Overview

xpu-smi is the command-line interface for Intel(R) XPU Manager. It is built on top of the Intel Level-Zero driver stack and provides local GPU management for Intel(R) Arc Pro Series GPUs.

Global Options

These options are available at the top level (without a subcommand):

-h, --help

Print the help message and exit.

-v, --version

Display version information, including CLI version, build ID, and Level Zero version.

--list-gpus

Print one line per GPU (index, name, UUID) and exit.

--query-gpu=<fields>

Single-shot or looping per-field query. <fields> is a comma-separated list of field names (e.g. temperature.gpu,power.draw). Run xpu-smi --query-gpu with no fields to list all available field names.

Related options used with --query-gpu:

--id <n>, --device <n>

Select GPU by index or PCI BDF address.

--loop[=<sec>]

Repeat query every <sec> seconds (default: 1).

--loop-ms=<ms>

Repeat query every <ms> milliseconds. Takes precedence over --loop.

--count=<n>, -c <n>

Cap the number of loop iterations. Default: infinite.

--format=<spec>

Output format: csv[,noheader][,nounits].

-f <path>, --file=<path>

Redirect output to a file instead of stdout.

Synopsis

xpu-smi [Options]
xpu-smi -v
xpu-smi -h
xpu-smi --list-gpus
xpu-smi --query-gpu=<fields> [--id <n>] [--loop[=<sec>]|--loop-ms=<ms>] [--count=<n>] [--format=csv[,...]]
xpu-smi <command> [command-options]

Running xpu-smi with no arguments displays a GPU status summary of all detected devices.

Command Categories

Command

Linux

Windows

Description

Discovery

Yes

Yes

Discover GPU devices and display device properties

Topology

Yes

Yes

Display system topology and CPU/GPU connectivity

Stats

Yes

Yes

Display GPU performance statistics

Dump

Yes

Yes

Continuously dump raw GPU telemetry to stdout or file

Health

Yes

No

Check GPU component health status

Config

Yes

Yes

Get and change GPU settings

UpdateFW

Yes

Yes

Update GPU firmware (GFX, FDO, GFX_DATA, OP_CODE, OP_DATA, AMC)

AMC

Yes

No

AMC (Add-in Card Management Controller) operations

vGPU

Yes

No

Create and manage virtual GPUs (SR-IOV)

PS

Yes

No

List processes using GPU resources

Log

Yes

No

Collect GPU debug logs

Output Formats

Most commands support two output formats:

  • Text (default): Human-readable tabular output

  • JSON (-j / --json): Machine-readable JSON, suitable for scripting and automation

  • XML (topology -f <file>): System topology exported as an XML file (see Topology)

Device Identification

Most commands accept a device identifier via -d / --device / --id (subcommands) or --device / --id (--query-gpu). Devices can be addressed by either:

  • Device ID: An integer index assigned by the driver (e.g., 0, 1)

  • PCI BDF address: Bus/Device/Function notation (e.g., 0000:4d:00.0)

A comma-separated list combining either form selects multiple devices in a single invocation (e.g., -d 0,1,4 or -d 0,0000:4d:00.0). Most subcommands that accept --device parse this list; duplicate entries are de-duplicated and the requested order is preserved. Some operations still require a single device or behave differently for multiple devices:

  • amc operates on a single device only and does not accept a list.

  • config --reset / config --coldreset act on a single device.

  • health produces separate per-device output only when --list is used.

Refer to each subcommand’s page for its exact device-selection behavior.

–query-gpu Field Reference

--query-gpu accepts a comma-separated list of field names. Fields are grouped by metric category. Run xpu-smi --query-gpu with no argument to print the live list.

Metric Groups (for --metrics )

Group Name

Shortcut

Description

IDENTITY

Device identity fields (name, index, UUID, serial, driver/vbios version, PCI IDs)

MEMORY

m

Memory total/used/free, read/write bandwidth, bandwidth utilization

UTILIZATION

u

GPU, compute, render, media, copy engine utilization (%)

TEMPERATURE

p

GPU core and memory temperatures. Shortcut p also enables POWER.

POWER

p

Power draw, per-tile power, energy consumed, power limits. Shortcut p also enables TEMPERATURE.

CLOCK

c

Current and max graphics/media clock frequencies, throttle reason

PCI

t

PCIe link gen/width (max and current), TX/RX throughput, replay counter

ECC

e

ECC mode, corrected/uncorrected error counts, RAS error categories

EU_ARRAY

x

EU active/stall/idle percentages (Intel Xe only)

FAN

f

Fan speed (%)

ALL

All metrics from all groups

Multi-char combos expand character-by-character (e.g. pu = POWER + TEMPERATURE + UTILIZATION, put adds PCI, pum adds MEMORY).

Available Field Names

Field

Unit

Description

timestamp

Sample timestamp

name (alias: gpu_name)

GPU device name

index

GPU device index

uuid

GPU UUID

serial

Serial number

driver_version

Driver version string

vbios_version

VBIOS version string

pci.bus_id

PCI BDF address

pci.device_id

PCI device ID

pci.sub_device_id

PCI sub-device ID

temperature.gpu

C

GPU core temperature

temperature.memory

C

Memory temperature

power.draw

W

Total GPU power draw

power.draw.gpu

W

Per-tile GPU power draw

power.limit

W

Current power limit

power.max_limit

W

Maximum power limit

energy.consumed

J

Total energy consumed

utilization.gpu

%

Overall GPU utilization

utilization.compute

%

Compute engine utilization

utilization.render

%

Render engine utilization

utilization.media

%

Media engine utilization

utilization.copy

%

Copy engine utilization

utilization.memory

%

Memory bandwidth utilization

memory.total

MiB

Total memory

memory.used

MiB

Used memory

memory.free

MiB

Free memory

memory.read.bandwidth

kB/s

Memory read bandwidth

memory.write.bandwidth

kB/s

Memory write bandwidth

memory.bandwidth.utilization

%

Memory bandwidth utilization

clocks.current.graphics (alias: clocks.current.sm)

MHz

Current graphics/SM clock

clocks.current.media (alias: clocks.current.video)

MHz

Current media/video clock

clocks.max.graphics (alias: clocks.max.sm)

MHz

Max graphics clock

clocks.max.media (alias: clocks.max.video)

MHz

Max media clock

clocks.throttle.reason

Active clock throttle reason flags

pcie.link.gen.max

Maximum PCIe generation

pcie.link.gen.current

Current PCIe generation

pcie.link.width.max

Maximum PCIe link width

pcie.link.width.current

Current PCIe link width

pcie.tx.throughput

MB/s

PCIe transmit throughput

pcie.rx.throughput

MB/s

PCIe receive throughput

pcie.tx.throughput.kbs

kB/s

PCIe transmit throughput (kB/s)

pcie.rx.throughput.kbs

kB/s

PCIe receive throughput (kB/s)

pcie.replay.counter

PCIe replay error counter

ecc.mode.current

ECC mode (enabled/disabled)

ecc.errors.corrected.aggregate.total

Total corrected ECC errors

ecc.errors.uncorrected.aggregate.total

Total uncorrected ECC errors

ecc.errors.aggregate.total

Total ECC errors (corrected + uncorrected)

ras.reset

RAS reset error counter

ras.programming.errors

RAS programming error counter

ras.driver.errors

RAS driver error counter

ras.cache.errors.correctable

RAS correctable cache error counter

ras.cache.errors.uncorrectable

RAS uncorrectable cache error counter

ras.non_compute.errors.correctable

RAS correctable non-compute error counter

ras.non_compute.errors.uncorrectable

RAS uncorrectable non-compute error counter

ras.non_compute.errors.total

RAS non-compute error counter (correctable + uncorrectable)

eu.active

%

EU array active percentage (Intel Xe only)

eu.stall

%

EU array stall percentage (Intel Xe only)

eu.idle

%

EU array idle percentage (Intel Xe only)

fan.speed

%

Fan speed percentage