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## 1. Usage

### 1.1. CUPTI Compatibility and Requirements

New versions of the CUDA driver are backwards compatible with older versions of CUPTI. For example, a developer using a profiling tool based on CUPTI 10.0 can update to a more recently released CUDA driver. Refer to the table CUDA Toolkit and Compatible Driver Versions for minimum version of the CUDA driver required for each release of CUPTI from the corresponding CUDA Toolkit release. CUPTI calls will fail with error code `CUPTI_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED` if the CUDA driver version is not compatible with the CUPTI version.

### 1.2. CUPTI Initialization

CUPTI initialization occurs lazily the first time you invoke any CUPTI function. For the Activity, Event, Metric, and Callback APIs there are no requirements on when this initialization must occur (i.e. you can invoke the first CUPTI function at any point). See the CUPTI Activity API section for more information on CUPTI initialization requirements for the activity API.

It is recommended for CUPTI clients to call the API `cuptiSubscribe()` before starting the profiling session i.e. API `cuptiSubscribe()` should be called before calling any other CUPTI API. This API will return the error code `CUPTI_ERROR_MULTIPLE_SUBSCRIBERS_NOT_SUPPORTED` when another CUPTI client is already subscribed. CUPTI client should error out and not make further CUPTI calls if `cuptiSubscribe()` returns an error. This would prevent multiple CUPTI clients to be active at the same time otherwise those might interfere with the profiling state of each other.

### 1.3. CUPTI Activity API

The CUPTI Activity API allows you to asynchronously collect a trace of an application's CPU and GPU CUDA activity. The following terminology is used by the activity API.

Activity Record
  CPU and GPU activity is reported in C data structures called activity records. There is a different C structure type for each activity kind (e.g. `CUpti_ActivityAPI`). Records are generically referred to using the `CUpti_Activity` type. This type contains only a field that indicates the kind of the activity record. Using this kind, the object can be cast from the generic `CUpti_Activity` type to the specific type representing the activity. See the `printActivity` function in the activity_trace_async sample for an example.
Activity Buffer
  An activity buffer is used to transfer one or more activity records from CUPTI to the client. CUPTI fills activity buffers with activity records as the corresponding activities occur on the CPU and GPU. But CUPTI doesn't guarantee any ordering of the activities in the activity buffer as activity records for few activity kinds are added lazily. The CUPTI client is responsible for providing empty activity buffers as necessary to ensure that no records are dropped.

An asynchronous buffering API is implemented by `cuptiActivityRegisterCallbacks` and `cuptiActivityFlushAll`.

It is not required that the activity API be initalized before CUDA initialization. All related activities occuring after initializing the activity API are collected. You can force initialization of the activity API by enabling one or more activity kinds using `cuptiActivityEnable` or `cuptiActivityEnableContext`, as shown in the `initTrace` function of the activity_trace_async sample. Some activity kinds cannot be directly enabled, see the API documentation for `CUpti_ActivityKind` for details. The functions `cuptiActivityEnable` and `cuptiActivityEnableContext` will return `CUPTI_ERROR_NOT_COMPATIBLE` if the requested activity kind cannot be enabled.

The activity buffer API uses callbacks to request and return buffers of activity records. To use the asynchronous buffering API, you must first register two callbacks using `cuptiActivityRegisterCallbacks`. One of these callbacks will be invoked whenever CUPTI needs an empty activity buffer. The other callback is used to deliver a buffer containing one or more activity records to the client. To minimize profiling overhead the client should return as quickly as possible from these callbacks. Client can pre-allocate a pool of activity buffers and return an empty buffer from the pool when requested by CUPTI. Activity buffer size should be chosen carefully, smaller buffers can result in frequent requests by CUPTI and bigger buffers can delay the automatic delivery of completed activity buffers. For typical workloads, it's suggested to choose a size between 1 and 10 MB. The function `cuptiActivityFlushAll` can be used to force CUPTI to deliver any activity buffers that contain completed activity records. The functions `cuptiActivityGetAttribute` and `cuptiActivitySetAttribute` can be used to read and write attributes that control how the buffering API behaves. See the API documentation for more information.

The activity_trace_async sample shows how to use the activity buffer API to collect a trace of CPU and GPU activity for a simple application.

CUPTI Threads

CUPTI creates a worker thread to minimize the perturbance for the application created threads. CUPTI offloads certain operations from the application threads to the worker thread, this incldues synchronization of profiling resources between host and device, delivery of the activity buffers to the client using the buffer completed callback registered in the API `cuptiActivityRegisterCallbacks` etc. To minimize the overhead, CUPTI wakes up the worker thread based on certain heuristics. API `cuptiActivityFlushPeriod` introduced in CUDA 11.1 can be used to control the flush period of the worker thread. This setting overrides the CUPTI heurtistics. It's allowed to use the API `cuptiActivityFlushAll` to flush the data on-demand, even when client sets the periodic flush.

Further, CUPTI creates separate threads when certain activity kinds are enabled. For example, CUPTI creates one thread each for activity kinds `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_UNIFIED_MEMORY_COUNTER` and `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_ENVIRONMENT` to collect the information from the backend.

#### 1.3.1. SASS Source Correlation

While high-level languages for GPU programming like CUDA C offer a useful level of abstraction, convenience, and maintainability, they inherently hide some of the details of the execution on the hardware. It is sometimes helpful to analyze performance problems for a kernel at the assembly instruction level. Reading assembly language is tedious and challenging; CUPTI can help you to build the correlation between lines in your high-level source code and the executed assembly instructions.
Building SASS source correlation for a PC can be split into two parts:

- Correlation of the PC to SASS instruction - subscribe to any one of the `CUPTI_CBID_RESOURCE_MODULE_LOADED`, `CUPTI_CBID_RESOURCE_MODULE_UNLOAD_STARTING`, or `CUPTI_CBID_RESOURCE_MODULE_PROFILED` callbacks. This returns a `CUpti_ModuleResourceData` structure having the CUDA binary. The binary can be disassembled using the nvdisasm utility that comes with the CUDA toolkit. An application can have multiple functions and modules, to uniquely identify there is a `functionId` field in all source level activity records. This uniquely corresponds to a `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_FUNCTION`, which has the unique module ID and function ID in the module.
- Correlation of the SASS instruction to CUDA source line - every source level activity has a `sourceLocatorId` field which uniquely maps to a record of kind `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_SOURCE_LOCATOR`, containing the line and file name information. Please note that multiple PCs can correspond to a single source line.

When any source level activity (global access, branch, PC Sampling, etc.) is enabled, a source locator record is generated for the PCs that have the source level results. The record `CUpti_ActivityInstructionCorrelation` can be used, along with source level activities, to generate SASS assembly instructions to CUDA C source code mapping for all the PCs of the function, and not just the PCs that have the source level results. This can be enabled using the activity kind `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_INSTRUCTION_CORRELATION`.

The sass_source_map sample shows how to map SASS assembly instructions to CUDA C source.

#### 1.3.2. PC Sampling

CUPTI supports device-wide sampling of the program counter (PC). The PC Sampling gives the number of samples for each source and assembly line with various stall reasons. Using this information, you can pinpoint portions of your kernel that are introducing latencies and the reason for the latency. Samples are taken in round robin order for all active warps at a fixed number of cycles, regardless of whether the warp is issuing an instruction or not.

Devices with compute capability 6.0 and higher have a new feature that gives latency reasons. The latency samples indicate the reasons for holes in the issue pipeline. While collecting these samples, there is no instruction issued in the respective warp scheduler, hence these give the latency reasons. The latency reasons will be one of the stall reasons listed in the enum `CUpti_ActivityPCSamplingStallReason`, except stall reason `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_PC_SAMPLING_STALL_NOT_SELECTED`.

The activity record `CUpti_ActivityPCSampling3`, enabled using activity kind `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_PC_SAMPLING`, outputs the stall reason along with PC and other related information. The enum `CUpti_ActivityPCSamplingStallReason` lists all the stall reasons. Sampling period is configurable and can be tuned using API `cuptiActivityConfigurePCSampling`. A wide range of sampling periods, ranging from 2^5 cycles to 2^31 cycles per sample, is supported. This can be controlled through the field `samplingPeriod2` in the PC sampling configuration struct `CUpti_ActivityPCSamplingConfig`. The activity record `CUpti_ActivityPCSamplingRecordInfo` provides the total and dropped samples for each kernel profiled for PC sampling.

This feature is available on devices with compute capability 5.2 and higher, excluding mobile devices. For Pascal and older chips `cuptiActivityConfigurePCSampling` api must be called before enabling activity kind `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_PC_SAMPLING`, for Volta and newer chips order does not matter. For Volta and newer GPU architectures if `cuptiActivityConfigurePCSampling` API is called in the middle of execution, PC sampling configuration will be updated for subsequent kernel launches.

The pc_sampling sample shows how to use these APIs to collect PC Sampling profiling information for a kernel.

#### 1.3.3. NVLink

NVIDIA NVLink is a high-bandwidth, energy-efficient interconnect that enables fast communication between the CPU and GPU, and between GPUs. CUPTI provides NVLink topology information and NVLink transmit/receive throughput metrics.

The activity record `CUpti_ActivityNVLink3`, enabled using activity kind `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_NVLink`, outputs NVLink topology information in terms of logical NVLinks. A logical NVLink is connected between 2 devices, the device can be of type NPU (NVLink Processing Unit), which can be CPU or GPU. Each device can support up to 12 NVLinks, hence one logical link can comprise of 1 to 12 physical NVLinks. The field `physicalNvLinkCount` gives the number of physical links in this logical link. The fields `portDev0` and `portDev1` give information about the slot in which physical NVLinks are connected for a logical link. This port is the same as the instance of NVLink metrics profiled from a device. Therefore, port and instance information should be used to correlate the per-instance metric values with the physical NVLinks, and in turn to the topology. The field `flag` gives the properties of a logical link, whether the link has access to system memory or peer device memory, and has capabilities to do system memory or peer memmory atomics. The field `bandwidth` gives the bandwidth of the logical link in kilobytes/sec.

CUPTI provides some metrics for each physical link. Metrics are provided for data transmitted/received, transmit/receive throughput, and header versus user data overhead for each physical NVLink. These metrics are also provided per packet type (read/write/ atomics/response) to get more detailed insight in the NVLink traffic.

This feature is available on devices with compute capability 6.0 and 7.0. For devices with compute capability 8.0, the NVLink topology information is available but NVLink performance metrics (`nvlrx__*` and `nvltx__*`) are not supported due to a potential application hang during data collection.

The nvlink_bandwidth sample shows how to use these APIs to collect NVLink metrics and topology, as well as how to correlate metrics with the topology.

#### 1.3.4. OpenACC

CUPTI supports collecting information for OpenACC applications using the OpenACC tools interface implementation of the PGI runtime. OpenACC profiling is available only on Linux x86_64, IBM POWER and Arm server platform (arm64 SBSA) platforms. This feature also requires PGI runtime version 19.1 or higher.
The activity records `CUpti_ActivityOpenAccData`, `CUpti_ActivityOpenAccLaunch`, and `CUpti_ActivityOpenAccOther` are created, representing the three groups of callback events specified in the OpenACC tools interface. `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_OPENACC_DATA`, `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_OPENACC_LAUNCH`, and `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_OPENACC_OTHER` can be enabled to collect the respective activity records.
Due to the restrictions of the OpenACC tools interface, CUPTI cannot record OpenACC records from within the client application. Instead, a shared library that exports the `acc_register_library` function defined in the OpenACC tools interface specification must be implemented. Parameters passed into this function from the OpenACC runtime can be used to initialize the CUPTI OpenACC measurement using `cuptiOpenACCInitialize`. Before starting the client application, the environment variable `ACC_PROFLIB` must be set to point to this shared library.
`cuptiOpenACCInitialize` is defined in `cupti_openacc.h`, which is included by `cupti_activity.h`. Since the CUPTI OpenACC header is only available on supported platforms, CUPTI clients must define `CUPTI_OPENACC_SUPPORT` when compiling.
The openacc_trace sample shows how to use CUPTI APIs for OpenACC data collection.

#### 1.3.5. CUDA Graphs

CUPTI can collect trace of CUDA Graphs applications without breaking driver performance optimizations. CUPTI has added fields `graphId` and `graphNodeId` in the kernel, memcpy and memset activity records to denote the unique ID of the graph and the graph node respectively of the GPU activity. CUPTI issues callbacks for graph operations like graph and graph node creation/destruction/cloning and also for executable graph creation/destruction. The cuda_graphs_trace sample shows how to collect GPU trace and API trace for CUDA Graphs and how to correlate a graph node launch to the node creation API by using CUPTI callbacks for graph operations.

#### External Correlation

Starting with CUDA 8.0, CUPTI supports correlation of CUDA API activity records with external APIs. Such APIs include OpenACC, OpenMP, and MPI. This associates CUPTI correlation IDs with IDs provided by the external API. Both IDs are stored in a new activity record of type `CUpti_ActivityExternalCorrelation`.
CUPTI maintains a stack of external correlation IDs per CPU thread and per `CUpti_ExternalCorrelationKind`. Clients must use `cuptiActivityPushExternalCorrelationId` to push an external ID of a specific kind to this stack and `cuptiActivityPopExternalCorrelationId` to remove the latest ID. If a CUDA API activity record is generated while any `CUpti_ExternalCorrelationKind`-stack on the same CPU thread is non-empty, one `CUpti_ActivityExternalCorrelation` record per `CUpti_ExternalCorrelationKind`-stack is inserted into the activity buffer before the respective CUDA API activity record. The CUPTI client is responsible for tracking passed external API correlation IDs, in order to eventually associate external API calls with CUDA API calls.
If both `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_EXTERNAL_CORRELATION` and any of `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_OPENACC_*` activity kinds are enabled, CUPTI will generate external correlation activity records for OpenACC with `externalKind` `CUPTI_EXTERNAL_CORRELATION_KIND_OPENACC`.

#### 1.3.7. Dynamic Attach and Detach

CUPTI provides mechanisms for attaching to or detaching from a running process to support on-demand profiling. CUPTI can be attached by calling any CUPTI API as CUPTI supports lazy initialization. To detach CUPTI, call the API `cuptiFinalize()` which destroys and cleans up all the resources associated with CUPTI in the current process. After CUPTI detaches from the process, the process will keep on running with no CUPTI attached to it. Any subsequent CUPTI API call will reinitialize the CUPTI. You can attach and detach CUPTI any number of times. For safe operation of the API, it is recommended that API `cuptiFinalize()` is invoked from the exit callsite of any of the CUDA Driver or Runtime API. Otherwise CUPTI client needs to make sure that required CUDA synchronization and CUPTI activity buffer flush is done before calling the API `cuptiFinalize()`. Sample code showing the usage of the API `cuptiFinalize()` in the cupti callback handler code:

    void CUPTIAPI
    cuptiCallbackHandler(void *userdata, CUpti_CallbackDomain domain,
        CUpti_CallbackId cbid, void *cbdata)
    {
        const CUpti_CallbackData *cbInfo = (CUpti_CallbackData *)cbdata;

        // Take this code path when CUPTI detach is requested
        if (detachCupti) {
            switch(domain)
            {
            case CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_RUNTIME_API:
            case CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_DRIVER_API:
                if (cbInfo->callbackSite == CUPTI_API_EXIT) {
                    // call the CUPTI detach API
                    cuptiFinalize();
                }
                break;
            default:
                break;
            }
        }
    }

Full code can be found in the sample cupti_finalize.

### 1.4. CUPTI Callback API

The CUPTI Callback API allows you to register a callback into your own code. Your callback will be invoked when the application being profiled calls a CUDA runtime or driver function, or when certain events occur in the CUDA driver. The following terminology is used by the callback API.

Callback Domain
  Callbacks are grouped into domains to make it easier to associate your callback functions with groups of related CUDA functions or events. There are currently four callback domains, as defined by `CUpti_CallbackDomain`: a domain for CUDA runtime functions, a domain for CUDA driver functions, a domain for CUDA resource tracking, and a domain for CUDA synchronization notification.
Callback ID
  Each callback is given a unique ID within the corresponding callback domain so that you can identify it within your callback function. The CUDA driver API IDs are defined in `cupti_driver_cbid.h` and the CUDA runtime API IDs are defined in `cupti_runtime_cbid.h`. Both of these headers are included for you when you include `cupti.h`. The CUDA resource callback IDs are defined by `CUpti_CallbackIdResource`, and the CUDA synchronization callback IDs are defined by `CUpti_CallbackIdSync`.
Callback Function
  Your callback function must be of type `CUpti_CallbackFunc`. This function type has two arguments that specify the callback domain and ID so that you know why the callback is occurring. The type also has a `cbdata` argument that is used to pass data specific to the callback.
Subscriber
  A subscriber is used to associate each of your callback functions with one or more CUDA API functions. There can be at most one subscriber initialized with `cuptiSubscribe()` at any time. Before initializing a new subscriber, the existing subscriber must be finalized with `cuptiUnsubscribe()`.

Each callback domain is described in detail below. Unless explicitly stated, it is not supported to call any CUDA runtime or driver API from within a callback function. Doing so may cause the application to hang.

#### 1.4.1. Driver and Runtime API Callbacks

Using the callback API with the `CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_DRIVER_API` or `CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_RUNTIME_API` domains, you can associate a callback function with one or more CUDA API functions. When those CUDA functions are invoked in the application, your callback function is invoked as well. For these domains, the `cbdata` argument to your callback function will be of the type `CUpti_CallbackData`.

It is legal to call `cudaThreadSynchronize()`, `cudaDeviceSynchronize()`, `cudaStreamSynchronize()`, `cuCtxSynchronize()`, and `cuStreamSynchronize()` from within a driver or runtime API callback function.

The following code shows a typical sequence used to associate a callback function with one or more CUDA API functions. To simplify the presentation, error checking code has been removed.

      CUpti_SubscriberHandle subscriber;
      MyDataStruct *my_data = ...;
      ...
      cuptiSubscribe(&subscriber,
                     (CUpti_CallbackFunc)my_callback , my_data);
      cuptiEnableDomain(1, subscriber,
                        CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_RUNTIME_API);

First, `cuptiSubscribe` is used to initialize a subscriber with the `my_callback` callback function. Next, `cuptiEnableDomain` is used to associate that callback with all the CUDA runtime API functions. Using this code sequence will cause `my_callback` to be called twice each time any of the CUDA runtime API functions are invoked, once on entry to the CUDA function and once just before exit from the CUDA function. CUPTI callback API functions `cuptiEnableCallback` and `cuptiEnableAllDomains` can also be used to associate CUDA API functions with a callback (see reference below for more information).

The following code shows a typical callback function.

    void CUPTIAPI
    my_callback(void *userdata, CUpti_CallbackDomain domain,
                CUpti_CallbackId cbid, const void *cbdata)
    {
      const CUpti_CallbackData *cbInfo = (CUpti_CallbackData *)cbdata;
      MyDataStruct *my_data = (MyDataStruct *)userdata;

      if ((domain == CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_RUNTIME_API) &&
          (cbid == CUPTI_RUNTIME_TRACE_CBID_cudaMemcpy_v3020))  {
        if (cbInfo->callbackSite == CUPTI_API_ENTER) {
            cudaMemcpy_v3020_params *funcParams =
                 (cudaMemcpy_v3020_params *)(cbInfo->
                     functionParams);

            size_t count = funcParams->count;
            enum cudaMemcpyKind kind = funcParams->kind;
            ...
          }
      ...

In your callback function, you use the `CUpti_CallbackDomain` and `CUpti_CallbackID` parameters to determine which CUDA API function invocation is causing this callback. In the example above, we are checking for the CUDA runtime `cudaMemcpy` function. The `cbdata` parameter holds a structure of useful information that can be used within the callback. In this case, we use the `callbackSite` member of the structure to detect that the callback is occurring on entry to `cudaMemcpy`, and we use the `functionParams` member to access the parameters that were passed to `cudaMemcpy`. To access the parameters, we first cast `functionParams` to a structure type corresponding to the `cudaMemcpy` function. These parameter structures are contained in `generated_cuda_runtime_api_meta.h`, `generated_cuda_meta.h`, and a number of other files. When possible, these files are included for you by `cupti.h`.

The callback_event and callback_timestamp samples described on the samples page both show how to use the callback API for the driver and runtime API domains.

#### 1.4.2. Resource Callbacks

Using the callback API with the `CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_RESOURCE` domain, you can associate a callback function with some CUDA resource creation and destruction events. For example, when a CUDA context is created, your callback function will be invoked with a callback ID equal to `CUPTI_CBID_RESOURCE_CONTEXT_CREATED`. For this domain, the `cbdata` argument to your callback function will be of the type `CUpti_ResourceData`.

Note that APIs `cuptiActivityFlush` and `cuptiActivityFlushAll` will result in deadlock when called from stream destroy starting callback identified using callback ID `CUPTI_CBID_RESOURCE_STREAM_DESTROY_STARTING`.

#### 1.4.3. Synchronization Callbacks

Using the callback API with the `CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_SYNCHRONIZE` domain, you can associate a callback function with CUDA context and stream synchronizations. For example, when a CUDA context is synchronized, your callback function will be invoked with a callback ID equal to `CUPTI_CBID_SYNCHRONIZE_CONTEXT_SYNCHRONIZED`. For this domain, the `cbdata` argument to your callback function will be of the type `CUpti_SynchronizeData`.

#### 1.4.4. NVIDIA Tools Extension Callbacks

Using the callback API with the `CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_NVTX` domain, you can associate a callback function with NVIDIA Tools Extension (NVTX) API functions. When an NVTX function is invoked in the application, your callback function is invoked as well. For these domains, the `cbdata` argument to your callback function will be of the type `CUpti_NvtxData`.

The NVTX library has its own convention for discovering the profiling library that will provide the implementation of the NVTX callbacks. To receive callbacks, you must set the NVTX environment variables appropriately so that when the application calls an NVTX function, your profiling library receives the callbacks. The following code sequence shows a typical initialization sequence to enable NVTX callbacks and activity records.

    /* Set env so CUPTI-based profiling library loads on first nvtx call. */
    char *inj32_path = "/path/to/32-bit/version/of/cupti/based/profiling/library";
    char *inj64_path = "/path/to/64-bit/version/of/cupti/based/profiling/library";
    setenv("NVTX_INJECTION32_PATH", inj32_path, 1);
    setenv("NVTX_INJECTION64_PATH", inj64_path, 1);

The following code shows a typical sequence used to associate a callback function with one or more NVTX functions. To simplify the presentation, error checking code has been removed.

    CUpti_SubscriberHandle subscriber;
    MyDataStruct *my_data = ...;
    ...
    cuptiSubscribe(&subscriber,
                   (CUpti_CallbackFunc)my_callback , my_data);
    cuptiEnableDomain(1, subscriber,
                      CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_NVTX);

First, `cuptiSubscribe` is used to initialize a subscriber with the `my_callback` callback function. Next, `cuptiEnableDomain` is used to associate that callback with all the NVTX functions. Using this code sequence will cause `my_callback` to be called once each time any of the NVTX functions are invoked. CUPTI callback API functions `cuptiEnableCallback` and `cuptiEnableAllDomains` can also be used to associate NVTX API functions with a callback (see reference below for more information).

The following code shows a typical callback function.

    void CUPTIAPI
    my_callback(void *userdata, CUpti_CallbackDomain domain,
                CUpti_CallbackId cbid, const void *cbdata)
    {
      const CUpti_NvtxData *nvtxInfo = (CUpti_NvtxData *)cbdata;
      MyDataStruct *my_data = (MyDataStruct *)userdata;

      if ((domain == CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_NVTX) &&
          (cbid == NVTX_CBID_CORE_NameOsThreadA))  {
        nvtxNameOsThreadA_params *params = (nvtxNameOsThreadA_params *)nvtxInfo->
                 functionParams;
        ...
      }
      ...

In your callback function, you use the `CUpti_CallbackDomain` and `CUpti_CallbackID` parameters to determine which NVTX API function invocation is causing this callback. In the example above, we are checking for the `nvtxNameOsThreadA` function. The `cbdata` parameter holds a structure of useful information that can be used within the callback. In this case, we use the `functionParams` member to access the parameters that were passed to `nvtxNameOsThreadA`. To access the parameters, we first cast `functionParams` to a structure type corresponding to the `nvtxNameOsThreadA` function. These parameter structures are contained in `generated_nvtx_meta.h`.

### 1.5. CUPTI Event API

The CUPTI Event API allows you to query, configure, start, stop, and read the event counters on a CUDA-enabled device. The following terminology is used by the event API.

Event
  An event is a countable activity, action, or occurrence on a device.
Event ID
  Each event is assigned a unique identifier. A named event will represent the same activity, action, or occurrence on all device types. But the named event may have different IDs on different device families. Use `cuptiEventGetIdFromName` to get the ID for a named event on a particular device.
Event Category
  Each event is placed in one of the categories defined by `CUpti_EventCategory`. The category indicates the general type of activity, action, or occurrence measured by the event.
Event Domain
  A device exposes one or more event domains. Each event domain represents a group of related events available on that device. A device may have multiple instances of a domain, indicating that the device can simultaneously record multiple instances of each event within that domain.
Event Group
  An event group is a collection of events that are managed together. The number and type of events that can be added to an event group are subject to device-specific limits. At any given time, a device may be configured to count events from a limited number of event groups. All events in an event group must belong to the same event domain.
Event Group Set
  An event group set is a collection of event groups that can be enabled at the same time. Event group sets are created by `cuptiEventGroupSetsCreate` and `cuptiMetricCreateEventGroupSets`.

You can determine the events available on a device using the `cuptiDeviceEnumEventDomains` and `cuptiEventDomainEnumEvents` functions. The cupti_query sample described on the samples page shows how to use these functions. You can also enumerate all the CUPTI events available on any device using the `cuptiEnumEventDomains` function.

Configuring and reading event counts requires the following steps. First, select your event collection mode. If you want to count events that occur during the execution of a kernel, use `cuptiSetEventCollectionMode` to set mode `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_KERNEL`. If you want to continuously sample the event counts, use mode `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_CONTINUOUS`. Next, determine the names of the events that you want to count, and then use the `cuptiEventGroupCreate`, `cuptiEventGetIdFromName`, and `cuptiEventGroupAddEvent` functions to create and initialize an event group with those events. If you are unable to add all the events to a single event group, then you will need to create multiple event groups. Alternatively, you can use the `cuptiEventGroupSetsCreate` function to automatically create the event group(s) required for a set of events.

It's possible that all the requested events can't be collected in the single pass due to hardware or software limitations, one needs to replay the exact same set of GPU workloads multiple times. Number of passes can be queried using the API `cuptiEventGroupSetsCreate`. Profiling one event always takes single pass. Multiple passes might be required when we want to profile multiple events together. Code snippet showing how to query number of passes:

    CUpti_EventGroupSets *eventGroupSets = NULL;
    size_t eventIdArraySize = sizeof(CUpti_EventID) * numEvents;
    CUpti_EventID *eventIdArray = (CUpti_EventID *)malloc(sizeof(CUpti_EventID) * numEvents);
    // fill in event Ids
    cuptiEventGroupSetsCreate(context, eventIdArraySize, eventIdArray, &eventGroupSets);
    // number of passes required to collect all the events
    passes = eventGroupSets->numSets;

To begin counting a set of events, enable the event group or groups that contain those events by using the `cuptiEventGroupEnable` function. If your events are contained in multiple event groups, you may be unable to enable all of the event groups at the same time i.e. in the same pass. In this case, you can gather the events across multiple executions of the application or you can enable kernel replay. If you enable kernel replay using `cuptiEnableKernelReplayMode`, you will be able to enable any number of event groups and all the contained events will be collected.

Use the `cuptiEventGroupReadEvent` and/or `cuptiEventGroupReadAllEvents` functions to read the event values. When you are done collecting events, use the `cuptiEventGroupDisable` function to stop counting the events contained in an event group. The callback_event sample described on the samples page shows how to use these functions to create, enable, and disable event groups, and how to read event counts.

Note: For event collection mode `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_KERNEL`, event or metric collection may significantly change the overall performance characteristics of the application because all kernel executions that occur between the `cuptiEventGroupEnable` and `cuptiEventGroupDisable` calls are serialized on the GPU. This can be avoided by using mode `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_CONTINUOUS`, and restricting profiling to events and metrics that can be collected in a single pass.
Note: All the events and metrics except NVLink metrics are collected at the context level, irrespective of the event collection mode. That is, events or metrics can be attributed to the context being profiled and values can be accurately collected, when multiple contexts are executing on the GPU. NVLink metrics are collected at device level for all event collection modes.

In a system with multiple GPUs, events can be collected simultaneously on all the GPUs; in other words, event profiling doesn't enforce any serialization of work across GPUs. The event_multi_gpu sample shows how to use the CUPTI event and CUDA APIs on such setups.

Note: Events APIs from the header cupti_events.h are not supported for devices with compute capability 7.5 and higher. It is advised to use the CUPTI Profiling API instead. Refer to the section Migration to the Profiling API.

#### 1.5.1. Collecting Kernel Execution Events

A common use of the event API is to count a set of events during the execution of a kernel (as demonstrated by the callback_event sample). The following code shows a typical callback used for this purpose. Assume that the callback was enabled only for a kernel launch using the CUDA runtime (i.e., by `cuptiEnableCallback(1, subscriber, CUPTI_CB_DOMAIN_RUNTIME_API, CUPTI_RUNTIME_TRACE_CBID_cudaLaunch_v3020)`. To simplify the presentation, error checking code has been removed.

    static void CUPTIAPI
    getEventValueCallback(void *userdata,
                          CUpti_CallbackDomain domain,
                          CUpti_CallbackId cbid,
                          const void *cbdata)
    {
      const CUpti_CallbackData *cbData =
                    (CUpti_CallbackData *)cbdata;

      if (cbData->callbackSite == CUPTI_API_ENTER) {
        cudaDeviceSynchronize();
        cuptiSetEventCollectionMode(cbInfo->context,
                                    CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_KERNEL);
        cuptiEventGroupEnable(eventGroup);
      }

      if (cbData->callbackSite == CUPTI_API_EXIT) {
        cudaDeviceSynchronize();
        cuptiEventGroupReadEvent(eventGroup,
                                 CUPTI_EVENT_READ_FLAG_NONE,
                                 eventId,
                                 &bytesRead, &eventVal);

        cuptiEventGroupDisable(eventGroup);
      }
    }

Two synchronization points are used to ensure that events are counted only for the execution of the kernel. If the application contains other threads that launch kernels, then additional thread-level synchronization must also be introduced to ensure that those threads do not launch kernels while the callback is collecting events. When the cudaLaunch API is entered (that is, before the kernel is actually launched on the device), `cudaDeviceSynchronize` is used to wait until the GPU is idle. The event collection mode is set to `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_KERNEL` so that the event counters are automatically started and stopped just before and after the kernel executes. Then event collection is enabled with `cuptiEventGroupEnable`.

When the cudaLaunch API is exited (that is, after the kernel is queued for execution on the GPU) another `cudaDeviceSynchronize` is used to cause the CPU thread to wait for the kernel to finish execution. Finally, the event counts are read with `cuptiEventGroupReadEvent`.

#### 1.5.2. Sampling Events

The event API can also be used to sample event values while a kernel or kernels are executing (as demonstrated by the event_sampling sample). The sample shows one possible way to perform the sampling. The event collection mode is set to `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_CONTINUOUS` so that the event counters run continuously. Two threads are used in event_sampling: one thread schedules the kernels and memcpys that perform the computation, while another thread wakes up periodically to sample an event counter. In this sample, there is no correlation of the event samples with what is happening on the GPU. To get some coarse correlation, you can use `cuptiDeviceGetTimestamp` to collect the GPU timestamp at the time of the sample and also at other interesting points in your application.

### 1.6. CUPTI Metric API

The CUPTI Metric API allows you to collect application metrics calculated from one or more event values. The following terminology is used by the metric API.

Metric
  A characteristic of an application that is calculated from one or more event values.
Metric ID
  Each metric is assigned a unique identifier. A named metric will represent the same characteristic on all device types. But the named metric may have different IDs on different device families. Use `cuptiMetricGetIdFromName` to get the ID for a named metric on a particular device.
Metric Category
  Each metric is placed in one of the categories defined by `CUpti_MetricCategory`. The category indicates the general type of the characteristic measured by the metric.
Metric Property
  Each metric is calculated from input values. These input values can be events or properties of the device or system. The available properties are defined by `CUpti_MetricPropertyID`.
Metric Value
  Each metric has a value that represents one of the kinds defined by `CUpti_MetricValueKind`. For each value kind, there is a corresponding member of the `CUpti_MetricValue` union that is used to hold the metric's value.

The tables included in this section list the metrics available for each device, as determined by the device's compute capability. You can also determine the metrics available on a device using the `cuptiDeviceEnumMetrics` function. The cupti_query sample described on the samples page shows how to use this function. You can also enumerate all the CUPTI metrics available on any device using the `cuptiEnumMetrics` function.

CUPTI provides two functions for calculating a metric value. `cuptiMetricGetValue2` can be used to calculate a metric value when the device is not available. All required event values and metric properties must be provided by the caller. `cuptiMetricGetValue` can be used to calculate a metric value when the device is available (as a CUdevice object). All required event values must be provided by the caller, but CUPTI will determine the appropriate property values from the CUdevice object.

Configuring and calculating metric values requires the following steps. First, determine the name of the metric that you want to collect, and then use the `cuptiMetricGetIdFromName` to get the metric ID. Use `cuptiMetricEnumEvents` to get the events required to calculate the metric, and follow instructions in the CUPTI Event API section to create the event groups for those events. When creating event groups in this manner, it is important to use the result of `cuptiMetricGetRequiredEventGroupSets` to properly group together events that must be collected in the same pass to ensure proper metric calculation.

Alternatively, you can use the `cuptiMetricCreateEventGroupSets` function to automatically create the event group(s) required for metrics' events. When using this function, events will be grouped as required to most accurately calculate the metric; as a result, it is not necessary to use `cuptiMetricGetRequiredEventGroupSets`.

If you are using `cuptiMetricGetValue2`, then you must also collect the required metric property values using `cuptiMetricEnumProperties`.

Collect event counts as described in the CUPTI Event API section, and then use either `cuptiMetricGetValue` or `cuptiMetricGetValue2` to calculate the metric value from the collected event and property values. The callback_metric sample described on the samples page shows how to use the functions to calculate event values and calculate a metric using `cuptiMetricGetValue`. Note that as shown in the example, you should collect event counts from all domain instances, and normalize the counts to get the most accurate metric values. It is necessary to normalize the event counts because the number of event counter instances varies by device and by the event being counted.

For example, a device might have 8 multiprocessors but only have event counters for 4 of the multiprocessors, and might have 3 memory units and only have events counters for one memory unit. When calculating a metric that requires a multiprocessor event and a memory unit event, the 4 multiprocessor counters should be summed and multiplied by 2 to normalize the event count across the entire device. Similarly, the one memory unit counter should be multiplied by 3 to normalize the event count across the entire device. The normalized values can then be passed to `cuptiMetricGetValue` or `cuptiMetricGetValue2` to calculate the metric value.

As described, the normalization assumes the kernel executes a sufficient number of blocks to completely load the device. If the kernel has only a small number of blocks, normalizing across the entire device may skew the result.

It's possible that all the requested metrics can't be collected in the single pass due to hardware or software limitations, one needs to replay the exact same set of GPU workloads multiple times. Number of passes can be queried using the API `cuptiMetricCreateEventGroupSets`. Profiling a single metric can also take multiple passes depending on the number and type of events it is calculated from. Code snippet showing how to query number of passes:

    CUpti_EventGroupSets *eventGroupSets = NULL;
    size_t metricIdArraySize = sizeof(CUpti_MetricID) * numMetrics;
    CUpti_MetricID metricIdArray = (CUpti_MetricID *)malloc(sizeof(CUpti_MetricID) * numMetrics);
    // fill in metric Ids
    cuptiMetricCreateEventGroupSets(context, metricIdArraySize, metricIdArray, &eventGroupSets);
    // number of passes required to collect all the metrics
    passes = eventGroupSets->numSets;

Note: Metrics APIs from the header cupti_metrics.h are not supported for devices with compute capability 7.5 and higher. It is advised to use the CUPTI Profiling API instead. Refer to the section Migration to the Profiling API.

#### 1.6.1. Metrics Reference

This section contains detailed descriptions of the metrics that can be collected by the CUPTI. A scope value of "Single-context" indicates that the metric can only be accurately collected when a single context (CUDA or graphics) is executing on the GPU. A scope value of "Multi-context" indicates that the metric can be accurately collected when multiple contexts are executing on the GPU. A scope value of "Device" indicates that the metric will be collected at device level, that is, it will include values for all the contexts executing on the GPU.

##### 1.6.1.1. Metrics for Capability 3.x

Devices with compute capability 3.x implement the metrics shown in the following table. Note that for some metrics, the "Multi-context" scope is supported only for specific devices. Such metrics are marked with "Multi-context*" under the "Scope" column. Refer to the note at the bottom of the table.

Table 1. Capability 3.x Metrics
Metric Name | Description | Scope
--- | --- | ---
achieved_occupancy | Ratio of the average active warps per active cycle to the maximum number of warps supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context
alu_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute integer and floating-point arithmetic instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
atomic_replay_overhead | Average number of replays due to atomic and reduction bank conflicts for each instruction executed | Multi-context
atomic_throughput | Global memory atomic and reduction throughput | Multi-context
atomic_transactions | Global memory atomic and reduction transactions | Multi-context
atomic_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory atomic and reduction transactions performed for each atomic and reduction instruction | Multi-context
branch_efficiency | Ratio of non-divergent branches to total branches expressed as percentage. This is available for compute capability 3.0. | Multi-context
cf_executed | Number of executed control-flow instructions | Multi-context
cf_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute control-flow instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
cf_issued | Number of issued control-flow instructions | Multi-context
dram_read_throughput | Device memory read throughput. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
dram_read_transactions | Device memory read transactions. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
dram_utilization | The utilization level of the device memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context*
dram_write_throughput | Device memory write throughput. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
dram_write_transactions | Device memory write transactions. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
ecc_throughput | ECC throughput from L2 to DRAM. This is available for compute capability 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
ecc_transactions | Number of ECC transactions between L2 and DRAM. This is available for compute capability 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
eligible_warps_per_cycle | Average number of warps that are eligible to issue per active cycle | Multi-context
flop_count_dp | Number of double-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_add | Number of double-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_fma | Number of double-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_mul | Number of double-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
flop_count_sp | Number of single-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. The count does not include special operations. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_add | Number of single-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_fma | Number of single-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_mul | Number of single-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_special | Number of single-precision floating-point special operations executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
flop_dp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak double-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
flop_sp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak single-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
gld_efficiency | Ratio of requested global memory load throughput to required global memory load throughput expressed as percentage | Multi-context*
gld_requested_throughput | Requested global memory load throughput | Multi-context
gld_throughput | Global memory load throughput | Multi-context*
gld_transactions | Number of global memory load transactions | Multi-context*
gld_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory load transactions performed for each global memory load | Multi-context*
global_cache_replay_overhead | Average number of replays due to global memory cache misses for each instruction executed | Multi-context
global_replay_overhead | Average number of replays due to global memory cache misses | Multi-context
gst_efficiency | Ratio of requested global memory store throughput to required global memory store throughput expressed as percentage | Multi-context*
gst_requested_throughput | Requested global memory store throughput | Multi-context
gst_throughput | Global memory store throughput | Multi-context*
gst_transactions | Number of global memory store transactions | Multi-context*
gst_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory store transactions performed for each global memory store | Multi-context*
inst_bit_convert | Number of bit-conversion instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_compute_ld_st | Number of compute load/store instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_control | Number of control-flow instructions executed by non-predicated threads (jump, branch, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_executed | The number of instructions executed | Multi-context
inst_fp_32 | Number of single-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_fp_64 | Number of double-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_integer | Number of integer instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_inter_thread_communication | Number of inter-thread communication instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_issued | The number of instructions issued | Multi-context
inst_misc | Number of miscellaneous instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_per_warp | Average number of instructions executed by each warp | Multi-context
inst_replay_overhead | Average number of replays for each instruction executed | Multi-context
ipc | Instructions executed per cycle | Multi-context
ipc_instance | Instructions executed per cycle for a single multiprocessor | Multi-context
issue_slot_utilization | Percentage of issue slots that issued at least one instruction, averaged across all cycles | Multi-context
issue_slots | The number of issue slots used | Multi-context
issued_ipc | Instructions issued per cycle | Multi-context
l1_cache_global_hit_rate | Hit rate in L1 cache for global loads | Multi-context*
l1_cache_local_hit_rate | Hit rate in L1 cache for local loads and stores | Multi-context*
l1_shared_utilization | The utilization level of the L1/shared memory relative to peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
l2_atomic_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for atomic and reduction requests | Multi-context*
l2_atomic_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for atomic and reduction requests | Multi-context*
l2_l1_read_hit_rate | Hit rate at L2 cache for all read requests from L1 cache. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
l2_l1_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for read requests from L1 cache. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
l2_l1_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for all read requests from L1 cache. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
l2_l1_write_throughput | Memory write throughput seen at L2 cache for write requests from L1 cache. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
l2_l1_write_transactions | Memory write transactions seen at L2 cache for all write requests from L1 cache. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
l2_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for all read requests | Multi-context*
l2_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for all read requests | Multi-context*
l2_tex_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for read requests from the texture cache | Multi-context*
l2_tex_read_hit_rate | Hit rate at L2 cache for all read requests from texture cache. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
l2_tex_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for read requests from the texture cache | Multi-context*
l2_utilization | The utilization level of the L2 cache relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context*
l2_write_throughput | Memory write throughput seen at L2 cache for all write requests | Multi-context*
l2_write_transactions | Memory write transactions seen at L2 cache for all write requests | Multi-context*
ldst_executed | Number of executed local, global, shared and texture memory load and store instructions | Multi-context
ldst_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute global, local and shared memory instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
ldst_issued | Number of issued local, global, shared and texture memory load and store instructions | Multi-context
local_load_throughput | Local memory load throughput | Multi-context*
local_load_transactions | Number of local memory load transactions | Multi-context*
local_load_transactions_per_request | Average number of local memory load transactions performed for each local memory load | Multi-context*
local_memory_overhead | Ratio of local memory traffic to total memory traffic between the L1 and L2 caches expressed as percentage. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
local_replay_overhead | Average number of replays due to local memory accesses for each instruction executed | Multi-context
local_store_throughput | Local memory store throughput | Multi-context*
local_store_transactions | Number of local memory store transactions | Multi-context*
local_store_transactions_per_request | Average number of local memory store transactions performed for each local memory store | Multi-context*
nc_cache_global_hit_rate | Hit rate in non coherent cache for global loads | Multi-context*
nc_gld_efficiency | Ratio of requested non coherent global memory load throughput to required non coherent global memory load throughput expressed as percentage | Multi-context*
nc_gld_requested_throughput | Requested throughput for global memory loaded via non-coherent cache | Multi-context
nc_gld_throughput | Non coherent global memory load throughput | Multi-context*
nc_l2_read_throughput | Memory read throughput for non coherent global read requests seen at L2 cache | Multi-context*
nc_l2_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for non coherent global read requests | Multi-context*
shared_efficiency | Ratio of requested shared memory throughput to required shared memory throughput expressed as percentage | Multi-context*
shared_load_throughput | Shared memory load throughput | Multi-context*
shared_load_transactions | Number of shared memory load transactions | Multi-context*
shared_load_transactions_per_request | Average number of shared memory load transactions performed for each shared memory load | Multi-context*
shared_replay_overhead | Average number of replays due to shared memory conflicts for each instruction executed | Multi-context
shared_store_throughput | Shared memory store throughput | Multi-context*
shared_store_transactions | Number of shared memory store transactions | Multi-context*
shared_store_transactions_per_request | Average number of shared memory store transactions performed for each shared memory store | Multi-context*
sm_efficiency | The percentage of time at least one warp is active on a multiprocessor averaged over all multiprocessors on the GPU | Multi-context*
sm_efficiency_instance | The percentage of time at least one warp is active on a specific multiprocessor | Multi-context*
stall_constant_memory_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because of immediate constant cache miss. This is available for compute capability 3.2, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context
stall_exec_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because an input required by the instruction is not yet available | Multi-context
stall_inst_fetch | Percentage of stalls occurring because the next assembly instruction has not yet been fetched | Multi-context
stall_memory_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because a memory operation cannot be performed due to the required resources not being available or fully utilized, or because too many requests of a given type are outstanding. | Multi-context
stall_memory_throttle | Percentage of stalls occurring because of memory throttle. | Multi-context
stall_not_selected | Percentage of stalls occurring because warp was not selected. | Multi-context
stall_other | Percentage of stalls occurring due to miscellaneous reasons | Multi-context
stall_pipe_busy | Percentage of stalls occurring because a compute operation cannot be performed because the compute pipeline is busy. This is available for compute capability 3.2, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context
stall_sync | Percentage of stalls occurring because the warp is blocked at a __syncthreads() call | Multi-context
stall_texture | Percentage of stalls occurring because the texture sub-system is fully utilized or has too many outstanding requests | Multi-context
sysmem_read_throughput | System memory read throughput. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
sysmem_read_transactions | System memory read transactions. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
sysmem_read_utilization | The read utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context
sysmem_utilization | The utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
sysmem_write_throughput | System memory write throughput. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
sysmem_write_transactions | System memory write transactions. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context*
sysmem_write_utilization | The write utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 3.0, 3.5 and 3.7. | Multi-context
tex_cache_hit_rate | Texture cache hit rate | Multi-context*
tex_cache_throughput | Texture cache throughput | Multi-context*
tex_cache_transactions | Texture cache read transactions | Multi-context*
tex_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute texture instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
tex_utilization | The utilization level of the texture cache relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context*
warp_execution_efficiency | Ratio of the average active threads per warp to the maximum number of threads per warp supported on a multiprocessor expressed as percentage | Multi-context
warp_nonpred_execution_efficiency | Ratio of the average active threads per warp executing non-predicated instructions to the maximum number of threads per warp supported on a multiprocessor expressed as percentage | Multi-context

* The "Multi-context" scope for this metric is supported only for devices with compute capability 3.0, 3.5, and 3.7.

##### 1.6.1.2. Metrics for Capability 5.x

Devices with compute capability 5.x implement the metrics shown in the following table. Note that for some metrics, the "Multi-context" scope is supported only for specific devices. Such metrics are marked with "Multi-context*" under the "Scope" column. Refer to the note at the bottom of the table.

Table 2. Capability 5.x Metrics
Metric Name | Description | Scope
--- | --- | ---
achieved_occupancy | Ratio of the average active warps per active cycle to the maximum number of warps supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context
atomic_transactions | Global memory atomic and reduction transactions | Multi-context
atomic_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory atomic and reduction transactions performed for each atomic and reduction instruction | Multi-context
branch_efficiency | Ratio of non-divergent branches to total branches expressed as percentage | Multi-context
cf_executed | Number of executed control-flow instructions | Multi-context
cf_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute control-flow instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
cf_issued | Number of issued control-flow instructions | Multi-context
double_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute double-precision floating-point instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
dram_read_bytes | Total bytes read from DRAM to L2 cache. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
dram_read_throughput | Device memory read throughput. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
dram_read_transactions | Device memory read transactions. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
dram_utilization | The utilization level of the device memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context*
dram_write_bytes | Total bytes written from L2 cache to DRAM. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
dram_write_throughput | Device memory write throughput. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
dram_write_transactions | Device memory write transactions. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
ecc_throughput | ECC throughput from L2 to DRAM. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
ecc_transactions | Number of ECC transactions between L2 and DRAM. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
eligible_warps_per_cycle | Average number of warps that are eligible to issue per active cycle | Multi-context
flop_count_dp | Number of double-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply, and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_add | Number of double-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_fma | Number of double-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_mul | Number of double-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp | Number of half-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. This is available for compute capability 5.3. | Multi-context*
flop_count_hp_add | Number of half-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. This is available for compute capability 5.3. | Multi-context*
flop_count_hp_fma | Number of half-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. This is available for compute capability 5.3. | Multi-context*
flop_count_hp_mul | Number of half-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. This is available for compute capability 5.3. | Multi-context*
flop_count_sp | Number of single-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply, and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. The count does not include special operations. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_add | Number of single-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_fma | Number of single-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_mul | Number of single-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_special | Number of single-precision floating-point special operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_dp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak double-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
flop_hp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak half-precision floating-point operations. This is available for compute capability 5.3. | Multi-context*
flop_sp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak single-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
gld_efficiency | Ratio of requested global memory load throughput to required global memory load throughput expressed as percentage. | Multi-context*
gld_requested_throughput | Requested global memory load throughput | Multi-context
gld_throughput | Global memory load throughput | Multi-context*
gld_transactions | Number of global memory load transactions | Multi-context*
gld_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory load transactions performed for each global memory load. | Multi-context*
global_atomic_requests | Total number of global atomic(Atom and Atom CAS) requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_hit_rate | Hit rate for global loads in unified l1/tex cache. Metric value maybe wrong if malloc is used in kernel. | Multi-context*
global_load_requests | Total number of global load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_reduction_requests | Total number of global reduction requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_store_requests | Total number of global store requests from Multiprocessor. This does not include atomic requests. | Multi-context
gst_efficiency | Ratio of requested global memory store throughput to required global memory store throughput expressed as percentage. | Multi-context*
gst_requested_throughput | Requested global memory store throughput | Multi-context
gst_throughput | Global memory store throughput | Multi-context*
gst_transactions | Number of global memory store transactions | Multi-context*
gst_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory store transactions performed for each global memory store | Multi-context*
half_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute 16 bit floating-point instructions and integer instructions on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 5.3. | Multi-context*
inst_bit_convert | Number of bit-conversion instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_compute_ld_st | Number of compute load/store instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_control | Number of control-flow instructions executed by non-predicated threads (jump, branch, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_executed | The number of instructions executed | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_atomics | Warp level instructions for global atom and atom cas | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_loads | Warp level instructions for global loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_reductions | Warp level instructions for global reductions | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_stores | Warp level instructions for global stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_local_loads | Warp level instructions for local loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_local_stores | Warp level instructions for local stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_atomics | Warp level shared instructions for atom and atom CAS | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_loads | Warp level instructions for shared loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_stores | Warp level instructions for shared stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_atomics | Warp level instructions for surface atom and atom cas | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_loads | Warp level instructions for surface loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_reductions | Warp level instructions for surface reductions | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_stores | Warp level instructions for surface stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_tex_ops | Warp level instructions for texture | Multi-context
inst_fp_16 | Number of half-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) This is available for compute capability 5.3. | Multi-context*
inst_fp_32 | Number of single-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_fp_64 | Number of double-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_integer | Number of integer instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_inter_thread_communication | Number of inter-thread communication instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_issued | The number of instructions issued | Multi-context
inst_misc | Number of miscellaneous instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_per_warp | Average number of instructions executed by each warp | Multi-context
inst_replay_overhead | Average number of replays for each instruction executed | Multi-context
ipc | Instructions executed per cycle | Multi-context
issue_slot_utilization | Percentage of issue slots that issued at least one instruction, averaged across all cycles | Multi-context
issue_slots | The number of issue slots used | Multi-context
issued_ipc | Instructions issued per cycle | Multi-context
l2_atomic_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for atomic and reduction requests | Multi-context
l2_atomic_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for atomic and reduction requests | Multi-context*
l2_global_atomic_store_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified cache for global atomics (ATOM and ATOM CAS) | Multi-context*
l2_global_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in Unified Cache for global loads | Multi-context*
l2_global_reduction_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified cache for global reductions | Multi-context*
l2_local_global_store_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified Cache for local and global stores. This does not include global atomics. | Multi-context*
l2_local_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in Unified Cache for local loads | Multi-context*
l2_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for all read requests | Multi-context*
l2_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for all read requests | Multi-context*
l2_surface_atomic_store_bytes | Bytes transferred between Unified Cache and L2 for surface atomics (ATOM and ATOM CAS) | Multi-context*
l2_surface_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in Unified Cache for surface loads | Multi-context*
l2_surface_reduction_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified Cache for surface reductions | Multi-context*
l2_surface_store_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified Cache for surface stores. This does not include surface atomics. | Multi-context*
l2_tex_hit_rate | Hit rate at L2 cache for all requests from texture cache | Multi-context*
l2_tex_read_hit_rate | Hit rate at L2 cache for all read requests from texture cache. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
l2_tex_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for read requests from the texture cache | Multi-context*
l2_tex_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for read requests from the texture cache | Multi-context*
l2_tex_write_hit_rate | Hit Rate at L2 cache for all write requests from texture cache. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
l2_tex_write_throughput | Memory write throughput seen at L2 cache for write requests from the texture cache | Multi-context*
l2_tex_write_transactions | Memory write transactions seen at L2 cache for write requests from the texture cache | Multi-context*
l2_utilization | The utilization level of the L2 cache relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context*
l2_write_throughput | Memory write throughput seen at L2 cache for all write requests | Multi-context*
l2_write_transactions | Memory write transactions seen at L2 cache for all write requests | Multi-context*
ldst_executed | Number of executed local, global, shared and texture memory load and store instructions | Multi-context
ldst_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute shared load, shared store and constant load instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
ldst_issued | Number of issued local, global, shared and texture memory load and store instructions | Multi-context
local_hit_rate | Hit rate for local loads and stores | Multi-context*
local_load_requests | Total number of local load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context*
local_load_throughput | Local memory load throughput | Multi-context*
local_load_transactions | Number of local memory load transactions | Multi-context*
local_load_transactions_per_request | Average number of local memory load transactions performed for each local memory load | Multi-context*
local_memory_overhead | Ratio of local memory traffic to total memory traffic between the L1 and L2 caches expressed as percentage | Multi-context*
local_store_requests | Total number of local store requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context*
local_store_throughput | Local memory store throughput | Multi-context*
local_store_transactions | Number of local memory store transactions | Multi-context*
local_store_transactions_per_request | Average number of local memory store transactions performed for each local memory store | Multi-context*
pcie_total_data_received | Total data bytes received through PCIe | Device
pcie_total_data_transmitted | Total data bytes transmitted through PCIe | Device
shared_efficiency | Ratio of requested shared memory throughput to required shared memory throughput expressed as percentage | Multi-context*
shared_load_throughput | Shared memory load throughput | Multi-context*
shared_load_transactions | Number of shared memory load transactions | Multi-context*
shared_load_transactions_per_request | Average number of shared memory load transactions performed for each shared memory load | Multi-context*
shared_store_throughput | Shared memory store throughput | Multi-context*
shared_store_transactions | Number of shared memory store transactions | Multi-context*
shared_store_transactions_per_request | Average number of shared memory store transactions performed for each shared memory store | Multi-context*
shared_utilization | The utilization level of the shared memory relative to peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context*
single_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute single-precision floating-point instructions and integer instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
sm_efficiency | The percentage of time at least one warp is active on a specific multiprocessor | Multi-context*
special_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute sin, cos, ex2, popc, flo, and similar instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
stall_constant_memory_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because of immediate constant cache miss | Multi-context
stall_exec_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because an input required by the instruction is not yet available | Multi-context
stall_inst_fetch | Percentage of stalls occurring because the next assembly instruction has not yet been fetched | Multi-context
stall_memory_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because a memory operation cannot be performed due to the required resources not being available or fully utilized, or because too many requests of a given type are outstanding | Multi-context
stall_memory_throttle | Percentage of stalls occurring because of memory throttle | Multi-context
stall_not_selected | Percentage of stalls occurring because warp was not selected | Multi-context
stall_other | Percentage of stalls occurring due to miscellaneous reasons | Multi-context
stall_pipe_busy | Percentage of stalls occurring because a compute operation cannot be performed because the compute pipeline is busy | Multi-context
stall_sync | Percentage of stalls occurring because the warp is blocked at a __syncthreads() call | Multi-context
stall_texture | Percentage of stalls occurring because the texture sub-system is fully utilized or has too many outstanding requests | Multi-context
surface_atomic_requests | Total number of surface atomic(Atom and Atom CAS) requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_load_requests | Total number of surface load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_reduction_requests | Total number of surface reduction requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_store_requests | Total number of surface store requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
sysmem_read_bytes | Number of bytes read from system memory | Multi-context*
sysmem_read_throughput | System memory read throughput | Multi-context*
sysmem_read_transactions | Number of system memory read transactions | Multi-context*
sysmem_read_utilization | The read utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context
sysmem_utilization | The utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
sysmem_write_bytes | Number of bytes written to system memory | Multi-context*
sysmem_write_throughput | System memory write throughput | Multi-context*
sysmem_write_transactions | Number of system memory write transactions | Multi-context*
sysmem_write_utilization | The write utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 5.0 and 5.2. | Multi-context*
tex_cache_hit_rate | Unified cache hit rate | Multi-context*
tex_cache_throughput | Unified cache throughput | Multi-context*
tex_cache_transactions | Unified cache read transactions | Multi-context*
tex_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute global, local and texture memory instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
tex_utilization | The utilization level of the unified cache relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context*
texture_load_requests | Total number of texture Load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
warp_execution_efficiency | Ratio of the average active threads per warp to the maximum number of threads per warp supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context
warp_nonpred_execution_efficiency | Ratio of the average active threads per warp executing non-predicated instructions to the maximum number of threads per warp supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context

* The "Multi-context" scope for this metric is supported only for devices with compute capability 5.0 and 5.2.

##### 1.6.1.3. Metrics for Capability 6.x

Devices with compute capability 6.x implement the metrics shown in the following table.

Table 3. Capability 6.x Metrics
Metric Name | Description | Scope
--- | --- | ---
achieved_occupancy | Ratio of the average active warps per active cycle to the maximum number of warps supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context
atomic_transactions | Global memory atomic and reduction transactions | Multi-context
atomic_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory atomic and reduction transactions performed for each atomic and reduction instruction | Multi-context
branch_efficiency | Ratio of non-divergent branches to total branches expressed as percentage | Multi-context
cf_executed | Number of executed control-flow instructions | Multi-context
cf_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute control-flow instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
cf_issued | Number of issued control-flow instructions | Multi-context
double_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute double-precision floating-point instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
dram_read_bytes | Total bytes read from DRAM to L2 cache | Multi-context
dram_read_throughput | Device memory read throughput. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
dram_read_transactions | Device memory read transactions. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
dram_utilization | The utilization level of the device memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
dram_write_bytes | Total bytes written from L2 cache to DRAM | Multi-context
dram_write_throughput | Device memory write throughput. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
dram_write_transactions | Device memory write transactions. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
ecc_throughput | ECC throughput from L2 to DRAM. This is available for compute capability 6.1. | Multi-context
ecc_transactions | Number of ECC transactions between L2 and DRAM. This is available for compute capability 6.1. | Multi-context
eligible_warps_per_cycle | Average number of warps that are eligible to issue per active cycle | Multi-context
flop_count_dp | Number of double-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply, and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_add | Number of double-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_fma | Number of double-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_mul | Number of double-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp | Number of half-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply, and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp_add | Number of half-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp_fma | Number of half-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp_mul | Number of half-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp | Number of single-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply, and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. The count does not include special operations. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_add | Number of single-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_fma | Number of single-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_mul | Number of single-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_special | Number of single-precision floating-point special operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_dp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak double-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
flop_hp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak half-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
flop_sp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak single-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
gld_efficiency | Ratio of requested global memory load throughput to required global memory load throughput expressed as percentage. | Multi-context
gld_requested_throughput | Requested global memory load throughput | Multi-context
gld_throughput | Global memory load throughput | Multi-context
gld_transactions | Number of global memory load transactions | Multi-context
gld_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory load transactions performed for each global memory load. | Multi-context
global_atomic_requests | Total number of global atomic(Atom and Atom CAS) requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_hit_rate | Hit rate for global loads in unified l1/tex cache. Metric value maybe wrong if malloc is used in kernel. | Multi-context
global_load_requests | Total number of global load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_reduction_requests | Total number of global reduction requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_store_requests | Total number of global store requests from Multiprocessor. This does not include atomic requests. | Multi-context
gst_efficiency | Ratio of requested global memory store throughput to required global memory store throughput expressed as percentage. | Multi-context
gst_requested_throughput | Requested global memory store throughput | Multi-context
gst_throughput | Global memory store throughput | Multi-context
gst_transactions | Number of global memory store transactions | Multi-context
gst_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory store transactions performed for each global memory store | Multi-context
half_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute 16 bit floating-point instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
inst_bit_convert | Number of bit-conversion instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_compute_ld_st | Number of compute load/store instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_control | Number of control-flow instructions executed by non-predicated threads (jump, branch, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_executed | The number of instructions executed | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_atomics | Warp level instructions for global atom and atom cas | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_loads | Warp level instructions for global loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_reductions | Warp level instructions for global reductions | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_stores | Warp level instructions for global stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_local_loads | Warp level instructions for local loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_local_stores | Warp level instructions for local stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_atomics | Warp level shared instructions for atom and atom CAS | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_loads | Warp level instructions for shared loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_stores | Warp level instructions for shared stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_atomics | Warp level instructions for surface atom and atom cas | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_loads | Warp level instructions for surface loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_reductions | Warp level instructions for surface reductions | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_stores | Warp level instructions for surface stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_tex_ops | Warp level instructions for texture | Multi-context
inst_fp_16 | Number of half-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_fp_32 | Number of single-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_fp_64 | Number of double-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_integer | Number of integer instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_inter_thread_communication | Number of inter-thread communication instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_issued | The number of instructions issued | Multi-context
inst_misc | Number of miscellaneous instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_per_warp | Average number of instructions executed by each warp | Multi-context
inst_replay_overhead | Average number of replays for each instruction executed | Multi-context
ipc | Instructions executed per cycle | Multi-context
issue_slot_utilization | Percentage of issue slots that issued at least one instruction, averaged across all cycles | Multi-context
issue_slots | The number of issue slots used | Multi-context
issued_ipc | Instructions issued per cycle | Multi-context
l2_atomic_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for atomic and reduction requests | Multi-context
l2_atomic_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for atomic and reduction requests | Multi-context
l2_global_atomic_store_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified cache for global atomics (ATOM and ATOM CAS) | Multi-context
l2_global_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in Unified Cache for global loads | Multi-context
l2_global_reduction_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified cache for global reductions | Multi-context
l2_local_global_store_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified Cache for local and global stores. This does not include global atomics. | Multi-context
l2_local_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in Unified Cache for local loads | Multi-context
l2_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for all read requests | Multi-context
l2_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for all read requests | Multi-context
l2_surface_atomic_store_bytes | Bytes transferred between Unified Cache and L2 for surface atomics (ATOM and ATOM CAS) | Multi-context
l2_surface_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in Unified Cache for surface loads | Multi-context
l2_surface_reduction_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified Cache for surface reductions | Multi-context
l2_surface_store_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from Unified Cache for surface stores. This does not include surface atomics. | Multi-context
l2_tex_hit_rate | Hit rate at L2 cache for all requests from texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_read_hit_rate | Hit rate at L2 cache for all read requests from texture cache. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
l2_tex_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for read requests from the texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for read requests from the texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_write_hit_rate | Hit Rate at L2 cache for all write requests from texture cache. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
l2_tex_write_throughput | Memory write throughput seen at L2 cache for write requests from the texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_write_transactions | Memory write transactions seen at L2 cache for write requests from the texture cache | Multi-context
l2_utilization | The utilization level of the L2 cache relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
l2_write_throughput | Memory write throughput seen at L2 cache for all write requests | Multi-context
l2_write_transactions | Memory write transactions seen at L2 cache for all write requests | Multi-context
ldst_executed | Number of executed local, global, shared and texture memory load and store instructions | Multi-context
ldst_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute shared load, shared store and constant load instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
ldst_issued | Number of issued local, global, shared and texture memory load and store instructions | Multi-context
local_hit_rate | Hit rate for local loads and stores | Multi-context
local_load_requests | Total number of local load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
local_load_throughput | Local memory load throughput | Multi-context
local_load_transactions | Number of local memory load transactions | Multi-context
local_load_transactions_per_request | Average number of local memory load transactions performed for each local memory load | Multi-context
local_memory_overhead | Ratio of local memory traffic to total memory traffic between the L1 and L2 caches expressed as percentage | Multi-context
local_store_requests | Total number of local store requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
local_store_throughput | Local memory store throughput | Multi-context
local_store_transactions | Number of local memory store transactions | Multi-context
local_store_transactions_per_request | Average number of local memory store transactions performed for each local memory store | Multi-context
nvlink_overhead_data_received | Ratio of overhead data to the total data, received through NVLink. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_overhead_data_transmitted | Ratio of overhead data to the total data, transmitted through NVLink. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_receive_throughput | Number of bytes received per second through NVLinks. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_total_data_received | Total data bytes received through NVLinks including headers. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_total_data_transmitted | Total data bytes transmitted through NVLinks including headers. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_total_nratom_data_transmitted | Total non-reduction atomic data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_total_ratom_data_transmitted | Total reduction atomic data bytes transmitted through NVLinks This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_total_response_data_received | Total response data bytes received through NVLink, response data includes data for read requests and result of non-reduction atomic requests. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_total_write_data_transmitted | Total write data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_transmit_throughput | Number of Bytes Transmitted per second through NVLinks. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_user_data_received | User data bytes received through NVLinks, doesn't include headers. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_user_data_transmitted | User data bytes transmitted through NVLinks, doesn't include headers. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_user_nratom_data_transmitted | Total non-reduction atomic user data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_user_ratom_data_transmitted | Total reduction atomic user data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_user_response_data_received | Total user response data bytes received through NVLink, response data includes data for read requests and result of non-reduction atomic requests. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
nvlink_user_write_data_transmitted | User write data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. This is available for compute capability 6.0. | Device
pcie_total_data_received | Total data bytes received through PCIe | Device
pcie_total_data_transmitted | Total data bytes transmitted through PCIe | Device
shared_efficiency | Ratio of requested shared memory throughput to required shared memory throughput expressed as percentage | Multi-context
shared_load_throughput | Shared memory load throughput | Multi-context
shared_load_transactions | Number of shared memory load transactions | Multi-context
shared_load_transactions_per_request | Average number of shared memory load transactions performed for each shared memory load | Multi-context
shared_store_throughput | Shared memory store throughput | Multi-context
shared_store_transactions | Number of shared memory store transactions | Multi-context
shared_store_transactions_per_request | Average number of shared memory store transactions performed for each shared memory store | Multi-context
shared_utilization | The utilization level of the shared memory relative to peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
single_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute single-precision floating-point instructions and integer instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
sm_efficiency | The percentage of time at least one warp is active on a specific multiprocessor | Multi-context
special_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute sin, cos, ex2, popc, flo, and similar instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
stall_constant_memory_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because of immediate constant cache miss | Multi-context
stall_exec_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because an input required by the instruction is not yet available | Multi-context
stall_inst_fetch | Percentage of stalls occurring because the next assembly instruction has not yet been fetched | Multi-context
stall_memory_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because a memory operation cannot be performed due to the required resources not being available or fully utilized, or because too many requests of a given type are outstanding | Multi-context
stall_memory_throttle | Percentage of stalls occurring because of memory throttle | Multi-context
stall_not_selected | Percentage of stalls occurring because warp was not selected | Multi-context
stall_other | Percentage of stalls occurring due to miscellaneous reasons | Multi-context
stall_pipe_busy | Percentage of stalls occurring because a compute operation cannot be performed because the compute pipeline is busy | Multi-context
stall_sync | Percentage of stalls occurring because the warp is blocked at a __syncthreads() call | Multi-context
stall_texture | Percentage of stalls occurring because the texture sub-system is fully utilized or has too many outstanding requests | Multi-context
surface_atomic_requests | Total number of surface atomic(Atom and Atom CAS) requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_load_requests | Total number of surface load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_reduction_requests | Total number of surface reduction requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_store_requests | Total number of surface store requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
sysmem_read_bytes | Number of bytes read from system memory | Multi-context
sysmem_read_throughput | System memory read throughput | Multi-context
sysmem_read_transactions | Number of system memory read transactions | Multi-context
sysmem_read_utilization | The read utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
sysmem_utilization | The utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
sysmem_write_bytes | Number of bytes written to system memory | Multi-context
sysmem_write_throughput | System memory write throughput | Multi-context
sysmem_write_transactions | Number of system memory write transactions | Multi-context
sysmem_write_utilization | The write utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10. This is available for compute capability 6.0 and 6.1. | Multi-context
tex_cache_hit_rate | Unified cache hit rate | Multi-context
tex_cache_throughput | Unified cache throughput | Multi-context
tex_cache_transactions | Unified cache read transactions | Multi-context
tex_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute global, local and texture memory instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
tex_utilization | The utilization level of the unified cache relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
texture_load_requests | Total number of texture Load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
unique_warps_launched | Number of warps launched. Value is unaffected by compute preemption. | Multi-context
warp_execution_efficiency | Ratio of the average active threads per warp to the maximum number of threads per warp supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context
warp_nonpred_execution_efficiency | Ratio of the average active threads per warp executing non-predicated instructions to the maximum number of threads per warp supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context

##### 1.6.1.4. Metrics for Capability 7.0

Devices with compute capability 7.0 implement the metrics shown in the following table.

Table 4. Capability 7.x (7.0 and 7.2) Metrics
Metric Name | Description | Scope
--- | --- | ---
achieved_occupancy | Ratio of the average active warps per active cycle to the maximum number of warps supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context
atomic_transactions | Global memory atomic and reduction transactions | Multi-context
atomic_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory atomic and reduction transactions performed for each atomic and reduction instruction | Multi-context
branch_efficiency | Ratio of branch instruction to sum of branch and divergent branch instruction | Multi-context
cf_executed | Number of executed control-flow instructions | Multi-context
cf_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute control-flow instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
cf_issued | Number of issued control-flow instructions | Multi-context
double_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute double-precision floating-point instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
dram_read_bytes | Total bytes read from DRAM to L2 cache | Multi-context
dram_read_throughput | Device memory read throughput | Multi-context
dram_read_transactions | Device memory read transactions | Multi-context
dram_utilization | The utilization level of the device memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
dram_write_bytes | Total bytes written from L2 cache to DRAM | Multi-context
dram_write_throughput | Device memory write throughput | Multi-context
dram_write_transactions | Device memory write transactions | Multi-context
eligible_warps_per_cycle | Average number of warps that are eligible to issue per active cycle | Multi-context
flop_count_dp | Number of double-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply, and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_add | Number of double-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_fma | Number of double-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_dp_mul | Number of double-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp | Number of half-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply, and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate contributes 2 or 4 to the count based on the number of inputs. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp_add | Number of half-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp_fma | Number of half-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate contributes 2 or 4 to the count based on the number of inputs. | Multi-context
flop_count_hp_mul | Number of half-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp | Number of single-precision floating-point operations executed by non-predicated threads (add, multiply, and multiply-accumulate). Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 2 to the count. The count does not include special operations. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_add | Number of single-precision floating-point add operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_fma | Number of single-precision floating-point multiply-accumulate operations executed by non-predicated threads. Each multiply-accumulate operation contributes 1 to the count. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_mul | Number of single-precision floating-point multiply operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_count_sp_special | Number of single-precision floating-point special operations executed by non-predicated threads. | Multi-context
flop_dp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak double-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
flop_hp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak half-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
flop_sp_efficiency | Ratio of achieved to peak single-precision floating-point operations | Multi-context
gld_efficiency | Ratio of requested global memory load throughput to required global memory load throughput expressed as percentage. | Multi-context
gld_requested_throughput | Requested global memory load throughput | Multi-context
gld_throughput | Global memory load throughput | Multi-context
gld_transactions | Number of global memory load transactions | Multi-context
gld_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory load transactions performed for each global memory load. | Multi-context
global_atomic_requests | Total number of global atomic(Atom and Atom CAS) requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_hit_rate | Hit rate for global load and store in unified l1/tex cache | Multi-context
global_load_requests | Total number of global load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_reduction_requests | Total number of global reduction requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
global_store_requests | Total number of global store requests from Multiprocessor. This does not include atomic requests. | Multi-context
gst_efficiency | Ratio of requested global memory store throughput to required global memory store throughput expressed as percentage. | Multi-context
gst_requested_throughput | Requested global memory store throughput | Multi-context
gst_throughput | Global memory store throughput | Multi-context
gst_transactions | Number of global memory store transactions | Multi-context
gst_transactions_per_request | Average number of global memory store transactions performed for each global memory store | Multi-context
half_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute 16 bit floating-point instructions on a scale of 0 to 10. Note that this doesn't specify the utilization level of tensor core unit | Multi-context
inst_bit_convert | Number of bit-conversion instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_compute_ld_st | Number of compute load/store instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_control | Number of control-flow instructions executed by non-predicated threads (jump, branch, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_executed | The number of instructions executed | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_atomics | Warp level instructions for global atom and atom cas | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_loads | Warp level instructions for global loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_reductions | Warp level instructions for global reductions | Multi-context
inst_executed_global_stores | Warp level instructions for global stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_local_loads | Warp level instructions for local loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_local_stores | Warp level instructions for local stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_atomics | Warp level shared instructions for atom and atom CAS | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_loads | Warp level instructions for shared loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_shared_stores | Warp level instructions for shared stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_atomics | Warp level instructions for surface atom and atom cas | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_loads | Warp level instructions for surface loads | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_reductions | Warp level instructions for surface reductions | Multi-context
inst_executed_surface_stores | Warp level instructions for surface stores | Multi-context
inst_executed_tex_ops | Warp level instructions for texture | Multi-context
inst_fp_16 | Number of half-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_fp_32 | Number of single-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_fp_64 | Number of double-precision floating-point instructions executed by non-predicated threads (arithmetic, compare, etc.) | Multi-context
inst_integer | Number of integer instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_inter_thread_communication | Number of inter-thread communication instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_issued | The number of instructions issued | Multi-context
inst_misc | Number of miscellaneous instructions executed by non-predicated threads | Multi-context
inst_per_warp | Average number of instructions executed by each warp | Multi-context
inst_replay_overhead | Average number of replays for each instruction executed | Multi-context
ipc | Instructions executed per cycle | Multi-context
issue_slot_utilization | Percentage of issue slots that issued at least one instruction, averaged across all cycles | Multi-context
issue_slots | The number of issue slots used | Multi-context
issued_ipc | Instructions issued per cycle | Multi-context
l2_atomic_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for atomic and reduction requests | Multi-context
l2_atomic_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for atomic and reduction requests | Multi-context
l2_global_atomic_store_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from L1 for global atomics (ATOM and ATOM CAS) | Multi-context
l2_global_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in L1 for global loads | Multi-context
l2_local_global_store_bytes | Bytes written to L2 from L1 for local and global stores. This does not include global atomics. | Multi-context
l2_local_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in L1 for local loads | Multi-context
l2_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for all read requests | Multi-context
l2_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for all read requests | Multi-context
l2_surface_load_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in L1 for surface loads | Multi-context
l2_surface_store_bytes | Bytes read from L2 for misses in L1 for surface stores | Multi-context
l2_tex_hit_rate | Hit rate at L2 cache for all requests from texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_read_hit_rate | Hit rate at L2 cache for all read requests from texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_read_throughput | Memory read throughput seen at L2 cache for read requests from the texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_read_transactions | Memory read transactions seen at L2 cache for read requests from the texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_write_hit_rate | Hit Rate at L2 cache for all write requests from texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_write_throughput | Memory write throughput seen at L2 cache for write requests from the texture cache | Multi-context
l2_tex_write_transactions | Memory write transactions seen at L2 cache for write requests from the texture cache | Multi-context
l2_utilization | The utilization level of the L2 cache relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
l2_write_throughput | Memory write throughput seen at L2 cache for all write requests | Multi-context
l2_write_transactions | Memory write transactions seen at L2 cache for all write requests | Multi-context
ldst_executed | Number of executed local, global, shared and texture memory load and store instructions | Multi-context
ldst_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute shared load, shared store and constant load instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
ldst_issued | Number of issued local, global, shared and texture memory load and store instructions | Multi-context
local_hit_rate | Hit rate for local loads and stores | Multi-context
local_load_requests | Total number of local load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
local_load_throughput | Local memory load throughput | Multi-context
local_load_transactions | Number of local memory load transactions | Multi-context
local_load_transactions_per_request | Average number of local memory load transactions performed for each local memory load | Multi-context
local_memory_overhead | Ratio of local memory traffic to total memory traffic between the L1 and L2 caches expressed as percentage | Multi-context
local_store_requests | Total number of local store requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
local_store_throughput | Local memory store throughput | Multi-context
local_store_transactions | Number of local memory store transactions | Multi-context
local_store_transactions_per_request | Average number of local memory store transactions performed for each local memory store | Multi-context
nvlink_overhead_data_received | Ratio of overhead data to the total data, received through NVLink. | Device
nvlink_overhead_data_transmitted | Ratio of overhead data to the total data, transmitted through NVLink. | Device
nvlink_receive_throughput | Number of bytes received per second through NVLinks. | Device
nvlink_total_data_received | Total data bytes received through NVLinks including headers. | Device
nvlink_total_data_transmitted | Total data bytes transmitted through NVLinks including headers. | Device
nvlink_total_nratom_data_transmitted | Total non-reduction atomic data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. | Device
nvlink_total_ratom_data_transmitted | Total reduction atomic data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. | Device
nvlink_total_response_data_received | Total response data bytes received through NVLink, response data includes data for read requests and result of non-reduction atomic requests. | Device
nvlink_total_write_data_transmitted | Total write data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. | Device
nvlink_transmit_throughput | Number of Bytes Transmitted per second through NVLinks. | Device
nvlink_user_data_received | User data bytes received through NVLinks, doesn't include headers. | Device
nvlink_user_data_transmitted | User data bytes transmitted through NVLinks, doesn't include headers. | Device
nvlink_user_nratom_data_transmitted | Total non-reduction atomic user data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. | Device
nvlink_user_ratom_data_transmitted | Total reduction atomic user data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. | Device
nvlink_user_response_data_received | Total user response data bytes received through NVLink, response data includes data for read requests and result of non-reduction atomic requests. | Device
nvlink_user_write_data_transmitted | User write data bytes transmitted through NVLinks. | Device
pcie_total_data_received | Total data bytes received through PCIe | Device
pcie_total_data_transmitted | Total data bytes transmitted through PCIe | Device
shared_efficiency | Ratio of requested shared memory throughput to required shared memory throughput expressed as percentage | Multi-context
shared_load_throughput | Shared memory load throughput | Multi-context
shared_load_transactions | Number of shared memory load transactions | Multi-context
shared_load_transactions_per_request | Average number of shared memory load transactions performed for each shared memory load | Multi-context
shared_store_throughput | Shared memory store throughput | Multi-context
shared_store_transactions | Number of shared memory store transactions | Multi-context
shared_store_transactions_per_request | Average number of shared memory store transactions performed for each shared memory store | Multi-context
shared_utilization | The utilization level of the shared memory relative to peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
single_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute single-precision floating-point instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
sm_efficiency | The percentage of time at least one warp is active on a specific multiprocessor | Multi-context
special_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute sin, cos, ex2, popc, flo, and similar instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
stall_constant_memory_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because of immediate constant cache miss | Multi-context
stall_exec_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because an input required by the instruction is not yet available | Multi-context
stall_inst_fetch | Percentage of stalls occurring because the next assembly instruction has not yet been fetched | Multi-context
stall_memory_dependency | Percentage of stalls occurring because a memory operation cannot be performed due to the required resources not being available or fully utilized, or because too many requests of a given type are outstanding | Multi-context
stall_memory_throttle | Percentage of stalls occurring because of memory throttle | Multi-context
stall_not_selected | Percentage of stalls occurring because warp was not selected | Multi-context
stall_other | Percentage of stalls occurring due to miscellaneous reasons | Multi-context
stall_pipe_busy | Percentage of stalls occurring because a compute operation cannot be performed because the compute pipeline is busy | Multi-context
stall_sleeping | Percentage of stalls occurring because warp was sleeping | Multi-context
stall_sync | Percentage of stalls occurring because the warp is blocked at a __syncthreads() call | Multi-context
stall_texture | Percentage of stalls occurring because the texture sub-system is fully utilized or has too many outstanding requests | Multi-context
surface_atomic_requests | Total number of surface atomic(Atom and Atom CAS) requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_load_requests | Total number of surface load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_reduction_requests | Total number of surface reduction requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
surface_store_requests | Total number of surface store requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
sysmem_read_bytes | Number of bytes read from system memory | Multi-context
sysmem_read_throughput | System memory read throughput | Multi-context
sysmem_read_transactions | Number of system memory read transactions | Multi-context
sysmem_read_utilization | The read utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
sysmem_utilization | The utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
sysmem_write_bytes | Number of bytes written to system memory | Multi-context
sysmem_write_throughput | System memory write throughput | Multi-context
sysmem_write_transactions | Number of system memory write transactions | Multi-context
sysmem_write_utilization | The write utilization level of the system memory relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
tensor_precision_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute tensor core instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
tensor_int_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute tensor core int8 instructions on a scale of 0 to 10. This metric is only available for device with compute capability 7.2. | Multi-context
tex_cache_hit_rate | Unified cache hit rate | Multi-context
tex_cache_throughput | Unified cache to Multiprocessor read throughput | Multi-context
tex_cache_transactions | Unified cache to Multiprocessor read transactions | Multi-context
tex_fu_utilization | The utilization level of the multiprocessor function units that execute global, local and texture memory instructions on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
tex_utilization | The utilization level of the unified cache relative to the peak utilization on a scale of 0 to 10 | Multi-context
texture_load_requests | Total number of texture Load requests from Multiprocessor | Multi-context
warp_execution_efficiency | Ratio of the average active threads per warp to the maximum number of threads per warp supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context
warp_nonpred_execution_efficiency | Ratio of the average active threads per warp executing non-predicated instructions to the maximum number of threads per warp supported on a multiprocessor | Multi-context

### 1.7. CUPTI Profiling API

Starting with CUDA 10.0, a new set of metric APIs are added for the devices with compute capability 7.0 and higher. These APIs provide low and deterministic profiling overhead on the target system. These APIs are supported on all CUDA supported platforms except Mac and Android.

This section covers performance profiling Host and Target APIs for CUDA. Broadly profiling APIs are divided into following four sections:

- Enumeration (Host)
- Configuration (Host)
- Collection (Target)
- Evaluation (Host)

Host APIs provide a metric interface for enumeration, configuration and evaluation that doesn't require a compute(GPU) device, and can also run in an offline mode. In the samples section under extensions, profiler host utility covers the usage of host APIs. Target APIs are used for data collection of the metrics and requires a compute (GPU) device. Refer to samples auto_rangeProfiling and userrange_profiling for usage of profiling APIs.

The list of metrics has been overhauled from earlier generation metrics and event APIs, to support a standard naming convention based upon `unit__(subunit?)_(pipestage?)_quantity_qualifiers`

#### 1.7.1. Multi Pass Collection

NVIDIA GPU hardware has a limited number of counter registers and cannot collect all possible counters concurrently. There are also limitations on which counters can be collected together in a single pass. This is resolved by replaying the exact same set of GPU workloads multiple times, where each replay is termed a pass. On each pass, a different subset of requested counters are collected. Once all passes are collected, the data is available for evaluation. Certain metrics have many counters as inputs; adding a single metric may require many passes to collect. CUPTI APIs support multi pass collection through different collection attributes.

Sample cupti_metric_properties shows how to query number of passes required to collect a set of counters.

#### 1.7.2. Range Profiling

Each profiling session runs a series of replay passes, where each pass contains a sequence of ranges. Every metric enabled in the session's configuration is collected separately per unique range-stack in the pass. CUPTI supports auto and user defined ranges.

##### 1.7.2.1. Auto Range

In a session with auto range mode, ranges are defined around each kernel automatically with a unique name assigned to each range, while profiling is enabled. This mode is useful for tight metric collection around each kernel. A user can choose one of the supported replay modes, pseudo code for each is described below:

##### Kernel Replay

The replay logic (multiple pass, if needed) is done by CUPTI implicitly (opaque to the user), and usage of CUPTI replay API's `cuptiProfilerBeginPass` and `cuptiProfilerEndPass` will be a no-op in this mode. This mode is useful for collecting metrics around a kernel in tight control. Each kernel launch is synchronized to segregate its metrics into a separate range, and a CPU-GPU sync is made to ensure the profiled data is collected from GPU. Counter Collection can be enabled and disabled with `cuptiProfilerEnableProfiling` and `cuptiProfilerDisableProfiling`. Refer to the sample autorange_profiling

    /* Assume Inputs(counterDataImagePrefix and configImage) from configuration phase at host */
    void Collection(std::vector<uint8_t>& counterDataImagePrefix, std::vector<uint8_t>& configImage)
    {
    	CUpti_Profiler_Initialize_Params profilerInitializeParams = { CUpti_Profiler_Initialize_Params_STRUCT_SIZE };
    	cuptiProfilerInitialize(&profilerInitializeParams);

    	std::vector<uint8_t> counterDataImages;
    	std::vector<uint8_t> counterDataScratchBuffer;
    	CreateCounterDataImage(counterDataImages, counterDataScratchBuffer, counterDataImagePrefix);

    	CUpti_Profiler_BeginSession_Params beginSessionParams = { CUpti_Profiler_BeginSession_Params_STRUCT_SIZE };
    	CUpti_ProfilerRange profilerRange = CUPTI_AutoRange;
    	CUpti_ProfilerReplayMode profilerReplayMode = CUPTI_KernelReplay;

    	beginSessionParams.ctx = NULL;
    	beginSessionParams.counterDataImageSize = counterDataImage.size();
    	beginSessionParams.pCounterDataImage = &counterDataImage[0];
    	beginSessionParams.counterDataScratchBufferSize = counterDataScratchBuffer.size();
    	beginSessionParams.pCounterDataScratchBuffer = &counterDataScratchBuffer[0];
    	beginSessionParams.range = profilerRange;
    	beginSessionParams.replayMode = profilerReplayMode;
    	beginSessionParams.maxRangesPerPass = num_ranges;
    	beginSessionParams.maxLaunchesPerPass = num_ranges;

    	cuptiProfilerBeginSession(&beginSessionParams));

    	CUpti_Profiler_SetConfig_Params setConfigParams = { CUpti_Profiler_SetConfig_Params_STRUCT_SIZE };
    	setConfigParams.pConfig = &configImage[0];
    	setConfigParams.configSize = configImage.size();

    	cuptiProfilerSetConfig(&setConfigParams));

    	kernelA <<<grid, tids >>>(...);                  // KernelA not profiled

    	CUpti_Profiler_EnableProfiling_Params enableProfilingParams = { CUpti_Profiler_EnableProfiling_Params_STRUCT_SIZE };
    	cuptiProfilerEnableProfiling(&enableProfilingParams);
    	{

    		kernelB <<<grid, tids >>>(...);              // KernelB profiled and captured in an unique range.
    		kernelC <<<grid, tids >>>(...);              // KernelC profiled and captured in an unique range.
    		kernelD <<<grid, tids >>>(...);              // KernelD profiled and captured in an unique range.
    	}

    	CUpti_Profiler_DisableProfiling_Params disableProfilingParams = { CUpti_Profiler_DisableProfiling_Params_STRUCT_SIZE };
    	cuptiProfilerDisableProfiling(&disableProfilingParams);

    	kernelE <<<grid, tids >>>(...);                  // KernelE not profiled

    	CUpti_Profiler_UnsetConfig_Params unsetConfigParams = { CUpti_Profiler_UnsetConfig_Params_STRUCT_SIZE };
    	cuptiProfilerUnsetConfig(&unsetConfigParams);

    	CUpti_Profiler_EndSession_Params endSessionParams = { CUpti_Profiler_EndSession_Params_STRUCT_SIZE };
    	cuptiProfilerEndSession(&endSessionParams);
    }

##### User Replay

The replay (multiple passes, if needed) is done by the user using the replay API's `cuptiProfilerBeginPass` and `cuptiProfilerEndPass`. It is user responsibility to flush the counter data `cuptiProfilerFlushCounterData` before ending the session to ensure collection of metric data in CPU. Counter collection can be enabled and disabled with `cuptiProfilerEnableProfiling`/ `cuptiProfilerDisableProfiling`. Refer to the sample autorange_profiling

        /* Assume Inputs(counterDataImagePrefix and configImage) from configuration phase at host */

        void Collection(std::vector<uint8_t>& counterDataImagePrefix, std::vector<uint8_t>& configImage)
        {
            CUpti_Profiler_Initialize_Params profilerInitializeParams = {CUpti_Profiler_Initialize_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            cuptiProfilerInitialize(&profilerInitializeParams);

            std::vector<uint8_t> counterDataImages;
            std::vector<uint8_t> counterDataScratchBuffer;
            CreateCounterDataImage(counterDataImages, counterDataScratchBuffer, counterDataImagePrefix);

            CUpti_Profiler_BeginSession_Params beginSessionParams = {CUpti_Profiler_BeginSession_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            CUpti_ProfilerRange profilerRange = CUPTI_AutoRange;
            CUpti_ProfilerReplayMode profilerReplayMode = CUPTI_UserReplay;

            beginSessionParams.ctx = NULL;
            beginSessionParams.counterDataImageSize = counterDataImage.size();
            beginSessionParams.pCounterDataImage = &counterDataImage[0];
            beginSessionParams.counterDataScratchBufferSize = counterDataScratchBuffer.size();
            beginSessionParams.pCounterDataScratchBuffer = &counterDataScratchBuffer[0];
            beginSessionParams.range = profilerRange;
            beginSessionParams.replayMode = profilerReplayMode;
            beginSessionParams.maxRangesPerPass = num_ranges;
            beginSessionParams.maxLaunchesPerPass = num_ranges;

            cuptiProfilerBeginSession(&beginSessionParams));

            CUpti_Profiler_SetConfig_Params setConfigParams = {CUpti_Profiler_SetConfig_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            setConfigParams.pConfig = &configImage[0];
            setConfigParams.configSize = configImage.size();

            cuptiProfilerSetConfig(&setConfigParams));

            CUpti_Profiler_FlushCounterData_Params cuptiFlushCounterDataParams =        {CUpti_Profiler_FlushCounterData_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};

            CUpti_Profiler_EnableProfiling_Params enableProfilingParams =       {CUpti_Profiler_EnableProfiling_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};

            CUpti_Profiler_DisableProfiling_Params disableProfilingParams =         {CUpti_Profiler_DisableProfiling_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};

            kernelA<<<grid, tids>>>(...);                  // KernelA neither profiled, nor replayed

            CUpti_Profiler_BeginPass_Params beginPassParams = {CUpti_Profiler_BeginPass_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            CUpti_Profiler_EndPass_Params endPassParams = {CUpti_Profiler_EndPass_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};

            cuptiProfilerBeginPass(&beginPassParams);
            {
                kernelB<<<grid, tids>>>(...);              // KernelB replayed but not profiled

                cuptiProfilerEnableProfiling(&enableProfilingParams);

                kernelC<<<grid, tids>>>(...);              // KernelC profiled and captured in an unique range.
                kernelD<<<grid, tids>>>(...);              // KernelD profiled and captured in an unique range.

                cuptiProfilerDisableProfiling(&disableProfilingParams);
            }
            cuptiProfilerEndPass(&endPassParams);

            cuptiProfilerFlushCounterData(&cuptiFlushCounterDataParams);

            kernelE<<<grid, tids>>>(...);                  // KernelE not profiled

            CUpti_Profiler_UnsetConfig_Params unsetConfigParams = {CUpti_Profiler_UnsetConfig_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            cuptiProfilerUnsetConfig(&unsetConfigParams);

            CUpti_Profiler_EndSession_Params endSessionParams = {CUpti_Profiler_EndSession_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            cuptiProfilerEndSession(&endSessionParams);
        }

##### Application Replay

This replay mode is same as user replay, instead of in process replay, you can replay the whole process again. You will need to update the pass index while setting the config `cuptiProfilerSetConfig` and reload the intermediate counterDataImage on each pass.

##### 1.7.2.2. User Range

In a session with user range mode, ranges are defined by you, `cuptiProfilerPushRange` and `cuptiProfilerPopRange`. Kernel launches are concurrent within a range. This mode is useful for metric data collection around a specific section of code, instead of per-kernel metric collection. Kernel replay is not supported in user range mode. You own the responsibility of replay using `cuptiProfilerBeginPass` and `cuptiProfilerEndPass`.

##### User Replay

The replay (multiple passes, if needed) is done by the user using the replay API's `cuptiProfilerBeginPass` and `cuptiProfilerEndPass`. It is your responsibility to flush the counter data using `cuptiProfilerFlushCounterData` before ending the session. Counter collection can be enabled/disabled with `cuptiProfilerEnableProfiling` and `cuptiProfilerDisableProfiling`. Refer to the sample userrange_profiling

    >
        /* Assume Inputs(counterDataImagePrefix and configImage) from configuration phase at host */

        void Collection(std::vector<uint8_t>& counterDataImagePrefix, std::vector<uint8_t>& configImage)
        {
            CUpti_Profiler_Initialize_Params profilerInitializeParams = {CUpti_Profiler_Initialize_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            cuptiProfilerInitialize(&profilerInitializeParams);

            std::vector<uint8_t> counterDataImages;
            std::vector<uint8_t> counterDataScratchBuffer;
            CreateCounterDataImage(counterDataImages, counterDataScratchBuffer, counterDataImagePrefix);

            CUpti_Profiler_BeginSession_Params beginSessionParams = {CUpti_Profiler_BeginSession_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            CUpti_ProfilerRange profilerRange = CUPTI_UserRange;
            CUpti_ProfilerReplayMode profilerReplayMode = CUPTI_UserReplay;

            beginSessionParams.ctx = NULL;
            beginSessionParams.counterDataImageSize = counterDataImage.size();
            beginSessionParams.pCounterDataImage = &counterDataImage[0];
            beginSessionParams.counterDataScratchBufferSize = counterDataScratchBuffer.size();
            beginSessionParams.pCounterDataScratchBuffer = &counterDataScratchBuffer[0];
            beginSessionParams.range = profilerRange;
            beginSessionParams.replayMode = profilerReplayMode;
            beginSessionParams.maxRangesPerPass = num_ranges;
            beginSessionParams.maxLaunchesPerPass = num_ranges;

            cuptiProfilerBeginSession(&beginSessionParams));

            CUpti_Profiler_SetConfig_Params setConfigParams = {CUpti_Profiler_SetConfig_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            setConfigParams.pConfig = &configImage[0];
            setConfigParams.configSize = configImage.size();

            cuptiProfilerSetConfig(&setConfigParams));

            CUpti_Profiler_FlushCounterData_Params cuptiFlushCounterDataParams = {CUpti_Profiler_FlushCounterData_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};

            kernelA<<<grid, tids>>>(...);                  // KernelA neither profiled, nor replayed

            CUpti_Profiler_BeginPass_Params beginPassParams = {CUpti_Profiler_BeginPass_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            CUpti_Profiler_EndPass_Params endPassParams = {CUpti_Profiler_EndPass_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};

            cuptiProfilerBeginPass(&beginPassParams);
            {
                kernelB<<<grid, tids>>>(...);              // KernelB replayed but not profiled

                CUpti_Profiler_PushRange_Params enableProfilingParams = {CUpti_Profiler_PushRange_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
                pushRangeParams.pRangeName = "RangeA";
                cuptiProfilerPushRange(&pushRangeParams);

                kernelC<<<grid, tids>>>(...);
                kernelD<<<grid, tids>>>(...);

                cuptiProfilerPopRange(&popRangeParams);     // Kernel C and Kernel D are captured in rangeA without any serialization introduced by profiler
            }
            cuptiProfilerEndPass(&endPassParams);
            cuptiProfilerFlushCounterData(&cuptiFlushCounterDataParams);

            kernelE<<<grid, tids>>>(...);                  // KernelE not Profiled

            CUpti_Profiler_UnsetConfig_Params unsetConfigParams = {CUpti_Profiler_UnsetConfig_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            cuptiProfilerUnsetConfig(&unsetConfigParams);

            CUpti_Profiler_EndSession_Params endSessionParams = {CUpti_Profiler_EndSession_Params_STRUCT_SIZE};
            cuptiProfilerEndSession(&endSessionParams);
        }

##### Application Replay

This replay mode is same as user replay, instead of in process replay, you can replay the whole process again. You will need to update the pass index while setting the config using the `cuptiProfilerSetConfig` API, and reload the intermediate counterDataImage on each pass.

#### 1.7.3. CUPTI Profiler Definitions

Definitions of glossary used in this section.

Counter:
  The number of occurrences of a specific event on the device.
Configuration Image:
  A Blob to configure the session for counters to be collected.
CounterData Image:
  A Blob which contains the values of collected counters
CounterData Prefix:
  A metadata header for CounterData Image
Device:
  A physical NVIDIA GPU.
Event:
  An event is a countable activity, action, or occurrence on device.
Metric:
  A high-level value derived from counter values.
Pass:
  A repeatable set of operations, with consistently labeled ranges.
Range:
  A labeled region of execution
Replay:
  Performing the repeatable set of operation.
Session:
  A profiling session where GPU resources needed for profiling are allocated. The profiler is in armed state at session boundaries, and power management may be disabled at session boundaries. Outside of a session, the GPU will return to its normal operating state.

### 1.8. Perfworks Metrics API

### Introduction:

The Perfworks Metrics API supports the enumeration, configuration, and evaluation of metrics. The binary outputs of the configuration phase are inputs to the CUPTI Range Profiling API. The output of Range Profiling is the CounterData, which is passed to the Derived Metrics Evaluation APIs.

GPU Metrics are generally presented as counts, ratios, and percentages. The underlying values collected from hardware are raw counters (analogous to CUPTI events), but those details are hidden behind derived metric formulas.

The Metrics APIs are split into two layers: Derived Metrics and Raw Metrics. Derived Metrics contains the list of named metrics, and performs evaluation to numeric results, serving a similar purpose as the previous CUPTI Metric API. Most user interaction will be with derived metrics. Raw Metrics contains the list of raw counters, and generates configuration file images analogous to the previous CUPTI Event API.

### Metric Enumeration

Metric Enumeration is the process of listing available counters and metrics.

Refer to file `List.cpp` used by the userrange_profiling sample.

The outline for enumerating metrics expanded by Perfworks:

- Call `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetMetricNames_Begin` to allow Perfworks to expand the metric names.
- Copy the string names from the output buffer.
- Call `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetMetricNames_End` to free the string names allocated by Perfworks by `_Begin`.

The outline for enumerating counters:

- Call `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetCounterNames_Begin` to allow Perfworks to expand the metric names.
- Copy the string names from the output buffer.
- Call `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetCounterNames_End` to free the string names allocated by Perfworks by `_Begin`.
- Generate metric names from the counter names, using the formulaic expansions described in Metric Entities.

Ratios and throughputs follow a similar pattern, with `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetRatioNames_Begin` and `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetThroughputNames_Begin`.
To programmatically determine the constituents of a Throughput metric:

- Call `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetThroughputBreakdown_Begin` + `_End` to retrieve the list of counters and sub-throughputs
- For each sub-throughput, recursively repeat the procedure of querying counters and sub-throughputs, until none remain.

### Configuration Workflow

Configuration is the process of specifying the metrics that will be collected and how those metrics should be collected. The inputs for this phase are the metric names and metric collection properties. The output for this phase is a ConfigImage and a CounterDataPrefix Image.

Refer to file `Metric.cpp` used by the userrange_profiling sample.

The outline for configuring metrics:

- As input, take a list of metric names.
- For each metric, call `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetMetricProperties_Begin` to query its raw metric dependencies.
- For each raw metric dependency in `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetMetricProperties_Begin_Params::ppRawMetricDependencies`:
  - Create an `NVPA_RawMetricRequest` with `keepInstances=true` and `isolated=true`
  - Pass the `NVPA_RawMetricRequest` to `NVPW_RawMetricsConfig_AddMetrics` for the ConfigImage.
  - Pass the `NVPA_RawMetricRequest` to `NVPW_CounterDataBuilder_AddMetrics` for the CounterDataPrefix.
- Generate binary configuration "images" (file format in memory):
  - ConfigImage from `NVPW_RawMetricsConfig_GetConfigImage`
  - CounterDataPrefix from `NVPW_CounterDataBuilder_GetCounterDataPrefix`

### Metric Evaluation

Metric Evaluation is the process of forming metrics from the counters stored in the CounterData image.

Refer to file `Eval.cpp` used by the userrange_profiling sample.

The outline for configuring metrics:

- As input, take the same list of metric names as used during configuration.
- As input, take a CounterDataImage collected on a target device.
- Query the number of ranges collected via `NVPW_CounterData_GetNumRanges`.
- For each range:
  - Call `NVPW_Profiler_CounterData_GetRangeDescriptions` to retrieve the range's description, originally set by `cuptiProfilerPushRange`.
  - Call `NVPW_MetricsContext_SetCounterData` to set the current range for evaluation on the `NVPA_MetricsContext`.
  - Call `NVPW_MetricsContext_EvaluateToGpuValues` to query an array of numeric values corresponding to each input metric.

#### 1.8.1. Derived metrics

#### Metrics Overview

The PerfWorks API comes with an advanced metrics calculation system, designed to help you determine what happened (counters and metrics), and how close the program reached to peak GPU performance (throughputs as a percentage). Every counter has associated peak rates in the database, to allow computing its throughput as a percentage.

Throughput metrics return the maximum percentage value of their constituent counters. Constituents can be programmatically queried via `NVPW_MetricsContext_GetThroughputNames_Begin`. These constituents have been carefully selected to represent the sections of the GPU pipeline that govern peak performance. While all counters can be converted to a %-of-peak, not all counters are suitable for peak-performance analysis; examples of unsuitable counters include qualified subsets of activity, and workload residency counters. Using throughput metrics ensures meaningful and actionable analysis.

Two types of peak rates are available for every counter: burst and sustained. Burst rate is the maximum rate reportable in a single clock cycle. Sustained rate is the maximum rate achievable over an infinitely long measurement period, for "typical" operations. For many counters, burst == sustained. Since the burst rate cannot be exceeded, percentages of burst rate will always be less than 100%. Percentages of sustained rate can occasionally exceed 100% in edge cases.

#### Metrics Entities

The Metrics layer has 3 major types of entities:

- Metrics : these are calculated quantities, with the following static properties:
  - Description string.
  - Dimensional Units : a list of ('name', exponent) in the style of dimensional analysis. Example string representation: `pixels / gpc_clk`.
  - Raw Metric dependencies : the list of raw metrics that must be collected, in order to evaluate the metric.
  - Every metric has the following sub-metrics built in.

    `.peak_burst` | the peak burst rate
    `.peak_sustained` | the peak sustained rate
    `.per_cycle_active` | the number of operations per unit active cycle
    `.per_cycle_elapsed` | the number of operations per unit elapsed cycle
    `.per_cycle_region` | the number of operations per user-specified "range" cycle
    `.per_cycle_frame` | the number of operations per user-specified "frame" cycle
    `.per_second` | the number of operations per second
    `.pct_of_peak_burst_active` | % of peak burst rate achieved during unit active cycles
    `.pct_of_peak_burst_elapsed` | % of peak burst rate achieved during unit elapsed cycles
    `.pct_of_peak_burst_region` | % of peak burst rate achieved over a user-specified "range" time
    `.pct_of_peak_burst_frame` | % of peak burst rate achieved over a user-specified "frame" time
    `.pct_of_peak_sustained_active` | % of peak sustained rate achieved during unit active cycles
    `.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed` | % of peak sustained rate achieved during unit elapsed cycles
    `.pct_of_peak_sustained_region` | % of peak sustained rate achieved over a user-specified "range" time
    `.pct_of_peak_sustained_frame` | % of peak sustained rate achieved over a user-specified "frame" time

- Counters : may be either a raw counter from the GPU, or a calculated counter value. Every counter has 4 sub-metrics under it:

  `.sum` | The sum of counter values across all unit instances.
  `.avg` | The average counter value across all unit instances.
  `.min` | The minimum counter value across all unit instances.
  `.max` | The maximum counter value across all unit instances.

- Ratios : . Every counter has 2 sub-metrics under it:

  `.pct` | The value expressed as a percentage.
  `.ratio` | The value expressed as a ratio.

- Throughputs : a family of percentage metrics that indicate how close a portion of the GPU reached to peak rate. Every throughput has the following sub-metrics:

  `.pct_of_peak_burst_active` | % of peak burst rate achieved during unit active cycles
  `.pct_of_peak_burst_elapsed` | % of peak burst rate achieved during unit elapsed cycles
  `.pct_of_peak_burst_region` | % of peak burst rate achieved over a user-specified "range" time
  `.pct_of_peak_burst_frame` | % of peak burst rate achieved over a user-specified "frame" time
  `.pct_of_peak_sustained_active` | % of peak sustained rate achieved during unit active cycles
  `.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed` | % of peak sustained rate achieved during unit elapsed cycles
  `.pct_of_peak_sustained_region` | % of peak sustained rate achieved over a user-specified "range" time
  `.pct_of_peak_sustained_frame` | % of peak sustained rate achieved over a user-specified "frame" time

At the configuration step, you must specify metric names. Counters, ratios, and throughputs are not directly schedulable. The sum,avg,min,max sub-metrics for counters are also called "rollups".

#### Metrics Examples

    ## non-metric names -- *not* directly evaluable
    sm__inst_executed                   # counter
    smsp__average_warp_latency          # ratio
    sm__throughput                      # throughput

    ## a counter's four sub-metrics -- all evaluable
    sm__inst_executed.sum               # metric
    sm__inst_executed.avg               # metric
    sm__inst_executed.min               # metric
    sm__inst_executed.max               # metric

    ## all names below are metrics -- all evaluable
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.peak_burst
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.peak_sustained
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.per_cycle_active
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.per_cycle_elapsed
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.per_cycle_region
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.per_cycle_frame
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.per_second
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.pct_of_peak_burst_active
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.pct_of_peak_burst_elapsed
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.pct_of_peak_burst_region
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.pct_of_peak_burst_frame
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.pct_of_peak_sustained_region
    l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu.sum.pct_of_peak_sustained_frame

#### Metrics Naming Conventions

Counters and metrics _generally_ obey the naming scheme:

- Unit-Level Counter : `unit__(subunit?)_(pipestage?)_quantity_(qualifiers?)`
- Interface Counter : `unit__(subunit?)_(pipestage?)_(interface)_quantity_(qualifiers?)`
- Unit Metric : `(counter_name).(rollup_metric)`
- Sub-Metric : `(counter_name).(rollup_metric).(submetric)`

where

- unit: A logical of physical unit of the GPU
- subunit: The subunit within the unit where the counter was measured. Sometimes this is a pipeline mode instead.
- pipestage: The pipeline stage within the subunit where the counter was measured.
- quantity: What is being measured. Generally matches the "dimensional units".
- qualifiers: Any additional predicates or filters applied to the counter. Often, an unqualified counter can be broken down into several qualified sub-components.
- interface: Of the form `sender2receiver`, where `sender` is the source-unit and `receiver` is the destination-unit.
- rollup_metric: One of sum,avg,min,max.
- submetric: refer to section Metric Entities

Components are not always present. Most top-level counters have no qualifiers. Subunit and pipestage may be absent where irrelevant, or there may be many subunit specifiers for detailed counters.

#### Cycle Metrics

Counters using the term `cycles` in the name report the number of cycles in the unit's clock domain. Unit-level cycle metrics include:

- `unit__cycles_elapsed` : The number of cycles within a range. The cycles' DimUnits are specific to the unit's clock domain.
- `unit__cycles_active` : The number of cycles where the unit was processing data.
- `unit__cycles_stalled` : The number of cycles where the unit was unable to process new data because its output interface was blocked.
- `unit__cycles_idle` : The number of cycles where the unit was idle.

Interface-level cycle counters are often (not always) available in the following variations:

- `unit__(interface)_active` : Cycles where data was transferred from source-unit to destination-unit.
- `unit__(interface)_stalled` : Cycles where the source-unit had data, but the destination-unit was unable to accept data.

#### 1.8.2. Raw Metrics

The raw metrics layer contains a list of low-level GPU counters, and the "scheduling" logic needed to program the hardware. The binary output files (ConfigImage and CounterDataPrefix) can be generated offline, stored on disk, and used on any compatible GPU. They do not need to be generated on a machine where a GPU is available.

Refer to Metrics Configuration to see where Raw Metrics fit into the overall data flow of the profiler.

#### Metrics Mapping Table

The table below lists the CUPTI metrics for devices with compute capability 7.0. For each CUPTI metric the closest equivalent Perfworks metric or formula is given. If no equivalent Perfworks metric is available the column is left blank. Note that there can be some difference in the metric values between the CUPTI metric and the Perfworks metrics.

Table 5. Metrics Mapping Table from CUPTI to Perfworks for Compute Capability 7.0
CUPTI Metric | Perfworks Metric or Formula
--- | ---
achieved_occupancy | sm__warps_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
atomic_transactions | l1tex__t_set_accesses_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_atom.sum + l1tex__t_set_accesses_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_red.sum
atomic_transactions_per_request | (l1tex__t_sectors_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_atom.sum + l1tex__t_sectors_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_red.sum) / (l1tex__t_requests_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_atom.sum + l1tex__t_requests_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_red.sum)
branch_efficiency |
cf_executed | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_cbu.sum + smsp__inst_executed_pipe_adu.sum
cf_fu_utilization |
cf_issued |
double_precision_fu_utilization | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp64.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
dram_read_bytes | dram__bytes_read.sum
dram_read_throughput | dram__bytes_read.sum.per_second
dram_read_transactions | dram__sectors_read.sum
dram_utilization | dram__throughput.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
dram_write_bytes | dram__bytes_write.sum
dram_write_throughput | dram__bytes_write.sum.per_second
dram_write_transactions | dram__sectors_write.sum
eligible_warps_per_cycle | smsp__warps_eligible.sum.per_cycle_active
flop_count_dp | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_dadd_pred_on.sum + smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_dmul_pred_on.sum + smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_dfma_pred_on.sum * 2
flop_count_dp_add | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_dadd_pred_on.sum
flop_count_dp_fma | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_dfma_pred_on.sum
flop_count_dp_mul | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_dmul_pred_on.sum
flop_count_hp | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_hadd_pred_on.sum + smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_hmul_pred_on.sum + smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_hfma_pred_on.sum * 2
flop_count_hp_add | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_hadd_pred_on.sum
flop_count_hp_fma | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_hfma_pred_on.sum
flop_count_hp_mul | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_hmul_pred_on.sum
flop_count_sp | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_fadd_pred_on.sum + smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_fmul_pred_on.sum + smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_ffma_pred_on.sum * 2
flop_count_sp_add | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_fadd_pred_on.sum
flop_count_sp_fma | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_ffma_pred_on.sum
flop_count_sp_mul | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_fmul_pred_on.sum
flop_count_sp_special |
flop_dp_efficiency | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_ops_dadd_dmul_dfma_pred_on.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
flop_hp_efficiency | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_ops_hadd_hmul_hfma_pred_on.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
flop_sp_efficiency | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_ops_fadd_fmul_ffma_pred_on.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
gld_efficiency | smsp__sass_average_data_bytes_per_sector_mem_global_op_ld.pct
gld_requested_throughput |
gld_throughput | l1tex__t_bytes_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_ld.sum.per_second
gld_transactions | l1tex__t_sectors_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_ld.sum
gld_transactions_per_request | l1tex__average_t_sectors_per_request_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_ld.ratio
global_atomic_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_atom.sum
global_hit_rate | l1tex__t_sectors_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_{op}_lookup_hit.sum / l1tex__t_sectors_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_{op}.sum
global_load_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_ld.sum
global_reduction_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_red.sum
global_store_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_st.sum
gst_efficiency | smsp__sass_average_data_bytes_per_sector_mem_global_op_st.pct
gst_requested_throughput |
gst_throughput | l1tex__t_bytes_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_st.sum.per_second
gst_transactions | l1tex__t_bytes_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_st.sum
gst_transactions_per_request | l1tex__average_t_sectors_per_request_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_st.ratio
half_precision_fu_utilization | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp16.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
inst_bit_convert | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_conversion_pred_on.sum
inst_compute_ld_st | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_memory_pred_on.sum
inst_control | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_control_pred_on.sum
inst_executed | smsp__inst_executed.sum
inst_executed_global_atomics | smsp__sass_inst_executed_op_global_atom.sum
inst_executed_global_loads | smsp__inst_executed_op_global_ld.sum
inst_executed_global_reductions | smsp__inst_executed_op_global_red.sum
inst_executed_global_stores | smsp__inst_executed_op_global_st.sum
inst_executed_local_loads | smsp__inst_executed_op_local_ld.sum
inst_executed_local_stores | smsp__inst_executed_op_local_st.sum
inst_executed_shared_atomics | smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_atom.sum + smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_atom_dot_alu.sum + smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_atom_dot_cas.sum
inst_executed_shared_loads | smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_ld.sum
inst_executed_shared_stores | smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_st.sum
inst_executed_surface_atomics | smsp__inst_executed_op_surface_atom.sum
inst_executed_surface_loads | smsp__inst_executed_op_surface_ld.sum + smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_atom_dot_alu.sum + smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_atom_dot_cas.sum
inst_executed_surface_reductions | smsp__inst_executed_op_surface_red.sum
inst_executed_surface_stores | smsp__inst_executed_op_surface_st.sum
inst_executed_tex_ops | smsp__inst_executed_op_texture.sum
inst_fp_16 | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_fp16_pred_on.sum
inst_fp_32 | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_fp32_pred_on.sum
inst_fp_64 | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_fp64_pred_on.sum
inst_integer | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_integer_pred_on.sum
inst_inter_thread_communication | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_inter_thread_communication_pred_on.sum
inst_issued | smsp__inst_issued.sum
inst_misc | smsp__sass_thread_inst_executed_op_misc_pred_on.sum
inst_per_warp | smsp__average_inst_executed_per_warp.ratio
inst_replay_overhead |
ipc | smsp__inst_executed.avg.per_cycle_active
issue_slot_utilization | smsp__issue_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
issue_slots | smsp__inst_issued.sum
issued_ipc | smsp__inst_issued.avg.per_cycle_active
l1_sm_lg_utilization | l1tex__lsu_writeback_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
l2_atomic_throughput | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_l1_op_atom.sum.per_second
l2_atomic_transactions | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_l1_op_atom.sum
l2_global_atomic_store_bytes | lts__t_bytes_equiv_l1sectormiss_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_atom.sum
l2_global_load_bytes | lts__t_bytes_equiv_l1sectormiss_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_ld.sum
l2_local_global_store_bytes | lts__t_bytes_equiv_l1sectormiss_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_st.sum + lts__t_bytes_equiv_l1sectormiss_pipe_lsu_mem_global_op_st.sum
l2_local_load_bytes | lts__t_bytes_equiv_l1sectormiss_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_ld.sum
l2_read_throughput | lts__t_sectors_op_read.sum.per_second
l2_read_transactions | lts__t_sectors_op_read.sum
l2_surface_load_bytes | lts__t_bytes_equiv_l1sectormiss_pipe_tex_mem_surface_op_ld.sum
l2_surface_store_bytes | lts__t_bytes_equiv_l1sectormiss_pipe_tex_mem_surface_op_st.sum
l2_tex_hit_rate | lts__t_sector_hit_rate.pct
l2_tex_read_hit_rate | lts__t_sector_op_read_hit_rate.pct
l2_tex_read_throughput | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_read.sum.per_second
l2_tex_read_transactions | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_read.sum
l2_tex_write_hit_rate | lts__t_sector_op_write_hit_rate.pct
l2_tex_write_throughput | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_read.sum.per_second
l2_tex_write_transactions | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_read.sum
l2_utilization | lts__t_sectors.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
l2_write_throughput | lts__t_sectors_op_write.sum.per_second
l2_write_transactions | lts__t_sectors_op_write.sum
ldst_executed |
ldst_fu_utilization | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_lsu.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
ldst_issued |
local_hit_rate |
local_load_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_ld.sum
local_load_throughput | l1tex__t_bytes_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_ld.sum.per_second
local_load_transactions | l1tex__t_sectors_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_ld.sum
local_load_transactions_per_request | l1tex__average_t_sectors_per_request_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_ld.ratio
local_memory_overhead |
local_store_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_st.sum
local_store_throughput | l1tex__t_sectors_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_st.sum.per_second
local_store_transactions | l1tex__t_sectors_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_st.sum
local_store_transactions_per_request | l1tex__average_t_sectors_per_request_pipe_lsu_mem_local_op_st.ratio
nvlink_data_receive_efficiency |
nvlink_data_transmission_efficiency |
nvlink_overhead_data_received |
nvlink_overhead_data_transmitted |
nvlink_receive_throughput |
nvlink_total_data_received |
nvlink_total_data_transmitted |
nvlink_total_nratom_data_transmitted |
nvlink_total_ratom_data_transmitted |
nvlink_total_response_data_received |
nvlink_total_write_data_transmitted |
nvlink_transmit_throughput |
nvlink_user_data_received |
nvlink_user_data_transmitted |
nvlink_user_nratom_data_transmitted |
nvlink_user_ratom_data_transmitted |
nvlink_user_response_data_received |
nvlink_user_write_data_transmitted |
pcie_total_data_received | pcie__read_bytes.sum
pcie_total_data_transmitted | pcie__write_bytes.sum
shared_efficiency | smsp__sass_average_data_bytes_per_wavefront_mem_shared.pct
shared_load_throughput | l1tex__data_pipe_lsu_wavefronts_mem_shared_op_ld.sum.per_second
shared_load_transactions | l1tex__data_pipe_lsu_wavefronts_mem_shared_op_ld.sum
shared_load_transactions_per_request |
shared_store_throughput | l1tex__data_pipe_lsu_wavefronts_mem_shared_op_st.sum.per_second
shared_store_transactions | l1tex__data_pipe_lsu_wavefronts_mem_shared_op_st.sum
shared_store_transactions_per_request |
shared_utilization | l1tex__data_pipe_lsu_wavefronts_mem_shared.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
single_precision_fu_utilization | smsp__pipe_fma_cycles_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
sm_efficiency | smsp__cycles_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
sm_tex_utilization | l1tex__texin_sm2tex_req_cycles_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
special_fu_utilization | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_xu.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
stall_constant_memory_dependency | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_imc_miss_per_warp_active.pct
stall_exec_dependency | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_short_scoreboard_per_warp_active.pct + smsp__warp_issue_stalled_wait_per_warp_active.pct
stall_inst_fetch | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_no_instruction_per_warp_active.pct
stall_memory_dependency | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_long_scoreboard_per_warp_active.pct
stall_memory_throttle | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_drain_per_warp_active.pct + smsp__warp_issue_stalled_lg_throttle_per_warp_active.pct
stall_not_selected | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_not_selected_per_warp_active.pct
stall_other | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_misc_per_warp_active.pct + smsp__warp_issue_stalled_dispatch_stall_per_warp_active.pct
stall_pipe_busy | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_mio_throttle_per_warp_active.pct + smsp__warp_issue_stalled_math_pipe_throttle_per_warp_active.pct
stall_sleeping | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_sleeping_per_warp_active.pct
stall_sync | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_membar_per_warp_active.pct + smsp__warp_issue_stalled_barrier_per_warp_active.pct
stall_texture | smsp__warp_issue_stalled_tex_throttle_per_warp_active.pct
surface_atomic_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_tex_mem_surface_op_atom.sum
surface_load_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_tex_mem_surface_op_ld.sum
surface_reduction_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_tex_mem_surface_op_red.sum
surface_store_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_tex_mem_surface_op_st.sum
sysmem_read_bytes | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_read* 32
sysmem_read_throughput | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_read.sum.per_second
sysmem_read_transactions | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_read.sum
sysmem_read_utilization |
sysmem_utilization |
sysmem_write_bytes | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_write * 32
sysmem_write_throughput | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_write.sum.per_second
sysmem_write_transactions | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_write.sum
sysmem_write_utilization |
tensor_precision_fu_utilization | sm__pipe_tensor_cycles_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
tex_cache_hit_rate | l1tex__t_sector_hit_rate.pct
tex_cache_throughput |
tex_cache_transactions | l1tex__lsu_writeback_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active + l1tex__tex_writeback_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
tex_fu_utilization | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_tex.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_active
tex_sm_tex_utilization | l1tex__f_tex2sm_cycles_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
tex_sm_utilization | sm__mio2rf_writeback_active.avg.pct_of_peak_sustained_elapsed
tex_utilization |
texture_load_requests | l1tex__t_requests_pipe_tex_mem_texture.sum
warp_execution_efficiency | smsp__thread_inst_executed_per_inst_executed.ratio
warp_nonpred_execution_efficiency | smsp__thread_inst_executed_per_inst_executed.pct

#### Events Mapping Table

The table below lists the CUPTI events for devices with compute capability 7.0. For each CUPTI event the closest equivalent Perfworks metric or formula is given. If no equivalent Perfworks metric is available the column is left blank. Note that there can be some difference in the values between the CUPTI event and the Perfworks metrics.

Table 6. Events Mapping Table from CUPTI events to Perfworks metrics for Compute Capability 7.0
CUPTI Event | Perfworks Metric or Formula
--- | ---
active_cycles | sm__cycles_active.sum
active_cycles_pm | sm__cycles_active.sum
active_cycles_sys | sys__cycles_active.sum
active_warps | sm__warps_active.sum
active_warps_pm | sm__warps_active.sum
atom_count | smsp__inst_executed_op_generic_atom_dot_alu.sum
elapsed_cycles_pm | sm__cycles_elapsed.sum
elapsed_cycles_sm | sm__cycles_elapsed.sum
elapsed_cycles_sys | sys__cycles_elapsed.sum
fb_subp0_read_sectors | dram__sectors_read.sum
fb_subp1_read_sectors | dram__sectors_read.sum
fb_subp0_write_sectors | dram__sectors_write.sum
fb_subp1_write_sectors | dram__sectors_write.sum
global_atom_cas | smsp__inst_executed_op_generic_atom_dot_cas.sum
gred_count | smsp__inst_executed_op_global_red.sum
inst_executed | sm__inst_executed.sum
inst_executed_fma_pipe_s0 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fma.sum
inst_executed_fma_pipe_s1 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fma.sum
inst_executed_fma_pipe_s2 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fma.sum
inst_executed_fma_pipe_s3 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fma.sum
inst_executed_fp16_pipe_s0 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp16.sum
inst_executed_fp16_pipe_s1 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp16.sum
inst_executed_fp16_pipe_s2 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp16.sum
inst_executed_fp16_pipe_s3 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp16.sum
inst_executed_fp64_pipe_s0 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp64.sum
inst_executed_fp64_pipe_s1 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp64.sum
inst_executed_fp64_pipe_s2 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp64.sum
inst_executed_fp64_pipe_s3 | smsp__inst_executed_pipe_fp64.sum
inst_issued1 | sm__inst_issued.sum
l2_subp0_read_sector_misses | lts__t_sectors_op_read_lookup_miss.sum
l2_subp1_read_sector_misses | lts__t_sectors_op_read_lookup_miss.sum
l2_subp0_read_sysmem_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_read.sum
l2_subp1_read_sysmem_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_read.sum
l2_subp0_read_tex_hit_sectors | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_read_lookup_hit.sum
l2_subp1_read_tex_hit_sectors | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_read_lookup_hit.sum
l2_subp0_read_tex_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_read.sum
l2_subp1_read_tex_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_read.sum
l2_subp0_total_read_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_op_read.sum + lts__t_sectors_op_atom.sum + lts__t_sectors_op_red.sum
l2_subp1_total_read_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_op_read.sum + lts__t_sectors_op_atom.sum + lts__t_sectors_op_red.sum
l2_subp0_total_write_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_op_write.sum + lts__t_sectors_op_atom.sum + lts__t_sectors_op_red.sum
l2_subp1_total_write_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_op_write.sum + lts__t_sectors_op_atom.sum + lts__t_sectors_op_red.sum
l2_subp0_write_sector_misses | lts__t_sectors_op_write_lookup_miss.sum
l2_subp1_write_sector_misses | lts__t_sectors_op_write_lookup_miss.sum
l2_subp0_write_sysmem_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_write.sum
l2_subp1_write_sysmem_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_aperture_sysmem_op_write.sum
l2_subp0_write_tex_hit_sectors | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_write_lookup_hit.sum
l2_subp1_write_tex_hit_sectors | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_write_lookup_hit.sum
l2_subp0_write_tex_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_write.sum
l2_subp1_write_tex_sector_queries | lts__t_sectors_srcunit_tex_op_write.sum
not_predicated_off_thread_inst_executed | smsp__thread_inst_executed_pred_on.sum
pcie_rx_active_pulse |
pcie_tx_active_pulse |
prof_trigger_00 |
prof_trigger_01 |
prof_trigger_02 |
prof_trigger_03 |
prof_trigger_04 |
prof_trigger_05 |
prof_trigger_06 |
prof_trigger_07 |
inst_issued0 | smsp__issue_inst0.sum
sm_cta_launched | sm__ctas_launched.sum
shared_load | smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_ld.sum
shared_store | smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_st.sum
generic_load | smsp__inst_executed_op_generic_ld.sum
generic_store | smsp__inst_executed_op_generic_st.sum
global_load | smsp__inst_executed_op_global_ld.sum
global_store | smsp__inst_executed_op_global_st.sum
local_load | smsp__inst_executed_op_local_ld.sum
local_store | smsp__inst_executed_op_local_st.sum
shared_atom | smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_atom.sum
shared_atom_cas | smsp__inst_executed_op_shared_atom_dot_cas.sum
shared_ld_bank_conflict | l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu_mem_shared_op_ld.sum
shared_st_bank_conflict | l1tex__data_bank_conflicts_pipe_lsu_mem_shared_op_st.sum
shared_ld_transactions | l1tex__data_pipe_lsu_wavefronts_mem_shared_op_ld.sum
shared_st_transactions | l1tex__data_pipe_lsu_wavefronts_mem_shared_op_st.sum
tensor_pipe_active_cycles_s0 | smsp__pipe_tensor_cycles_active.sum
tensor_pipe_active_cycles_s1 | smsp__pipe_tensor_cycles_active.sum
tensor_pipe_active_cycles_s2 | smsp__pipe_tensor_cycles_active.sum
tensor_pipe_active_cycles_s3 | smsp__pipe_tensor_cycles_active.sum
thread_inst_executed | smsp__thread_inst_executed.sum
warps_launched | smsp__warps_launched.sum

### 1.9. Migration to the Profiling API

The CUPTI event APIs from the header cupti_events.h and metric APIs from the header cupti_metrics.h will be deprecated in a future CUDA release. The NVIDIA Volta platform is the last architecture on which these APIs are supported. These are being replaced by a new set of Profiling API in the header cupti_profiler_target.h and Perfworks metrics API in the headers nvperf_host.h and nvperf_target.h. These provide low and deterministic profiling overhead on the target system. These APIs also have other significant enhancements such as:

- Range Profiling
- Improved metrics
- Lower overhead for PC Sampling

CUPTI APIs | Feature Description | Supported GPU architectures | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
Event | Collect kernel performance counters for a kernel execution | Kepler, Maxwell, Pascal, Volta | Not supported on Turing and later GPU architectures, i.e. devices with compute capability 7.5 and higher
Metric | Collect kernel performance metrics for a kernel execution | Kepler, Maxwell, Pascal, Volta | Not supported on Turing and later GPU architectures, i.e. devices with compute capability 7.5 and higher
Profiling | Collect performance metrics for a range of execution | Volta and later GPU architectures, i.e. devices with compute capability 7.0 and higher | Not supported on Kepler, Maxwell and Pascal GPUs

Note that both the event and metrics APIs and the profiling APIs are supported for Volta. This is to enable transition of code to the profiling APIs. But one cannot mix the usage of the event and metric APIs and the profiling APIs.

The Profiling APIs are supported on all CUDA supported platforms except Mac and Android.

It is important to note that for support of future GPU architectures and feature improvements (such as performance overhead reduction and additional performance metrics), users should use the Profiling APIs.

However note that there are no changes to the CUPTI Activity and Callback APIs and these will continue to be supported for the current and future GPU architectures.

### 1.10. CUPTI overhead

CUPTI incurs overhead when used for tracing or profiling of the CUDA application. Overhead can vary significantly from one application to another. It largely depends on the density of the CUDA activities in the application; lesser the CUDA activities, less the CUPTI overhead. In general overhead of tracing i.e. activity APIs is much lesser than the profiling i.e. events and metrics APIs.

#### 1.10.1. Tracing Overhead

One of the goal of the tracing APIs is to provide a non-invasive collection of the timing information of the CUDA activities. Tracing is a low-overhead mechanism for collecting fine-grained runtime information.

##### 1.10.1.1. Execution overhead

Factors affecting the execution overhead under tracing are:

- Enabling serial kernel activity kind `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_KERNEL` can significantly change the overall performance characteristics of the application because all kernel executions are serialized on the GPU. For applications which use only a single CUDA stream and therefore cannot have concurrent kernel execution, this mode can be useful as it incurs less profiling overhead compared to the concurrent kernel mode.
- Enabling concurrent kernel activity kind `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_KIND_CONCURRENT_KERNEL` doesn't affect the concurrency of the kernels in the application. In this mode, CUPTI instruments the kernel code to collect the timing information. Since every kernel in the CUDA module is instrumented, the overhead is propotional to the number of kernels in the module. This is a static overhead which happens at the time of loading the CUDA module. The overhead is attributed as `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_OVERHEAD_CUPTI_INSTRUMENTATION` in the activity record `CUpti_ActivityOverhead`. Starting with the CUDA 11.2, kernels are not instrumented at the module load time, instead a single instrumentation code is used for each kernel thus avoiding the static overhead at the CUDA module load time.
- Due to the code instrumentation, concurrent kernel mode can add significant runtime overhead if used on kernels that execute a large number of blocks and that have short execution durations.
- Collection of the kernel latency timestamps i.e. `queued` and `submitted` timestamps is a high overhead activity. These are not collected by default. One can enable the collection of these timestamps using the API `cuptiActivityEnableLatencyTimestamps()`.

##### 1.10.1.2. Memory overhead

CUPTI allocates device memory for storing the tracing information:

- Static device memory allocation: CUPTI allocates 11 MB of GPU memory for each CUDA context by default. Out of which 9 MB is used for storing the concurrent kernel tracing information and this buffer is sufficient for tracing about 300K kernels. And 2 MB is used for storing the CUDA memcopy and serial kernel tracing information and this buffer is sufficent for tracing about 75K memcopies and kernels. Activity attributes `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_ATTR_DEVICE_BUFFER_SIZE` and `CUPTI_ACTIVITY_ATTR_PROFILING_SEMAPHORE_POOL_SIZE` can be used to configure the size of the buffers for concurrent kernel and memcopy/serial kernel tracing respectively.
- Dynamic device memory allocation: Once device buffer to store the tracing information is exhausted, CUPTI allocates another device buffer of the same size. Note that memory footprint will not scale with the kernel or memcopy count because CUPTI reuses the buffer after processing all the records in the buffer. For applications with a high density of kernels or memcopies CUPTI may allocate more device buffers.

All of the CUPTI allocated GPU memory associated with a context is freed when the context is destroyed.

#### 1.10.2. Profiling Overhead

Events and metrics collection using CUPTI incurs runtime overhead. This overhead depends on the number and type of events and metrics selected. Since each metric is computed from one or more events, metric overhead depends on the number and type of underlying events. The overhead includes time spent in configuration of hardware events and reading of hardware event values.

Factors affecting the execution overhead under profiling are:

- Overhead is less for hardware provided events and metrics.
  - For event and metric APIs, events which are collected using the collection method `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_METHOD_PM` or `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_METHOD_SM` fall in this category.
  - For Profiling APIs, metrics which don't have string "sass" in the name fall in this category.
- Software instrumented events and metrics are expensive as CUPTI needs to instrument the kernel to collect these. Further these events and metrics cannot be combined with any other event or metric in the same pass as otherwise instrumented code will also contribute to the event value.
  - For event and metric APIs, the collection method `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_METHOD_INSTRUMENTED` fall in this cateogry.
  - For Profiling APIs, metrics which have string "sass" in the name fall in this category.
- In the serial mode, profiling may significantly change the overall performance characteristics of the application because all kernel executions are serialized on the GPU. This is done to enable tight event or metric collection around each kernel.
  - For event and metric APIs, the collection mode `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_KERNEL`, serializes all kernel executions on the GPU that occur between the APIs `cuptiEventGroupEnable` and `cuptiEventGroupDisable`. On the other hand, kernel concurrency can be maintained by using the collection mode `CUPTI_EVENT_COLLECTION_MODE_CONTINUOUS` and restricting profiling to events and metrics that can be collected in a single pass.
  - For Profiling APIs, auto range mode serializes all kernel executions on the GPU. On the other hand, kernel concurrency can be maintained by using the user range mode.
- When all the requested events or metrics cannot be collected in the single pass due to hardware or software limitations, one needs to replay the exact same set of GPU workloads multiple times. This can be achieved at the kernel granularity by replaying kernel multiple times or by launching the entire application multiple times. CUPTI provides support for kernel replay only. Application replay can be done by the CUPTI client.
- When kernel replay is used the overhead to save and restore kernel state for each replay pass depends on the amount of device memory used by the kernel. Application replay is expected to perform better than kernel replay for the case when the size of device memory used by the kernel is high.

### 1.11. Multi Instance GPU

Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) is a feature that allows a GPU to be partitioned into multiple CUDA devices. The partitioning is carried out on two levels: First, a GPU can be split into one or multiple GPU Instances. Each GPU Instance claims ownership of one or more streaming multiprocessors (SM), a subset of the overall GPU memory, and possibly other GPU resources, such as the video encoders/decoders. Second, each GPU Instance can be further partitioned into one or more Compute Instances. Each Compute Instance has exclusive ownership of its assigned SMs of the GPU Instance. However, all Compute Instances within a GPU Instance share the GPU Instance's memory and memory bandwidth. Every Compute Instance acts and operates as a CUDA device with a unique device ID. See the driver release notes as well as the documentation for the `nvidia-smi` CLI tool for more information on how to configure MIG instances.

From the profiling perspective, a Compute Instance can be of one of two types: isolated or shared.

An isolatedCompute Instance owns all of it's assigned resources and does not share any GPU unit with another Compute Instance. In other words, the Compute Instance is of the same size as its parent GPU Instance and consequently does not have any other sibling Compute Instances. Tracing and Profiling works for isolated Compute Instances.

A sharedCompute Instance uses GPU resources that can potentially also be accessed by other Compute Instances in the same GPU Instance. Due to this resource sharing, collecting profiling data from shared units is not permitted. Attempts to collect metrics from a shared unit will result in NaN values. Better error reporting will be done in a future release. Collecting metrics from GPU units that are exclusively owned by a shared Compute Instance is still possible. Tracing works for shared Compute Instances.

To allow users to determine which metrics are available on a target device, new APIs have been added which can be used to query counter availability before starting the profiling session. See APIs `NVPW_RawMetricsConfig_SetCounterAvailability` and `cuptiProfilerGetCounterAvailability`.

All Compute Instances on a GPU share the same clock frequencies. To get consistent metric values with multi-pass collection, it is recommended to lock the GPU clocks during the profiling session. CLI tool `nvidia-smi` can be used to configure a fixed frequency for the whole GPU by calling `nvidia-smi --lock-gpu-clocks=tdp,tdp`. This sets the GPU clocks to the base TDP frequency until you reset the clocks by calling `nvidia-smi --reset-gpu-clocks`.

### 1.12. Samples

The CUPTI installation includes several samples that demonstrate the use of the CUPTI APIs. The samples are:

activity_trace_async
  This sample shows how to collect a trace of CPU and GPU activity using the new asynchronous activity buffer APIs.
callback_event
  This sample shows how to use both the callback and event APIs to record the events that occur during the execution of a simple kernel. The sample shows the required ordering for synchronization, and for event group enabling, disabling, and reading.
callback_metric
  This sample shows how to use both the callback and metric APIs to record the metric's events during the execution of a simple kernel, and then use those events to calculate the metric value.
callback_timestamp
  This sample shows how to use the callback API to record a trace of API start and stop times.
cupti_finalize
  This sample shows how to use API `cuptiFinalize()` to dynamically detach and attach CUPTI.
cupti_query
  This sample shows how to query CUDA-enabled devices for their event domains, events, and metrics.
event_sampling
  This sample shows how to use the event APIs to sample events using a separate host thread.
event_multi_gpu
  This sample shows how to use the CUPTI event and CUDA APIs to sample events on a setup with multiple GPUs. The sample shows the required ordering for synchronization, and for event group enabling, disabling, and reading.
sass_source_map
  This sample shows how to generate CUpti_ActivityInstructionExecution records and how to map SASS assembly instructions to CUDA C source.
unified_memory
  This sample shows how to collect information about page transfers for unified memory.
pc_sampling
  This sample shows how to collect PC Sampling profiling information for a kernel.
nvlink_bandwidth
  This sample shows how to collect NVLink topology and NVLink throughput metrics in continuous mode.
openacc_trace
  This sample shows how to use CUPTI APIs for OpenACC data collection.
extensions
  This includes utilities used in some of the samples.
autorange_profiling
  This sample shows how to use profiling APIs to collect metrics in autorange mode.
userrange_profiling
  This sample shows how to use profiling APIs to collect metrics in user specified range mode.
cupti_metric_properties
  This sample shows how to query various properties of metrics using the Profiling APIs. The sample shows collection method (hardware or software) and number of passes required to collect a list of metrics.
callback_profiling
  This sample shows how to use callback and profiling APIs to collect the metrics during the execution of a kernel. It shows how to use different phases of profiling i.e. enumeration, configuration, collection and evaluation in the appropriate callbacks.
cuda_graphs_trace
  This sample shows how to collect the trace of CUDA graphs and correlate the graph node launch to the node creation API using CUPTI callbacks.