NVIDIA FrameView vs vkmark

NVIDIA FrameView is a free Windows utility for measuring graphics performance, latency, and power use. It records frame rates, frame times, power, and performance per watt, and can capture PC latency alongside FPS without additional hardware. A configurable overlay shows live metrics, while benchmark results are saved to log files. FrameView uses PresentMon for analytics and supports single-GPU systems from NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel. Supported graphics APIs include DirectX 9–12, OpenGL, and Vulkan. It can capture Universal Windows Platform apps and applications running full-screen or windowed. Power reporting differs by manufacturer: NVIDIA GPUs provide chip and board measurements, while AMD GPUs provide chip power only. Correct AMD power measurement requires PCAT or another interposer setup. Windows 10 and later are supported. DX9 and DX10 games do not show the overlay, although their capture data is logged. NVIDIA also lists Battlefield 6 anticheat as incompatible with the overlay. The redesigned overlay requires Multi-Plane Overlay support, and presentation latency can increase when MPO is unavailable or disabled.

vkmark is a free, extensible Vulkan benchmarking suite for Linux, built around targeted scenes that measure different aspects of Vulkan performance. Each scene can take configuration options. The `-b, --benchmark` command-line option lets users select scenes and their order; without it, vkmark runs a default set. The project lists X11, Wayland, and KMS backends. It can detect the window system automatically, or a user can choose one with `--winsys`. After installation, vkmark runs from the command line, and it can also be run directly from the project build directory without installation. Building requires Meson, a C++17 compiler, Vulkan development files, libglm, and libassimp, as well as dependencies for the selected backend. The documented build uses Meson and Ninja, with installation through `ninja -C build install`. The README includes an apt-install example for dependencies on recent Debian or Ubuntu systems. The repository includes the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1.