# CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES

Added in version 3.18.

Default value for `CUDA_ARCHITECTURES` property of targets.

Initialized by the `CUDAARCHS` environment variable if set. Otherwise as follows depending on `CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID`:

- For `Clang`: the oldest architecture that works.

- For `NVIDIA`: the default architecture chosen by the compiler. See policy `CMP0104`.

Users are encouraged to override this, as the default varies across compilers and compiler versions.

This variable is used to initialize the `CUDA_ARCHITECTURES` property on all targets. See the target property for additional information.

## Examples

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION)

    if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES)
      set(CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES 75)
    endif()

    project(example LANGUAGES CUDA)

`CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES` will default to `75` unless overridden by the user.