See your GPU temperature, power draw, VRAM usage, and CPU stats at a glance — no window needed
You have an NVIDIA GPU — maybe an RTX 5090, RTX 4090, RTX 3090, or a workstation card like the RTX PRO 6000, RTX A6000, or RTX A5000 — and you want to see the temperature, power draw, and VRAM usage without opening a separate monitoring window.
Or worse: you switched your GPU to TCC mode (Tesla Compute Cluster) for compute workloads, and now HWMonitor can't see it. GPU-Z doesn't detect it. MSI Afterburner shows nothing. Even Windows Task Manager ignores TCC GPUs.
Brandulate GPU Monitor solves this.
It reads directly from NVIDIA NVML — the same low-level API behind nvidia-smi — and displays real-time stats as colored badge icons in your system tray. Works with every NVIDIA GPU regardless of driver mode.
| Icon Color | Device | Metrics Shown |
|---|---|---|
| Blue | GPU 0 | Power (W), Temperature (°C), VRAM Usage (%) |
| Red | GPU 1 | Power (W), Temperature (°C), VRAM Usage (%) |
| Orange | GPU 2 | Power (W), Temperature (°C), VRAM Usage (%) |
| Purple | GPU 3 | Power (W), Temperature (°C), VRAM Usage (%) |
| Green | CPU | Power (W), Temperature (°C), CPU Usage (%) |
System Tray: [356W] [72°] [19%] [55W] [48°] [9%] [42W] [58°] [10%]
└── GPU 0 (Blue) ──┘ └── GPU 1 (Red) ──┘ └── CPU (Green) ──┘
- 1 GPU? → 3 blue icons + 3 green CPU icons
- 2 GPUs? → 3 blue + 3 red + 3 green
- 3-4 GPUs? → Each gets its own color automatically
- No NVIDIA GPU? → Still shows CPU metrics
- Auto-detects all NVIDIA GPUs — 1, 2, 3, or 4 cards
- TCC mode support — Monitors GPUs that other tools can't see
- Works with all NVIDIA cards: RTX 5090, RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070, RTX 3090, RTX 3080, RTX 3070, RTX A6000, RTX A5000, RTX PRO 6000, Tesla V100, A100, H100, and more
- CPU monitoring — Temperature, power draw, and utilization percentage
- Color-coded tray badges — Instantly distinguish between GPUs
- DPI-aware rendering — Sharp icons at 100%, 125%, 150%, 200% scaling
- Starts on boot — Task Scheduler auto-start, no manual launch needed
- Lightweight — Under 90MB RAM, near-zero CPU overhead
- No window — Pure system tray, right-click to quit
- One-click install — Run
install.batand you're done
Works with any NVIDIA GPU that has driver support, including:
GeForce (Gaming)
- RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5070, RTX 5060
- RTX 4090, RTX 4080 SUPER, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4070, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4060
- RTX 3090 Ti, RTX 3090, RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3080, RTX 3070 Ti, RTX 3070, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3060
- RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 2070, RTX 2060
- GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1080, GTX 1070, GTX 1060
Professional / Workstation
- RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, RTX 6000 Ada, RTX 5000 Ada, RTX 4500 Ada, RTX 4000 Ada
- RTX A6000, RTX A5500, RTX A5000, RTX A4500, RTX A4000, RTX A2000
- Quadro RTX 8000, RTX 6000, RTX 5000
Data Center / AI
- H100, H200, A100, A30, A10, A16
- Tesla V100, Tesla T4, Tesla P100
- L40S, L40, L4
TCC Mode GPUs — Full support for GPUs switched to Tesla Compute Cluster mode
- AMD: Ryzen 9, Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5, Threadripper
- Intel: Core i9, Core i7, Core i5, 14th/13th/12th Gen
See the full Installation Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Quick start:
- Install Python 3.10+ (check "Add to PATH")
- Download the zip from brandulate.com
- Extract and run
install.batas administrator - Done — icons appear in your system tray
| Feature | Brandulate Monitor | HWMonitor | GPU-Z | MSI Afterburner | Task Manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System tray badges | Yes | No | No | Limited | No |
| TCC mode GPUs | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Multi-GPU auto-detect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CPU temp + power | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| No window needed | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Auto-start on boot | Yes | Manual | Manual | Manual | N/A |
| Lightweight (<90MB) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | N/A |
| Free | Yes | Free | Free | Free | Built-in |
- Windows 10 or Windows 11
- Python 3.10 or higher
- NVIDIA GPU with latest drivers
- Administrator privileges (for CPU temperature sensors)
- Installation Guide — Step-by-step setup instructions
- Troubleshooting — Common issues and fixes
- Changelog — Version history
Brandulate AI builds lightweight, practical tools for hardware enthusiasts, AI developers, and power users.
- Website: brandulate.com
- Patreon: patreon.com/brandulate
MIT License — see LICENSE
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