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nvtop - interactive GPU process viewer

nvtop [-hv] [-d delay]

nvtop is a ncurses-based GPU status viewer for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs.

Delay between updates, in tenths of seconds (delay * 0.1s).
Print the help and exit.
Monochrome mode.
Use fahrenheit as temperature scale.
Modify the setting for the encode/decode auto-hide timer. Always visible if negative. Default to 30 seconds.
Reverse abscissa: switch the plot data order from "old --- recent" (default) to "recent --- old".
Show only one bar plot corresponding to the maximum of all GPUs.
Print the version and exit.

This section deals with general interface options. Color support and interface update interval can be modified.
This section deals with the devices display (top of the interface). You can switch the temperature scale to fahrenheit and set the encoder/decoder hiding timer.
This section deals with the line plots (middle of the interface). You can reverse the plot direction and select which metric is being shown in the plots.
This section deals with the process list (bottom of the interface). You can select the sort order, select the metric by which to sort the processes by and select which metric is displayed.

Select (highlight) the previous process.
Select (highlight) the next process.
Scroll in the process row.
+
Sort increasingly.
-
Sort decreasingly.
Enter the setup utility to modify the interface options.
Save the current interface options to persistent storage. See the CONFIGURATION FILE section.
"Kill" process: Select a signal to send to the highlighted process.
Sort: Select the field for sorting. The current sort field is highlighted inside the header bar.
Quit.

The configuration file follows the XDG Base Directory Specification and is stored at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvtop/interface.ini. The location defaults to $HOME/.config/nvtop/interface.ini if the XDG location is not defined.

Do not edit this file. The file is automatically created or updated upon toggling the interface saving key F12.

The configuration is loaded during program initialization. If no configuration file is present, default options are used.

Ask AMD or NVIDIA for better support of your hardware!

If your card uses the AMDGPU driver, a more recent kernel might have improved support.

Does not work with nouveau driver stack and older NVIDIA GPU for the time being.

Does not work for AMD graphics card using the old radeon driver.

Written by Maxime Schmitt.

February 2024 Version 3.1.0