AMD Overdrive Utility Alternatives

AMD Overdrive Utility is described as 'Personalize your experience with state-of-the-art real-time overclocking*. Used by world record setting overclockers across the globe, AMD OverDrive gives you unprecedented control over your processor, memory and chipset to push the performance envelope further than ever before' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AMD Overdrive Utility for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Mono. The best AMD Overdrive Utility alternative is Open Hardware Monitor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AMD Overdrive Utility are SpeedFan, HWMonitor, Stats and iStat Menus.

AMD Overdrive Utility alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities but may also be Hard Disk Diagnostic Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AMD Overdrive Utility.

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Open Hardware Monitor
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Windows
Mono
70 Open Hardware Monitor alternatives
The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer.
- - Open Hardware Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to AMD Overdrive Utility.
- - Open Hardware Monitor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AMD Overdrive Utility.
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Open Hardware Monitor Features
1. PortableOpen Hardware Monitor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightOpen Hardware Monitor consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Command line interfaceOpen Hardware Monitor either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Temperature Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Voltage monitoring
Fan Speed
No installation required
History graphs
Export to CSV
Sensors
Discontinued
There has not been any code change since December 2020, also the community now wonders if it is abandoned: https://github.com/openhardwaremonitor/openhardwaremonitor/issues/1471 There also seems to be a fork called LibreHardwareMonitor (which is already listed as an alternative) and appears to be the most active fork right now.
SpeedFan
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
46 SpeedFan alternatives
SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can even access S.M.A.R.T. info and show hard disk temperatures. SpeedFan supports SCSI disks too.
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SpeedFan Features
1. LightweightSpeedFan consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Fan Speed
Hardware Monitoring
Overclock
Discontinued
The developer promised new versions, but the program seems to be no longer updated. Latest version, 4.52, released in June 2016, can be still downloaded from the official website.
HWMonitor
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Freemium • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Windows
31 HWMonitor alternatives
HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed.
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HWMonitor Features
CPU temperature
Hardware Monitoring
Temperature Monitoring
Stats
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Mac
71 Stats alternatives
Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
- - Stats is the most popular Mac alternative to AMD Overdrive Utility.
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Stats Features
1. LightweightStats consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Hardware Monitoring
Sits in the MenuBar
Temperature Monitoring
CPU temperature
Status menu widgets
Fan Speed
iStat Menus
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Paid • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Mac
iPhone
72 iStat Menus alternatives
iStat is a series of system monitor apps. It's available in different versions: iStat Menus, iStat for iOS and iStat Server as a companion application to the iStat for iOS app that lets you remotely monitor your computers (free for Windows and Mac).
- - iStat Menus is the most popular iPhone alternative to AMD Overdrive Utility.
- - iStat Menus is the most popular commercial alternative to AMD Overdrive Utility.
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iStat Menus Features
Hardware Monitoring
Real-time monitoring
Sits in the MenuBar
Memory usage
Graphs
Fan Speed
CPU Monitoring
Sits in the System Tray
Remote monitoring
Argus Monitor
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Paid • Proprietary
Hard Disk Diagnostic Tool
Windows
35 Argus Monitor alternatives
Monitoring temperatures and status of system components such as CPU, GPU and hard disk drive, fan speeds
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Argus Monitor Features
Fan Speed
Hardware Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
Temperature Monitoring
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Real Temp
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Free • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Windows
36 Real Temp alternatives
Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, Dual Core, Quad Core and Core i7 processors.
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Real Temp Features
Hardware Monitoring
Lm-Sensors
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Free • Open Source
Linux
27 Lm-Sensors alternatives
Lm-Sensors is a free and open-source application that provides tools and drivers for monitoring temperatures, voltage, and fans.
- - Lm-Sensors is the most popular Linux alternative to AMD Overdrive Utility.
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Lm-Sensors Features
Fan Speed
Temperature Monitoring
smcFanControl
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Free Personal • Open Source
Mac
32 smcFanControl alternatives
smcFanControl is the perfect application for all those Macbook owners getting burned by their hot-running Macbook.
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smcFanControl Features
Fan Speed
Image Sharing
Discontinued
Not updated for many years, does not work on new hardware
eul
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Free • Open Source
Mac
69 eul alternatives
macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
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eul Features
Hardware Monitoring
Status monitoring
fancontrol
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Free • Open Source
Linux
11 fancontrol alternatives
fancontrol is a shell script for use with lm_sensors. It reads its configuration from a file, then calculates fan speeds from temperatures and sets the corresponding PWM outputs to the computed values.
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fancontrol Features
Hardware Monitoring
Fan Speed
WinBar
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Free • Open Source
Windows
19 WinBar alternatives
WinBar is a free and compact program that lets you monitor your system and provides easy access to frequently used controls. WinBar will run on Windows 2000 and newer operating systems and is available in 32 and 64 bit flavors.
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.0.1, released in September 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge