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submission.py
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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 GEMVsuite of 3 cases
NVIDIA B200
151.7µs
#500 of 678
2025-11-12

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revision digestsha256:4bf168af215a1a9d831cf2fcb50497d61c25f262ad96eb1e4e6e590b55394e02
license declaredunknown
license concludedunknown
authorsshellsmile15795
imported2026-08-15

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fp4PyTorch implementation of NVFP4 block-scaled GEMV.

Kernel source

submission.py68 lines
import torch
from task import input_t, output_t

# Kernel configuration parameters
sf_vec_size = 16


# Helper function for ceiling division
def ceil_div(a, b):
    return (a + b - 1) // b


# Helper function to convert scale factor tensor to blocked format
def to_blocked(input_matrix):
    rows, cols = input_matrix.shape

    # Please ensure rows and cols are multiples of 128 and 4 respectively
    n_row_blocks = ceil_div(rows, 128)
    n_col_blocks = ceil_div(cols, 4)

    padded = input_matrix
    blocks = padded.view(n_row_blocks, 128, n_col_blocks, 4).permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
    rearranged = blocks.reshape(-1, 4, 32, 4).transpose(1, 2).reshape(-1, 32, 16)

    return rearranged.flatten()


def custom_kernel(
    data: input_t,
) -> output_t:
    """
    PyTorch implementation of NVFP4 block-scaled GEMV.
    Args:
        data: Tuple that expands to:
            a: torch.Tensor[float4e2m1fn] of shape [m, k, l],
            b: torch.Tensor[float4e2m1fn] of shape [1, k, l],
            sfa: torch.Tensor[float8_e4m3fnuz] of shape [m, k // 16, l], used by reference implementation
            sfb: torch.Tensor[float8_e4m3fnuz] of shape [1, k // 16, l], used by reference implementation
            sfa_permuted: torch.Tensor[float8_e4m3fnuz] of shape [32, 4, rest_m, 4, rest_k, l],
            sfb_permuted: torch.Tensor[float8_e4m3fnuz] of shape [32, 4, rest_n, 4, rest_k, l],
            c: torch.Tensor[float16] of shape [m, 1, l]
    Returns:
        Tensor containing output in float16
        c: torch.Tensor[float16] of shape [m, 1, l]
    """
    # a_ref, b_ref, sfa_ref_cpu, sfb_ref_cpu, _, _, c_ref = data
    a, b, sfa, sfb, sfa_permuted, sfb_permuted, c = data

    # Get dimensions from MxNxL layout
    _, _, l = c.shape

    # Call torch._scaled_mm to compute the GEMV result
    for l_idx in range(l):
        # Convert the scale factor tensor to blocked format
        scale_a = to_blocked(sfa[:, :, l_idx])
        scale_b = to_blocked(sfb[:, :, l_idx])
        # (m, k) @ (n, k).T -> (m, n)
        res = torch._scaled_mm(
            a[:, :, l_idx],
            b[:, :, l_idx].transpose(0, 1),
            scale_a.cuda(),
            scale_b.cuda(),
            bias=None,
            out_dtype=torch.float16,
        )
        c[:, 0, l_idx] = res[:, 0]
    return c
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Source code from GPU Mode and the KernelBot dataset · June 9 Researcher Reciprocity License v1.0

Changes from previous submission

Against this author's previous submission submission 69607.

⋯ 28 unchanged lines
data: input_t,
) -> output_t:
"""
- PyTorch reference implementation of NVFP4 block-scaled GEMV.
+ PyTorch implementation of NVFP4 block-scaled GEMV.
+ Args:
+ data: Tuple that expands to:
+ a: torch.Tensor[float4e2m1fn] of shape [m, k, l],
+ b: torch.Tensor[float4e2m1fn] of shape [1, k, l],
+ sfa: torch.Tensor[float8_e4m3fnuz] of shape [m, k // 16, l], used by reference implementation
+ sfb: torch.Tensor[float8_e4m3fnuz] of shape [1, k // 16, l], used by reference implementation
+ sfa_permuted: torch.Tensor[float8_e4m3fnuz] of shape [32, 4, rest_m, 4, rest_k, l],
+ sfb_permuted: torch.Tensor[float8_e4m3fnuz] of shape [32, 4, rest_n, 4, rest_k, l],
+ c: torch.Tensor[float16] of shape [m, 1, l]
+ Returns:
+ Tensor containing output in float16
+ c: torch.Tensor[float16] of shape [m, 1, l]
"""
- a_ref, b_ref, sfa_ref_cpu, sfb_ref_cpu, _, _, c_ref = data
+ # a_ref, b_ref, sfa_ref_cpu, sfb_ref_cpu, _, _, c_ref = data
+ a, b, sfa, sfb, sfa_permuted, sfb_permuted, c = data
# Get dimensions from MxNxL layout
- _, _, l = c_ref.shape
+ _, _, l = c.shape
# Call torch._scaled_mm to compute the GEMV result
for l_idx in range(l):
# Convert the scale factor tensor to blocked format
- scale_a = to_blocked(sfa_ref_cpu[:, :, l_idx])
- scale_b = to_blocked(sfb_ref_cpu[:, :, l_idx])
+ scale_a = to_blocked(sfa[:, :, l_idx])
+ scale_b = to_blocked(sfb[:, :, l_idx])
# (m, k) @ (n, k).T -> (m, n)
res = torch._scaled_mm(
- a_ref[:, :, l_idx],
- b_ref[:, :, l_idx].transpose(0, 1),
+ a[:, :, l_idx],
+ b[:, :, l_idx].transpose(0, 1),
scale_a.cuda(),
scale_b.cuda(),
bias=None,
out_dtype=torch.float16,
)
- c_ref[:, 0, l_idx] = res[:, 0]
- return c_ref
+ c[:, 0, l_idx] = res[:, 0]
+ return c
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