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33.1 ✔

Razer Core
X Chroma

✖

$400

link

14.45

6.91/15.23

ATX-int

700W

100W

500W

12.99/33.0

✖

1 & TI83

JHL6540 x2

40.1 ✔

link

AORUS/
Gigabyte
Gaming Box

RX580
GTX1070
GTX1080
RTX2070

$420
$500
$670
$650

link
link
link
unbox

3.30

2.35/5.19

450W

100W

225W

6.65/16.9

AMD: 3xDP,HDMI
Nvidia: DP, HDMI,
2xDVI-D ,
USB-C (RTX)

1 & TI83

DSL6540

F1.1 ✔
F1.0 ✔
F1.0 ✔
F1.0 ✔

link
link
link
link

Sonnet
Breakaway
350|550|650

✖
✖
✖
RX580
Vega56
Vega64

$199
$250
$300
$439
$799
$949

12.71

3.20/7.10

SFX-int

350W
550W
650W
350W
550W
650W

15W
87W
87W
60W
87W
87W

300W
375W
475W
225W
375W
475W

12.20/31.0

2xDP,
HDMI,
DVI-D

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540

25.2 ✔
25.2 ✔
25.2 ✔
25.1 ✔
25.2 ✔
25.2 ✔

AORUS
RTX 2080 Ti
Gaming Box

RTX2080Ti

$1500

7.26

3.79/8.34

450W

100W

300W

12.60/32.0

3xDP,
HDMI,
USB-C

8Gbps

1 & TI83

JHL6340
x2

44.44 ✔

AKiTiO
Node

✖

$200

14.09

4.90/10.78

SFX-int

400W

15W

375W

12.60/32.0

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540

25.1 ✔

ADT-Link
R43SG-TB3

✖

$120

discuss

✖

GPU

0.1/0.22

ATX-ext
or AC-ext

nolimit

15W

nolimit

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540

link

ASUS XG
Station Pro

✖

$330

8.23

2.95 /6.50

AC-ext

330W

15W

300W

12.24/31.1

✖

10Gbps

1 & TI83

JHL6540

29.1 ✔

150

AKiTiO
Node Titan

✖
RX580
RX5700XT
RPW5700

$330
$550
$750
$1300

discuss

12.82

3.50/7.72

SFX-int

650W

85W

500W

12.60/32.0

✖
2xDP, 2xHDMI, DVI-D
3xDP, HDMI
5xDP,USB-C

✖

1 & TI83

JHL7440

PowerColor/
VisionTek
mini

RX560
RX570

$350
$480

link

2.30

0.85/1.90

AC-ext

240W

45W

150W

6.89/17.5

✖
2xDP,2xHDMI,DVI-D

1 & TI83

JHL6540+
JHL6240

40.1 ✔

link

Razer
Core V2

✖

$500

7.65

4.95/10.89

500W

65W

375W

11.81/30.0

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540 x2

26.1 ✔

HP Omen
Accelerator

✖

$300

16.00

5.50/12.10

ATX-int

500W

60W

300W

11.42/29.0

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540

25.25 ✔

Zotac AMP
Box Mini

✖

$220

link

4.17

0.85/1.87

AC-ext

180W

15W

150W

7.87/20.0

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540

26.1 ✔

link

ASUS ROG
XG Station 2

✖

$550

20.03

5.10/11.22

680W

100W

500W

12.20/31.0

✖

5Gbps

1 & TI83

DSL6540

v25 ✔

Blackmagic
eGPU | Pro

RP580
Vega56

$699
$1199

link

9.64

4.60/10.20

custom-int

400W

85W

✖

HDMI
TB3/USB-C

2 & TI83x2

JHL7540

26.3 ✔

link
link

#10

AKiTiO
Node Lite

✖

$190

✖

link
link

2.64

2.00/4.39

AC-ext

72W

15W

25W

7.87/20.0

✖

10Gbps

2 & TI83

DSL6540

B1-25✔

#10

PowerColor
Gaming Station

✖

$250

✖

13.71

3.60/7.92

SFX-int

550W

87W

375W

12.20/31.0

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540

#10

AKiTiO
Thunder3

✖

$250

✖

link
link

2.64

2.00/4.39

AC-ext

72W

15W

25W

7.87/20.0

✖

10Gbps

2 & TI82

DSL6540

✖

#10

AKiTiO
Node Pro

✖

$349

12.82

3.40/7.40

SFX-int

500W

60W x2

400W

12.60/32.0

✖

10Gbps

2 & TI83

DSL6540

23.1 ✔

#10

AKiTiO
Node Duo

✖

$370

10.54

5.00/11.00

AC-ext

150W

60W+15W

25W x2

8.66/22.0

✖

10Gbps

2 & TI83x2

DSL6540

2@x2

33.3

200

#10

Sonnet
Breakaway Puck

RX560
RX570

$399
$499

1.01

2.38/5.25

AC-ext

160W
220W

45W

3xDP,HDMI

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540

25.1 ✔

Highpoint
Rocketstor 6661A

✖

$175

preview

2.40

5.18/11.40

AC-ext

60W

15W

25W

8.20/20.8

✖

10Gbps

2 & TI83

DSL6540

link

OWC Mercury
Helios 3

✖

$200

user

✖

2.69

1.40/3.08

AC-ext

90W

15W

25W

7.75/19.6

✖

10Gbps

2 & TI83

DSL6540

✖

Sapphire
GearBox

✖

$259

8.45

3.30/7.30

fATX-int

500W

60W

300W

10.50/26.6

✖

1 & TI83

JHL6540

41.41 ✔

PowerColor
Devil Box

✖

$300

user

16.65

3.60/7.92

500W

60W

375W

12.20/31.0

✖

5Gbps

1 & TI83

DSL6540

25.101 ✔

Lenovo TB3
Graphics Dock

GTX1050

$325

0.74

0.69 / 1.51

AC-ext

170W

65W

2xDP,HDMI

5Gbps

1 & TI83

JHL6540

v003 ✔

Netstor
HL23T-Plus

✖

$429

link

8.98

3.40/7.40

fATX-int

400W

15W

350W

12.60/32.0

✖

1 & TI83

JHL6540

33.1 ✔

link

Netstor
Hercules HL23T

✖

$435

8.16

2.70/5.94

300W

15W

300W

12.60/32.0

✖

10Gbps

2 & TI83

DSL6540

25.1 ✔

100

N/A

Mantiz
Venus

✖

ended

11.56

3.60/7.92

SFX-int

550W

87W

375W

13.00/33.0

✖

1 & TI83

DSL6540

25.1 ✔

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¹ For macOS ≥ 10.13.4: AMD RX480/580 & these are supported. Nvidia 10.13.x support can be added with purge-wrangler.
² Flex-ATX (fATX) PSUs have a tiny 40mm high RPM cooling fan that is noisy under load. Separate external-AC PSUs are not included in product's size.³ Meet or exceed your TB3 notebook's charger wattage for the TB3 enclosure to be a single-cable solution that includes charging. eg Macbook USB-C chargers.⁴ Meet or exceed your intended video card's peak power requirements. See TechPowerUp card reviews, eg: GTX1080Ti to find this.
⁵ If used on a TB2/1 system via a US$49 Apple TB3-TB2 adapter, USB ports are not visible in Windows (inc Aorus' fan control). They do appear in macOS. Ref: theitsage.
⁶ 2nd TB3 port can be DP, USB-C or daisy-chain TB3. Note: Intel often disallows a 2nd TB3 port on eGFX enclosures.
⁶ ports' use reduces eGPU bandwidth by up to 31.2% @10Gbps, 15.6% @5Gbps. Except for (i) Displayport devices (ii) XG Station 2 that hosts ports off a separate USB-B cable.
⁷USB-based enclosure I/O ports exhibit flaky behavior under load as described, except those using a 2nd TB3 controller to host I/O ports.
⁷Titan Ridge (JHL7540) allows internal routing of onboard GPU DisplayPort signals for Thunderbolt 3 monitor output. Alpine Ridge (DSL6xxx/JHL6xxx) does not.
⁸ Allows eGPU detection in Windows for systems reporting "external GPUs supported: no" in the Intel Thunderbolt software.
⁹ If require a longer TB3 cable, consider these: US$50 AKiTiO 200cm, $50 Cable Matters 100cm.

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Reference material

here ◄ eGPU Port Bandwidth Reference Table for CUDA-Z or AIDA64 measured bandwidth

here ◄ TB3 candidate notebooks - set CPU, LCD and/or Brand of interest then view System model dropdown

All Thunderbolt 3 enclosures available on the market are macOS compatible. The bigger compatibility unknown rests on the graphics card. Apple only provides native eGPU support to select AMD GPUs shown below. They are currently the families of Radeon Polaris and Vega cards. Navi cards have yet to receive drivers in the initial release of Catalina 10.15 but we expect support for them soon. As a precaution, Vega 64 GPUs demand a lot of power. Therefore the eGPU enclosure should have at least a 650W power supply. Polaris GPUs such as the RX 580 are more efficient and can work with almost all eGPU enclosures.

Radeon Pro	Radeon RX
Pro WX 9100	Radeon VII

Pro W5700	RX 5700 XT

RX Vega Frontier Edition	RX Vega 64

Pro WX 8200	RX Vega 56

Pro WX 7100	RX 480 / RX 580

Pro WX 5100	RX 470 / RX 570

Pro WX 4100	RX 460 / RX 560

Once you have the whole kit together, it's plug-and-play with a Thunderbolt 3 Mac. Hot-plug and surprise removal of the external GPU has been working since 10.13.4. Catalina 10.15 also has much better support for multiple eGPUs. In High Sierra there appeared to be a limited number of eGPU the system could handle based on the host computer's Thunderbolt 3 controllers. Mojave 10.14 raised this multiple eGPU support to four units. Catalina 10.15 has no set limit in my testing. The bad news is the system and applications can only use up to four eGPUs concurrently.

The most exciting feature is the ability to accelerate a Mac's internal display with the eGPU. In previous macOS builds, the external GPU could only provide acceleration to OpenGL tasks rendered through an external monitor. There's now a checkbox to set the eGPU as the preferred graphics card for all tasks regardless of whether an external monitor is attached. This mode forces eGPU loopback to the internal display of a MacBook Pro or iMac. With that said, not all applications are optimized for eGPU use. Adobe CC 2019 has support for external and multiple GPUs in some of its apps such as Lightroom and Photoshop. As more users adopt external graphics and as drivers mature, we hope third-party software support gets better.

Macos 10 15 Catalina App Based Egpu Acceleration Preference Lightroom

macOS Catalina 10.15 eGPU acceleration in Lightroom

Macos 10 15 Catalina App Based Egpu Acceleration Preference Photoshop

macOS Catalina 10.15 eGPU acceleration in Photoshop

Community Support

Similar to macOS Mojave 10.14, Apple does not extend eGPU support to users with Thunderbolt 1/2 Macs or Nvidia graphics cards in Catalina 10.15. Our community has been relentlessly providing unofficial eGPU support for these older Macs Apple deemed unworthy. The main developers are Goalque and Mac_Editor. Without their selfless contributions eGPU for Macs would not be as popular as it is today. There are currently two primary approaches to facilitate eGPU support on older Macs. One solution is to make a Thunderbolt 1/2 Mac behave like a Thunderbolt 3 Mac. The other solution is to make an eGPU behave like an internal PCIe graphics card. Keep in mind Mac computers with the Apple T2 chip have tighter security in place. In order to implement these solutions, Secure Boot must be off and external source booting must be enabled.

Purge-Wrangler by Mac_Editor is currently the easiest solution to enable eGPU access to your Thunderbolt 1 or 2 Macs. This workaround also incorporates patches that enable compatibility with older AMD and Nvidia graphics cards as well as TI82 Thunderbolt 3 enclosures. The prerequisites are for SIP to be disabled and patching made to system files. The table below lists the Thunderbolt version of Mac computers built from early 2011 to late 2015. You can either use a Thunderbolt 2 enclosure for external graphics or use a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure via a Thunderbolt 2 cable + Apple Thunderbolt 3/USB-C to Thunderbolt adapter.

Unsupported Macs	PCIe Speed
Thunderbolt 2	16 Gbps
Mac Pro (Late 2013) * iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) * iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015) * iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) * iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015) iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015) iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2014) iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2015) Mac mini (Late 2014) MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) * MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) * MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015) MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
Thunderbolt	10 Gbps
iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) * iMac (27-inch, Early 2013) * iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) * iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) * iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) iMac (21.5-inch, Early 2013) iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) Mac mini (Late 2012) Mac mini (Mid 2011) MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011) * MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2011) * MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) * MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012) * MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) * MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) * MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011) * MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012) MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014) MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011) MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014) MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013) MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012) MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011)
* Indicates a Mac with discrete graphics card as standard equipment

EFI automate-eGPU solution by Goalque is a cleaner approach in that all patches happen on the fly during macOS booting process. The software can be installed on an external boot volume such as a USB thumb drive or a small FAT partition of your Mac's internal hard drive. The former is strongly encouraged so that there's no risk of corrupting your drive and losing data. Using an external drive for each boot is not convenient, but it's well worth the effort if you're not willing to disable SIP and modify system files for eGPU support.

A refinement in macOS Catalina is the addition of a GPU tab in Activity Monitor. Not only does it provide a close watch on whether the eGPU is being used, but it also shows other information on the external graphics card such as brand, model, enclosure, and connected Thunderbolt 3 port. While daisy-chaining of external GPU is not recommended due to limited bandwidth through Thunderbolt 3 interface, it works regardless. I have daisy-chained three levels with the Radeon VII being at the end of the chain. For OpenCL task, the performance loss was minimal.

Boot Camp Support

Many Mac users who are interested in eGPU want to use it for gaming in Windows. We were hoping eGPU improvement in Catalina 10.15 would also mean better support for Boot Camp mode. The reality is that Apple still considers eGPU use in Windows a non-priority. We had seen beta builds of macOS Catalina 10.15 directly affect the way eGPU worked in Boot Camp. Unfortunately there's no one clear solution. It's easier to set up an eGPU with Boot Camp in iGPU-only Mac computers; dGPU-equipped Macs such as the 15" MacBook Pro pose a challenge. Our Boot Camp eGPU setup guide provides more technical information and the step-by-step process for Thunderbolt 3 Mac users.

While both AMD and Nvidia have made great strides in eGPU support for Windows, Apple does not adhere to the ways Windows computers interact with Thunderbolt 3 eGPUs. I've been testing the 2018 15" MacBook Pro. The Mac firmware and Apple T2 chip are big hurdles to successfully set up an external GPU in Boot Camp. The only saving grace is that it has Large Memory allocation to help with error 12 when adding an Nvidia eGPU. As seen in the screen capture, adding an AMD eGPU in Boot Camp can wreak serious havoc to the system. Both the Radeon Pro 555X dGPU and RX 580 eGPU got yellow-banged with driver conflict and lack of resource issues.

Catalina 10.15 2018 15 Macbook Pro Akitio Node Duo Rx 580 Egpu Device Manager Error 12

2018 15 Macbook Pro Error 12 on RX 580 eGPU & Error 43 on Pro 555X dGPU

There are advances and setbacks from Microsoft's Windows 10 Fall Update. Version 1903 continues to improve upon Windows Hybrid Graphics (introduced in 1803) that allows the external GPU to work with a discrete GPU for internal display acceleration. This is beneficial for Mac computers because Apple firmware has a tendency to disable the Intel-integrated GPU in favor of the AMD Radeon discrete GPU. Without an active iGPU, AMD XConnect and Nvidia Optimus can't leverage eGPU acceleration to the internal display. As seen in the Graphics Settings of Windows, you can set your preference for a given software or game to use the higher-performing external graphics card. Boot Camp eGPU users need to be careful of Security Updates which take place automatically. The recommended Windows 10 1903 is OS Build 18362.295. Once your Mac is running this version, make sure to disable Windows Update in Services.

2018 15 Macbook Pro Asus Xg Station Pro Gtx 1080 Ti Egpu Device Manager Large Memory

2018 15 Macbook Pro Asus Xg Station Pro Gtx 1080 Ti Egpu Graphics Settings

Apple has made incremental changes to Mac firmwares in each macOS build. For example Mojave and Catalina improved the 2013 Mac Pro in that they allow more Thunderbolt devices to function in operating systems other than macOS. This is a nice ability for a Mac that received no love from Apple since inception. Although not officially announced or supported, trashcan Mac users have an upgrade path from the outdated FirePro dGPUs through external enclosures in both macOS and Windows.

Closing Thoughts

Catalina 10.15 has shown positive progress for eGPU Mac users. Hot-plug capability, internal display acceleration, and multiple eGPU support can truly transform a seemingly gutless Mac mini into a powerful workstation (an affordable one at that vs. the 2019 Mac Pro). Our community remains committed to providing eGPU support for older Thunderbolt Mac users. We're also hopeful Apple will continue to improve Mac firmwares to make eGPU in Boot Camp a more straightforward process. The jury is still out on who's the bitch in the failed relationship of Apple and Nvidia.

One more Thing

A better-implemented Sidecar in Catalina and future macOS versions can leverage eGPU to make a hybrid touchscreen Mac. Imagine a new iPad Pro lineup that has a matching footprint to the topcase of a new MacBook Pro lineup. You would then be able to place the iPad Pro on top of the keyboard and trackpad area to use it like a drawing pad (extended display mode). Sidecar can make use of an eGPU to accelerate this drawing pad. There should also be a Sidecar app on iPadOS. This would benefit headless Macs such as the Mac mini (primary display mode). In its current implementation Sidecar display cannot be the primary display. Once we’re able to use a Sidecared-iPad as the primary display, we have ourselves a wireless touchscreen Mac. For users who would not entertain a tablet as their computer replacement, Apple can make its iPads the essential complementary accessories to Macs.

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October 7, 2019 6:28 pm

I am using a Windows To Go (with BootCamp drivers) with Mantis Venus, will it continue to work as before?

MacBook Pro 15 inch 2017 RX560
Mantiz Venus
AMD Radeon 5700XT
macOS 10.15.1
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October 7, 2019 6:53 pm

@siyuanchu Give it a try and let us know. Some RTX graphics cards have firmware compatibility with Macs which may cause boot loop if you have the eGPU connected at boot.

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October 7, 2019 6:56 pm

@itsage

...and now we hope that they will introduce thr NAVI drivers in the next Beta versions!! Finger crossed!

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October 7, 2019 7:02 pm

@jefniro Yes, my Razer Core + RX 5700 is ready to go whenever that happens!

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October 7, 2019 8:37 pm

Still white screen of death for me upon boot (Mini 2018 + RX570 w/ Zotac Mini). 🙁

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October 8, 2019 4:03 am

@itsage it may be the case that automate-eGPU EFI does not work on macOS Catalina. Hopefully should not be too much trouble to fix for @goalque (might be helpful to check updates to Clover), if he has time.

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October 8, 2019 6:28 am

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/den28t/whats_new_in_macos_catalina/

"Where's the Navi support?

Well just like with Mojave, talks of Navi support is sparce. Within the AMDRadeonX5000HWServices.kext, we can see 3 kexts that hint at full Navi line up support:

AMDRadeonX5100HWLibs.kext

AMDRadeonX5400HWLibs.kext

AMDRadeonX5700HWLibs.kext

When taking a deeper look into these kexts, they show us that the code is only partially there requiring a master kext to handle them like an AMDRadeonX6000HWServices.kext. What early Polaris/Vega drivers have shown us before is that we might be waiting until either the end of this year or early next before we get support for Navi. At that point, we might be seeing Navi 20 which might finally come around to beat the pure compute champ that is Vega 20(Radeon VII). But then there's rumblings of Vega 30 so who knows. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Wanting to know when Navi support comes? Run the following pointed as S/L/E:

grep -ir "731F" .

This just checks if the 5700XT PCI ID is referenced anywhere, as of the GM there still is nothing that would hook onto a Navi GPU"

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October 8, 2019 3:20 pm

Same issue with my ampbox mini +msi rx580 v1 8G

It worked with no problem, but just as I upgrade to catalina,
It shows white screen after Apple logo.
Don't know the reason but, Looks like it's issue with zotac ampbox only. (Identical issue)

So I'm worrying whether Apple gonna fix this...
Not many users would use this egpu box...

But turning on and off the box doesn't take that long..
So I would like to keep using catalina..

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/catalina-egpu.2193797/page-4

To do: Create my signature with system and expected eGPU configuration information to give context to my posts. I have no builds.

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steve4332

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October 8, 2019 4:51 pm

@JK Park

"Luckily" several other eGPU models have this problem (there are reports with Razer Core X, Akitio Node, and Sonnet, all with RX570/580 cards). This might not be eGPU box related issue but a problem with the Polaris driver (as @itsage theoretized) and maybe a card firmware compatiblity issue which affects mostly RX570, 580 cards. AFAIK nobody has this issue with Vega cards. Let's hope Apple fixes this soon.