High GPU usage in Editor

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I'm getting 100% gpu usuage in the Unity Editor while my scene is near enough empty. I don't want my graphics card to be hammered this hard all the time for no reason.

I've spent a few hours researching with no results to show.

I've tried this: https://answers.unity.com/questions/1562656/high-gpu-usage.html

Also tried switching to OpenGL & update graphics drivers, switching to lowest settings etc.

any other suggestions please?

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Answer by DrDraxi · May 19, 2020 at 10:34 AM

I'm having the same issue.
Whenever I move camera in scene view or change the GUI in any way GPU usage jumps to 90+%. I tried it in many versions of Unity and it did it in all of them even in empty objects. I'm running RTX2080.
Newest drivers didn't help and I don't think uninstalling Hub is the best possible solution.

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fbravopiedrahita · Jun 02, 2021 at 07:22 PM 0

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Same thing here, happening on Unity 2021, it's even stranger, whenever I right click on an empty scene in the editor the CPU and GPU usage skyrockets.

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Answer by wayneh654 · Feb 13, 2021 at 04:25 AM

Same for me. I run 3 1080 GPU cards and the two of the 3 running at 1700mhz - what's going on Unity people

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Answer by Printer_B · Feb 01, 2020 at 11:42 PM

Before today, Unity ran fine. Though it started to lag and show high GPU usage when open and even maxing out my graphics card when moving around Editor windows.

A couple things I tried was to open Unity without the Hub open and also updating my graphics driver. Since I did both of these at the same time, IDK which one solved it. But, my GPU usage is back to normal.

I do find it strange that this lag started happening out of no where today, this questions was posted the just other day, and more than 100 folks have followed this since then.

I'm using Unity 2017.4.28f1 on a GTX 1060 6GB.

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Answer by fbravopiedrahita · Jun 02, 2021 at 06:32 PM

Same thing here, Running Unity 2021 and whenever I right click on an editor window my CPU and GPU usage skyrockets, what gives?

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Answer by IDUN_audio · Jul 14, 2021 at 08:45 AM

I likewise experience high percentages of the GPU being utilized in the editor, but also for builts. I have looked into quality settings, lighting and vSync, but none of these make a difference. The GPU driver is also updated. So, is anyone closer to a solution?

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