Utilities for All Platforms

Tool Name	Environment Component Applications	Details
CUDA Toolkit nvprof	Host CPU, GPU Profiling	Kernel execution, memory transfer, memory set and CUDA API call profiling; collecting information about CUDA kernel events. CUDA Toolkit Profiler User’s Guide: http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/profiler-users-guide
CUPTI (CUDA Profiling Tools Interface)	Target CPU, GPU Profiling	APIs for developing customized profiling tools. CUDA Toolkit CUPTI: http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/profiler-users-guide/index.html#ixzz42YIf8xJ3
gdb (CUDA graphics debugger)	Target, target/host (client/server) CPU, GPU Debugging	GDB project home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ GDB mailing lists: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/mailing-lists/ GDB bug tracker: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/
DriveInstall for NVIDIA DRIVE™ platforms	Host, target Setup	Set up host development environment; flash OS image to DRIVE platform; compile sample programs and push to DRIVE platform. Available to licensed users for NVIDIA DRIVE™ platforms through NVONLINE.
NVIDIA Nsight™ Eclipse Edition	Host, target CPU, GPU Debugging, profiling	Eclipse plug-in; debugging and profiling for kernel, CUDA, CPU, and GPU. CUDA-MEMCHECK diagnoses memory related problems. Documentation, product description and download: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nsight.html http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/nsight-eclipse-edition-getting-started-guide/index.html#axzz3txfYglUA
NVIDIA® Tegra® Graphics Debugger	Target GPU Debugging, profiling	Performance monitoring, frame debugging, OpenGL ES application profiling. Documentation, product description and download: https://developer.nvidia.com/tegra-graphics-debugger http://docs.nvidia.com/gameworks/index.html#developertools/mobile/tegra_graphics_debugger_main.htm
PerfKit / PerWorks	Target CPU, GPU Profiling	Performance tool suite for OpenGL and Direct3D applications. Supports Tegra X1 and earlier platforms; provided with releases of software that support those platforms. A new tool, PerfWorks, will support Parker platforms. Product description and download: https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-perfkit.
Applies to: Applies to full-source releases only. Tegra Stats	Target CPU, GPU Profiling	Profiling CPU, GPU, and memory utilization. Tegra Stats in the appendix of this Development Guide. Source code: Go to NVIDIA core repository at ./utils/tegrastats.
Tegra system profiler	Host CPU, GPU Profiling	CPU, thread, and cache profiling; multi-core optimization; execution, and workload tracing. Product description, download, and documentation: https://developer.nvidia.com/tegra-system-profiler http://docs.nvidia.com/gameworks/index.html#developertools/mobile/tegra_system_profiler/tegraprofiler_main.htm