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What are compute capabilities supported by each of:

  1. CUDA 5.5?
  2. CUDA 6.0?
  3. CUDA 6.5?
einpoklum
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    Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30820513/what-is-the-correct-version-of-cuda-for-my-nvidia-driver/30820690#30820690 – mic May 20 '20 at 04:36

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CUDA Version Min CC Deprecated CC Default CC Max CC
5.5 (and prior) 1.0 N/A 1.0 ?
6.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 ?
6.5 1.1 1.x 2.0 ?
7.x 2.0 N/A 2.0 ?
8.0 2.0 2.x 2.0 6.2
9.x 3.0 N/A 3.0 7.0
10.x 3.0 N/A * 3.0 7.5
11.x 3.5 † 3.x 5.2 11.0:8.0, 11.1:8.6, 11.8:9.0
12.x 5.0 N/A 5.2 9.0

* Compute Capability 3.0 was deprecated in 10.2.
† CUDA 11.5 still "supports" cc3.5 devices; the R495 driver in CUDA 11.5 installer does not.

Column descriptions:

  • Min CC = minimum compute capability that can be specified to nvcc (for that toolkit version)
  • Deprecated CC = If you specify this CC, you will get a deprecation message, but compile should still proceed.
  • Default CC = The architecture that will be targetted if no -arch or -gencode switches are used
  • Max CC = The highest compute capability you can specify on the compile command line via arch switches (compute_XY, sm_XY)
Robert Crovella
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  • Thanks! Actually I had some problems installing CUDA 6 on my GPU with CC 1.2 and thought that it's not supported. But it looks like the problem is somewhere else. – Max Mar 09 '15 at 08:33
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    Where did you find this information? Is there any official version, that is updated for CUDA 9.0? – Alexander Pacha Jan 03 '18 at 08:40
  • Actually for CUDA 9.0: `GPU card with CUDA Compute Capability 3.0 or higher for building from source and 3.5 or higher for our binaries. ` as stated at https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r1.7/install/install_linux – Andrzej Piasecki May 25 '18 at 12:06
  • @AndrzejPiasecki that is a requirement specific to Tensorflow (and it may change in the future), not a general CUDA requirement for use of CUDA 9.0. This question is not about Tensorflow. – Robert Crovella May 25 '18 at 13:03
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    @JarsOfJam-Scheduler Tensorflow and CUDNN have a minimum cc of 3.0. Not CUDA 8. See [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38542763/how-can-i-make-tensorflow-run-on-a-gpu-with-capability-2-0/38543201#38543201). – Robert Crovella Aug 02 '19 at 11:15
  • @RobertCrovella: I know you don't like edits of your answers, but I did take the liberty of reformatting as a proper table. – einpoklum Apr 02 '23 at 13:21