Cuda 12.6 Update News December 2025 ((full)) 🎯

If you are still on 12.6, plan a migration to CUDA 12.9 (for compatibility) or CUDA 13.x (for future hardware and performance). The CUDA 12.x series is winding down, and all December news points toward CUDA 13.1 as the main event.

As of December 2025, NVIDIA has not announced or released a CUDA 12.6 update. The last stable production release in the CUDA 12.x series is , followed by CUDA 12.8 (December 2024) and CUDA 12.9 (June 2025). cuda 12.6 update news december 2025

While CUDA 12.6 launched earlier in the year with initial support for the Blackwell architecture, the December 2025 drop is being flagged by NVIDIA as the "Production Ready" milestone for the Blackwell Ultra and GB200 Grace Blackwell expansions. If you are still on 12