From 0f5ce173da24cb4a7630d7436059bfd1aa8057aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cheng <git@zcbenz.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:11:11 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] [CUDA] --compress-mode requires CUDA 12.8 (#2407)

---
 mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 460507952..0be8e9f86 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ endif()
 target_compile_options(
   mlx PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:--Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets>")
 
-if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12.4.0)
+# Use stronger binaries compression. This feature was introduced in CUDA 12.8
+# and requires drivers released after CUDA 12.4.
+if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12.8.0)
   target_compile_options(
     mlx PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:--compress-mode=size>")
 endif()