top indicating wrong amount of memory used

[alexzive]

Hello,

as you should see, top is indicating 3.544.864kb (3.5Gb) of memory used while gnome system monitor only 609Mb.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jcGTDpesw68/TAjcQ91yh8I/AAAAAAAADU4/dTVo6gCpwR8/s800/top.png

What’s wrong here?
(I am pretty sure Gnome SM is right. Top is updating every sec.)

thanks, Alex

[Edward_Iii]

Hello alexzive,

@alexzive

as you should see, top is indicating 3.544.864kb (3.5Gb) of memory used while gnome system monitor only 609Mb.

I tried it myself and encountered the same.

@alexzive

(I am pretty sure Gnome SM is right. Top is updating every sec.)

They’re both right.
The only difference is that top is showing all the memory used.
And Gnome SM is only showing the memory that is used by applications.

P.S.

@alexzive

…while gnome system monitor only 609Mb.

Gnome SM isn’t showing 609 Megabyte but it’s showing 609 Mebibyte.

Good luck!