516C7C6B903 10.11.4 (15E2066) 12.7.6 MacBook10,1 Kaby Lake(Y) HD 615 Mac-EE2EBD4B90B839A8 10.12.5 (16F207) 13.6.x
SMBIOS CPU Family GPU board-id Initial Support Last Supported Version MacBookAir1,1 Merom(M) GMA X3100 (11″) Mac-F42C8CC8 10.5.1 (9B2324) 10.7.5 MacBookAir2,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M (13″) Mac-F42D88C8 10.5.5 10.11.6 MacBookAir3,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 320M (11″) Mac-942452F5819B1C1B 10.6.4 (10F3061) 10.13.6 MacBookAir3,2 Penryn(M) GeForce 320M (13″) Mac-942C5DF58193131B 10.6.4 (10F3061) MacBookAir4,1 Sandy Bridge(M) HD 3000 (11″) Mac-C08A6BB70A942AC2 10.7 (11A2063) MacBookAir4,2 Sandy Bridge(M) HD 3000 (13″) Mac-742912EFDBEE19B3 10.7 (11A2063) MacBookAir5,1 Ivy Bridge(U) HD 4000 (11″) Mac-66F35F19FE2A0D05 10.7.4 (11E2520) 10.15.7 MacBookAir5,2 Ivy Bridge(U) HD 4000 (13″) Mac-2E6FAB96566FE58C 10.8.2 (12C2034) MacBookAir6,1 Haswell(U) HD 5000 (11″) Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF 10.8.4 (12E3067) 11.7.10 MacBookAir6,2 Haswell(U) HD 5000 (13″) Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5 10.8.4 (12E3067) MacBookAir7,1 Broadwell(U) HD 6000 (11″) Mac-9F18E312C5C2BF0B 10.10.2 (14C2507) 12.7.6 MacBookAir7,2 Broadwell(U) HD 6000 (13″) Mac-937CB26E2E02BB01 10.10.2 (14C2507) MacBookAir8,1 Amber Lake(Y) UHD 617 (13″) Mac-827FAC58A8FDFA22 10.14.1 (18B2084) 14.7.x MacBookAir8,2 Amber Lake(Y) UHD 617 (13″) Mac-226CB3C6A851A671 10.14.5 (18F2058) MacBookAir9,1 Ice Lake(Y) Iris Plus G4/G7 (13″) Mac-0CFF9C7C2B63DF8D 10.15.4 (19E287) Current
SMBIOS CPU Family GPU board-id Initial Support Last Supported Version MacBookPro1,1 Yonah(M) Radeon X1600 (15″) Mac-F425BEC8 10.4.5 (8G1453) 10.6.8 MacBookPro1,2 Yonah(M) Radeon X1600 (17″) Mac-F42DBEC8 10.4.6 (8I2032) MacBookPro2,1 Merom(M) Radeon X1600 (15″) Mac-F42189C8 10.4.8 (8N1051) 10.7.5 MacBookPro2,2 Merom(M) Radeon X1600 (17″) Mac-F42187C8 10.4.8 (8N1037) MacBookPro3,1 Merom(M) GeForce 8600M GT (15/17″) Mac-F4238BC8 10.4.9 (8Q1058) 10.11.6 MacBookPro4,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 8600MG GT (17″) Mac-F42C89C8 10.5.2 (9C2018) MacBookPro5,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M/9600M GT (15″) Mac-F42D86C8 10.5.5 (9F2114) MacBookPro5,2 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M/9600M GT (17″) Mac-F2268EC8 10.5.6 (9G2141) MacBookPro5,3 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M/9600M GT (15″) Mac-F22587C8 10.5.7 (9J3050) MacBookPro5,4 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M/9600M GT (15″) Mac-F22587A1 10.5.7 (9J3050) MacBookPro5,5 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M/9600M GT (13″) Mac-F2268AC8 10.5.7 (9J3050) MacBookPro6,1 Arrandale(M) HD Graphics/GeForce GT 330M (17″) Mac-F22589C8 10.6.3 (10D2063a) 10.13.6 MacBookPro6,2 Arrandale(M) HD Graphics/GeForce GT 330M (15″) Mac-F22586C8 10.6.3 (10D2094) 10.13.6 MacBookPro7,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 320M (13″) Mac-F222BEC8 10.6.3 (10D2125) MacBookPro8,1 Sandy Bridge(M) HD 3000 (13″) Mac-94245B3640C91C81 10.6.6 (10J3210) MacBookPro8,2 Sandy Bridge(QM) HD 3000/Radeon HD 6490M (15″) Mac-94245A3940C91C80 10.6.6 (10J3210) MacBookPro8,3 Sandy Bridge(QM) HD 3000/Radeon HD 6750M (17″) Mac-942459F5819B171B 10.6.6 (10J3210) MacBookPro9,1 Ivy Bridge(QM) HD 4000/GeForce GT 650M (15″) Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E 10.7.3 (11D2097) 10.15.7 MacBookPro9,2 Ivy Bridge(M) HD 4000 (13″) Mac-6F01561E16C75D06 10.7.3 (11D2515) MacBookPro10,1 Ivy Bridge(QM) HD 4000/GeForce GT 650M (15″) Mac-C3EC7CD22292981F 10.7.4 (11E2068) MacBookPro10,2 Ivy Bridge(M) HD 4000 (13″) Mac-AFD8A9D944EA4843 10.8.2 (12C2034) MacBookPro11,1 Haswell(U) Iris 5100 (13″) Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC 10.9 (13A2093) 11.7.10 MacBookPro11,2 Haswell(HQ) Iris Pro 5200 (15″) Mac-3CBD00234E554E41 10.9 (13A3017) MacBookPro11,3 Haswell(HQ) Iris Pro 5200/GeForce GT 750M (15″) Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663 10.9 (13A3017) MacBookPro11,4 Haswell(HQ) Iris Pro 5200 (15″) Mac-06F11FD93F0323C5 10.10.3 (14D2134) 12.7.6 MacBookPro11,5 Haswell(HQ) Iris Pro 5200/Radeon R9 M370X (15″) Mac-06F11F11946D27C5 10.10.3 (14D2134) MacBookPro12,1 Broadwell(U) Iris 6100 (13″) Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6 10.10.2 (14C2507) MacBookPro13,1 Skylake(U) Iris 540 (13″) Mac-473D31EABEB93F9B 10.12 (16A2323a) MacBookPro13,2 Skylake(U) Iris 550 (13″) Mac-66E35819EE2D0D05 10.12.1 (16B2657) MacBookPro13,3 Skylake(H) HD 530/Radeon Pro 450 (15″) Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C 10.12.1 (16B2659) MacBookPro14,1 Kaby Lake(U) Iris Plus 640 (13″) Mac-B4831CEBD52A0C4C 10.12.5 (16F2073) 13.6.x MacBookPro14,2 Kaby Lake(U) Iris Plus 650 (13″) Mac-CAD6701F7CEA0921 10.12.5 (16F2073) MacBookPro14,3 Kaby Lake(H) HD 630/Radeon Pro 555 (15″) Mac-551B86E5744E2388 10.12.5 (16F2073) MacBookPro15,1 Coffee Lake(H) UHD 630/Radeon Pro 555X (15″) Mac-937A206F2EE63C01 10.13.6 (17G2112) Current MacBookPro15,2 Coffee Lake(U) Iris Plus 655 (13″) Mac-827FB448E656EC26 10.13.6 (17G2112) MacBookPro15,3 Coffee Lake(H) UHD 630/Radeon Pro Vega 16 (15″) Mac-1E7E29AD0135F9BC 10.14.1 (18B3094) MacBookPro15,4 Coffee Lake(U) Iris Plus 645 (13″) Mac-53FDB3D8DB8CA971 10.14.5 (18F2058) MacBookPro16,1 Coffee Lake(H) UHD 630/Radeon Pro 5300 (16″) Mac-E1008331FDC96864 10.15.1 (19B2093) MacBookPro16,2 Ice Lake(U) Iris Plus G4/G7 (13″) Mac-5F9802EFE386AA28 10.15.4 (19E2269) MacBookPro16,3 Coffee Lake(U) Iris Plus 645 (13″) Mac-E7203C0F68AA0004 10.15.4 (19E2269) MacBookPro16,4 Coffee Lake(H) UHD 630/Radeon Pro 5600M (16″) Mac-A61BADE1FDAD7B05 10.15.1 (19B2093)
SMBIOS CPU Family GPU board-id Initial Support Last Supported Version Macmini1,1 Yonah(M) GMA 950 Mac-F4208EC8 10.4.5 (8H1619) 10.6.8 Macmini2,1 Merom(M) GMA 950 Mac-F4208EAA 10.4.10 (8R3014) 10.7.5 Macmini3,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M Mac-F22C86C8 10.5.6 (9G2030) 10.11.6 Macmini4,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 320M Mac-F2208EC8 10.6.4 (10F2025) 10.13.6 Macmini5,1 Sandy Bridge(M) HD 3000 Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 10.7 (11A2061) Macmini5,2 Sandy Bridge(M) Radeon HD 6630M Mac-4BC72D62AD45599E 10.7 (11A2061) Macmini5,3 Sandy Bridge(QM) HD 3000 Mac-7BA5B2794B2CDB12 10.7 (11A2061) Macmini6,1 Ivy Bridge(M) HD 4000 Mac-031AEE4D24BFF0B1 10.8.1 (12B2080) 10.15.7 Macmini6,2 Ivy Bridge(QM) HD 4000 Mac-F65AE981FFA204ED 10.8.1 (12B2080) Macmini7,1 Haswell(U) HD 5000 or Iris 5100 Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAF 10.10 (14A389) 12.7.6 Macmini8,1 Coffee Lake(H) UHD 630 Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C 10.14 (18A2063) Current
SMBIOS CPU Family GPU board-id Initial Support Last Supported Version iMac4,1 Yonah(M) Radeon X1600 Mac-F42786C8 10.4.4 (8G1165) 10.6.8 iMac4,2 Yonah(M) GMA 950 Mac-F4218EC8 10.4.7 (8I2057) iMac5,1 Merom(M) Radeon X1600 Mac-F4228EC8 10.4.7 (8K1106) 10.7.5 iMac5,2 Merom(M) GMA 950 Mac-F4218EC8 10.4.7 (8K1106) iMac6,1 Merom(M) GeForce 7300GT Mac-F4218FC8 10.4.7 (8K1123) iMac7,1 Merom(M) Radeon HD 2400 XT Mac-F42386C8 10.4.10 (8R4031) 10.11.6 iMac8,1 Penryn(M) Radeon HD 2400 XT Mac-F227BEC8 10.5.2 (9C2028) iMac9,1 Penryn(M) GeForce 9400M Mac-F2218FA9 10.5.6 (9G2030) iMac10,1 Wolfdale(S) GeForce 9400M Mac-F221DCC8 10.6.1 (10A2155) 10.13.6 iMac10,1 Wolfdale(S) Radeon HD 4670 Mac-F2268CC8 10.6.1 (10A2155) iMac11,1 Lynnfield(S) Radeon HD 4850 Mac-F2268DAE 10.6.2 (10C2234) iMac11,2 Clarkdale(S) Radeon HD 4670 Mac-F2238AC8 10.6.3 (10D2322a) iMac11,3 Clarkdale(S) Radeon HD 5670 Mac-F2238BAE 10.6.3 (10D2322a) iMac12,1 Sandy Bridge(S) Radeon HD 6750M Mac-942B5BF58194151B 10.6.6 (10J4026) iMac12,2 Sandy Bridge(S) Radeon HD 6770M Mac-942B59F58194171B 10.6.6 (10J4026) iMac13,1 Ivy Bridge(S) GeForce GT 640M Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86 10.8.2 (12C3104) 10.15.7 iMac13,1 Ivy Bridge(S) HD 4000 Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86 10.8.2 (12C3104) iMac13,2 Ivy Bridge(S) GeForce GTX 660M Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4 10.8.2 (12C2037) iMac13,3 Ivy Bridge(S) HD 4000 Mac-7DF2A3B5E5D671ED 10.8.2 (12C2037) iMac14,1 Haswell(S) Iris Pro 5200 Mac-031B6874CF7F642A 10.8.4 (12E4022) iMac14,2 Haswell(S) GeForce GT 750M Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61 10.8.4 (12E4022) iMac14,3 Haswell(S) GeForce GT 755M Mac-77EB7D7DAF985301 10.8.4 (12E4022) iMac14,4 Haswell(U) HD 5000 Mac-81E3E92DD6088272 10.9.3 (13D2061) 11.7.10 iMac15,1 Haswell(S) Radeon R9 M290X Mac-42FD25EABCABB274 10.10 (14A389) iMac16,1 Broadwell(U) HD 6000 or Iris Pro 6200 Mac-A369DDC4E67F1C45 10.11 (15A2301) 12.7.6 iMac16,2 Broadwell(S) Iris Pro 6200 Mac-FFE5EF870D7BA81A 10.11 (15A2301) iMac17,1 Skylake(S) Radeon R9 M380 Mac-DB15BD556843C820, Mac-65CE76090165799A, Mac-B809C3757DA9BB8D 10.11 (15A4310) iMac18,1 Kaby Lake(U) Iris Plus 640 Mac-4B682C642B45593E 10.12.4 (16E2193) 13.6.x iMac18,2 Kaby Lake(S) Radeon Pro 555 Mac-77F17D7DA9285301 10.12.4 (16F2073) iMac18,3 Radeon Pro 570 Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 10.12.4 (16F2073) iMac19,1 Coffee Lake(S) Radeon Pro 570X Mac-AA95B1DDAB278B95 10.14.4 (18E226) Current iMac19,2 Radeon Pro 555X Mac-63001698E7A34814 10.14.4 (18E226) iMac20,1 Comet Lake(S) Radeon Pro 5300 Mac-CFF7D910A743CAAF 10.15.6 (19G2005) iMac20,2 Mac-AF89B6D9451A490B 10.15.6 (19G2005)
SMBIOS CPU Family GPU board-id Initial Support Last Supported Version iMacPro1,1 Skylake-W Vega 56 Mac-7BA5B2D9E42DDD94 10.13.2 (17C2111) Current
SMBIOS CPU Family GPU board-id Initial Support Last Supported Version MacPro1,1 Woodcrest GeForce 7300 GT Mac-F4208DC8 10.4.7 (8K1079) 10.7.5 MacPro2,1 Clovertown Mac-F4208DA9 10.4.9 (8P4037) MacPro3,1 Harpertown Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac-F42C88C8 10.5.1 (9B2117) 10.11.6 MacPro4,1 Nehalem GeForce GT 120 Mac-F221BEC8 10.5.6 (9G3553) MacPro5,1 Nehalem Radeon HD 5770 Mac-F221BEC8 10.6.4 (10F2521) 10.14.6 MacPro5,1 Westmere EP Mac-F221BEC8 10.6.4 (10F2521) MacPro6,1 Ivy Bridge EP FirePro D300 Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6 10.9.1 (13B4116) 12.7.6 MacPro7,1 Cascade Lake-W Radeon Pro 580X Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 10.15.0 (19A583) Current
SMBIOS CPU Family GPU board-id Initial Support Last Supported Version Xserve1,1 Woodcrest Radeon X1300 Mac-F4208AC8 Server 10.4.8 (8N1215) Server 10.7.5 Xserve2,1 Harpertown Mac-F42289C8 Server 10.5 (9B2117) Xserve3,1 Nehalem EP GeForce GT 120 Mac-F223BEC8 Server 10.5.6 10.11.6
SMBIOS Year CPU Family Product Identifier Initial Support ADP2,1 Mid 2005 Intel Prescott N/A 10.4.1 (8B1025) ADP3,2 Mid 2020 Apple A12Z J273 11.0.0 (20A5299w)
SMBIOS Year CPU Family Product Identifier Initial Support Macmini9,1 Late 2020 Apple M1 J274 11.0.0 (20A2411)
SMBIOS Year CPU Family Product Identifier Initial Support MacBookAir10,1 Late 2020 Apple M1 J313 11.0.0 (20A2411)
SMBIOS Year CPU Family Product Identifier Initial Support MacBookPro17,1 Late 2020 Apple M1 J293 11.0.0 (20A2411)
SMBIOS Year CPU Family Product Identifier Initial Support iMac21,1 Mid 2021 Apple M1 J256 11.3 (20E232?) iMac21,2 Mid 2021 Apple M1 J257 11.3 (20E232?)
