CUDA Demo Suite

Type: Tool Tags: NVIDIA, CUDA, demo suite, samples, deviceQuery, bandwidthTest Related: NVIDIA-CUDA, CUDA-Runtime-API, CUDA-Driver-API, NVCC, CUDA-Compatibility, NVIDIA-Data-Center-GPU-Drivers Sources: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/demo-suite/index.html Last Updated: 2026-04-29

Summary

CUDA Demo Suite contains pre-built CUDA applications that demonstrate NVIDIA GPU capabilities and system details. It is useful for sanity checks, device enumeration, and basic CUDA installation validation.

Detail

The demo suite includes applications such as deviceQuery, which enumerates CUDA device properties in human-readable form. These demos are not production libraries, but they are valuable when validating that a driver/toolkit/GPU setup is functioning as expected.

In the wiki, CUDA Demo Suite belongs near install, compatibility, and driver pages because it is often used immediately after setting up CUDA.

Connections

• NVIDIA-CUDA - CUDA Toolkit includes sample and demo validation workflows.
• CUDA-Runtime-API - demos exercise runtime-facing CUDA concepts.
• NVCC - developers may compile or compare sample CUDA applications.
• CUDA-Compatibility - demos help validate driver/toolkit compatibility in practice.
• NVIDIA-Data-Center-GPU-Drivers - driver state affects whether demos detect GPUs correctly.

Source Excerpts

• NVIDIA describes CUDA Demo Suite as pre-built applications that demonstrate NVIDIA GPU capabilities and details.
• deviceQuery enumerates CUDA device properties in a human-readable format.