DisplayLink performance on MacBook Pro M2 Max becomes laggy

artenais82c · 02-15-2026, 03:59 PM

I add to the club. I was about to buy new macbook till I found this problem. I am using an AIR M3 with the following :

- 2x DISPLAY 1600p via HDMI
- Baseus Spacemate 11 in 1

I have a little different behaviour.

OSX 26.2

version 15.0 : Unusable, CPU > 100%
version 13.1 : Usable but CPU > 50%
version 14.x : CPU above 60%

Upgrading to OSX 26.3 was a major improvement that bringed the following :

version 13.1 - 14.0 : CPU mostly under 20%. Some spikes up to 50% but no lag at all.
version 14.x : Again with cpu above 60%. Little lag
version 15.0 : CPU > 100%

UPDATE 20/02 : I wish to add that my memory tab after a few days shows a wopping 7,5Gb of use. Closing the Displaylink Manager and restarting it goes back to normal amount ( 300mb-1Gb ). I do not know if this is a display bug or real. can anyone confirm this?

Hope this will be interesting for DisplayLink guys.

02-15-2026, 03:59 PM	#9
artenais82c Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2026 Posts: 1	I add to the club. I was about to buy new macbook till I found this problem. I am using an AIR M3 with the following : - 2x DISPLAY 1600p via HDMI - Baseus Spacemate 11 in 1 I have a little different behaviour. OSX 26.2 version 15.0 : Unusable, CPU > 100% version 13.1 : Usable but CPU > 50% version 14.x : CPU above 60% Upgrading to OSX 26.3 was a major improvement that bringed the following : version 13.1 - 14.0 : CPU mostly under 20%. Some spikes up to 50% but no lag at all. version 14.x : Again with cpu above 60%. Little lag version 15.0 : CPU > 100% UPDATE 20/02 : I wish to add that my memory tab after a few days shows a wopping 7,5Gb of use. Closing the Displaylink Manager and restarting it goes back to normal amount ( 300mb-1Gb ). I do not know if this is a display bug or real. can anyone confirm this? Hope this will be interesting for DisplayLink guys. Last edited by artenais82c; 02-20-2026 at 03:13 PM.