[Installation]: CUDA kernel image not available for GTX 1080 Ti (Compute 6.1) using pip-installed vLLM 0.9.1

[NEWbie0709]

Your current environment

INFO 06-12 17:10:51 [__init__.py:244] Automatically detected platform cuda.
Collecting environment information...
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        System Info
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OS                           : Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS (x86_64)
GCC version                  : (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 9.4.0
Clang version                : Could not collect
CMake version                : version 3.27.2
Libc version                 : glibc-2.31

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       PyTorch Info
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PyTorch version              : 2.7.0+cu126
Is debug build               : False
CUDA used to build PyTorch   : 12.6
ROCM used to build PyTorch   : N/A

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      Python Environment
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Python version               : 3.10.18 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Jun  4 2025, 14:45:41) [GCC 13.3.0] (64-bit runtime)
Python platform              : Linux-5.4.0-137-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.31

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       CUDA / GPU Info
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Is CUDA available            : True
CUDA runtime version         : 12.8.61
CUDA_MODULE_LOADING set to   : LAZY
GPU models and configuration :
GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Nvidia driver version        : 570.86.10
cuDNN version                : Probably one of the following:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn.so.8.4.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_adv_infer.so.8.4.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_adv_train.so.8.4.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_cnn_infer.so.8.4.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_cnn_train.so.8.4.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_ops_infer.so.8.4.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_ops_train.so.8.4.1
HIP runtime version          : N/A
MIOpen runtime version       : N/A
Is XNNPACK available         : True

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          CPU Info
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Architecture:                    x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                  32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:                      Little Endian
Address sizes:                   46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
CPU(s):                          16
On-line CPU(s) list:             0-15
Thread(s) per core:              2
Core(s) per socket:              8
Socket(s):                       1
NUMA node(s):                    1
Vendor ID:                       GenuineIntel
CPU family:                      6
Model:                           85
Model name:                      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7820X CPU @ 3.60GHz
Stepping:                        4
CPU MHz:                         1200.033
CPU max MHz:                     4500.0000
CPU min MHz:                     1200.0000
BogoMIPS:                        7200.00
Virtualization:                  VT-x
L1d cache:                       256 KiB
L1i cache:                       256 KiB
L2 cache:                        8 MiB
L3 cache:                        11 MiB
NUMA node0 CPU(s):               0-15
Vulnerability Itlb multihit:     KVM: Mitigation: Split huge pages
Vulnerability L1tf:              Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Vulnerability Mds:               Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Vulnerability Meltdown:          Mitigation; PTI
Vulnerability Mmio stale data:   Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Vulnerability Retbleed:          Mitigation; IBRS
Vulnerability Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Vulnerability Spectre v1:        Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Vulnerability Spectre v2:        Mitigation; IBRS, IBPB conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected
Vulnerability Srbds:             Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort:   Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Flags:                           fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l3 cdp_l3 invpcid_single pti ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm cqm mpx rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb intel_pt avx512cd avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_pkg_req md_clear flush_l1d arch_capabilities

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Versions of relevant libraries
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[pip3] numpy==2.2.6
[pip3] nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.6.4.1
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.6.80
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12==12.6.77
[pip3] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12==12.6.77
[pip3] nvidia-cudnn-cu12==9.5.1.17
[pip3] nvidia-cufft-cu12==11.3.0.4
[pip3] nvidia-cufile-cu12==1.11.1.6
[pip3] nvidia-curand-cu12==10.3.7.77
[pip3] nvidia-cusolver-cu12==11.7.1.2
[pip3] nvidia-cusparse-cu12==12.5.4.2
[pip3] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12==0.6.3
[pip3] nvidia-nccl-cu12==2.26.2
[pip3] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12==12.6.85
[pip3] nvidia-nvtx-cu12==12.6.77
[pip3] pyzmq==26.4.0
[pip3] torch==2.7.0
[pip3] torchaudio==2.7.0
[pip3] torchvision==0.22.0
[pip3] transformers==4.52.4
[pip3] triton==3.3.0
[conda] numpy                     2.2.6                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cublas-cu12        12.6.4.1                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12    12.6.80                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-nvrtc-cu12    12.6.77                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12  12.6.77                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cudnn-cu12         9.5.1.17                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cufft-cu12         11.3.0.4                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cufile-cu12        1.11.1.6                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-curand-cu12        10.3.7.77                pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusolver-cu12      11.7.1.2                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparse-cu12      12.5.4.2                 pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-cusparselt-cu12    0.6.3                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nccl-cu12          2.26.2                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12     12.6.85                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] nvidia-nvtx-cu12          12.6.77                  pypi_0    pypi
[conda] pyzmq                     26.4.0                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] torch                     2.7.0                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] torchaudio                2.7.0                    pypi_0    pypi
[conda] torchvision               0.22.0                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] transformers              4.52.4                   pypi_0    pypi
[conda] triton                    3.3.0                    pypi_0    pypi

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         vLLM Info
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ROCM Version                 : Could not collect
Neuron SDK Version           : N/A
vLLM Version                 : 0.9.1
vLLM Build Flags:
  CUDA Archs: Not Set; ROCm: Disabled; Neuron: Disabled
GPU Topology:
        GPU0    GPU1    GPU2    CPU Affinity    NUMA Affinity   GPU NUMA ID
GPU0     X      NODE    NODE    0-15    0               N/A
GPU1    NODE     X      PHB     0-15    0               N/A
GPU2    NODE    PHB      X      0-15    0               N/A

Legend:

  X    = Self
  SYS  = Connection traversing PCIe as well as the SMP interconnect between NUMA nodes (e.g., QPI/UPI)
  NODE = Connection traversing PCIe as well as the interconnect between PCIe Host Bridges within a NUMA node
  PHB  = Connection traversing PCIe as well as a PCIe Host Bridge (typically the CPU)
  PXB  = Connection traversing multiple PCIe bridges (without traversing the PCIe Host Bridge)
  PIX  = Connection traversing at most a single PCIe bridge
  NV#  = Connection traversing a bonded set of # NVLinks

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     Environment Variables
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NCCL_CUMEM_ENABLE=0
PYTORCH_NVML_BASED_CUDA_CHECK=1
TORCHINDUCTOR_COMPILE_THREADS=1
CUDA_MODULE_LOADING=LAZY

System Info:

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal, Compute Capability 6.1)

CUDA Version: 12.8

Driver Version: 570.86.10

vLLM Version: 0.9.1

Install Method: pip install vllm

I installed vLLM 0.9.1 using pip and attempted to serve a Hugging Face model, but it fails at runtime with:
RuntimeError: CUDA error: no kernel image is available for execution on the device

I noticed that vLLM officially supports GPUs with compute capability 7.0 and above. Is there any recommended way to install or run it with a GPU that has compute capability 6.1, such as my GTX 1080 Ti?

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[gjsmo]

Look at https://github.com/sasha0552/pascal-pkgs-ci, they have prebuilt packages which should run on Pascal. However, you should know that with the V1 engine they will likely be dropping support for Pascal and Volta entirely.

[NEWbie0709]

@gjsmo thanks for the reply do you know when the V1 engine will officially come out and start dropping support for Pascal?

[gjsmo]

Look at #18571

[NEWbie0709]

thanks alot! @gjsmo