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techMEDIUM2026-05-04 17:08 UTC

GPU Utilization Is a Counter, Not a Cause

nvidia-smi reads 97% the entire window. The red gaps in the cause-side timeline are the throughput the GPU lost while the counter sat green. A vLLM server reads 97% GPU utilization on nvidia-smi for an 8-minute window. Token throughput drops 3x in the middle of that window. Both statements are true,

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