LinuxCommandLibrary

radeontop

TLDR

Show GPU utilization

$ radeontop
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Enable colored output
$ radeontop -c
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Select specific GPU by bus
$ radeontop -b [bus_number]
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Set refresh rate
$ radeontop -t [10]
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SYNOPSIS

radeontop [-c|--color] [-b bus] [-t ticks]

DESCRIPTION

radeontop displays real-time utilization statistics for AMD Radeon GPUs. It shows usage percentages for various GPU components including graphics pipe, shaders, texture units, and video decode/encode engines.
The tool reads from kernel debugfs interfaces and presents the data in a top-like format, useful for monitoring GPU workload during gaming or compute tasks.

PARAMETERS

-c, --color

Enable colored output
-b, --bus _number_
Select GPU by PCI bus number
-t, --ticks _samples_
Samples per second (higher = more overhead)
-d, --dump _file_
Dump data to file
-l, --limit _samples_
Limit to n samples then exit

CAVEATS

May require root privileges on some systems. Only works with AMD Radeon GPUs using radeon or amdgpu drivers. Older GPUs may not support all metrics.

HISTORY

radeontop was created by Chris Blaas to provide GPU monitoring for AMD graphics cards on Linux, similar to nvidia-smi for NVIDIA cards.

SEE ALSO

nvidia-smi(1), glxinfo(1), lspci(8)

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