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AMD Radeon GPU Profiler

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Spec score 8.1 #9 of 25 in Game Profiling Software

What it is

AMD Radeon GPU Profiler (RGP) is a free low-level optimization tool for examining workloads on AMD Radeon GPUs. AMD positions it for PC game developers and developers optimizing applications for AMD RDNA hardware. It analyzes graphics and asynchronous compute usage, event timing, pipeline stalls, barriers, and bottlenecks. Frame and queue views show command-buffer submissions and interactions among graphics, compute, and copy workloads. Wavefront analysis links wavefronts to launching GPU events and displays cache information, while instruction timing reports average latency for AMD RDNA instructions to help locate shader hotspots. RGP supports DirectX 12 and Vulkan graphics, plus OpenCL and HIP compute. It runs on Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, with Linux limited to Vulkan. Version 2.7 is dated June 2026. Older APIs such as DirectX 11 and OpenGL are unsupported.

Spec sheet

Purpose
RGP is a low-level optimization tool that provides detailed information about workloads on AMD Radeon GPUs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Integrations
Capturing profiles uses the AMD Radeon Developer Panel and AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition driver; the RGP 2.7 page also describes interoperability with Radeon GPU Analyzer.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
API limitation
The RGP manual says the tool does not work with older graphics APIs such as DirectX 11 or OpenGL.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Compute APIs
It supports OpenCL and HIP compute applications.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Current release
The product page lists RGP version 2.7 and dates that release to June 2026.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Frame and queue views
The frame summary shows command buffer submissions to GPU queues and how graphics, asynchronous compute, and copy workloads interact.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Graphics APIs
It supports DirectX 12 and Vulkan graphics applications.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Hardware limits
The supported hardware list names AMD Radeon RX 9000, 7000, 6000, and 5000 series graphics, selected Radeon AI PRO graphics, RDNA-based Ryzen processors with Radeon graphics, and ROG Xbox Ally X.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Operating systems
The listed operating systems are Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, with Linux support limited to Vulkan.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Performance analysis
RGP visualizes graphics and asynchronous compute usage, event timing, pipeline stalls, barriers, and bottlenecks.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Security and trust
AMD’s product page and RGP manual opened for this research do not state product-specific security certifications or compliance claims.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Shader analysis
The instruction timing view shows average latency for each AMD RDNA instruction to help locate shader hotspots.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Support resources
AMD provides RGP documentation and a quick-start guide through its public GPUOpen manuals site.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Target users
AMD describes RGP as a tool for PC game developers and developers optimizing applications for AMD RDNA hardware.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
Wavefront analysis
The wavefront view correlates wavefronts with the GPU events that launched them and shows information about GPU memory caches.Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com

Plans and prices

Radeon GPU Profiler Free No price stated on the product page · Requires supported AMD Radeon GPU and operating system Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Free GPU profiling tool
  • Detailed frame and queue views
  • Wavefront and shader timing analysis
  • Supports DirectX 12 and Vulkan
  • Windows and Ubuntu availability

Limits

  • Linux support is Vulkan-only
  • DirectX 11 and OpenGL unsupported
  • Requires supported AMD Radeon hardware
  • No CPU or memory profiling

Who it suits

It suits developers profiling AMD Radeon graphics and RDNA applications, especially PC game teams using supported APIs and hardware.

Verdict

RGP provides detailed GPU workload and shader analysis for supported AMD hardware and APIs. Its free availability is paired with specific operating-system, graphics-API, and hardware requirements.

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