If you recently purchased a second-hand laptop or want to check if your current desktop PC is powerful enough to handle a new video editing software, you need to know exactly what Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is installed inside the machine. While you could download complex third-party hardware monitoring tools or dig through the device manager, Windows 11 actually displays your exact graphics card model and live performance metrics right inside the Task Manager.
How to Find Your GPU Information
The Task Manager provides a brilliant, visual overview of your graphics hardware without requiring any technical commands.
- Right-click the Start button on your Windows 11 taskbar (or press Windows Key + X).
- Select Task Manager from the power user menu.
- In the left-hand sidebar of the Task Manager, click on the Performance tab (the icon that looks like a small zigzagging heartbeat graph).
- Scroll down the list of hardware components on the left side and click on GPU 0 or GPU 1.
The main window will now display massive amounts of information about your graphics card. Look in the very top right corner of the window to see the exact brand and model name of your card (for example, “NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070” or “Intel Iris Xe Graphics”).
If you look at the bottom of the window under the “Dedicated GPU memory” section, you can see exactly how much VRAM your graphics card has (e.g., 8.0 GB). This number is absolutely critical for gamers, as modern 3D video games require specific amounts of dedicated video memory to run smoothly at high resolutions.