@nvidia — nvidia-smi doesn’t report memory usage on the DGX Spark. I get that the memory is unified, but the lack of an official CLI for inspecting it is a real gap. Please fix ASAP

It’s not exclusively GPU memory. You need to use a different means to query that information. nv-monitor and dgxtop are my current favorites, open source and built by the community.

[image] jwarner: dgxtop Try this one Sparkview — GPU monitor tool with GB10-aware unified memory handling

there are plenty of third-party tools, but when we pay $$$ for hardware, we expect proper support and tooling.

Thanks for the shout out! nvidia-smi is our daily use tool, and it miss this, this is so annoying.

we also use nvidia-smi during training to monitor gpu usage, etc, and need this to work.

Yes… but honestly I trust the community more than the big brands nowadays :) We could either wait, complain and scream or get help by our friends in this forums. Screaming and then using another tool is perfectly fine though :)

Please reference DGX Spark / GB10 FAQ

@NVES not sure what your comment is in reference too. We are using the dgx-spark for training, and have no proper way to monitor gpu-ram in our terminal.

Apologies, linked to the wrong FAQ section. DGX Spark / GB10 FAQ The DGX Spark uses a unified memory architecture, so there isn’t dedicated GPU VRAM for nvidia-smi to report on. To monitor memory usage, you can instead use standard system tools like: • top • htop • free or check the DGX Dashb…

[image] DGX Spark / GB10 FAQ Q: When I run nvidia-smi to see the memory usage it says “Not Supported”. This is expected behavior. The DGX Spark has a unified memory architecture. NVIDIA-SMI only reports memory utilization when there is a dedicated GPU VRAM. To check the memory usage you can use t…

Dear @nvidia — nvidia-smi is broken on the DGX Spark

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Dear @nvidia — nvidia-smi is broken on the DGX Spark

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