Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)

M1 Max · M1 Pro/Max/Ultra generation · SoC t6001 · board j375c

features

  1. converged 4.5.0 · build 4.5.0-3 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora14-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261104-1, built 2026-11-05T04:46:43Z, package set 08c81abcef4f)
FeatureAsahiAuroraOmarchy #1
Display coprocessor (DCP) asahi linux-asahi asahi – !
USB3 on Thunderbolt ports asahi upstream 7.0 asahi – ✓
Thunderbolt asahi wip unknown –
GPU asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Video decoder asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
NVMe storage asahi upstream 5.19 asahi –
CPU frequency scaling asahi upstream 6.2 asahi – ✓
Suspend and sleep asahi linux-asahi asahi –
Video encoder asahi tba asahi –
Audio interface (MCA) asahi upstream 6.1 asahi – ✓
Secure enclave (SEP) asahi wip asahi –
Neural engine asahi see-notes asahi –
Device tree asahi upstream 6.2 asahi – ✓
Built-in display asahi upstream 5.17 asahi – ✓
Display brightness asahi absent asahi – –
Keyboard asahi absent asahi – –
Trackpad asahi absent asahi – –
Battery information asahi absent asahi – –
Wi-Fi asahi upstream 6.1 asahi –
Bluetooth asahi upstream 6.2 asahi –
3.5 mm headphone jack asahi linux-asahi asahi –
Speakers asahi linux-asahi asahi – ✓
Microphones asahi absent asahi – –
Touch ID asahi tba asahi –
External displays over USB-C (DP alt mode and USB4) aurora wip supported 7.1.12 – !
Camera image signal processor (ISP) aurora absent supported 7.1.12 – –
Always-on processor (AOP: ambient light sensor, lid angle) aurora – supported 7.1.12 – !
Temperature sensors aurora upstream 6.18 asahi –
Fan readings aurora upstream 6.18 asahi –
Motion sensors aurora – unknown –
A driver for every hardware node aurora – unknown – ·
Kernel build options (compared with Asahi's) aurora – unknown – ✓
Bar clear of the notch omarchy upstream 5.17 asahi absent ~
Clamshell mode (lid closed with an external display) omarchy linux-asahi supported 7.1.12 absent –
Automatic keyboard backlight omarchy absent asahi absent –
Speaker protection omarchy linux-asahi asahi supported ✓
First join to a 5 GHz Wi-Fi network omarchy upstream 6.1 asahi supported
First-boot hardware setup omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Boot chain omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Disk encryption omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Package repositories omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Vendor firmware omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
System services omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Snapshots omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported
iwd Wi-Fi backend omarchy upstream 6.1 supported 7.1.12 supported
Microphone mapping omarchy absent asahi supported ✓
Firmware for every driver that asks omarchy – supported 7.1.12 supported ✓
Battery charge limit kept across reboots omarchy absent asahi absent –

Solid once 2 machines agree or a tester confirms. Hover a square for details.

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benchmarks

BenchmarkStack / versionScoreMachinesTool
OpenGL suite 1 converged 4.5.0 · build 4.5.0-3 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora14-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261104-1, built 2026-11-05T04:46:43Z, package set 08c81abcef4f) 2,024 points 1 glmark2 2023.01
Vulkan suite 1 converged 4.5.0 · build 4.5.0-3 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora14-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261104-1, built 2026-11-05T04:46:43Z, package set 08c81abcef4f) 9,672 points 1 vkmark 2025.01
H.264 decode suite 1 converged 4.5.0 · build 4.5.0-3 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora14-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261104-1, built 2026-11-05T04:46:43Z, package set 08c81abcef4f) 387 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2
HEVC decode suite 1 converged 4.5.0 · build 4.5.0-3 (linux-aurora 7.2.11.aurora14-1, omarchy-mac-boot 20261104-1, built 2026-11-05T04:46:43Z, package set 08c81abcef4f) 722 frames/s 1 ffmpeg n9.0.2

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reports

UploadedMacStack / versionBuildKernelResults
2026-11-08 22:03 UTC Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022) converged 4.5.0 4.5.0-3 7.2.11-14-1-ARCH 31 pass 3 fail 4 gap 35 skip community