NVIDIA Driver Installation Guide
Last updated:2026-01-16 16:55:27
NVIDIA GPU instances can function properly only after the driver is installed. Depending on whether your workload is compute or rendering, you must select the appropriate driver type and installation method. Tencent Cloud provides multiple installation options, allowing you to deploy drivers either during instance creation or after the instance is created, based on your specific needs. This helps ensure normal operation of the Cloud GPU Service and delivers more efficient compute and rendering performance.
Deploy the free Tesla Driver and CUDA SDK for general computing scenarios such as deep learning and scientific computing.
Deploy the GRID Driver with a paid license to enable GPU capabilities for OpenGL or DirectX graphical acceleration.
GPU Driver Selection Guide
Instance Type | Virtualization Types | Scenario | Drive Type | Supported Installation Methods |
Passthrough GPU | General computing | Tesla driver | ||
| | Graphics rendering | GRID driver | |
Passthrough GPU | General computing | Tesla driver | ||
| | Graphics rendering | GRID driver | |
| vGPU | Graphics rendering | GRID driver | |
Note:
1. NVIDIA GPU instance types include GPU passthrough instances (full/physical GPU) and vGPU instances (fractional GPU, for example 1/4 GPU).
Physical passthrough GPUs can use the Tesla driver to support computing scenarios or the GRID driver to enable rendering scenarios.
vGPUs can only use specific versions of the GRID driver to support different scenarios.
2. For NVIDIA Rendering Instances, Tencent Cloud provides a GRID driver license. If you choose to use Computing Instances for rendering scenarios, you need to go to the NVIDIA official website to purchase a License.
Instance Driver Version Selection
Instance | GPU Types | Supported Driver Types | Recommended Driver Version for Automatic Installation | Recommended CUDA Version for Automatic Installation | Supported Driver Versions for Other Installation Methods |
Computing PNV4 | NVIDIA A10 | Tesla Driver GRID Driver | Tesla Driver 535.161.07 | CUDA 12.4.0 | Tesla Driver No special requirements; officially supported versions are acceptable. GRID Driver GRID17 Driver GRID16 Driver Note: Manually installing the GRID driver requires downloading it from the NVIDIA official website and purchasing a license. For version selection, see GRID Driver Version Instructions. |
Computing GT4 | NVIDIA A100 | | | | |
Computing GN10XP | NVIDIA V100 | | Tesla Driver 535.161.07 Tesla Drive 470.182.03 | CUDA 12.4.0 CUDA 11.4.3 | |
Computing GN7 | NVIDIA T4 | | | | |
InferencGI3X | NVIDIA T4 | | | | |
Computing GN10X | NVIDIA V100 | | | | |
Computing GN8 | NVIDIA P40 | | | | |
Computing GN6/GN6S | NVIDIA P4 | | | | |
Rendering GNV4 | NVIDIA A10 | | - | - | Tesla Driver No special requirements; the officially supported version is acceptable. GRID Driver GRID17 Driver Note: Installing the GRID 17 driver requires you to download it from the official NVIDIA website. See GRID Driver Version Notes. GRID16 Driver Windows-GRID 16.2 Driver 537.70 |
| | GRID driver | Auto-installation is not supported. You can use public images with pre-installed GRID drivers. | - | Windows-GRID 16.2 Driver 537.70 |
Rendering GNV4v | NVIDIA A10 | | | | |
Rendering GN7vw | NVIDIA T4 | | | | Linux-GRID 16.2 Driver 535.129.03 Windows-GRID 16.2 Driver 537.70 |
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