macgputils 0.1.2

A package to fetch GPU stats on macOS using powermetrics

macgputils

macgputils is a lightweight Python utility to fetch GPU statistics on macOS using the native powermetrics tool. It provides programmatic access to GPU power usage, frequency, active/idle time, and more.

Features

• Read real-time GPU power consumption (in mW)
• Get GPU hardware active frequency
• Check GPU idle residency
• Sample multiple times to monitor changes over time
• Easy-to-use API: macgputils.get_gpu_stats()

Installation

pip install macgputils

If powermetrics is not already available, macgputils will prompt and help install it via Apple's developer tools.

Usage

import macgputils

# Get single sample
stats = macgputils.get_gpu_stats()
print(stats)

# Get multiple samples
for sample in macgputils.get_gpu_stats(samples=3):
    print(sample)

Output Example

{'Active Frequency': '389 MHz', 'HW Active Residency': '14.00%', 'Idle Residency': '86.00%', 'GPU Power': '33 mW'}

API Reference

macgputils.get_gpu_stats(samples=1, interval=5)

Parameter	Description
samples	Number of GPU usage samples to collect
interval	Time in seconds between each sample

Returns:

• A dictionary if samples=1
• A list of dictionaries if samples > 1

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Requirements

• macOS
• Python 3.6+
• powermetrics (part of macOS; auto-installable via Xcode command line tools)

License

MIT License

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Author

Developed by @aabhinavg1. Contributions are welcome — feel free to fork and submit pull requests!