Transitioning PyPI CUDA wheels to CUDA 13.0 as the stable (Release 2.11)

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Hi everyone — we’re planning to transition CUDA 13.0 to be the stable CUDA runtime/toolkit for the PyTorch wheels published to PyPI for the 2.11 release series.

What’s changing

  • CUDA 13.0 will become the “stable” CUDA variant for PyTorch wheels published on PyPI (starting with the 2.11 release line).
  • We will be publishing both x86_64 and aarch64 CUDA 13.0 binaries to PyPI.
  • CUDA 12.6 and 12.8 binaries will continue to be available to download via download.pytorch.org.

Why we’re doing this

  • Align the “stable” published wheels with the current CUDA/toolchain direction for the 2.11 timeframe.
  • Reduce ambiguity for users choosing “the” default CUDA build on PyPI, and simplify ecosystem expectations around the recommended baseline.

Tracking / details

We’re tracking the proposal and support matrix discussion here:

Cheers,
Team PyTorch