diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e30dff70fed5..fcff1de56742d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,10 +166,7 @@ set(EXTERNAL_LIBS
 )
 
 if(WITH_GPU)
-    list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS ${CUDA_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_rt_LIBRARY})
-    if(NOT WITH_DSO)
-        list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS ${CUDNN_LIBRARY} ${CUDA_CUBLAS_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_curand_LIBRARY} ${NCCL_LIBRARY})
-    endif(NOT WITH_DSO)
+  include(cuda)
 endif(WITH_GPU)
 
 if(WITH_MKLML)
diff --git a/cmake/cuda.cmake b/cmake/cuda.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6bea7cf302224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cuda.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+if(NOT WITH_GPU)
+    return()
+endif()
+
+set(paddle_known_gpu_archs "30 35 50 52 60 61 70")
+set(paddle_known_gpu_archs7 "30 35 50 52")
+set(paddle_known_gpu_archs8 "30 35 50 52 60 61")
+
+######################################################################################
+# A function for automatic detection of GPUs installed  (if autodetection is enabled)
+# Usage:
+#   detect_installed_gpus(out_variable)
+function(detect_installed_gpus out_variable)
+  if(NOT CUDA_gpu_detect_output)
+    set(cufile ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/detect_cuda_archs.cu)
+
+    file(WRITE ${cufile} ""
+      "#include <cstdio>\n"
+      "int main() {\n"
+      "  int count = 0;\n"
+      "  if (cudaSuccess != cudaGetDeviceCount(&count)) return -1;\n"
+      "  if (count == 0) return -1;\n"
+      "  for (int device = 0; device < count; ++device) {\n"
+      "    cudaDeviceProp prop;\n"
+      "    if (cudaSuccess == cudaGetDeviceProperties(&prop, device))\n"
+      "      std::printf(\"%d.%d \", prop.major, prop.minor);\n"
+      "  }\n"
+      "  return 0;\n"
+      "}\n")
+
+    execute_process(COMMAND "${CUDA_NVCC_EXECUTABLE}" "-ccbin=${CUDA_HOST_COMPILER}"
+                    "--run" "${cufile}"
+                    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/"
+                    RESULT_VARIABLE nvcc_res OUTPUT_VARIABLE nvcc_out
+                    ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+    if(nvcc_res EQUAL 0)
+      # only keep the last line of nvcc_out
+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE ";" "\\\\;" nvcc_out "${nvcc_out}")
+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" nvcc_out "${nvcc_out}")
+      list(GET nvcc_out -1 nvcc_out)
+      string(REPLACE "2.1" "2.1(2.0)" nvcc_out "${nvcc_out}")
+      set(CUDA_gpu_detect_output ${nvcc_out} CACHE INTERNAL "Returned GPU architetures from detect_installed_gpus tool" FORCE)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
+  if(NOT CUDA_gpu_detect_output)
+    message(STATUS "Automatic GPU detection failed. Building for all known architectures.")
+    set(${out_variable} ${paddle_known_gpu_archs} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  else()
+    set(${out_variable} ${CUDA_gpu_detect_output} PARENT_SCOPE)
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+
+########################################################################
+# Function for selecting GPU arch flags for nvcc based on CUDA_ARCH_NAME
+# Usage:
+#   select_nvcc_arch_flags(out_variable)
+function(select_nvcc_arch_flags out_variable)
+  # List of arch names
+  set(archs_names "Kepler" "Maxwell" "Pascal" "All" "Manual")
+  set(archs_name_default "All")
+  if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    list(APPEND archs_names "Auto")
+  endif()
+
+  # set CUDA_ARCH_NAME strings (so it will be seen as dropbox in CMake-Gui)
+  set(CUDA_ARCH_NAME ${archs_name_default} CACHE STRING "Select target NVIDIA GPU achitecture.")
+  set_property( CACHE CUDA_ARCH_NAME PROPERTY STRINGS "" ${archs_names} )
+  mark_as_advanced(CUDA_ARCH_NAME)
+
+  # verify CUDA_ARCH_NAME value
+  if(NOT ";${archs_names};" MATCHES ";${CUDA_ARCH_NAME};")
+    string(REPLACE ";" ", " archs_names "${archs_names}")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Only ${archs_names} architeture names are supported.")
+  endif()
+
+  if(${CUDA_ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "Manual")
+    set(CUDA_ARCH_BIN ${paddle_known_gpu_archs} CACHE STRING "Specify 'real' GPU architectures to build binaries for, BIN(PTX) format is supported")
+    set(CUDA_ARCH_PTX "50"                     CACHE STRING "Specify 'virtual' PTX architectures to build PTX intermediate code for")
+    mark_as_advanced(CUDA_ARCH_BIN CUDA_ARCH_PTX)
+  else()
+    unset(CUDA_ARCH_BIN CACHE)
+    unset(CUDA_ARCH_PTX CACHE)
+  endif()
+
+  if(${CUDA_ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "Kepler")
+    set(cuda_arch_bin "30 35")
+  elseif(${CUDA_ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "Maxwell")
+    set(cuda_arch_bin "50")
+  elseif(${CUDA_ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "Pascal")
+    set(cuda_arch_bin "60 61")
+  elseif(${CUDA_ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "Volta")
+    set(cuda_arch_bin "70")
+  elseif(${CUDA_ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "All")
+    set(cuda_arch_bin ${paddle_known_gpu_archs})
+  elseif(${CUDA_ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "Auto")
+    detect_installed_gpus(cuda_arch_bin)
+  else()  # (${CUDA_ARCH_NAME} STREQUAL "Manual")
+    set(cuda_arch_bin ${CUDA_ARCH_BIN})
+  endif()
+
+  # remove dots and convert to lists
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "\\." "" cuda_arch_bin "${cuda_arch_bin}")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "\\." "" cuda_arch_ptx "${CUDA_ARCH_PTX}")
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9()]+" cuda_arch_bin "${cuda_arch_bin}")
+  string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+"   cuda_arch_ptx "${cuda_arch_ptx}")
+  list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES cuda_arch_bin)
+  list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES cuda_arch_ptx)
+
+  set(nvcc_flags "")
+  set(nvcc_archs_readable "")
+
+  # Tell NVCC to add binaries for the specified GPUs
+  foreach(arch ${cuda_arch_bin})
+    if(arch MATCHES "([0-9]+)\\(([0-9]+)\\)")
+      # User explicitly specified PTX for the concrete BIN
+      list(APPEND nvcc_flags -gencode arch=compute_${CMAKE_MATCH_2},code=sm_${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+      list(APPEND nvcc_archs_readable sm_${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+    else()
+      # User didn't explicitly specify PTX for the concrete BIN, we assume PTX=BIN
+      list(APPEND nvcc_flags -gencode arch=compute_${arch},code=sm_${arch})
+      list(APPEND nvcc_archs_readable sm_${arch})
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+
+  # Tell NVCC to add PTX intermediate code for the specified architectures
+  foreach(arch ${cuda_arch_ptx})
+    list(APPEND nvcc_flags -gencode arch=compute_${arch},code=compute_${arch})
+    list(APPEND nvcc_archs_readable compute_${arch})
+  endforeach()
+
+  string(REPLACE ";" " " nvcc_archs_readable "${nvcc_archs_readable}")
+  set(${out_variable}          ${nvcc_flags}          PARENT_SCOPE)
+  set(${out_variable}_readable ${nvcc_archs_readable} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+message(STATUS "CUDA detected: " ${CUDA_VERSION})
+if (${CUDA_VERSION} LESS 7.0)
+  set(paddle_known_gpu_archs ${paddle_known_gpu_archs})
+elseif (${CUDA_VERSION} LESS 8.0) # CUDA 7.x
+  set(paddle_known_gpu_archs ${paddle_known_gpu_archs7})
+  list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-D_MWAITXINTRIN_H_INCLUDED")
+  list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-D__STRICT_ANSI__")
+elseif (${CUDA_VERSION} LESS 9.0) # CUDA 8.x
+  set(paddle_known_gpu_archs ${paddle_known_gpu_archs8})
+  list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-D_MWAITXINTRIN_H_INCLUDED")
+  list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-D__STRICT_ANSI__")
+  # CUDA 8 may complain that sm_20 is no longer supported. Suppress the
+  # warning for now.
+  list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets")
+endif()
+
+include_directories(${CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS ${CUDA_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_rt_LIBRARY})
+if(NOT WITH_DSO)
+    list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS ${CUDNN_LIBRARY} ${CUDA_CUBLAS_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_curand_LIBRARY} ${NCCL_LIBRARY})
+endif(NOT WITH_DSO)
+
+# setting nvcc arch flags
+select_nvcc_arch_flags(NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA)
+list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA})
+message(STATUS "Added CUDA NVCC flags for: ${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA_readable}")
+
+# Set C++11 support
+set(CUDA_PROPAGATE_HOST_FLAGS OFF)
+
+# Release/Debug flags set by cmake. Such as -O3 -g -DNDEBUG etc.
+# So, don't set these flags here.
+list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
+list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "--use_fast_math")
+list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-Xcompiler -fPIC")
+# Set :expt-relaxed-constexpr to suppress Eigen warnings
+list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "--expt-relaxed-constexpr")
+
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  STREQUAL "Debug")
+    list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG})
+elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  STREQUAL "Release")
+    list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE})
+elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo")
+    list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO})
+elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  STREQUAL "MinSizeRel")
+    list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL})
+endif()
+
+mark_as_advanced(CUDA_BUILD_CUBIN CUDA_BUILD_EMULATION CUDA_VERBOSE_BUILD)
+mark_as_advanced(CUDA_SDK_ROOT_DIR CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION)
diff --git a/cmake/flags.cmake b/cmake/flags.cmake
index 4593ae6180b6d..2b125cef6aa8d 100644
--- a/cmake/flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/flags.cmake
@@ -149,58 +149,3 @@ endforeach()
 foreach(flag ${GPU_COMMON_FLAGS})
     safe_set_nvflag(${flag})
 endforeach()
-
-
-set(CUDA_PROPAGATE_HOST_FLAGS OFF)
-
-# Release/Debug flags set by cmake. Such as -O3 -g -DNDEBUG etc.
-# So, don't set these flags here.
-LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS -std=c++11)
-LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS --use_fast_math)
-
-if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  STREQUAL "Debug")
-    LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG})
-elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  STREQUAL "Release")
-    LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE})
-elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo")
-    LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO})
-elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE  STREQUAL "MinSizeRel")
-    LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL})
-endif()
-
-function(specify_cuda_arch cuda_version cuda_arch)
-    if(${cuda_version} VERSION_GREATER "8.0")
-        foreach(capability 61 62)
-          if(${cuda_arch} STREQUAL ${capability})
-            list(APPEND __arch_flags " -gencode arch=compute_${cuda_arch},code=sm_${cuda_arch}")
-          endif()
-        endforeach()
-    elseif(${cuda_version} VERSION_GREATER "7.0" and ${cuda_arch} STREQUAL "53")
-        list(APPEND __arch_flags " -gencode arch=compute_${cuda_arch},code=sm_${cuda_arch}")
-    endif()
-endfunction()
-
-# Common gpu architectures: Kepler, Maxwell
-foreach(capability 30 35 50)
-      list(APPEND __arch_flags " -gencode arch=compute_${capability},code=sm_${capability}")
-endforeach()
-
-if (CUDA_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "7.0" OR CUDA_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "7.0")
-      list(APPEND __arch_flags " -gencode arch=compute_52,code=sm_52")
-endif()
-
-# Modern gpu architectures: Pascal
-if (CUDA_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "8.0" OR CUDA_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "8.0")
-      list(APPEND __arch_flags " -gencode arch=compute_60,code=sm_60")
-      list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS --expt-relaxed-constexpr)
-endif()
-
-# Custom gpu architecture
-set(CUDA_ARCH)
-
-if(CUDA_ARCH)
-  specify_cuda_arch(${CUDA_VERSION} ${CUDA_ARCH})
-endif()
-
-set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${__arch_flags} ${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS})
-