NVIDIA Nsight#

Overview#

NVIDIA Nsight is a family of GPU profiling, debugging, and analysis tools for CUDA and graphics workloads. Individual tools focus on different tasks in the optimization workflow:

  • Nsight Systems — Timeline profiling of CPU, GPU, and system activity for a full application run.

  • Nsight Graphics — Frame capture and pipeline inspection for graphics APIs.

  • Nsight DL Designer — Visualization and analysis for deep learning models.

  • Nsight Compute — CUDA kernel profiling, memory metrics, and guided performance reports.

The DGX Spark stack follows the broader NVIDIA software release model. Current installers, release notes, supported platforms, and user documentation for each Nsight tool are maintained on the NVIDIA Developer website. Use the pages in the following table to retrieve the latest build for your development system.

Latest Versions#

Tool

NVIDIA Developer Page

Nsight Systems

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Nsight Graphics

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Nsight DL Designer

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Nsight Compute

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