diff --git a/cpp/open3d/core/CUDAUtils.cpp b/cpp/open3d/core/CUDAUtils.cpp
index 630cbf38938d..05c81e77eadb 100644
--- a/cpp/open3d/core/CUDAUtils.cpp
+++ b/cpp/open3d/core/CUDAUtils.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ void AssertCUDADeviceAvailable(const Device& device) {
     }
 }
 
+bool SupportsMemoryPools(const Device& device) {
+#ifdef BUILD_CUDA_MODULE
+    if (device.IsCUDA()) {
+        int driverVersion = 0;
+        int deviceSupportsMemoryPools = 0;
+        OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaDriverGetVersion(&driverVersion));
+        if (driverVersion >=
+            11020) {  // avoid invalid value error in cudaDeviceGetAttribute
+            OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaDeviceGetAttribute(&deviceSupportsMemoryPools, cudaDevAttrMemoryPoolsSupported, device.GetID());
+        }
+        return !!deviceSupportsMemoryPools;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 #ifdef BUILD_CUDA_MODULE
 int GetDevice() {
     int device;
diff --git a/cpp/open3d/core/CUDAUtils.h b/cpp/open3d/core/CUDAUtils.h
index 2996cd0987c2..15f87be040d8 100644
--- a/cpp/open3d/core/CUDAUtils.h
+++ b/cpp/open3d/core/CUDAUtils.h
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ void AssertCUDADeviceAvailable(int device_id);
 /// \param device The device to be checked.
 void AssertCUDADeviceAvailable(const Device& device);
 
+/// Checks if the CUDA device support Memory Pools
+/// used by the Stream Ordered Memory Allocator,
+/// see
+/// https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-runtime-api/group__CUDART__MEMORY__POOLS.html
+/// \param device The device to be checked.
+bool SupportsMemoryPools(const Device& device);
+
 #ifdef BUILD_CUDA_MODULE
 
 int GetDevice();
diff --git a/cpp/open3d/core/MemoryManagerCUDA.cpp b/cpp/open3d/core/MemoryManagerCUDA.cpp
index 3cc2f4730bcf..8d35d645c37f 100644
--- a/cpp/open3d/core/MemoryManagerCUDA.cpp
+++ b/cpp/open3d/core/MemoryManagerCUDA.cpp
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ void* MemoryManagerCUDA::Malloc(size_t byte_size, const Device& device) {
 
     void* ptr;
     if (device.IsCUDA()) {
-#if CUDART_VERSION >= 11020
-        OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaMallocAsync(static_cast<void**>(&ptr), byte_size,
-                                          cuda::GetStream()));
-#else
-        OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaMalloc(static_cast<void**>(&ptr), byte_size));
-#endif
+        if (cuda::SupportsMemoryPools(device)) {
+            OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaMallocAsync(static_cast<void**>(&ptr),
+                                              byte_size, cuda::GetStream()));
+        } else {
+            OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaMalloc(static_cast<void**>(&ptr), byte_size));
+        }
     } else {
         utility::LogError("Internal error: Unimplemented device {}.",
                           device.ToString());
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ void MemoryManagerCUDA::Free(void* ptr, const Device& device) {
 
     if (device.IsCUDA()) {
         if (ptr && IsCUDAPointer(ptr, device)) {
-#if CUDART_VERSION >= 11020
-            OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaFreeAsync(ptr, cuda::GetStream()));
-#else
-            OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaFree(ptr));
-#endif
+            if (cuda::SupportsMemoryPools(device)) {
+                OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaFreeAsync(ptr, cuda::GetStream()));
+            } else {
+                OPEN3D_CUDA_CHECK(cudaFree(ptr));
+            }
         }
     } else {
         utility::LogError("Internal error: Unimplemented device {}.",