When GPU performance collapses, generic profiling views are often too high-level to explain why. You need low-level counters, or you stay stuck in expensive guess-and-check loops.
This module puts Mali System Metrics directly into your Unity profiling workflow so you can read GPU cycles, shader-core pressure, tiler behavior, cache and memory signals, and depth-related stalls. That is the difference between vague "GPU bottleneck" and actionable diagnosis.
The evidence hits hard in live captures: a simple semi-transparent change can drag a scene from around 90 FPS toward 60 FPS while low-level counters spike. You also learn why early fragment kill versus late depth decisions matters so much for tile-based architectures.
Next step: verify you are on a supported Mali device, enable the SMM module, capture baseline and stress frames, then compare counter deltas before touching shaders. If thermal behavior changes during runs, measure that too.
CEO/Producer translation: low-level GPU metrics cut blind optimization time, reduce thermal-risk surprises, and prevent late-stage rendering disaster. Unlock the full SMM module and make your GPU investigations precise enough to ship with confidence.
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