NVIDIA Nsight Compute - 2019.5

Nsight Compute Profiler Occupancy Report

NVIDIA? Nsight? Compute is an interactive kernel profiler for CUDA applications. It provides detailed performance metrics and API debugging via a user interface and command line tool. In addition, its baseline feature allows users to compare results within the tool. Nsight Compute provides a customizable and data-driven user interface and metric collection and can be extended with analysis scripts for post-processing results.

Download 2019.5.1 (Windows only) Download 2019.5.0 (All other OS's)

Version 2019.5 New Features | Revision History

NVIDIA? Nsight? Compute is freely offered through the NVIDIA Registered Developer Program and as part of the CUDA Toolkit

Baseline Comparisons

Set multiple baselines to compare variations in GPU architecture, kernel launch parameters, memory usage, ...
Compare performance metrics between baselines and the current run
New: Now with the ability to compare child processes

Run from Nsight Compute GUI or from Console Command Line

Nsight Compute GUI provides text for console commands
GUI/Console provide similar features, functionality, output, and reports

CUDA Task Graph Profiling

Stop at a kernel launch from a graph node
State of graph node shown in resource page
Export graph visualization

Source Code Correlation

Correlate individual Source, SASS, or PTX lines and metrics
Shown here with PC Sampling data available in Volta and Turing architectures
New: Improved heat map for identifying high metric values

Features

Interactive kernel profiler
Profiler report for kernels and/or child processes
Diff’ing results across one or multiple reports using baselines
Fast data collection
Intuitive UI for interactive profiling
Command line operation for manual and automated profiling
Fully customizable reports and rules

Variations from the Nsight Compute 2019.5.0 found in CUDA Toolkit 10.2

Nsight Compute activities are now available from within Visual Studio

Nsight Compute activity commands are now under the 'Nsight' menu, for quick access from within Visual Studio.
When launched, Nsight Compute activities are auto-populated with Visual Studio project setting, providing an improved development workflow.
Key bindings provide quick launching of activities.
Available for use on Visual Studio 2019, 2017, and 2015.
Please visit NVIDIA Nsight Integration for information on using Nsight Compute 2019.5.1 and NVIDIA Nsight Integration for Visual Studio integration under the Nsight menu.