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gemm.py
curl "https://kernelindex.com/api/v1/implementations/kernelbot-nvfp4-gemm-115121?include=source"
interfacepython
Compatibility
measured onNVIDIA B200
declared hardwareNVIDIA B200
architecturessm_100
dtypesfp8_e4m3, nvfp4

Benchmark evidence

1 measurement across 1 GPU, fastest first.

Operation / workload
Hardware
Latency
Rank
Observed
NVFP4 GEMMsuite of 3 cases
NVIDIA B200
19.9µs
#192 of 369
2025-11-30

Reported · How evidence levels are derived →

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sourceavailable
revision digestsha256:e5b539dca3242b024d87e44245ff248e5f9ea1c8b40d9f6db3951f8e4cb9b918
license declaredunknown
license concludedunknown
authorssahanp
imported2026-08-26

Techniques

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autotunetriton.Config(
tile-k = 256BLOCK_K = 256
tile-m = 128BLOCK_M = 128
tile-n = 128BLOCK_N = 128

Kernel source

gemm.py148 lines
import torch
import triton
import triton.language as tl
from triton.tools.tensor_descriptor import TensorDescriptor

# Fixed constants
NVFP4_VEC_SIZE = 16
BLOCK_M = 128
BLOCK_N = 128
BLOCK_K = 256
ELEM_PER_BYTE = 2
ROWS_PER_SCALE_CHUNK = 128
K_PACKED = BLOCK_K // ELEM_PER_BYTE


def get_tma_configs():
    configs = []
    for num_stages in [2, 3, 4, 5]:
        for num_warps in [4, 8]:
            configs.append(
                triton.Config(
                    {'NUM_STAGES': num_stages},
                    num_warps=num_warps,
                    num_stages=num_stages,
                )
            )
    return configs


@triton.autotune(
    configs=get_tma_configs(),
    key=['M', 'N', 'K'],
)
@triton.jit
def batched_block_scaled_gemm_kernel(
    a_desc, a_scale_desc, b_desc, b_scale_desc,
    c_ptr,
    stride_c_m, stride_c_n,
    M: tl.constexpr, N: tl.constexpr, K: tl.constexpr,
    D_chunks_m: tl.constexpr, D_chunks_n: tl.constexpr,
    VEC_SIZE: tl.constexpr,
    BLOCK_M: tl.constexpr, BLOCK_N: tl.constexpr, BLOCK_K: tl.constexpr,
    rep_m: tl.constexpr, rep_n: tl.constexpr, rep_k: tl.constexpr,
    NUM_STAGES: tl.constexpr,
    num_m_blocks: tl.constexpr, num_n_blocks: tl.constexpr,
):
    pid = tl.program_id(axis=0)
    
    # 2D tiling over M and N
    pid_m = pid % num_m_blocks
    pid_n = pid // num_m_blocks
    
    offs_am = pid_m * BLOCK_M
    offs_bn = pid_n * BLOCK_N
    offs_scale_m = pid_m * rep_m
    offs_scale_n = pid_n * rep_n

    accumulator = tl.zeros((BLOCK_M, BLOCK_N), dtype=tl.float32)
    K_STEP: tl.constexpr = BLOCK_K // 2
    
    k_iters = tl.cdiv(K, BLOCK_K)
    
    offs_k = 0
    offs_scale_k = 0

    for _ in tl.range(0, k_iters, num_stages=NUM_STAGES):
        a = a_desc.load([offs_am, offs_k])
        b = b_desc.load([offs_bn, offs_k])
        scale_a = a_scale_desc.load([0, offs_scale_m, offs_scale_k, 0, 0])
        scale_b = b_scale_desc.load([0, offs_scale_n, offs_scale_k, 0, 0])

        scale_a = scale_a.reshape(rep_m, rep_k, 32, 4, 4).trans(0, 3, 2, 1, 4).reshape(BLOCK_M, BLOCK_K // VEC_SIZE)
        scale_b = scale_b.reshape(rep_n, rep_k, 32, 4, 4).trans(0, 3, 2, 1, 4).reshape(BLOCK_N, BLOCK_K // VEC_SIZE)

        accumulator = tl.dot_scaled(a, scale_a, "e2m1", b.T, scale_b, "e2m1", accumulator)

        offs_k += K_STEP
        offs_scale_k += rep_k

    # Store full BLOCK_M x BLOCK_N output
    offs_m = pid_m * BLOCK_M + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_M)
    offs_n = pid_n * BLOCK_N + tl.arange(0, BLOCK_N)
    
    m_mask = offs_m[:, None] < M
    n_mask = offs_n[None, :] < N
    mask = m_mask & n_mask
    
    c_ptrs = c_ptr + offs_m[:, None] * stride_c_m + offs_n[None, :] * stride_c_n
    tl.store(c_ptrs, accumulator.to(tl.float16), mask=mask)


def custom_kernel(data):
    a_ref, b_ref, sfa_ref_cpu, sfb_ref_cpu, sfa_permuted, sfb_permuted, c_ref = data
    
    device = a_ref.device
    M, K_packed_dim, L = a_ref.shape
    N_ext = b_ref.shape[0]
    _, K_blocks, _ = sfa_ref_cpu.shape
    K_real = K_blocks * NVFP4_VEC_SIZE
    
    D_chunks_m = M // ROWS_PER_SCALE_CHUNK
    D_chunks_n = N_ext // ROWS_PER_SCALE_CHUNK
    K_chunks = K_blocks // 4
    rep_m, rep_n, rep_k = 1, 1, 4
    
    assert L == 1, "This kernel only supports L=1"
    
    # A and B: slice off L dimension
    a_stacked = a_ref[:, :, 0].view(torch.uint8)
    b_stacked = b_ref[:, :, 0].view(torch.uint8)
    
    # Scale factors - use sfa_permuted directly (already on GPU)
    # sfa_permuted[:,:,:,:,:,0] has shape (32, 4, D_chunks_m, 4, K_chunks)
    # Need to get to (1, D_chunks_m, K_chunks, 2, 256)
    sfa_5d = (sfa_permuted[:, :, :, :, :, 0]
              .permute(2, 4, 0, 1, 3)  # (D_chunks_m, K_chunks, 32, 4, 4)
              .reshape(1, D_chunks_m, K_chunks, 2, 256))
    sfb_5d = (sfb_permuted[:, :, :, :, :, 0]
              .permute(2, 4, 0, 1, 3)
              .reshape(1, D_chunks_n, K_chunks, 2, 256))
    
    num_m_blocks = triton.cdiv(M, BLOCK_M)
    num_n_blocks = triton.cdiv(N_ext, BLOCK_N)
    total_tiles = num_m_blocks * num_n_blocks
    
    # TMA descriptors
    a_desc = TensorDescriptor.from_tensor(a_stacked, [BLOCK_M, K_PACKED])
    b_desc = TensorDescriptor.from_tensor(b_stacked, [BLOCK_N, K_PACKED])
    a_scale_desc = TensorDescriptor.from_tensor(sfa_5d, [1, rep_m, rep_k, 2, 256])
    b_scale_desc = TensorDescriptor.from_tensor(sfb_5d, [1, rep_n, rep_k, 2, 256])
    
    # Output is M x N (slice L dimension)
    c_out = c_ref[:, :, 0]
    
    grid = (total_tiles,)
    
    batched_block_scaled_gemm_kernel[grid](
        a_desc, a_scale_desc, b_desc, b_scale_desc,
        c_out, c_out.stride(0), c_out.stride(1),
        M, N_ext, K_real,
        D_chunks_m, D_chunks_n,
        NVFP4_VEC_SIZE,
        BLOCK_M, BLOCK_N, BLOCK_K,
        rep_m, rep_n, rep_k,
        num_m_blocks=num_m_blocks, num_n_blocks=num_n_blocks,
    )
    
    return c_ref
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Source code from GPU Mode and the KernelBot dataset · June 9 Researcher Reciprocity License v1.0

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