Nvidia Driver Version Check

  1. Nvidia Graphics Drivers Windows 10
  2. Check For Nvidia Driver Updates
  3. Nvidia Control Panel Latest Version
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For debugging CUDA code and checking compatibilities I need to find out what nvidia driver version for the GPU I have installed. I found How to get the cuda version? but that does not help me here.

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Nvidia Graphics Drivers Windows 10

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NVIDIA releases periodic driver updates for graphics cards built on its chipset. Driver updates are released to fix bugs, improve stability, enhance performance and extend compatibility for new.

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Brendan WoodBrendan Wood
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On any linux system with the NVIDIA driver installed and loaded into the kernel, you can execute:

to get the version of the currently loaded NVIDIA kernel module, for example:

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MichaelMichael

Windows version:

cd Program FilesNVIDIA CorporationNVSMI

nvidia-smi

Check For Nvidia Driver Updates

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[NOTE: I am not deleting my answer on purpose, so people see how not to do it]

If you use:

Nvidia Control Panel Latest Version

you will get the version of the nVIDIA driver package installed through your distribution's packaging mechanism. But this may not be the version that is actually running as part of your kernel right now.

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FramesterFramester
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To expand on ccc's answer, if you want to incorporate querying the card with a script, here is information on Nvidia site on how to do so:

Also, I found this thread researching powershell. Here is an example command that runs the utility to get the true memory available on the GPU to get you started.

Jeff BlumenthalJeff Blumenthal

If you need to get that in a program with Python on a Linux system for reproducibility:

gives:

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