onnxruntime/docs/execution-providers/CUDA-ExecutionProvider.md

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# CUDA Execution Provider

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The CUDA Execution Provider enables hardware accelerated computation on Nvidia CUDA-enabled GPUs.

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## Install

Pre-built binaries of ONNX Runtime with CUDA EP are published for most language bindings. Please
reference [Install ORT](../install).

## Requirements

Please reference table below for official GPU packages dependencies for the ONNX Runtime inferencing package. Note that
ONNX Runtime Training is aligned with PyTorch CUDA versions; refer to the Training tab
on [onnxruntime.ai](https://onnxruntime.ai/) for supported versions.

Note: Because of CUDA Minor Version Compatibility, Onnx Runtime built with CUDA 11.4 should be compatible with any CUDA
11.x version.
Please
reference [Nvidia CUDA Minor Version Compatibility](https://docs.nvidia.com/deploy/cuda-compatibility/#minor-version-compatibility).

| ONNX Runtime             | CUDA   | cuDNN                                   | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|--------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.17                     | 12.2   | 8.9.2.26 (Linux)<br/>8.9.2.26 (Windows) | The default CUDA version for ORT 1.17 is CUDA 11.8. To install CUDA 12 package, please look at [Install ORT](../install).<br>Due to low demend on Java GPU package, only C++/C# Nuget and Python packages are released with CUDA 12.2 |
| 1.15<br>1.16<br>1.17     | 11.8   | 8.2.4 (Linux)<br/>8.5.0.96 (Windows)    | Tested with CUDA versions from 11.6 up to 11.8, and cuDNN from 8.2.4 up to 8.7.0                                                                                                                                                    |
| 1.14<br/>1.13.1<br/>1.13 | 11.6   | 8.2.4 (Linux)<br/>8.5.0.96 (Windows)    | libcudart 11.4.43<br/>libcufft 10.5.2.100<br/>libcurand 10.2.5.120<br/>libcublasLt 11.6.5.2<br/>libcublas 11.6.5.2<br/>libcudnn 8.2.4                                                                                               |
| 1.12<br/>1.11            | 11.4   | 8.2.4 (Linux)<br/>8.2.2.26 (Windows)    | libcudart 11.4.43<br/>libcufft 10.5.2.100<br/>libcurand 10.2.5.120<br/>libcublasLt 11.6.5.2<br/>libcublas 11.6.5.2<br/>libcudnn 8.2.4                                                                                               |
| 1.10                     | 11.4   | 8.2.4 (Linux)<br/>8.2.2.26 (Windows)    | libcudart 11.4.43<br/>libcufft 10.5.2.100<br/>libcurand 10.2.5.120<br/>libcublasLt 11.6.1.51<br/>libcublas 11.6.1.51<br/>libcudnn 8.2.4                                                                                             |
| 1.9                      | 11.4   | 8.2.4 (Linux)<br/>8.2.2.26 (Windows)    | libcudart 11.4.43<br/>libcufft 10.5.2.100<br/>libcurand 10.2.5.120<br/>libcublasLt 11.6.1.51<br/>libcublas 11.6.1.51<br/>libcudnn 8.2.4                                                                                             |
| 1.8                      | 11.0.3 | 8.0.4 (Linux)<br/>8.0.2.39 (Windows)    | libcudart 11.0.221<br/>libcufft 10.2.1.245<br/>libcurand 10.2.1.245<br/>libcublasLt 11.2.0.252<br/>libcublas 11.2.0.252<br/>libcudnn 8.0.4                                                                                          |
| 1.7                      | 11.0.3 | 8.0.4 (Linux)<br/>8.0.2.39 (Windows)    | libcudart 11.0.221<br/>libcufft 10.2.1.245<br/>libcurand 10.2.1.245<br/>libcublasLt 11.2.0.252<br/>libcublas 11.2.0.252<br/>libcudnn 8.0.4                                                                                          |
| 1.5-1.6                  | 10.2   | 8.0.3                                   | CUDA 11 can be built from source                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 1.2-1.4                  | 10.1   | 7.6.5                                   | Requires cublas10-10.2.1.243; cublas 10.1.x will not work                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 1.0-1.1                  | 10.0   | 7.6.4                                   | CUDA versions from 9.1 up to 10.1, and cuDNN versions from 7.1 up to 7.4 should also work with Visual Studio 2017                                                                                                                   |

For older versions, please reference the readme and build pages on the release branch.

For
Windows, [Microsoft C and C++ (MSVC) runtime libraries](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist)
is also required.

## Build

For build instructions, please see the [BUILD page](../build/eps.md#cuda).

## Configuration Options

The CUDA Execution Provider supports the following configuration options.

### device_id

The device ID.

Default value: 0

### user_compute_stream

Defines the compute stream for the inference to run on.
It implicitly sets the `has_user_compute_stream` option. It cannot be set through `UpdateCUDAProviderOptions`, but
rather `UpdateCUDAProviderOptionsWithValue`.
This cannot be used in combination with an external allocator.

Example python usage:

```python
providers = [("CUDAExecutionProvider", {"device_id": torch.cuda.current_device(),
                                        "user_compute_stream": str(torch.cuda.current_stream().cuda_stream)})]
sess_options = ort.SessionOptions()
sess = ort.InferenceSession("my_model.onnx", sess_options=sess_options, providers=providers)
```

To take advantage of user compute stream, it is recommended to
use [I/O Binding](../api/python/api_summary.html) to bind inputs and outputs to tensors in device.

### do_copy_in_default_stream

Whether to do copies in the default stream or use separate streams. The recommended setting is true. If false, there are
race conditions and possibly better performance.

Default value: true

### use_ep_level_unified_stream

Uses the same CUDA stream for all threads of the CUDA EP. This is implicitly enabled
by `has_user_compute_stream`, `enable_cuda_graph` or when using an external allocator.

Default value: false

### gpu_mem_limit

The size limit of the device memory arena in bytes. This size limit is only for the execution provider's arena. The
total device memory usage may be higher.
s: max value of C++ size_t type (effectively unlimited)

_Note:_ Will be over-ridden by contents of `default_memory_arena_cfg` (if specified)

### arena_extend_strategy

The strategy for extending the device memory arena.

 Value                | Description                                                                  
----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 kNextPowerOfTwo (0)  | subsequent extensions extend by larger amounts (multiplied by powers of two) 
 kSameAsRequested (1) | extend by the requested amount                                               

Default value: kNextPowerOfTwo

_Note:_ Will be over-ridden by contents of `default_memory_arena_cfg` (if specified)

### cudnn_conv_algo_search

The type of search done for cuDNN convolution algorithms.

 Value          | Description                                                                     
----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EXHAUSTIVE (0) | expensive exhaustive benchmarking using cudnnFindConvolutionForwardAlgorithmEx  
 HEURISTIC (1)  | lightweight heuristic based search using cudnnGetConvolutionForwardAlgorithm_v7 
 DEFAULT (2)    | default algorithm using CUDNN_CONVOLUTION_FWD_ALGO_IMPLICIT_PRECOMP_GEMM        

Default value: EXHAUSTIVE

### cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace

Check [tuning performance for convolution heavy models](#convolution-heavy-models) for details on what this flag does.
This flag is only supported from the V2 version of the provider options struct when used using the C API.(sample below)

Default value: 1, for versions 1.14 and later
0, for previous versions

### cudnn_conv1d_pad_to_nc1d

Check [convolution input padding in the CUDA EP](#convolution-input-padding) for details on what this flag does.
This flag is only supported from the V2 version of the provider options struct when used using the C API. (sample below)

Default value: 0

### enable_cuda_graph

Check [using CUDA Graphs in the CUDA EP](#using-cuda-graphs-preview) for details on what this flag does.
This flag is only supported from the V2 version of the provider options struct when used using the C API. (sample below)

Default value: 0

### enable_skip_layer_norm_strict_mode

Whether to use strict mode in SkipLayerNormalization cuda implementation. The default and recommanded setting is false.
If enabled, accuracy improvement and performance drop can be expected.
This flag is only supported from the V2 version of the provider options struct when used using the C API. (sample below)

Default value: 0

### gpu_external_[alloc|free|empty_cache]

gpu_external_* is used to pass external allocators.
Example python usage:

```python
from onnxruntime.training.ortmodule.torch_cpp_extensions import torch_gpu_allocator

provider_option_map["gpu_external_alloc"] = str(torch_gpu_allocator.gpu_caching_allocator_raw_alloc_address())
provider_option_map["gpu_external_free"] = str(torch_gpu_allocator.gpu_caching_allocator_raw_delete_address())
provider_option_map["gpu_external_empty_cache"] = str(torch_gpu_allocator.gpu_caching_allocator_empty_cache_address())
```

Default value: 0

### prefer_nhwc

This option is not available in default builds ! One has to compile ONNX Runtime
with `onnxruntime_USE_CUDA_NHWC_OPS=ON`.
If this is enabled the EP prefers NHWC operators over NCHW. Needed transforms will be added to the model. As NVIDIA
tensor cores can only work on NHWC layout this can increase performance if the model consists of many supported
operators and does not need too many new transpose nodes. Wider operator support is planned in the future.
This flag is only supported from the V2 version of the provider options struct when used using the C API. The V2
provider options struct can be created
using [CreateCUDAProviderOptions](https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/api/c/struct_ort_api.html#a0d29cbf555aa806c050748cf8d2dc172)
and updated
using [UpdateCUDAProviderOptions](https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/api/c/struct_ort_api.html#a4710fc51f75a4b9a75bde20acbfa0783).

Default value: 0

## Performance Tuning

The [I/O Binding feature](../performance/tune-performance/iobinding.md) should be utilized to avoid overhead resulting
from copies on inputs and outputs. Ideally up and downloads for inputs can be hidden behind the inference. This can be
achieved by doing asynchronous copies while running inference. This is demonstrated in
this [PR](https://github.com/microsoft/onnxruntime/pull/14088)

```c++
Ort::RunOptions run_options;
run_options.AddConfigEntry("disable_synchronize_execution_providers", "1");
session->Run(run_options, io_binding);
```

By disabling the synchronization on the inference the user has to take care of synchronizing the compute stream after
execution.
This feature should only be used with device local memory or an ORT Value allocated
in [pinned memory](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-optimize-data-transfers-cuda-cc/), otherwise the issued
download will be blocking and not behave as desired.

### Convolution-heavy models

ORT leverages CuDNN for convolution operations and the first step in this process is to determine which "optimal"
convolution algorithm to use while performing the convolution operation for the given input configuration (input shape,
filter shape, etc.) in each `Conv` node. This sub-step involves querying CuDNN for a "workspace" memory size and have
this allocated so that CuDNN can use this auxiliary memory while determining the "optimal" convolution algorithm to use.

The default value of `cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace` is 1 for versions 1.14 or later, and 0 for previous versions. When
its value is 0, ORT clamps the workspace size to 32 MB which may lead to a sub-optimal convolution algorithm getting
picked by CuDNN. To allow ORT to allocate the maximum possible workspace as determined by CuDNN, a provider option
named `cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace` needs to get set (as shown below).

Keep in mind that using this flag may increase the peak memory usage by a factor (sometimes a few GBs) but this does
help CuDNN pick the best convolution algorithm for the given input. We have found that this is an important flag to use
while using an fp16 model as this allows CuDNN to pick tensor core algorithms for the convolution operations (if the
hardware supports tensor core operations). This flag may or may not result in performance gains for other data
types (`float` and `double`).

* Python
    ```python
    providers = [("CUDAExecutionProvider", {"cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace": '1'})]
    sess_options = ort.SessionOptions()
    sess = ort.InferenceSession("my_conv_heavy_fp16_model.onnx", sess_options=sess_options, providers=providers)
    ```


* C/C++
    ```c++
    OrtCUDAProviderOptionsV2* cuda_options = nullptr;
    CreateCUDAProviderOptions(&cuda_options);

    std::vector<const char*> keys{"cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace"};
    std::vector<const char*> values{"1"};

    UpdateCUDAProviderOptions(cuda_options, keys.data(), values.data(), 1);

    OrtSessionOptions* session_options = /* ... */;
    SessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA_V2(session_options, cuda_options);

    // Finally, don't forget to release the provider options
    ReleaseCUDAProviderOptions(cuda_options);
    ```

* C#
   ```csharp
   var cudaProviderOptions = new OrtCUDAProviderOptions(); // Dispose this finally

   var providerOptionsDict = new Dictionary<string, string>();
   providerOptionsDict["cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace"] = "1";

   cudaProviderOptions.UpdateOptions(providerOptionsDict);

   SessionOptions options = SessionOptions.MakeSessionOptionWithCudaProvider(cudaProviderOptions);  // Dispose this finally
   ```

### Convolution Input Padding

ORT leverages CuDNN for convolution operations. While CuDNN only takes 4-D or 5-D tensor as input for convolution
operations, dimension padding is needed if the input is 3-D tensor. Given an input tensor of shape [N, C, D], it can be
padded to [N, C, D, 1] or [N, C, 1, D]. While both of these two padding ways produce same output, the performance may be
a lot different because different convolution algorithms are selected, especially on some devices such as A100. By
default the input is padded to [N, C, D, 1]. A provider option named `cudnn_conv1d_pad_to_nc1d` needs to get set (as
shown below) if [N, C, 1, D] is preferred.

* Python
    ```python
    providers = [("CUDAExecutionProvider", {"cudnn_conv1d_pad_to_nc1d": '1'})]
    sess_options = ort.SessionOptions()
    sess = ort.InferenceSession("my_conv_model.onnx", sess_options=sess_options, providers=providers)
    ```
* C/C++
    ```c++
    OrtCUDAProviderOptionsV2* cuda_options = nullptr;
    CreateCUDAProviderOptions(&cuda_options);

    std::vector<const char*> keys{"cudnn_conv1d_pad_to_nc1d"};
    std::vector<const char*> values{"1"};

    UpdateCUDAProviderOptions(cuda_options, keys.data(), values.data(), 1);

    OrtSessionOptions* session_options = /* ... */;
    SessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA_V2(session_options, cuda_options);

    // Finally, don't forget to release the provider options
    ReleaseCUDAProviderOptions(cuda_options);
    ```
* C#
    ```csharp
    var cudaProviderOptions = new OrtCUDAProviderOptions(); // Dispose this finally

    var providerOptionsDict = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    providerOptionsDict["cudnn_conv1d_pad_to_nc1d"] = "1";

    cudaProviderOptions.UpdateOptions(providerOptionsDict);

    SessionOptions options = SessionOptions.MakeSessionOptionWithCudaProvider(cudaProviderOptions);  // Dispose this finally
    ```

### Using CUDA Graphs (Preview)

While using the CUDA EP, ORT supports the usage
of [CUDA Graphs](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/cuda-10-features-revealed/) to remove CPU overhead associated with
launching CUDA kernels sequentially. To enable the usage of CUDA Graphs, use the provider option as shown in the samples
below.
Currently, there are some constraints with regards to using the CUDA Graphs feature:

* Models with control-flow ops (i.e. `If`, `Loop` and `Scan` ops) are not supported.

* Usage of CUDA Graphs is limited to models where-in all the model ops (graph nodes) can be partitioned to the CUDA EP.

* The input/output types of models need to be tensors.

* Shapes of inputs/outputs cannot change across inference calls. Dynamic shape models are supported - the only
  constraint is that the input/output shapes should be the same across all inference calls.

* By design, [CUDA Graphs](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/cuda-10-features-revealed/) is designed to read from/write
  to the same CUDA virtual memory addresses during the graph replaying step as it does during the graph capturing step.
  Due to this requirement, usage of this feature requires using IOBinding so as to bind memory which will be used as
  input(s)/output(s) for the CUDA Graph machinery to read from/write to (please see samples below).

* While updating the input(s) for subsequent inference calls, the fresh input(s) need to be copied over to the
  corresponding CUDA memory location(s) of the bound `OrtValue` input(s) (please see samples below to see how this can
  be achieved). This is due to the fact that the "graph replay" will require reading inputs from the same CUDA virtual
  memory addresses.

* Multi-threaded usage is currently not supported, i.e. `Run()` MAY NOT be invoked on the same `InferenceSession` object
  from multiple threads while using CUDA Graphs.

NOTE: The very first `Run()` performs a variety of tasks under the hood like making CUDA memory allocations, capturing
the CUDA graph for the model, and then performing a graph replay to ensure that the graph runs. Due to this, the latency
associated with the first `Run()` is bound to be high. Subsequent `Run()`s only perform graph replays of the graph
captured and cached in the first `Run()`.

* Python

    ```python
    providers = [("CUDAExecutionProvider", {"enable_cuda_graph": '1'})]
    sess_options = ort.SessionOptions()
    sess = ort.InferenceSession("my_model.onnx", sess_options=sess_options, providers=providers)

    providers = [("CUDAExecutionProvider", {'enable_cuda_graph': True})]
    x = np.array([[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 4.0], [5.0, 6.0]], dtype=np.float32)
    y = np.array([[0.0], [0.0], [0.0]], dtype=np.float32)
    x_ortvalue = onnxrt.OrtValue.ortvalue_from_numpy(x, 'cuda', 0)
    y_ortvalue = onnxrt.OrtValue.ortvalue_from_numpy(y, 'cuda', 0)

    session = onnxrt.InferenceSession("matmul_2.onnx", providers=providers)
    io_binding = session.io_binding()

    # Bind the input and output
    io_binding.bind_ortvalue_input('X', x_ortvalue)
    io_binding.bind_ortvalue_output('Y', y_ortvalue)

    # One regular run for the necessary memory allocation and cuda graph capturing
    session.run_with_iobinding(io_binding)
    expected_y = np.array([[5.0], [11.0], [17.0]], dtype=np.float32)
    np.testing.assert_allclose(expected_y, y_ortvalue.numpy(), rtol=1e-05, atol=1e-05)

    # After capturing, CUDA graph replay happens from this Run onwards
    session.run_with_iobinding(io_binding)
    np.testing.assert_allclose(expected_y, y_ortvalue.numpy(), rtol=1e-05, atol=1e-05)

    # Update input and then replay CUDA graph with the updated input
    x_ortvalue.update_inplace(np.array([[10.0, 20.0], [30.0, 40.0], [50.0, 60.0]], dtype=np.float32))
    session.run_with_iobinding(io_binding)
    ```
* C/C++
    ```c++
    const auto& api = Ort::GetApi();

    struct CudaMemoryDeleter {
    explicit CudaMemoryDeleter(const Ort::Allocator* alloc) {
        alloc_ = alloc;
    }

    void operator()(void* ptr) const {
        alloc_->Free(ptr);
    }

    const Ort::Allocator* alloc_;
    };

    // Enable cuda graph in cuda provider option.
    OrtCUDAProviderOptionsV2* cuda_options = nullptr;
    api.CreateCUDAProviderOptions(&cuda_options);
    std::unique_ptr<OrtCUDAProviderOptionsV2, decltype(api.ReleaseCUDAProviderOptions)> rel_cuda_options(cuda_options, api.ReleaseCUDAProviderOptions);
    std::vector<const char*> keys{"enable_cuda_graph"};
    std::vector<const char*> values{"1"};
    api.UpdateCUDAProviderOptions(rel_cuda_options.get(), keys.data(), values.data(), 1);

    Ort::SessionOptions session_options;
    api.SessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA_V2(static_cast<OrtSessionOptions*>(session_options), rel_cuda_options.get();


    // Create IO bound inputs and outputs.
    Ort::Session session(*ort_env, ORT_TSTR("matmul_2.onnx"), session_options);
    Ort::MemoryInfo info_cuda("Cuda", OrtAllocatorType::OrtArenaAllocator, 0, OrtMemTypeDefault);
    Ort::Allocator cuda_allocator(session, info_cuda);

    const std::array<int64_t, 2> x_shape = {3, 2};
    std::array<float, 3 * 2> x_values = {1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f, 5.0f, 6.0f};
    auto input_data = std::unique_ptr<void, CudaMemoryDeleter>(cuda_allocator.Alloc(x_values.size() * sizeof(float)),
                                                            CudaMemoryDeleter(&cuda_allocator));
    cudaMemcpy(input_data.get(), x_values.data(), sizeof(float) * x_values.size(), cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);

    // Create an OrtValue tensor backed by data on CUDA memory
    Ort::Value bound_x = Ort::Value::CreateTensor(info_cuda, reinterpret_cast<float*>(input_data.get()), x_values.size(),
                                                x_shape.data(), x_shape.size());

    const std::array<int64_t, 2> expected_y_shape = {3, 2};
    std::array<float, 3 * 2> expected_y = {1.0f, 4.0f, 9.0f, 16.0f, 25.0f, 36.0f};
    auto output_data = std::unique_ptr<void, CudaMemoryDeleter>(cuda_allocator.Alloc(expected_y.size() * sizeof(float)),
                                                                CudaMemoryDeleter(&cuda_allocator));

    // Create an OrtValue tensor backed by data on CUDA memory
    Ort::Value bound_y = Ort::Value::CreateTensor(info_cuda, reinterpret_cast<float*>(output_data.get()),
                                                expected_y.size(), expected_y_shape.data(), expected_y_shape.size());

    Ort::IoBinding binding(session);
    binding.BindInput("X", bound_x);
    binding.BindOutput("Y", bound_y);

    // One regular run for necessary memory allocation and graph capturing
    session.Run(Ort::RunOptions(), binding);

    // After capturing, CUDA graph replay happens from this Run onwards
    session.Run(Ort::RunOptions(), binding);

    // Update input and then replay CUDA graph with the updated input
    x_values = {10.0f, 20.0f, 30.0f, 40.0f, 50.0f, 60.0f};
    cudaMemcpy(input_data.get(), x_values.data(), sizeof(float) * x_values.size(), cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
    session.Run(Ort::RunOptions(), binding);
    ```

* C# (future)

## Samples

### Python

```python
import onnxruntime as ort

model_path = '<path to model>'

providers = [
    ('CUDAExecutionProvider', {
        'device_id': 0,
        'arena_extend_strategy': 'kNextPowerOfTwo',
        'gpu_mem_limit': 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
        'cudnn_conv_algo_search': 'EXHAUSTIVE',
        'do_copy_in_default_stream': True,
    }),
    'CPUExecutionProvider',
]

session = ort.InferenceSession(model_path, providers=providers)
```

### C/C++

#### Using legacy provider options struct

```c++
OrtSessionOptions* session_options = /* ... */;

OrtCUDAProviderOptions options;
options.device_id = 0;
options.arena_extend_strategy = 0;
options.gpu_mem_limit = 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
options.cudnn_conv_algo_search = OrtCudnnConvAlgoSearchExhaustive;
options.do_copy_in_default_stream = 1;

SessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA(session_options, &options);
```

#### Using V2 provider options struct

```c++
OrtCUDAProviderOptionsV2* cuda_options = nullptr;
CreateCUDAProviderOptions(&cuda_options);

std::vector<const char*> keys{"device_id", "gpu_mem_limit", "arena_extend_strategy", "cudnn_conv_algo_search", "do_copy_in_default_stream", "cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace", "cudnn_conv1d_pad_to_nc1d"};
std::vector<const char*> values{"0", "2147483648", "kSameAsRequested", "DEFAULT", "1", "1", "1"};

UpdateCUDAProviderOptions(cuda_options, keys.data(), values.data(), keys.size());

cudaStream_t cuda_stream;
cudaStreamCreate(&cuda_stream);
// this implicitly sets "has_user_compute_stream"
UpdateCUDAProviderOptionsWithValue(cuda_options, "user_compute_stream", cuda_stream)
OrtSessionOptions* session_options = /* ... */;
SessionOptionsAppendExecutionProvider_CUDA_V2(session_options, cuda_options);

// Finally, don't forget to release the provider options
ReleaseCUDAProviderOptions(cuda_options);
```

### C#

```c#
var cudaProviderOptions = new OrtCUDAProviderOptions(); // Dispose this finally

var providerOptionsDict = new Dictionary<string, string>();
providerOptionsDict["device_id"] = "0";
providerOptionsDict["gpu_mem_limit"] = "2147483648";
providerOptionsDict["arena_extend_strategy"] = "kSameAsRequested";
providerOptionsDict["cudnn_conv_algo_search"] = "DEFAULT";
providerOptionsDict["do_copy_in_default_stream"] = "1";
providerOptionsDict["cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace"] = "1";
providerOptionsDict["cudnn_conv1d_pad_to_nc1d"] = "1";

cudaProviderOptions.UpdateOptions(providerOptionsDict);

SessionOptions options = SessionOptions.MakeSessionOptionWithCudaProvider(cudaProviderOptions);  // Dispose this finally
```

Also see the tutorial here on how to [configure CUDA for C# on Windows](../tutorials/csharp/csharp-gpu.md).

### Java

```java
OrtCUDAProviderOptions cudaProviderOptions = new OrtCUDAProviderOptions(/*device id*/0); // Must be closed after the session closes

cudaProviderOptions.add("gpu_mem_limit","2147483648");
cudaProviderOptions.add("arena_extend_strategy","kSameAsRequested");
cudaProviderOptions.add("cudnn_conv_algo_search","DEFAULT");
cudaProviderOptions.add("do_copy_in_default_stream","1");
cudaProviderOptions.add("cudnn_conv_use_max_workspace","1");
cudaProviderOptions.add("cudnn_conv1d_pad_to_nc1d","1");

OrtSession.SessionOptions options = new OrtSession.SessionOptions(); // Must be closed after the session closes
options.addCUDA(cudaProviderOptions);
```