# GeForce RTX 3090 with CUDA capability sm\_86 is not compatible with the current PyTorch installation

**URL:** <https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/geforce-rtx-3090-with-cuda-capability-sm-86-is-not-compatible-with-the-current-pytorch-installation/123499>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 7, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/geforce-rtx-3090-with-cuda-capability-sm-86-is-not-compatible-with-the-current-pytorch-installation/123499 "2021-06-07T13:16:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/ptrblck/32/1823_2.png) [@ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/ptrblck)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/geforce-rtx-3090-with-cuda-capability-sm-86-is-not-compatible-with-the-current-pytorch-installation/123499/21 "2023-04-04T04:47:48Z")

</div>

Yes, the CUDA runtime used by your PyTorch binaries will be shown via `print(torch.version.cuda)` and would be 10.2 in your use case, which is why the error is raised as your Ampere GPU needs CUDA\>=11.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![doukAndy](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/doukandy/32/59073_2.png) [@doukAndy](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/doukAndy)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/geforce-rtx-3090-with-cuda-capability-sm-86-is-not-compatible-with-the-current-pytorch-installation/123499/22 "2023-04-04T05:13:56Z")

</div>

Thanks again for your answer!! I am a new starter and your answers towards many questions have helped me a great deal! ☺

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![davidgreenblott](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/davidgreenblott/32/69698_2.png) [@davidgreenblott](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/davidgreenblott)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/geforce-rtx-3090-with-cuda-capability-sm-86-is-not-compatible-with-the-current-pytorch-installation/123499/23 "2024-05-01T20:01:30Z")

</div>

I am trying to replicate work in a github repo that requires PyTorch 1.7.0 to run. My conda environment was working yesterday and all of a sudden i am now getting the error in this thread. I have tried creating a new conda environment and using

```auto
conda install pytorch==1.7.0 torchvision==0.8.0 torchaudio==0.7.0 cudatoolkit=11.0 -c pytorch

```

but am still getting the same error.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/user_avatar/discuss.pytorch.org/ptrblck/32/1823_2.png) [@ptrblck](https://discuss.pytorch.org/u/ptrblck)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/geforce-rtx-3090-with-cuda-capability-sm-86-is-not-compatible-with-the-current-pytorch-installation/123499/24 "2024-05-02T00:33:36Z")

</div>

Your PyTorch version might be too old so you would need to update it to the latest stable or nightly release.

[Previous page](https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/geforce-rtx-3090-with-cuda-capability-sm-86-is-not-compatible-with-the-current-pytorch-installation/123499.md?page=1)