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Usage Models
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows* supports two usage models:

  • Single Windows* System: Analyze the performance of software running on the local Windows* system.
  • Remote Linux* System: A host computer running Microsoft Windows and the VTune™ analyzer can control event-based sampling and call graph data analysis1 on a remote target machine running a remote data collector (RDC) under a Linux OS. The connection between the target and host computers is TCP/IP. (If your focus is Linux you may wish to consider our native Linux version of VTune Analyzer.)

Download the latest software update
This information is for software version 9.0 update 7, newer software may be available. For the latest details and to download new software please check for updates. Note - there is a known issue where Intel® Thread Profiler is not installed after updating software to 9.0 update 3. After updating, please download and install Intel® Thread Profiler.

Hardware Requirements
  Type  Requirements
Memory

Single System or Host Only:
128 MB of RAM minimum (512 MB with Windows Vista*)
1 GB of RAM recommended

Your application:
When running your application with the Call Graph collector, it will require more memory than usual.

Approximate Disk Space

Windows* - Single System or Host Only:
500 MB after installation (about 100MB more during install)

Linux* Remote Data Collectors:
100 MB after installation (about 100MB more during install)

Data Space:
This varies greatly, but for a single or dual processor system, an additional 1 GB on the target system is a good starting point.

Swap Space:
At least double the minimum RAM requirements.

Note: Disk space is needed for updating and installing the DLLs and OCXs that VTune™ Analyzer requires to be in the system directory. Even if you install VTune Analyzer on a disk other than the drive containing the system directory, you will require some free space on the system directory drive. Please see the release notes for details.


Supported Processors
Processors Supported by Data Collector

Note: We are constantly adding new processors. Be sure you have the latest software - check for updates.

Intel® Core™ Processors
  • 45nm Intel® Core™2 Duo (Penryn)
  • Intel® Core™2 Quad processor
  • Intel® Core™2 Duo processor
  • Intel® Core™ Duo processor
  • Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor
  • Intel® Core™ Solo processor
Intel® Pentium® Processors
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition
  • Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor - M
  • Intel® Pentium® D processor
  • Intel® Pentium® D processor 900 sequence
  • Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition
  • Intel® Pentium® M processor
Intel® Celeron® Processors
  • Intel® Celeron® processor
  • Mobile Intel® Celeron processor
  • Intel® Celeron® M processor
  • Intel® Celeron® D processor
Xeon® Processors
  • Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 Series
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 Series
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5000 Sequence
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor LV
  • Intel® Xeon® processor MP
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 7100 Series
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 7000 Sequence
  • Intel® Xeon® processor
Itanium® Processors
  • Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® processor 9000 sequence
  • Intel® Itanium® processor
  • Low Voltage Intel® Itanium® processor
Note: Systems with the following processors can be a host for collecting data remotely on a Linux system with a supported processor or viewing data previously collected on a supported processor:
  • IA-32 architecture-based processor - Intel® Pentium® 4 performance level or better
  • Intel® 64 architecture-based processor or equivalent
  • Intel® Itanium® 2 processor
  • Comparable AMD* processor



Supported Operating Systems
32-bit operating systems:
  • Microsoft Windows Vista*
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RC0 (build 6001)


64-bit operating systems for Intel® 64 architecture:
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RC0 (build 6001)


64-bit operating systems for Intel® Itanium® architecture processors:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 RC0 (build 6001)


Linux operating systems via Remote Data Collection (RDC1):

Additional Software Support and Requirements
Microsoft Visual Studio* Developers: VTune™ analyzer 9.0 update 7 and later now integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio* 2003, 2005 or 2008. Visual Studio 2008 integration is available on all supported platforms except Vista* on Intel® 64 architecture. VTune analyzer does integrate with Visual Studio 2005 on Vista for Intel 64 architecture and also works standalone. Integration with Visual Studio 2008 on Vista for Intel 64 architecture is planned for a future update.

.NET 3.0 Supported
VTune™ analyzer supports .NET, .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.0 including C# and Visual Basic. Intel® Thread Profiler does not currently support .NET.

Java* Tuning Support
VTune Performance Analyzer for Windows supports tuning Java 1.4 and JVMPI. JVMPI is supported by Java 1.5, but is deprecated in Java 1.6, replaced by JVMTI. VTune analyzer for Windows* does not currently support tuning with JVMTI. If you are tuning on a Linux OS, VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Linux* does support tuning Java 1.5 and JVMTI.

Web Browser Requirements
Microsoft Internet Explorer* version 5.0 or later (version 6.0 or newer recommended) is required for the Intel VTune Performance Analyzer. Internet Explorer is available from Microsoft's Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm.

Command-Line Support
An extensive subset of the Intel VTune Performance Analyzer capabilities is available from the command line. The OS software requirements for the command-line interface are similar to the host system requirements.

1 Remote Data Collection is currently limited to event sampling and Call Graph. It does not support collection of Counter Monitor data.

Note: The information above is subject to change. While we make every effort to make sure this information is correct, the most current and accurate details are found in the release notes that ship with the product. Be sure you have the latest software - check for updates. The system requirements for Intel® Thread Profiler are published separately.



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