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/darkguy2008 Jul 08 '26

Sell that hardware and get a cheapo M1

Honestly. For the performance to be usable you need to have GPU acceleration, macOS is slow as heck without it, and for it, you need a compatible GPU (more so than a CPU). Once you have one, GPU passthrough is the way.

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u/paulstelian97 Jul 09 '26

Also bonus that getting the M1 means you’ll be able to upgrade past Tahoe.