---
type: lookup
id: cuda-11-minor-version-compatibility
asset: software-interface-version-compatibility
title: "CUDA 11+ Minor Version Compatibility — Software interface version compatibility"
sources:
  - https://docs.nvidia.com/deploy/cuda-compatibility/latest/
source_quote: "Minor Version Compatibility , available starting with CUDA 11, which allows applications built within the same major CUDA release family to run on a sufficiently new driver"
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2026-10-03
product: "CUDA"
pairing: "CUDA 11+ Minor Version Compatibility"
software_version: "CUDA 11+"
dependency_version: "same major CUDA release, sufficiently new driver"
unverified_fields: dependency_version, pairing, software_version
---
**Product:** CUDA

**Version pairing:** CUDA 11+ Minor Version Compatibility

**Software version:** CUDA 11+

**Dependency version:** same major CUDA release, sufficiently new driver

> Minor Version Compatibility , available starting with CUDA 11, which allows applications built within the same major CUDA release family to run on a sufficiently new driver

Source: <https://docs.nvidia.com/deploy/cuda-compatibility/latest/>