{"slug": "microsoft-developer-builds-a-gpu-task-manager-to-show-which-apps-are-eating-your", "title": "Microsoft Developer Builds a GPU Task Manager to Show Which Apps Are Eating Your VRAM", "summary": "Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman released gputaskman, a free, open-source terminal tool with an htop-style layout that lists every process using the GPU along with its memory footprint, engine activity, and loaded runtime such as CUDA or Vulkan. The tool targets a gap left by Windows Task Manager, which has shown GPU usage since 2017 but does not identify which processes consume video memory; gputaskman's model inspector identifies the LLM a process has loaded and reports its quantization, weights, and estimated KV cache cost, with Ollama and LM Studio users also getting context size and model names. Hanselman, who shared the project on X last week and asked for pull requests, calls it early, experimental software whose AI breakdowns are estimates for now.", "body_md": "Anyone wondering what is filling up their GPU's VRAM can now try [gputaskman](https://github.com/shanselman/gputaskman), a free, open-source tool from Microsoft VP Scott Hanselman. It runs in a terminal window with an htop-style layout and lists every process using the GPU with its memory footprint, engine activity, and loaded runtime, such as CUDA or Vulkan. A panel up top tracks utilization, clocks, temperature, and power. Hanselman [shared the project on X](https://x.com/shanselman/status/2117419804189741408) last week and asked for pull requests.\n\nTask Manager has [shown GPU usage since 2017](https://www.techpowerup.com/234562/windows-10-task-manager-to-get-gpu-utilization-tab), and it will happily tell you that 15 GB of video memory is in use. It just won't say what is using it. gputaskman goes after that gap with a heavy focus on local AI. Its model inspector can identify the LLM a process has loaded and report its quantization, weights, and estimated KV cache cost, while Ollama and LM Studio users also get context size and proper model names. Hanselman calls it early, experimental software, and the AI breakdowns are estimates for now.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-developer-builds-a-gpu-task-manager-to-show-which-apps-are-eating-your", "canonical_source": "https://www.techpowerup.com/354659/microsoft-developer-builds-a-gpu-task-manager-to-show-which-apps-are-eating-your-vram", "published_at": "2026-11-10 18:43:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-10 18:50:21.713895+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure", "large-language-models", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Scott Hanselman", "gputaskman", "Ollama", "LM Studio", "CUDA", "Vulkan", "Windows Task Manager"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-developer-builds-a-gpu-task-manager-to-show-which-apps-are-eating-your", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-developer-builds-a-gpu-task-manager-to-show-which-apps-are-eating-your.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-developer-builds-a-gpu-task-manager-to-show-which-apps-are-eating-your.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-developer-builds-a-gpu-task-manager-to-show-which-apps-are-eating-your.jsonld"}}