[nextpage title=”Introduction”]
Audio codec is a small chip measuring 0.25 x 0.25 inches (7 x 7 mm) located on the motherboard in charge of the analog audio functions. Knowing the specs of a codec will permit you to compare the audio quality of different motherboards, allowing you to choose the right product for your needs.
Belarc Advisor will usually tell you more than you need to know. You might also go to Start Run and enter dxdiag and check out the Sound tab. Finally, you could step through the properties of the device as listed in your Device Manager - right click on My Computer Properties Sound, video and game controllers right click on your device Properties Driver. The driver is for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 32/64BIt Operating System. MEG x570 Unify motherboard with Realtek ALC1220 Codec. Audio codec is a small chip measuring 0.25 x 0.25 inches 7 x 7 mm located on the motherboard in charge of the analog audio functions. Hp compaq nc6400. Besides, they will get a 7.1-channel Realtek ALC1220 audio. 3D SoundBack Beta 0.1 (Realtek 3D SoundBack restores audio effects, including surround sound, reverberation, and spatial effects, for legacy game titles when running on. The ALC1220-VB is also a SoC and high fidelity multi-channel audio codec with a bi-lingual interface, supporting High Definition Audio 1.0a and the industry standard I2S and I2C. The ALC1220-VB also offers DRM, 10 DAC channels and two channels for multiple streaming. This guide contains instructions on how to get audio working on a CoffeeLake/KabyLake/SkyLake hackintosh, aswell as older motherboard chipsets. This guide covers the new ALC1220 codec, as well as other codecs such as ALC1150, 892, 887, and the ASUS S1220A. If you followed one of our audio should already be working for you and you don’t need to follow this guide. This guide uses the AppleALC.
For further details on audio codecs, including an explanation of the specs we are publishing, please read our tutorial “How On-Board Audio Works.”
We will separate the codecs according to the manufacturer.
Analog Devices (ADI/SoundMax)
Analog Devices are also known as ADI or SoundMax, and their codecs use names starting with “AD.” In Figure 1, you can see an example of an Analog Devices codec.
Figure 1: Analog Devices AD1988B codec
Model | Channels | Input Resolution | Output Resolution | Input Max. Sampling Rate | Output Max. Sampling Rate | Input SNR | Output SNR |
AD1819B | 2 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 87 dB | 90 dB |
AD1881A | 2 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 87 dB | 90 dB |
AD1882 | 5.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 90 dB | 95 dB |
AD1884 | 4 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 85 dB | 90 dB |
AD1885 | 2 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 87 dB | 90 dB |
AD1886A | 2 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 87 dB | 90 dB |
AD1887 | 2 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 87 dB | 90 dB |
AD1888 | 5.1 | 16-bit | 20-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 80 dB | 90 dB |
AD1980 | 5.1 | 16-bit | 20-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 82 dB | 90 dB |
AD1981A | 2 | 16-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 85 dB | 90 dB |
AD1981B | 2 | 16-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 85 dB | 90 dB |
AD1981BL | 2 | 16-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 83 dB | 90 dB |
AD1981BW | 2 | 16-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 85 dB | 90 dB |
AD1981HD | 2 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 85 dB | 80 to 85 dB |
AD1983 | 2 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 85 dB | 80 to 85 dB |
AD1984 | 4 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 96 dB |
AD1985 | 5.1 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 85 dB | 80 to 90 dB |
AD1986 | 5.1 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 85 dB | 80 to 90 dB |
AD1986A | 5.1 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 85 dB | 80 to 90 dB |
AD1987 | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 95 dB |
AD1988A | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 95 dB |
AD1988B | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 92 dB | 101 dB |
[nextpage title=”Realtek (ALC, Avance Logic)”]
Realtek is probably today’s most popular audio codec manufacturer. Old codecs from Realtek can be found marked as “Avance Logic,” and both old and new codecs use model names starting with “ALC.” In Figure 2, you can see an example of a Realtek codec.
Figure 2: Realtek ALC888S codec
Model | Channels | Input Resolution | Output Resolution | Input Max. Sampling Rate | Output Max. Sampling Rate | Input SNR | Output SNR |
ALC101 | 2 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 70 dB | 75 dB |
ALC202 | 2 | 18-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 85 dB | 90 dB |
ALC203 | 2 | 18-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 90 dB | 100 dB |
ALC250 | 2 | 18-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 92 dB | 100 dB |
ALC260 | 2 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 95 dB |
ALC262 | 4 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 100 dB |
ALC268 | 4 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 95 dB |
ALC269 | 4 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 98 dB | 98 dB |
ALC650 | 5.1 | 18-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 85 dB | 90 dB |
ALC655 | 5.1 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 86 dB | 86 dB |
ALC658 | 5.1 | 18-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 92 dB | 96 dB |
ALC662 | 5.1 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 90 dB | 98 dB |
ALC850 | 7.1 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 86 dB | 92 dB |
ALC861 | 7.1 | 16-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 82 dB | 90 dB |
ALC861-VD-GR | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz | 85 dB | 95 dB |
ALC880 | 7.1 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 85 dB | 100 dB |
ALC880D | 7.1 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 96 KHz | 192 KHz | 85 dB | 100 dB |
ALC882 | 7.1+2 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 101 dB |
ALC883 | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 85 dB | 95 dB |
ALC885 | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 101 dB | 106 dB |
ALC887 | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 90 dB | 97 dB |
ALC888 | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 97 dB |
ALC888S | 7.1+2 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 97 dB |
ALC888DD | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 97 dB |
ALC888S-VC | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 90 dB | 97 dB |
ALC888-VC2-GR | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 90 dB | 97 dB |
ALC888S-VD | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 90 dB | 97 dB |
ALC889 | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 104 dB | 108 dB |
ALC892 | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 90 dB | 97 dB |
ALC898 | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 104 dB | 110 dB |
[nextpage title=”C-Media (CMI)”]
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C-Media used to be very popular, especially on low-end motherboards, and they manufactured both codecs and complete audio controllers. Audio controllers usually need an external codec to do the analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversions, but C-Media’s low-end audio controllers have a codec embedded inside the chip, which is why we will include them in the table below. Because of that, we included a column called “type” to let you know if the chip is just a codec requiring an external controller (e.g., connected to the south bridge chip) or if it is a complete controller with an embedded codec (usually connected to the PCI bus). Chips from C-Media use names starting with the letters “CMI,” as you can see on the example shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: C-Media CMI9739A codec
Model | Type | Channels | Input Resolution | Output Resolution | Input Max. Sampling Rate | Output Max. Sampling Rate | Input SNR | Output SNR |
CMI8738-LX, CMI8738MX | Controller | 5.1 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 80 dB | 80 dB |
CMI8738-SX | Controller | 4 | 16-bit | 16-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 80 dB | 80 dB |
CMI8768 | Controller | 7.1 | 16-bit | 24-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 86 dB | 101 dB |
CMI9738 | Codec | 4 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 72 dB | 82 dB |
CMI9739 | Codec | 5.1 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | NA | NA |
CMI9761 | Codec | 5.1 | 20-bit | 24-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 90 dB | 92 dB |
[nextpage title=”VIA (VT)”]
VIA manufactures both codecs and complete audio controllers. Their controllers (Envy24 series and Tremor) require an external codec, and usually, the motherboard manufacturer that chooses to use a VIA external controller also picks a VIA codec. Since VIA audio controllers got some popularity in the past, we are including their main specs on a separate table. VIA uses names starting with “VT” for their codecs.
Figure 4: VIA Envy24PT controller (on the right) using a VIA VT1618 codec (on the left)
Model | Channels | Input Resolution | Output Resolution | Input Max. Sampling Rate | Output Max. Sampling Rate | Input SNR | Output SNR |
VT1612A | 2 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 93 dB | 88 dB |
VT1613 | 2 | 18-bit | 18-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 85 dB | 82 dB |
VT1616 | 5.1 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 48 kHz | 85 dB | 85 dB |
VT1617 | 5.1 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 85 dB | 95 dB |
VT1618 | 7.1 | 20-bit | 20-bit | 48 kHz | 96 kHz | 86 dB | 83 dB |
VT1702S | 4 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 98 dB | 100 dB |
VT1705 | 5.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 93 dB | 100 dB |
VT1705CE | 5.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 93 dB | 100 dB |
VT1708 | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 97 dB | 93 dB |
VT1708A | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 97 dB | 93 dB |
VT1708B | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 98 dB | 95 dB |
VT1708S | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 90 dB | 100 dB |
VT1718S | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 90 dB | 100 dB |
VT1802P | 4 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 98 dB | 100 dB |
VT1812S | 4 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 98 dB | 100 dB |
VT1818S | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 98 dB | 100 dB |
VT1819S | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 98 dB | 100 dB |
VT1828S | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 100 dB | 110 dB |
VT2020 | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | NA | 110 dB |
VT2021 | 7.1+2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 KHz | 192 KHz | 100 dB | 110 dB |
Model | Channels | Input Resolution | Output Resolution | Input Max. Sampling Rate | Output Max. Sampling Rate |
Envy24 | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 96 kHz | 96 kHz |
Envy24HT | 7.1 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz |
Envy24HT-S | 7.1 | 16-bit (AC97)24-bit (I2S) | 16-bit (AC97)24-bit (I2S) | 48 kHz (AC97)192 kHz (I2S) | 48 kHz (AC97)192 kHz (I2S) |
Envy24GT | 5.1 | 16-bit (AC97)24-bit (I2S) | 16-bit (AC97)24-bit (I2S) | 96 kHz | 96 kHz |
Envy24MT | 2 | 24-bit | 24-bit | 192 kHz | 192 kHz |
Envy24PT | 7.1 | 16-bit (AC97)24-bit (I2S) | 16-bit (AC97)24-bit (I2S) | 48 kHz (AC97)192 kHz (I2S) | 48 kHz (AC97)192 kHz (I2S) |
Tremor | 5.1 | 16-bit (AC97)24-bit (I2S) | 16-bit (AC97)24-bit (I2S) | 48 kHz (AC97)192 kHz (I2S) | 48 kHz (AC97)192 kHz (I2S) |
[nextpage title=”Other Manufacturers”]
There are some other audio codec manufacturers, but codecs from them are rarely seen on motherboards. A good example is Cirrus Logic, a company that manufactures very high-end codecs used mainly by home theater receivers. One of their codecs, CS4382, was used on a few very high-end motherboards from MSI (K8N Diamond Plus and K9N Diamond Plus, for example), providing a state-of-the-art audio quality for these products (signal-to-noise ratio of 114 dB). In the past, they also provided low-end audio codecs and controllers using the brand “Crystal.” Cirrus Logic and Crystal products start with the letters “CS.”
Figure 5: Cirrus Logic CS4382 codec and Creative Labs controller on an MSI K9N Diamond Plus motherboard
Another popular controller/codec manufacturer from the past was ESS, which had chips starting with the letters “ES.”
Another brand that you can see around is IDT.
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The driver is for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows. In order to manually update your driver using.cab files , check this guide. Your motherboard may have an additional amplifier, in which case ~2Vrms, 20-50mA is the norm. Realtek HD Audio Codec is a piece of software with lossless content protection technology. I've a Gigabyte board Aorus Z390 Xtreme with a Realtek ALC1220-VB chip and my UWP panel is working fine after the 1903. FYI, the R2.82 general drivers are version 6.0.1.8186 dated from the Realtek web site. Realtek 3D SoundBack restores audio chip itself.
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