How do I find out the model of my graphics card?

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I would like to know the model of my graphics card. I think it may be an ATI, but I want to be sure!

I have Ubuntu 11.10 (32 bit) and an Asus A6 VA laptop.

The best answer that I have found so far is here: http://askubuntu.com/a/392944/173666 — 0 _, Jul 10 '16 at 22:36
This answer is the one that helped me most: http://askubuntu.com/a/5420/21035 — galath, Jan 13 '17 at 14:03

Apache · Answer 1 · 2012-11-09T18:45:38.873

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Open up "Terminal", and type: lspci | grep VGA

There, you'll find your GPU card's model.

edited Nov 09 '12 at 18:45

answered Oct 27 '11 at 10:11

Apache

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I had to specify -v (verbose) to get the model on my ATI... for s in $(lspci | grep VGA | awk '{print $1}'); do lspci -v -s $s; done – Pete Dec 29 '15 at 19:27
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In such cases, DeviceName is what you want and it's likely the line after the one you're grepping.
Use lspci -v | grep VGA -A 1 to include one line after.
– Adam Marshall Aug 14 '16 at 10:39
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First do sudo update-pciids to download new version of the PCI ID list. Then do lspci. Updating pci ids can improve information available as lspci output.
For example, before updating pci ids, 01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GLM (rev a2)
Compare that to after doing update-pciids, 01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GLM [Quadro M1200 Mobile] (rev a2) – VJ- Nov 27 '17 at 07:52
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Good shot, but which of [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 ... ] :) ? – runlevel0 Feb 09 '19 at 16:46
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Looks like it works not for all cases, for some configurations I get: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GV102 (rev a1) – mrgloom Jul 09 '19 at 12:48
This did not work for me, it only listed the motherboards graphics, and not the dedicated graphics chip of my laptop – Ferrybig Oct 05 '20 at 10:04
In my case, this command can't catch the Nvidia drive since it is 05:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [GeForce MX450] (rev a1) – ibilgen Jul 22 '22 at 06:47

score 154 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 20 '17 at 10:19

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For detailed information about your graphics card, usually including its make and model, run:

sudo lshw -C video

This might give the make and model name more often than lspci, but it is not guaranteed to give it (nor is lspci).

sudo lshw -C display is equivalent.

You can run this (either one) without sudo, but you're a little less likely to get as much information. Still, lshw -C video is a reasonable choice if you don't have administrative powers.

If you like, you can parse the output to get just the line with the model name:

sudo lshw -C video | grep product:

Or if you need to extract just the name (for example, for scripting purposes--but remember there isn't always anything to extract):

sudo lshw -C video | awk -F'product: ' '/product/{print $2}'

(Don't forget the space just after -Fproduct:, before the closing '.)

As an example: on my system, this gives:

M52 [Mobility Radeon X1300]

edited Jan 20 '17 at 10:19

Benoit Duffez

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answered Apr 12 '13 at 22:01

Eliah Kagan

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first command worked pretty well for AMD gpu – Rahul Jan 20 '17 at 10:28
lspci gives Intel only but this command gives both Nvidia and Intel on my computer. However, the model information is still absent. The result is solely "Intel Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation". From settings I see it is "NVIDIA Corporation / NVIDIA GeForce MX450" – ibilgen Jul 21 '22 at 13:03
I understand why I can't see the complete video card information. We should update the PCI hardware database that Linux maintains by entering "update-pciids". – ibilgen Jul 22 '22 at 06:43

score 38 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '12 at 14:53

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Sometimes lspci is not enough:

$ lspci -nn |egrep "VGA|Display"

e.g.: you can end up with something like this:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2e32] (rev 03)

so then you can try to grep Xorg log:

$ grep -i chipset /var/log/Xorg.0.log

and dmesg

$ dmesg |grep -i agp

answered Nov 02 '12 at 14:53

sobi3ch

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The Xorg logs were the only thing that had the specific model for me. +1 – Cory Klein Sep 19 '13 at 22:49
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+1 Having an Intel card, only this method gives me some specific info about my card. – Ramchandra Apte Sep 29 '13 at 11:10

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 10:27

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run gnome-control-center (from a terminal, or in the main menu system settings)
search for 'system' and open "System Info"
You are done.

answered Oct 27 '11 at 10:27

imbaer

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Type update-pciids and then try lspci again – chrisfs Jan 18 '13 at 17:36
All the terminal solutions found here showed me only '3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller'. This GUI solution showed me the real id, 'Intel® Ivybridge Mobile'. For once, the GUI solution offered more. – Hans Deragon Aug 24 '19 at 08:32
This should be the accepted answer. – Philipp Apr 01 '20 at 17:44

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 25 '17 at 14:16

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If GUI/display available, you can try:

xrandr --listproviders

edited Oct 25 '17 at 14:16

Community

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answered Jul 29 '16 at 00:03

Constantine

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I have a Radeon RX480 and all the other answers were giving me outputs that didn't have the exact model number. Thanks @Constantine! – Capaj Jul 21 '19 at 21:18
ONLY this answer gives me the exact model of my GPU – Ejaz Dec 18 '20 at 10:54

Jocelyn · Answer 6 · 2020-01-08T16:46:57.020

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(Other answers where either only giving a chipset range or no manufacturer info for my AMD card.)

To get exact chipset model, video memory, and drivers info:

glxinfo -B

To get card manufacturer name:

hwinfo --gfxcard | grep SubVendor

edited Jan 08 '20 at 16:46

answered Jan 08 '20 at 16:38

Jocelyn

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+1 for the hwinfo command showing the manufacturer:) – Thomas G. Feb 03 '20 at 21:09

Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com · Answer 7 · 2020-08-18T07:25:43.083

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Ubuntu 20.04 Settings -> About

You can either open settings by clicking as mentioned at: https://askubuntu.com/a/1144742/52975 but I just do:

Super key (AKA Windows key)
Type "about" and select the entry

So under "Graphics" I can see that my GPU model is "Quadro M1200/PCIe/SSE2".

nvidia-settings

Mixes runtime with some static info.

More details: How do I check if Ubuntu is using my NVIDIA graphics card?

edited Aug 18 '20 at 07:25

answered Aug 18 '20 at 06:58

Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered May 20 '19 at 13:04

In KDE you can use the kinfocenter (open a command prompt from a graphical environment and type that, or type it at the K-menu [application menu] prompt; or navigate to K → Computer → Info Center ... ).

Personally I use lshw or lspci as in other answers, but another possibility is :

glxinfo | grep Device

Which maybe only works if your device is using OpenGL, not sure, but for me this gives:

    Device: AMD KAVERI (DRM 3.27.0, 5.0.0-15-generic, LLVM 8.0.0) (0x1313)

which is quite neat. The second number is the kernel version, fwiw.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered May 20 '19 at 12:40

If you want to detect your graphic card from Ubuntu Desktop, try this:

Click on User menu at the top right corner on the top Menu bar
Select System Settings
Click on Details.
By default you should see your graphic information. Take look at this example image.

Note: This answer was done in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version.

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 05 '19 at 15:18

The command line tool called inxi will show You:

inxi -Gx
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 435.21 bus ID: 01:00.0 
           Display: server: X.Org 1.20.5 driver: nvidia resolution: 3440x1440~75Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 435.21 direct render: Yes

Install it from Github : https://github.com/smxi/inxi or using Apt:

sudo apt install inxi

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 07 '23 at 14:11

If nvidia-smi is already installed on the system then try running nvidia-smi -L. It's kinda straightforward.

For example:

$ nvidia-smi -L
GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX xxxx with Max-Q Design (UUID: ...)

As per the help file (nvidia-smi --help):

  LIST OPTIONS:
-L,   --list-gpus           Display a list of GPUs connected to the system.

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