Alternatives to GPU-Z
A tiny Windows utility that reports everything about your graphics card: clocks, memory type, bus width, sensors and BIOS. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
GPU-Z
A tiny Windows utility that reports everything about your graphics card: clocks, memory type, bus width, sensors and BIOS.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as GPU-Z.
HWiNFO
The deepest hardware report and sensor monitor on Windows, free for personal use.
HWiNFO reports the graphics card alongside every other component with sensor logging, alerts and an on-screen display, but commercial use requires a paid Pro licence.
AIDA64 Extreme
Detailed hardware identification, sensor monitoring and benchmarking for Windows.
AIDA64 Extreme covers the GPU within a full hardware and software inventory with exportable reports and benchmarking, but it is a paid licence with a time-limited trial.
Speccy
Quick summary of a Windows PC's hardware and temperatures.
Speccy gives a one-page summary of all hardware and temperatures with shareable snapshots, but with much less graphics card detail and slowed development.
MSI Afterburner
Widely used GPU overclocking and monitoring tool with on-screen display.
MSI Afterburner monitors any vendor's graphics card and also overclocks it with an on-screen display, but lacks GPU-Z's BIOS backup and memory subsystem detail.
EVGA Precision X1
GPU overclocking and monitoring utility that works on most NVIDIA cards.
EVGA Precision X1 adds overclocking to GPU monitoring but works only with NVIDIA cards, where GPU-Z also covers AMD and Intel devices.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
CPU-Z
A tiny freeware window that tells you exactly which processor, board and memory are in a Windows PC.
nvtop
Watch GPU activity in a terminal interface.
Libre Hardware Monitor
Reads temperatures, fan speeds and voltages straight off the motherboard, and feeds them to other tools.
NVIDIA FrameView
Free frame rate, frametime, latency, and power-draw monitor for any GPU.
HWMonitor
A Windows hardware monitor that reads voltages, temperatures, fan speeds, power and clock sensors.
amdgpu_top
A Linux tool that shows AMD GPU utilization, clocks, sensors and per-process usage in a terminal or window.
