NVTOP (Neat Videocard TOP) is an (h)top like task monitor for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs.
It can handle multiple GPUs and print information about them in a htop familiar way. When the video encoder (ENC) and decoder (DEC) of the GPU are in use, new percentage meters will appear next to the GPU utilization bar. They will disappear automatically after some time of inactivity.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Builtin setup utility that provides a way to specialize the interface to your needs.
- AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA:
- Supports AMD GPUs using the amdgpu driver through the exposed DRM and sysfs interface.
- Supports Intel GPUs using the i915 linux driver.
- Supports NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) which comes with the GPU driver
Website: github.com/Syllo/nvtop
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Developer: Maxime Schmitt
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

NVTOP is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| NVIDIA GPU Monitoring Tools | |
|---|---|
| NVTOP | (h)top like task monitor for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs |
| nvitop | Bills itself as “the one-stop solution for GPU process management” |
| LACT | Configures and monitors AMD, NVIDIA and Intel GPUs |
| GPU Hot | Real-time NVIDIA GPU monitoring dashboard |
| gpustat | Query and monitor GPU status |
| GreenWithEnvy | GUI System tool |
| NVDashboard | JupyterLab extension for displaying dashboards of GPU usage |
| nvidia-htop | Enriches the output of nvidia-smi |
| gptop | Cross-platform GPU monitor |
| NVIDIA System Monitor | Task manager monitoring your GPU |
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