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Nsight Systems 2023.4 is Available Now
Review the supported platforms for NVIDIA Nsight™ Systems to choose the correct version for your host and profiling target.
If profiling from the CLI, pick your platform based on where the CLI will be run. If using the GUI (Full Version) to view reports, do profiling, or do remote profiling, pick your platform based on the host PC architecture where the GUI will be run.
Also review the system requirements before downloading.
Desktop, workstation, and server platforms:
This download is for local and remote profiling of Windows and Linux servers, workstations, and gaming PCs. Profiling is supported on x86-64 architectures.
See the supported platforms for specifics about combinations of local, remote, and mixed-OS compatibilities.
Download:
This download is for local and remote profiling of Windows and Linux servers, workstations, and gaming PCs. Profiling is supported on x86-64 architectures.
See the supported platforms for specifics about combinations of local, remote, and mixed-OS compatibilities.
Nsight Systems 2023.4 Full Version
Nsight Systems 2023.4 CLI Only
Nsight Systems 2023.4 Arm Servers and NVIDIA Grace Full Version
Nsight Systems 2023.4 Arm Servers and NVIDIA Grace CLI Only
Download Nsight Systems 2023.4 macOS Host
This platform only supports viewing reports collected from a CLI or remotely profiling Linux laptops, desktops, workstations, and servers.
See the supported platforms.
Embedded and automotive platforms:
Nsight Systems is bundled as part of the Jetson development suite in the NVIDIA Jetpack™ SDK.
Nsight Systems is bundled as part of DRIVE OS for development and deployment on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX™-based autonomous vehicles.
View Nsight Systems documentation.
Supported Platforms
Nsight Systems is distributed through multiple packages. Pick a “Profiling Target” column and learn what hosts may be used to profile (local or remote) as well as view reports.
| Profiling Target | |||||
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| Linux Workstations & Servers | Windows Workstations & Gaming PCs | Jetson & IGX | DRIVE | ||
| From Host | |||||
| Windows | Remote GUI* Report Viewer** |
Local CLI & GUI Remote GUI* Report Viewer** |
N/A | N/A | |
| Mac | Remote GUI* Report Viewer** |
Remote GUI Report Viewer** |
N/A | N/A | |
| Linux | Local CLI & GUI Remote GUI* Report Viewer** |
Remote GUI Report Viewer** |
Remote GUI Report Viewer*** | Remote GUI Report Viewer*** | |
| Jetson | N/A | N/A | Local CLI & GUI Report Viewer*** | N/A | |
| DRIVE | N/A | N/A | N/A | Local CLI | |
* For x86-64 targets only or opening report collected from a CLI
** Only for reports collected from Windows or Linux PCs & servers of equal or lesser versions
*** Only for reports collected from Jetson or DRIVEOS of equal or lesser versions
System Requirements
Nsight Systems is compatible on Windows workstations and PCs, Linux workstations and servers, as well as Jetson and NVIDIA DRIVE Autonomous Machines. Learn about the system requirements and support for your development platform below.
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| Operating Systems | Windows 10 or newer |
Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04* CentOS 7+* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7+* |
Jetson Linux DRIVE OS |
| Target Hardware | GPU: Pascal or newer CPU: x86-64 processors |
GPU: Pascal or newer CPU: x86-64 processors**, Arm, PowerPC |
NVIDIA IGX, Jetson AGX Orin, Jetson AGX Xavier, Jetson TX2, Jetson TX1, DRIVE AGX Orin, DRIVE AGX Pegasus, DRIVE AGX Xavier, DRIVE PX Parker AutoChauffeur, DRIVE PX Parker AutoCruise |
| Target Software | 64-bit applications only CUDA 10.0+ for CUDA trace Driver 418 or newer*** |
64-bit applications only CUDA 10.0+ for CUDA trace Driver 418 or newer*** |
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| Local Profiling | CLI & GUI | CLI & GUI | CLI (all platforms), GUI (Jetson Linux only) |
| Remote Profiling From Platforms |
Windows 10+ |
Windows 10+ macOS 10.15.7+* Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04 |
Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 |
* For older OS versions, please use Nsight Systems 2020.3
** Intel Haswell architecture or newer is required for LBR sampling backtrace
*** Driver 535 and newer improves GPU profiling stability. Please use the latest driver for the best results. Download here.
Release Notes
2023.4
- Multi-node analysis enhancements
- Now supports Mac, Windows x64, Linux Arm Servers
- Recipe enhancements for NCCL, heatmaps, differencing
- Unified memory page fault trace for ARM Servers
- Beta NVIDIA Infiniband switch congestion events on new firmware
- NVIDIA Grace PMU uncore counter sampling
- Windows GPU resource trace enhancements for allocations, migrations, Direct3D
- Python GIL trace
- UX and performance improvements
2023.3
- System-wide Direct3D 12 API trace
- Resource migration trace on Windows
- NIC metrics profiling from GUI
- UX and performance improvements
2023.2
- Python sampling
- NIC and Switch metrics sampling
- Multi-report analysis
- View multiple reports on GUI with merged timelines
- Support for Opacity Micromaps on Vulkan
- UX and performance improvements
2023.1
- UX and performance improvements
2022.5
- Preview of InfiniBand Switch Metrics sampling
- UX and performance improvements
Feature Table
| Feature | Linux Workstations and Servers | Windows Workstations and Gaming PCs | Jetson Autonomous Machines | DRIVE Autonomous Vehicles |
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| View system-wide application behavior across CPUs and GPUs | ||||
| CPU cores utilization, process, & thread activities | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| CPU thread periodic sampling backtraces | yes* | no | yes | yes |
| CPU thread blocked state backtraces | yes** | yes | yes | yes |
| CPU performance counter sampling | no | no | yes | yes |
| GPU workload trace | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| GPU context switch trace | no | no | yes | yes |
| SOC hypervisor trace | - | - | - | yes |
| SOC memory bandwidth sampling | - | - | yes | yes |
| SOC Accelerators trace | - | - | Xavier | Xavier |
| OS Event Trace | ftrace | ETW | ftrace | ftrace |
| Investigate CPU-GPU interactions and bubbles | ||||
| User annotations API trace
NVIDIA Tools Extension API (NVTX) |
yes | yes | yes | yes |
| CUDA API | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| CUDA libraries trace (cuBLAS, cuDNN & TensorRT) | yes | no | yes | yes |
| OpenGL API trace | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Vulkan API trace | yes | yes | no | no |
| Direct3D12, Direct3D11, DXR, & PIX APIs | - | yes | - | - |
| OptiX | 7.1+ | 7.1+ | - | - |
| Bidirectional correlation of API and GPU workload | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Identify GPU idle and sparse usage | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Multi-GPU Graphics trace | - | Direct3D12 | - | - |
| Ready for big data | ||||
| Fast GUI capable of visualizing in excess of 10 million events on laptops | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Additional command line collection tool | yes | no | no | no |
| NV-Docker container support | yes | - | - | - |
| NVIDIA GPU Cloud support | yes | - | - | - |
| Minimum user privilege level | user | administrator | root | root |
* On Intel Haswell and newer CPU architecture
** Only with OS runtime trace enabled. Some syscalls such as handcrafted assembly may be missed. Backtraces may only appear if time threasholds are exceeded.
Archives
Access older versions of Nsight Systems in the Gameworks Download Center.
View older version release notes in the Nsight System’s documentation archive.
Resources
Nsight Systems Documentation
You can also learn about installing & using the NVIDIA Tools Extension API (NVTX) here.
Access Self-Paced Training
Nsight Systems Documentation
Get hands on training for Nsight Systems with self-paced online courses from the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute.
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Tutorial Sessions
Profiling GPU Applications with Nsight Systems
This webinar gives an overview of NVIDIA's Nsight profiling tools. It explores how to analyze and optimize the performance of GPU-accelerated applications.
Fundamentals of Ray Tracing Development using Nsight Graphics and Nsight Systems
Learn how to utilize Nsight Graphics and Nsight Systems to profile and optimize 3D Applications that are using Ray Tracing.
Investigating Hidden Bottlenecks for Multi-Node Workloads
Learn how Nsight Systems can help users identify bottlenecks, investigate their causes, and support developers working at multi-GPU multi-node scales.
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Video Series
Learn about using Nsight Systems for CUDA Development in the CUDA Developer Tools tutorial series.
CUDA Developer Tools | NVIDIA Nsight Tools Ecosystem
CUDA Developer Tools | Introduction to Nsight Systems
CUDA Developer Tools | Introduction to Nsight Systems
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Nsight Systems Command Line Feature Spotlight
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Support
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