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CUDA Toolkit

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by NVIDIA

Programming toolkit and libraries for running general-purpose computation on NVIDIA GPUs.

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Free to download; no paid tier of the toolkit itself is offered.

What it does

• GPU programming

How it compares

• AMD ROCm

  Rival GPU programming stacks for the same accelerator workloads; AMD's own documentation ships a CUDA-to-HIP porting path — the challenger documenting the route off the incumbent toolchain.

  Porting CUDA code to HIP

  Official documentation · 25 Aug 2026
• Mojo

  The startup touts its unified stack as a way to deliver up to 70% latency reduction and 80% cost savings compared to vendor-specific runtimes like CUDA and ROCm.

  News reporting · 19 Sep 2026

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 2 Sep 2026

Verified 2026-09-02: URL 200, still a free toolkit download, name unchanged.

Sold within

Official documentation · 30 Sep 2026

The toolkit's own page, titled "CUDA Toolkit - Free Tools and Training", offers a "Download Now" button, and the downloads page reads: "Click on the green buttons that describe your target platform. Only supported platforms will be shown. By downloading and using the software, you agree to fully comply with the terms and conditions of the CUDA EULA." Anyone can download it directly, without a purchase.

URL

Official documentation · 30 Sep 2026

Titled "CUDA Toolkit - Free Tools and Training | NVIDIA Developer"; "The NVIDIA® CUDA® Toolkit provides a development environment for creating high-performance, GPU-accelerated applications", with "Download Now".

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