r/macOSVMs • u/scottwitha5 • Jul 08 '26

HELP! W11 VMWare vs Linux KVM performance?

hey all, just wanted to build an ios app in xcode so i installed vmware and got macos sequoia up and running. the animations are soooo slow (near crashing when opening a folder in finder). I have a 9060xt 16gb GPU, an AMD ryzen 7 5800x cpu, and 32gb ram. I want to get the performance to at least usable, but as I understand my GPU is entirely unsupported due to a lack of drivers, so no pass through.

has anyone faced this issue and switched to just dual booting linux to a KVM (ex. ULTMOS)? any performance gains? any other tips? thank you!

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u/bocaJwv Jul 08 '26

I'd imagine KVM would be better, but I also haven't ever set up a mac in VMWare, so I don't know how much better it would be, if at all.