NVIDIA CUDA¶
CUDA is a parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API) model created by NVIDIA. It allows software developers to use a CUDA-enabled graphics processing unit (GPU) for general purpose processing – an approach known as GPGPU. The CUDA platform is a software layer that gives direct access to the GPU’s virtual instruction set and parallel computational elements, for the execution of compute kernels.
To use NVIDIA’s compiler suite, load cuda module.
module avail cuda
-------------- /apps/modulefiles/compilers --------------
cuda/11.4 cuda/11.6 cuda/11.8 cuda/12.3.1 cuda/12.5.1 cuda/12.8.1
module load cuda
nvcc --version
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2025 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Fri_Feb_21_20:23:50_PST_2025
Cuda compilation tools, release 12.8, V12.8.93
Build cuda_12.8.r12.8/compiler.35583870_0
Example output of the deviceQuery sample on a GPU node whith 2 Tesla K40.
CUDA Device Query (Runtime API) version (CUDART static linking)
Detected 4 CUDA Capable device(s)
Device 0: "NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB"
CUDA Driver Version / Runtime Version 12.8 / 12.8
CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number: 8.0
Total amount of global memory: 81154 MBytes (85095874560 bytes)
(108) Multiprocessors, (064) CUDA Cores/MP: 6912 CUDA Cores
GPU Max Clock rate: 1410 MHz (1.41 GHz)
Memory Clock rate: 1593 Mhz
Memory Bus Width: 5120-bit
L2 Cache Size: 41943040 bytes
Maximum Texture Dimension Size (x,y,z) 1D=(131072), 2D=(131072, 65536), 3D=(16384, 16384, 16384)
Maximum Layered 1D Texture Size, (num) layers 1D=(32768), 2048 layers
Maximum Layered 2D Texture Size, (num) layers 2D=(32768, 32768), 2048 layers
Total amount of constant memory: 65536 bytes
Total amount of shared memory per block: 49152 bytes
Total shared memory per multiprocessor: 167936 bytes
Total number of registers available per block: 65536
Warp size: 32
Maximum number of threads per multiprocessor: 2048
Maximum number of threads per block: 1024
Max dimension size of a thread block (x,y,z): (1024, 1024, 64)
Max dimension size of a grid size (x,y,z): (2147483647, 65535, 65535)
Maximum memory pitch: 2147483647 bytes
Texture alignment: 512 bytes
Concurrent copy and kernel execution: Yes with 5 copy engine(s)
Run time limit on kernels: No
Integrated GPU sharing Host Memory: No
Support host page-locked memory mapping: Yes
Alignment requirement for Surfaces: Yes
Device has ECC support: Enabled
Device supports Unified Addressing (UVA): Yes
Device supports Managed Memory: Yes
Device supports Compute Preemption: Yes
Supports Cooperative Kernel Launch: Yes
Supports MultiDevice Co-op Kernel Launch: Yes
Device PCI Domain ID / Bus ID / location ID: 0 / 1 / 0
Compute Mode:
< Default (multiple host threads can use ::cudaSetDevice() with device simultaneously) >
Device 1: "NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB"
CUDA Driver Version / Runtime Version 12.8 / 12.8
CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number: 8.0
Total amount of global memory: 81154 MBytes (85095874560 bytes)
(108) Multiprocessors, (064) CUDA Cores/MP: 6912 CUDA Cores
GPU Max Clock rate: 1410 MHz (1.41 GHz)
Memory Clock rate: 1593 Mhz
Memory Bus Width: 5120-bit
L2 Cache Size: 41943040 bytes
Maximum Texture Dimension Size (x,y,z) 1D=(131072), 2D=(131072, 65536), 3D=(16384, 16384, 16384)
Maximum Layered 1D Texture Size, (num) layers 1D=(32768), 2048 layers
Maximum Layered 2D Texture Size, (num) layers 2D=(32768, 32768), 2048 layers
Total amount of constant memory: 65536 bytes
Total amount of shared memory per block: 49152 bytes
Total shared memory per multiprocessor: 167936 bytes
Total number of registers available per block: 65536
Warp size: 32
Maximum number of threads per multiprocessor: 2048
Maximum number of threads per block: 1024
Max dimension size of a thread block (x,y,z): (1024, 1024, 64)
Max dimension size of a grid size (x,y,z): (2147483647, 65535, 65535)
Maximum memory pitch: 2147483647 bytes
Texture alignment: 512 bytes
Concurrent copy and kernel execution: Yes with 5 copy engine(s)
Run time limit on kernels: No
Integrated GPU sharing Host Memory: No
Support host page-locked memory mapping: Yes
Alignment requirement for Surfaces: Yes
Device has ECC support: Enabled
Device supports Unified Addressing (UVA): Yes
Device supports Managed Memory: Yes
Device supports Compute Preemption: Yes
Supports Cooperative Kernel Launch: Yes
Supports MultiDevice Co-op Kernel Launch: Yes
Device PCI Domain ID / Bus ID / location ID: 0 / 65 / 0
Compute Mode:
< Default (multiple host threads can use ::cudaSetDevice() with device simultaneously) >
Device 2: "NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB"
CUDA Driver Version / Runtime Version 12.8 / 12.8
CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number: 8.0
Total amount of global memory: 81154 MBytes (85095874560 bytes)
(108) Multiprocessors, (064) CUDA Cores/MP: 6912 CUDA Cores
GPU Max Clock rate: 1410 MHz (1.41 GHz)
Memory Clock rate: 1593 Mhz
Memory Bus Width: 5120-bit
L2 Cache Size: 41943040 bytes
Maximum Texture Dimension Size (x,y,z) 1D=(131072), 2D=(131072, 65536), 3D=(16384, 16384, 16384)
Maximum Layered 1D Texture Size, (num) layers 1D=(32768), 2048 layers
Maximum Layered 2D Texture Size, (num) layers 2D=(32768, 32768), 2048 layers
Total amount of constant memory: 65536 bytes
Total amount of shared memory per block: 49152 bytes
Total shared memory per multiprocessor: 167936 bytes
Total number of registers available per block: 65536
Warp size: 32
Maximum number of threads per multiprocessor: 2048
Maximum number of threads per block: 1024
Max dimension size of a thread block (x,y,z): (1024, 1024, 64)
Max dimension size of a grid size (x,y,z): (2147483647, 65535, 65535)
Maximum memory pitch: 2147483647 bytes
Texture alignment: 512 bytes
Concurrent copy and kernel execution: Yes with 5 copy engine(s)
Run time limit on kernels: No
Integrated GPU sharing Host Memory: No
Support host page-locked memory mapping: Yes
Alignment requirement for Surfaces: Yes
Device has ECC support: Enabled
Device supports Unified Addressing (UVA): Yes
Device supports Managed Memory: Yes
Device supports Compute Preemption: Yes
Supports Cooperative Kernel Launch: Yes
Supports MultiDevice Co-op Kernel Launch: Yes
Device PCI Domain ID / Bus ID / location ID: 0 / 129 / 0
Compute Mode:
< Default (multiple host threads can use ::cudaSetDevice() with device simultaneously) >
Device 3: "NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB"
CUDA Driver Version / Runtime Version 12.8 / 12.8
CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number: 8.0
Total amount of global memory: 81154 MBytes (85095874560 bytes)
(108) Multiprocessors, (064) CUDA Cores/MP: 6912 CUDA Cores
GPU Max Clock rate: 1410 MHz (1.41 GHz)
Memory Clock rate: 1593 Mhz
Memory Bus Width: 5120-bit
L2 Cache Size: 41943040 bytes
Maximum Texture Dimension Size (x,y,z) 1D=(131072), 2D=(131072, 65536), 3D=(16384, 16384, 16384)
Maximum Layered 1D Texture Size, (num) layers 1D=(32768), 2048 layers
Maximum Layered 2D Texture Size, (num) layers 2D=(32768, 32768), 2048 layers
Total amount of constant memory: 65536 bytes
Total amount of shared memory per block: 49152 bytes
Total shared memory per multiprocessor: 167936 bytes
Total number of registers available per block: 65536
Warp size: 32
Maximum number of threads per multiprocessor: 2048
Maximum number of threads per block: 1024
Max dimension size of a thread block (x,y,z): (1024, 1024, 64)
Max dimension size of a grid size (x,y,z): (2147483647, 65535, 65535)
Maximum memory pitch: 2147483647 bytes
Texture alignment: 512 bytes
Concurrent copy and kernel execution: Yes with 5 copy engine(s)
Run time limit on kernels: No
Integrated GPU sharing Host Memory: No
Support host page-locked memory mapping: Yes
Alignment requirement for Surfaces: Yes
Device has ECC support: Enabled
Device supports Unified Addressing (UVA): Yes
Device supports Managed Memory: Yes
Device supports Compute Preemption: Yes
Supports Cooperative Kernel Launch: Yes
Supports MultiDevice Co-op Kernel Launch: Yes
Device PCI Domain ID / Bus ID / location ID: 0 / 193 / 0
Compute Mode:
< Default (multiple host threads can use ::cudaSetDevice() with device simultaneously) >
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU0) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU1) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU0) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU2) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU0) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU3) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU1) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU0) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU1) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU2) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU1) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU3) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU2) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU0) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU2) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU1) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU2) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU3) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU3) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU0) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU3) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU1) : Yes
> Peer access from NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU3) -> NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB (GPU2) : Yes
deviceQuery, CUDA Driver = CUDART, CUDA Driver Version = 12.8, CUDA Runtime Version = 12.8, NumDevs = 4
Result = PASS
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