In general, check the host_config.h file to find out which versions are supported.
Sometimes it is possible to hack the requirements there to get some newer versions working, too :)
Thrust version can be found in $CUDA_ROOT/include/thrust/version.h.
Release notes for CUDA >= 5.5 are stored under http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/X_Y/rel/docs/CUDA_Toolkit_Release_Notes.pdf
Latest, officical Compiler requirements: http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html
| CUDA version | SM Arch | g++ | icpc | pgc++ | xlC | MSC | clang++ | driver | thrust | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | 1.0-? | ? | 11.1 | ? | ||||||
| 4.0 | 1.0-? | <=4.4 | 11.1 | ? | ||||||
| 4.1 | 1.0-? | <=4.5 | 11.1 | ? | ||||||
| 4.2 | 1.0-? | <=4.6 | 11.1 | ? | ||||||
| 5.0 | 1.0-3.X | <=4.6 | 11.1 | ? | ? | 1.5.3 | ||||
| 5.5 | 1.0-? | <=4.8 | 12.1 | ? | ? | 1.7.0 | C++11 on host side supported; ICC fixed to build 20110811 |
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| 6.0 | 1.0-5.X | <=4.8 | 13.1 | ? | 331.62 | 1.7.1 | ||||
| 6.5 | 1.1-5.X | <=4.8 | 14.0 | ? | ? | ? | 1.7.2 | experimenal device side C++11 support; including this version, <thrust/sort.h> skrews up __CUDA_ARCH__ (must be undefined on host) |
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| 7.0.17 (RC) | ? | <=4.9 | 15.0 | >=14.9 | 13.1.1 | ? | 346.29 | 1.8.0 | first official PGI support, first xlc string found; powerpc64 w. little endian supported | |
| 7.0.27 | 2.0-5.X | <=4.9 | 15.0 | >=14.9 | 13.1.1 | 2010-13 | 346.46 | 1.8.1 | official C++11 support on device side | |
| 7.5 | <=4.9 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.1 | 2010-13 | 3.5-3.6 | 352.41? | 1.8.2 | clang (host) on linux supported, __CUDACC_VER__ macros added |
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| 7.5.18 | 2.0-5.X | <=4.9 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.1 | 2010-13 | 352.39 | 1.8.2 | ||
| 8.0.44 | 2.0-6.X | <=5.3 | 15.0(.4)-16.0 | 16(.3)+ | 13.1(.2) | 2012-15 | 3.8-3.9 | 367.48 | 1.8.3-patch2 | sm_60 (pascal) support added |
| 8.0.61 | 2.0-6.X | <=5.3 | 15.0(.4)-17.0 | 16(.3)+ | 13.1(.2) | 2012-15 | 3.8-3.9 | 375.26 | 1.8.3-patch2 | nvcc 8 is incompatible with std::tuple in gcc 5.4+ |
| 9.0.69 (RC) | 3.0-7.X | (<=5.5) <=6 | 15.0(.4)-17.0 | 17 | 13.1(.2) | 2012-17 | 3.8-3.9 | ???.?? | 1.9.0-patch4 | device-side C++14; sm_70 (volta) support added, sm_2X (Fermi) dropped; __CUDACC_VER__ deprecated for __CUDACC_VER_MAJOR/MINOR/BUILD__ |
| 9.0.103 (RC) | 3.0-7.X | (<=5.5) <=6 | 15.0(.4)-17.0 | 17 | 13.1(.2) | 2012-17 | 3.8-3.9 | 384.59 | 1.9.0-patch4 | same as above, __CUDACC_VER__ defined as #error rendering it fully broken |
| 9.0.176 | 3.0-7.X | (<=5.5) <=6 | (15.0-)17.0 | 17.1 | 13.1(.5) | 2012-17 | (3.8-)3.9 | 384.81 | 1.9.0-patch5 | same as above |
| 9.1.85 | 3.0-7.X | (<=5.5) <=6 | (15.0-)17.0 | 17.X | 13.1(.6) | 2012-17 | (3.8-)4.0 | 387.26 | 1.9.1-patch2 | math_functions.hpp moved to crt/ |
| 9.1.85.1 | cuBLAS 9.1.128: Volta GEMM kernels optimized | |||||||||
| 9.1.85.2 | ptxas: fix address calculations using large immediate operands | |||||||||
| 9.1.85.3 | cuBLAS: fixes to GEMM optimizations for convolutional sequence to sequence (seq2seq) models. | |||||||||
| 9.0-9.1 | nvcc 9.0-9.1 is incompatible with std::tuple in gcc 6+ |
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| 9.2.88 | 3.0-7.X | <=7 | (15.0-)17.0 | 17-18.X | 13.1(.6),16.1 | 2012-17 | (3.8-)5.0 | 396.26 | 1.9.2 | CUTLASS 1.0 added; std::tuple fixed (prior GCC 6 issues) |
as of 7.0, clang seems to be the only supported compiler on OSX (but no version check found). Compilers such as pgC, icc, xlC are only supported on x86 linux and little endian.
dynamic parallelism was added with sm_35 and CUDA 5.0.
clang++ can compile CUDA C++ to ptx as well. Give it a whirl!
| clang++ | supported CUDA release | supported SMs |
|---|---|---|
| 3.9-5.0 | 7.0-8.0 | 2.0-(5.0)6.0 |
| 6.0 | 7.0-9.0 | (2.0)3.0-7.0 |
| trunk | 7.0-9.2 | (2.0)3.0-7.2 |