# RTX 3080's compatibility

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/rtx-3080s-compatibility/154807>\
**Category:** CUDA Programming and Performance\
**Created:** [September 19, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/rtx-3080s-compatibility/154807 "2020-09-19T14:44:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![woholag117](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@woholag117](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/woholag117)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/rtx-3080s-compatibility/154807/1 "2020-09-19T14:44:37Z")

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Lastest driver for the RTX 3080’s is 456.38. Is it compatible with CUDA 10.2?

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**Author:** ![cbuchner1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/cbuchner1/32/14168_2.png) [@cbuchner1](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/cbuchner1)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/rtx-3080s-compatibility/154807/2 "2020-09-21T07:36:01Z")

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Generally speaking backwards compatibility of drivers is expected, unless the driver release notes state otherwise  
See table 2 here:

> **[Release Notes :: CUDA Toolkit Documentation](https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html#cuda-major-component-versions)**
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> The Release Notes for the CUDA Toolkit.

The CUDA 10.2 API is expected to work with any driver of release 440.33 or greater. (441.42 on Windows)

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**Author:** ![Isara](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@Isara](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Isara)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/rtx-3080s-compatibility/154807/3 "2020-09-25T03:07:28Z")

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I was also expecting CUDA10.2 to work on the RTX30 series. However, the RTX3080+CUDA10.2 did not work in my environment. (NVIDIA graphics driver version = 456.38.)  
I haven’t been able to actually try it out yet, but I’ve been informed that the combination with CUDA11 works.  
However, many deep learning frameworks do not support CUDA11, so that is an issue.

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**Author:** ![TomNVIDIA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/tomnvidia/32/14181_2.png) [@TomNVIDIA](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/TomNVIDIA)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/rtx-3080s-compatibility/154807/4 "2021-10-12T16:04:24Z")

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