diff --git a/.ci/build-mac-arm64.sh b/.ci/build-mac-arm64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..72de1e97c138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/build-mac-arm64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/bin/sh -ex
+
+brew_arm64_install_packages() {
+    for pkg in "$@"; do
+        echo "Fetching bottle for $pkg..."
+        "$BREW_ARM64_PATH/bin/brew" fetch --force --bottle-tag=arm64_monterey "$pkg"
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "Failed to fetch bottle for $pkg"
+            return 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "Installing $pkg..."
+        "$BREW_ARM64_PATH/bin/brew" install --ignore-dependencies $("$BREW_ARM64_PATH/bin/brew" --cache --bottle-tag=arm64_monterey "$pkg") || true
+    done
+}
+
+export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1
+export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK=1
+export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1
+
+/usr/local/bin/brew update
+/usr/local/bin/brew uninstall -f --ignore-dependencies ffmpeg
+/usr/local/bin/brew install -f --build-from-source ffmpeg@5 || true
+/usr/local/bin/brew install -f --overwrite nasm ninja p7zip ccache pipenv #create-dmg
+/usr/local/bin/brew install llvm@18 glew cmake sdl2 vulkan-headers coreutils
+/usr/local/bin/brew link -f llvm@18 ffmpeg@5 || true
+
+export BREW_ARM64_PATH="/opt/homebrew1"
+sudo mkdir -p "$BREW_ARM64_PATH"
+sudo chmod 777 "$BREW_ARM64_PATH"
+curl -L https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/tarball/master | tar xz --strip 1 -C "$BREW_ARM64_PATH"
+
+brew_arm64_install_packages 0mq aom aribb24 ca-certificates cjson curl dav1d ffmpeg@5 fontconfig freetype freetype2 gettext glew gmp gnutls lame libbluray libidn2 libnettle libogg libpng librist libsodium libsoxr libtasn libtasn1 libunistring libvmaf libvorbis libvpx libx11 libxau libxcb libxdmcp llvm@18 mbedtls molten-vk nettle opencore-amr openjpeg openssl opus p11-kit pkg-config pkgconfig pzstd rav1e sdl2 snappy speex srt svt-av1 theora vulkan-headers webp x264 x265 xz z3 zeromq zmq zstd
+"$BREW_ARM64_PATH/bin/brew" link -f ffmpeg@5
+
+# moltenvk based on commit for 1.2.10 release
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/0d9f25fbd1658e975d00bd0e8cccd20a0c2cb74b/Formula/m/molten-vk.rb
+/usr/local/bin/brew install -f --overwrite ./molten-vk.rb
+#export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=12.0
+export CXX=clang++
+export CC=clang
+
+export BREW_PATH;
+BREW_PATH="$(brew --prefix)"
+export BREW_X64_PATH;
+BREW_X64_PATH="$("/usr/local/bin/brew" --prefix)"
+export BREW_BIN="/usr/local/bin"
+export BREW_SBIN="/usr/local/sbin"
+export CMAKE_EXTRA_OPTS='-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=arm64'
+
+export WORKDIR;
+WORKDIR="$(pwd)"
+
+# Get Qt
+if [ ! -d "/tmp/Qt/$QT_VER" ]; then
+  mkdir -p "/tmp/Qt"
+  git clone https://github.com/engnr/qt-downloader.git
+  cd qt-downloader
+  git checkout f52efee0f18668c6d6de2dec0234b8c4bc54c597
+  cd "/tmp/Qt"
+  "$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/pipenv" run pip3 install py7zr requests semantic_version lxml
+  mkdir -p "$QT_VER/macos" ; ln -s "macos" "$QT_VER/clang_64"
+  "$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/pipenv" run "$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/qt-downloader" macos desktop "$QT_VER" clang_64 --opensource --addons qtmultimedia
+fi
+
+cd "$WORKDIR"
+ditto "/tmp/Qt/$QT_VER" "qt-downloader/$QT_VER"
+
+export Qt6_DIR="$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/$QT_VER/clang_64/lib/cmake/Qt$QT_VER_MAIN"
+export SDL2_DIR="$BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/sdl2/lib/cmake/SDL2"
+
+export PATH="$BREW_X64_PATH/opt/llvm@18/bin:$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/$QT_VER/clang_64/bin:$BREW_BIN:$BREW_SBIN:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:$PATH"
+export LDFLAGS="-L$BREW_ARM64_PATH/lib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/ffmpeg@5/lib/libavcodec.dylib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/ffmpeg@5/lib/libavformat.dylib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/ffmpeg@5/lib/libavutil.dylib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/ffmpeg@5/lib/libswscale.dylib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/ffmpeg@5/lib/libswresample.dylib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/llvm@18/lib/c++/libc++.1.dylib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/lib/libSDL2.dylib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/lib/libGLEW.dylib $BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/llvm@18/lib/libunwind.1.dylib -Wl,-rpath,$BREW_ARM64_PATH/lib"
+export CPPFLAGS="-I$BREW_ARM64_PATH/include -I$BREW_X64_PATH/include -no-pie"
+export LIBRARY_PATH="$BREW_ARM64_PATH/lib"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$BREW_ARM64_PATH/lib"
+
+export VULKAN_SDK
+VULKAN_SDK="$BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/molten-vk"
+ln -s "$VULKAN_SDK/lib/libMoltenVK.dylib" "$VULKAN_SDK/lib/libvulkan.dylib" || true
+export VK_ICD_FILENAMES="$VULKAN_SDK/share/vulkan/icd.d/MoltenVK_icd.json"
+
+export LLVM_DIR
+LLVM_DIR="$BREW_ARM64_PATH/opt/llvm@18"
+# exclude ffmpeg, SPIRV and LLVM, and sdl from submodule update
+# shellcheck disable=SC2046
+git submodule -q update --init --depth=1 --jobs=8 $(awk '/path/ && !/ffmpeg/ && !/llvm/ && !/SPIRV/ && !/SDL/ { print $3 }' .gitmodules)
+
+# 3rdparty fixes
+sed -i '' "s/extern const double NSAppKitVersionNumber;/const double NSAppKitVersionNumber = 1343;/g" 3rdparty/hidapi/hidapi/mac/hid.c
+
+rm -rf build
+mkdir build && cd build || exit 1
+
+export CXXFLAGS="-DSDL_DISABLE_IMMINTRIN_H=1 -DSDL_DISABLE_MMINTRIN_H=1 -DSDL_DISABLE_XMMINTRIN_H=1 -DSDL_DISABLE_EMMINTRIN_H=1 -DSDL_DISABLE_PMMINTRIN_H=1"
+export CFLAGS="-DSDL_DISABLE_IMMINTRIN_H=1 -DSDL_DISABLE_MMINTRIN_H=1 -DSDL_DISABLE_XMMINTRIN_H=1 -DSDL_DISABLE_EMMINTRIN_H=1 -DSDL_DISABLE_PMMINTRIN_H=1"
+export CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=arm64
+
+"$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/cmake" .. \
+    -DUSE_SDL=ON \
+    -DUSE_DISCORD_RPC=OFF \
+    -DUSE_VULKAN=ON \
+    -DUSE_ALSA=OFF \
+    -DUSE_PULSE=OFF \
+    -DUSE_AUDIOUNIT=ON \
+    -DUSE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG=ON \
+    -DLLVM_CCACHE_BUILD=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_USE_PERF=OFF \
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_Z3_SOLVER=OFF \
+    -DUSE_NATIVE_INSTRUCTIONS=OFF \
+    -DUSE_SYSTEM_MVK=ON \
+    -DUSE_SYSTEM_FAUDIO=OFF \
+    -DUSE_SYSTEM_SDL=ON \
+    $CMAKE_EXTRA_OPTS \
+    -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH=arm64 \
+    -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=arm64 \
+    -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH="$BREW_X64_PATH/lib" \
+    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=arm64 \
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=buildfiles/cmake/TCDarwinARM64.cmake \
+    -G Ninja
+
+"$BREW_PATH/bin/ninja"; build_status=$?;
+
+cd ..
+
+{   [ "$CI_HAS_ARTIFACTS" = "true" ];
+} && SHOULD_DEPLOY="true" || SHOULD_DEPLOY="false"
+
+if [ "$build_status" -eq 0 ] && [ "$SHOULD_DEPLOY" = "true" ]; then
+    .ci/deploy-mac-arm64.sh
+fi
diff --git a/.ci/build-mac.sh b/.ci/build-mac.sh
index 65a35ce949a9..1b2eb041af92 100755
--- a/.ci/build-mac.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-mac.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew update
 arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew uninstall -f --ignore-dependencies ffmpeg
 arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew install -f --build-from-source ffmpeg@5
 arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew reinstall -f --build-from-source gnutls freetype
-arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew install llvm@16 glew cmake sdl2 vulkan-headers coreutils
-arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew link -f llvm@16 ffmpeg@5
+arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew install llvm@18 glew cmake sdl2 vulkan-headers coreutils
+arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/brew link -f llvm@18 ffmpeg@5
 
 # moltenvk based on commit for 1.2.10 release
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/0d9f25fbd1658e975d00bd0e8cccd20a0c2cb74b/Formula/m/molten-vk.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ditto "/tmp/Qt/$QT_VER" "qt-downloader/$QT_VER"
 export Qt6_DIR="$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/$QT_VER/clang_64/lib/cmake/Qt$QT_VER_MAIN"
 export SDL2_DIR="$BREW_X64_PATH/opt/sdl2/lib/cmake/SDL2"
 
-export PATH="$BREW_X64_PATH/opt/llvm@16/bin:$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/$QT_VER/clang_64/bin:$BREW_BIN:$BREW_SBIN:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="$BREW_X64_PATH/opt/llvm@18/bin:$WORKDIR/qt-downloader/$QT_VER/clang_64/bin:$BREW_BIN:$BREW_SBIN:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:$PATH"
 export LDFLAGS="-L$BREW_X64_PATH/lib -Wl,-rpath,$BREW_X64_PATH/lib"
 export CPPFLAGS="-I$BREW_X64_PATH/include -msse -msse2 -mcx16 -no-pie"
 export LIBRARY_PATH="$BREW_X64_PATH/lib"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ln -s "$VULKAN_SDK/lib/libMoltenVK.dylib" "$VULKAN_SDK/lib/libvulkan.dylib"
 export VK_ICD_FILENAMES="$VULKAN_SDK/share/vulkan/icd.d/MoltenVK_icd.json"
 
 export LLVM_DIR
-LLVM_DIR="BREW_X64_PATH/opt/llvm@16"
+LLVM_DIR="BREW_X64_PATH/opt/llvm@18"
 # exclude ffmpeg, SPIRV and LLVM, and sdl from submodule update
 # shellcheck disable=SC2046
 git submodule -q update --init --depth=1 --jobs=8 $(awk '/path/ && !/ffmpeg/ && !/llvm/ && !/SPIRV/ && !/SDL/ { print $3 }' .gitmodules)
diff --git a/.ci/deploy-mac-arm64.sh b/.ci/deploy-mac-arm64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..5211d1da7ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/deploy-mac-arm64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/sh -ex
+
+cd build || exit 1
+
+# Gather explicit version number and number of commits
+COMM_TAG=$(awk '/version{.*}/ { printf("%d.%d.%d", $5, $6, $7) }' ../rpcs3/rpcs3_version.cpp)
+COMM_COUNT=$(git rev-list --count HEAD)
+COMM_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
+
+AVVER="${COMM_TAG}-${COMM_COUNT}"
+
+# AVVER is used for GitHub releases, it is the version number.
+echo "AVVER=$AVVER" >> ../.ci/ci-vars.env
+
+cd bin
+mkdir "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/" || true
+
+cp "$(realpath /opt/homebrew1/opt/llvm@18/lib/c++/libc++abi.1.0.dylib)" "rpcs3.app/Contents/Frameworks/libc++abi.1.dylib"
+cp "$(realpath /opt/homebrew1/lib/libsharpyuv.0.dylib)" "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/libsharpyuv.0.dylib"
+cp "$(realpath /opt/homebrew1/lib/libintl.8.dylib)" "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/libintl.8.dylib"
+
+rm -rf "rpcs3.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtPdf.framework" \
+"rpcs3.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtQml.framework" \
+"rpcs3.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtQmlModels.framework" \
+"rpcs3.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtQuick.framework" \
+"rpcs3.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtVirtualKeyboard.framework" \
+"rpcs3.app/Contents/Plugins/platforminputcontexts" \
+"rpcs3.app/Contents/Plugins/virtualkeyboard" \
+"rpcs3.app/Contents/Resources/git"
+
+# Need to do this rename hack due to case insensitive filesystem
+mv rpcs3.app RPCS3_.app
+mv RPCS3_.app RPCS3.app
+
+echo "[InternetShortcut]" > Quickstart.url
+echo "URL=https://rpcs3.net/quickstart" >> Quickstart.url
+echo "IconIndex=0" >> Quickstart.url
+
+#DMG_FILEPATH="$BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY/rpcs3-v${COMM_TAG}-${COMM_COUNT}-${COMM_HASH}_macos_arm64.dmg"
+#"$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/create-dmg" --volname RPCS3 \
+#--window-size 800 400 \
+#--icon-size 100 \
+#--icon rpcs3.app 200 190 \
+#--add-file Quickstart.url Quickstart.url 400 20 \
+#--hide-extension rpcs3.app \
+#--hide-extension Quickstart.url \
+#--app-drop-link 600 185 \
+#--skip-jenkins \
+#--format ULMO \
+#"$DMG_FILEPATH" \
+#RPCS3.app
+#FILESIZE=$(stat -f %z "$DMG_FILEPATH")
+#SHA256SUM=$(shasum -a 256 "$DMG_FILEPATH" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+
+ARCHIVE_FILEPATH="$BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY/rpcs3-v${COMM_TAG}-${COMM_COUNT}-${COMM_HASH}_macos_arm64.7z"
+"$BREW_X64_PATH/bin/7z" a -mx9 "$ARCHIVE_FILEPATH" RPCS3.app Quickstart.url
+FILESIZE=$(stat -f %z "$ARCHIVE_FILEPATH")
+SHA256SUM=$(shasum -a 256 "$ARCHIVE_FILEPATH" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+
+cd ..
+echo "${SHA256SUM};${FILESIZE}B" > "$RELEASE_MESSAGE"
+cd bin
diff --git a/.ci/deploy-mac.sh b/.ci/deploy-mac.sh
index 20de7023ea7a..ca7843b3aa5a 100755
--- a/.ci/deploy-mac.sh
+++ b/.ci/deploy-mac.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ echo "AVVER=$AVVER" >> ../.ci/ci-vars.env
 cd bin
 mkdir "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/"
 
-cp "/usr/local/opt/llvm@16/lib/c++/libc++abi.1.0.dylib" "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/libc++abi.1.dylib"
+cp "/usr/local/opt/llvm@18/lib/c++/libc++abi.1.0.dylib" "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/libc++abi.1.dylib"
 cp "$(realpath /usr/local/lib/libsharpyuv.0.dylib)" "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/libsharpyuv.0.dylib"
 cp "$(realpath /usr/local/lib/libintl.8.dylib)" "rpcs3.app/Contents/lib/libintl.8.dylib"
 
diff --git a/3rdparty/llvm/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
index ed28aa576f33..7a73e0fb57e8 100644
--- a/3rdparty/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if(WITH_LLVM)
 	if (STATIC_LINK_LLVM)
 		if (NOT DEFINED LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD)
 			if(COMPILER_ARM)
-				set(LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD "AArch64;X86" CACHE STRING "Semicolon-separated list of targets to build, or \"all\".")
+				set(LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD "AArch64" CACHE STRING "Semicolon-separated list of targets to build, or \"all\".")
 			else()
 				set(LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD "X86" CACHE STRING "Semicolon-separated list of targets to build, or \"all\".")
 			endif()
diff --git a/3rdparty/llvm/llvm b/3rdparty/llvm/llvm
index cd89023f7979..3b5b5c1ec4a3 160000
--- a/3rdparty/llvm/llvm
+++ b/3rdparty/llvm/llvm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cd89023f797900e4492da58b7bed36f702120011
+Subproject commit 3b5b5c1ec4a3095ab096dd780e84d7ab81f3d7ff
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 2b1526a515c0..7008b5a8567b 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ jobs:
     displayName: ccache
 
   - bash: |
-      docker pull --quiet rpcs3/rpcs3-ci-focal:1.7
+      docker pull --quiet rpcs3/rpcs3-ci-focal:1.8
       docker run                      \
         -v $(pwd):/rpcs3              \
         --env-file .ci/docker.env \
         -v $CCACHE_DIR:/root/.ccache  \
         -v $BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY:/root/artifacts \
-        rpcs3/rpcs3-ci-focal:1.7 \
+        rpcs3/rpcs3-ci-focal:1.8 \
         /rpcs3/.ci/build-linux.sh
     displayName: Docker setup and build
 
@@ -180,3 +180,62 @@ jobs:
       displayName: Push build to GitHub
       env:
         RPCS3_TOKEN: $(RPCS3-Token)
+
+- job: Mac_Build_AppleSilicon
+  timeoutInMinutes: 180
+  variables:
+    CCACHE_DIR: "/tmp/ccache_dir"
+    CCACHE_MAXSIZE: 300M
+    CI_HAS_ARTIFACTS: true
+    UPLOAD_COMMIT_HASH: 51ae32f468089a8169aaf1567de355ff4a3e0842
+    UPLOAD_REPO_FULL_NAME: "RPCS3/rpcs3-binaries-mac"
+    RELEASE_MESSAGE: "../GitHubReleaseMessage.txt"
+    ARTDIR: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+    QT_VER: '6.6.3'
+    QT_VER_MAIN: '6'
+
+  pool:
+    vmImage: "macOS-12"
+
+  steps:
+    - task: Cache@2
+      inputs:
+        key: ccache | "$(Agent.OS)"
+        path: $(CCACHE_DIR)
+        restoreKeys: |
+          ccache | "$(Agent.OS)"
+      displayName: Ccache cache
+    
+    - task: Cache@2
+      inputs:
+        key: qt | "$(Agent.OS)" | "$(QT_VER)"
+        path: /tmp/Qt
+        restoreKeys: |
+          qt | "$(Agent.OS)" | "$(QT_VER)"
+      displayName: Qt cache
+    
+    - task: Cache@2
+      inputs:
+        key: brew | "$(Agent.OS)"
+        path: /Users/runner/Library/Caches/Homebrew
+        restoreKeys: |
+          brew | "$(Agent.OS)"
+      displayName: Homebrew cache
+
+    - bash: |
+        chmod +x ".ci/build-mac-arm64.sh"
+        chmod +x ".ci/deploy-mac-arm64.sh"
+        ".ci/build-mac-arm64.sh"
+      displayName: Build MacOS
+
+    - publish: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)
+      condition: succeeded()
+      artifact: RPCS3 for Mac (Apple Silicon)
+
+    - bash: |
+        source './.ci/export-cirrus-vars.sh'
+        .ci/github-upload.sh
+      condition: and(ne(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest'), eq(variables['Build.Repository.Name'], 'RPCS3/rpcs3'), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master'))
+      displayName: Push build to GitHub
+      env:
+        RPCS3_TOKEN: $(RPCS3-Token)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildfiles/cmake/TCDarwinARM64.cmake b/buildfiles/cmake/TCDarwinARM64.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d38b2379108a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildfiles/cmake/TCDarwinARM64.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Darwin)
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR arm64)