Utilyze
Ranked 3 of 8 system monitors by recommenders
Open source GPU monitoring tool that reports compute and memory throughput against hardware limits, helping spot bottlenecks. Caveat: it does not support AMD GPUs.
Open source GPU monitoring tool that reports compute and memory throughput against hardware limits, helping spot bottlenecks. Caveat: it does not support AMD GPUs.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Shows compute and memory bottlenecks
“It samples hardware performance counters and reports compute and memory throughput relative to the hardware’s theoretical limits.”
Comment from 23 Apr 2026 on Hacker News “Our goal was to separate these bottlenecks out so there's more visibility into where to optimize.”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Utilyze, an open source GPU monitoring tool more accurate than nvtop” Quick answers for hardware choices
“This is actually amazing to quickly figure out whether to switch to HBM or stay on GDDR GPUs”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Utilyze, an open source GPU monitoring tool more accurate than nvtop” “This is an incredibly good first approximation and is often all you need.”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Utilyze, an open source GPU monitoring tool more accurate than nvtop”
Other system monitors people recommend
The four most recommended other system monitors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| btop | 38 | 11 | 78% | 7 | — | Approved |
| htop | 28 | 4 | 88% | 11 | — | Approved |
| UtilyzeThis page | 11 | 2 | 85% | 2 | — | — |
| Stats menu bar system monitor | 10 | 1 | 91% | 5 | — | Approved |
| nvidia-smi | 5 | 4 | 56% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it gives you absolutely no insight into what you’re about to run”
“This feels like the answer to a problem”
“This is actually amazing to quickly figure out whether to switch to HBM or stay on GDDR GPUs”
“Much needed for Nvidia Folks!”
“This is an incredibly good first approximation and is often all you need.”
“Our goal was to separate these bottlenecks out so there's more visibility into where to optimize.”
“you don't actually support AMD gpus”
“it is more helpful for compute visualization”
“It samples hardware performance counters and reports compute and memory throughput relative to the hardware’s theoretical limits.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.