---
name: "radeontop"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "radeontop"
version: "1.4-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/radeontop"
---

# radeontop(1)

tool to show GPU utilization

## NAME

radeontop - tool to show GPU utilization

## SYNOPSIS

**radeontop \[-chmv\] \[-b** *bus***\] \[-d** *file***\] \[-l** *limit***\] \[-i** *secs***\] \[-p** *device***\] \[-t** *ticks***\]**

## DESCRIPTION

RadeonTop shows the utilization of your GPU, both in general and by blocks.

Supported cards are R600 and up.

## OPTIONS

- **-b, --bus** *bus*

  If you have multiple cards, use this parameter to select a specific one. For lspci output *01:00.0 VGA compatible controller*, bus would be *1*.

- **-c, --color**

  Enables colorized output.

- **-d, --dump** *file*

  Instead of displaying the data, dump it to *file*. Use *-* for stdout. The file is appended to, so it’s safe to specify the same filename for consecutive runs.

  Use *SIGTERM* or *SIGINT* for graceful termination.

- **-h, --help**

  Displays help.

- **-i, --dump-interval** *seconds*

  Wait for N seconds between data output.

- **-l, --limit** *limit*

  Quit after dumping *limit* lines. Only valid in dump mode. Default is to dump until terminated; use *SIGTERM* or *SIGINT* for graceful termination.

- **-m, --mem**

  Forces the use of the /dev/mem path, in case autodetection fails. Useful for the proprietary driver.

- **-p, --path** *device*

  Open the DRM device node specified by *device* path. Usually it is located at /dev/dri/card0 or /dev/drm0. If this option used, --bus and --mem are ignored.

- **-t, --ticks** *ticks*

  How many times per second to sample the data. The default is 120. Higher numbers mean more accurate output and more overhead.

- **-v, --version**

  Displays the program version.

## INTERACTIVE COMMANDS

**C, c**

Toggle colorized output.

**Q, q**

Quit.

## RESOURCES

See http://github.com/clbr/radeontop