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AMD Radeon GPU Profiler
What it is
AMD Radeon GPU Profiler (RGP) is a free Windows and Linux tool for examining workloads on AMD Radeon GPUs. AMD describes it for PC game developers and developers optimizing applications for AMD RDNA hardware. It visualizes 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 connects wavefronts with the GPU events that launched them 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 applications plus OpenCL and HIP compute applications. Listed operating systems are Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, with Linux support limited to Vulkan. Supported hardware includes 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. RGP 2.7 is dated June 2026. DirectX 11 and OpenGL are unsupported.
For and against
For
- Free GPU workload analysis
- Supports DirectX 12 and Vulkan
- Includes OpenCL and HIP compute analysis
- Wavefront and shader timing views
- Runs on Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Against
- Requires supported AMD Radeon hardware
- Linux support is limited to Vulkan
- Does not support DirectX 11 or OpenGL
- No CPU or memory profiling
The verdict
RGP provides detailed graphics and compute diagnostics for supported AMD hardware and APIs. Developers using older graphics APIs or unsupported systems will need another profiling approach.
Who it suits
RGP suits PC game developers and developers optimizing applications for AMD RDNA hardware. It requires supported Radeon hardware and one of the listed operating systems.
Plans and prices
Radeon GPU Profiler
No price stated on the product page · Requires supported AMD Radeon GPU and operating system
Read 30 Sep 2026 · gpuopen.com
On the record
- API limitation
- The RGP manual says the tool does not work with older graphics APIs such as DirectX 11 or OpenGL.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Compute APIs
- It supports OpenCL and HIP compute applications.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Current release
- The product page lists RGP version 2.7 and dates that release to June 2026.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Frame and queue views
- The frame summary shows command buffer submissions to GPU queues and how graphics, asynchronous compute, and copy workloads interact.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Graphics APIs
- It supports DirectX 12 and Vulkan graphics applications.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- 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.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- 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.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Operating systems
- The listed operating systems are Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, with Linux support limited to Vulkan.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Performance analysis
- RGP visualizes graphics and asynchronous compute usage, event timing, pipeline stalls, barriers, and bottlenecks.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- RGP is a low-level optimization tool that provides detailed information about workloads on AMD Radeon GPUs.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security and trust
- AMD’s product page and RGP manual opened for this research do not state product-specific security certifications or compliance claims.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Shader analysis
- The instruction timing view shows average latency for each AMD RDNA instruction to help locate shader hotspots.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support resources
- AMD provides RGP documentation and a quick-start guide through its public GPUOpen manuals site.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Target users
- AMD describes RGP as a tool for PC game developers and developers optimizing applications for AMD RDNA hardware.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Wavefront analysis
- The wavefront view correlates wavefronts with the GPU events that launched them and shows information about GPU memory caches.gpuopen.com · read 30 Sep 2026
