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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.

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

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

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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, 2015 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, 2016 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, 2017 at 7:52
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    Good shot, but which of [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 ... ] :) ?
    – runlevel0
    Feb 9, 2019 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 9, 2019 at 12:48
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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]
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  • first command worked pretty well for AMD gpu
    – Rahul
    Jan 20, 2017 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, 2022 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, 2022 at 6:43
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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
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    The Xorg logs were the only thing that had the specific model for me. +1
    – Cory Klein
    Sep 19, 2013 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, 2013 at 11:10
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  1. run gnome-control-center (from a terminal, or in the main menu system settings)
  2. search for 'system' and open "System Info"
  3. You are done.
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    Type update-pciids and then try lspci again
    – chrisfs
    Jan 18, 2013 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, 2019 at 8:32
  • This should be the accepted answer.
    – Philipp
    Apr 1, 2020 at 17:44
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If GUI/display available, you can try:

xrandr --listproviders
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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, 2019 at 21:18
  • ONLY this answer gives me the exact model of my GPU
    – Ejaz
    Dec 18, 2020 at 10:54
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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
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  • +1 for the hwinfo command showing the manufacturer:)
    – Thomas G.
    Feb 3, 2020 at 21:09
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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".

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nvidia-settings

Mixes runtime with some static info.

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

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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.

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

  1. Click on User menu at the top right corner on the top Menu bar
  2. Select System Settings
  3. Click on Details.
  4. 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.

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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
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