Attention softmax dropout value matmul backward
Backward pass for attention softmax, dropout, and value matmul. Computes gradients through: transpose -> batched matmul -> dropout -> softmax -> GQA head expansion.
Reported evidence · last observed 2026-08-12. Reported by source; not independently reproduced. No public source. License unknown.
Current records
Workloadsuite of 16 cases · mean latencyhead_dim = 128 · num_attention_heads = 80 · num_key_value_heads = 8 · num_key_value_groups = 1016 cases
Not measured on H100 for this workload. Challenges →
1238.7µs79% SOL1.00×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-12
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2262.8µs77% SOL1.10×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-21
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3266.3µs77% SOL1.12×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-21
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4267.3µs77% SOL1.12×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-11
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5269.7µs77% SOL1.13×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-09
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6269.8µs77% SOL1.13×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-09
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7270.9µs77% SOL1.13×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-10
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8271.3µs77% SOL1.14×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-09
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9271.4µs77% SOL1.14×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-09
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10271.9µs77% SOL1.14×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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11272.0µs77% SOL1.14×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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12272.7µs77% SOL1.14×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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13272.8µs77% SOL1.14×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-09
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14273.4µs77% SOL1.15×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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15273.5µs77% SOL1.15×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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16278.0µs75% SOL1.16×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-21
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17278.2µs76% SOL1.17×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-14
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18279.0µs76% SOL1.17×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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19280.3µs76% SOL1.17×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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20280.8µs76% SOL1.18×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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21284.0µs76% SOL1.19×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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22287.4µs75% SOL1.20×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-28
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23292.1µs75% SOL1.22×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-02
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24295.9µs75% SOL1.24×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-10
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25299.8µs74% SOL1.26×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-01
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26307.9µs74% SOL1.29×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-13
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27308.0µs74% SOL1.29×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-03
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28317.9µs73% SOL1.33×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-01
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29329.0µs72% SOL1.38×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-10
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30333.1µs72% SOL1.40×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-10
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31363.1µs69% SOL1.52×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-10
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32379.7µs68% SOL1.59×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-21
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33380.6µs68% SOL1.59×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-23
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34387.2µs67% SOL1.62×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-22
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35388.0µs67% SOL1.63×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-22
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36388.1µs67% SOL1.63×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-22
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37389.2µs67% SOL1.63×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-19
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38389.7µs67% SOL1.63×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-21
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39390.1µs67% SOL1.63×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-20
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40390.4µs67% SOL1.64×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-20
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41390.4µs67% SOL1.64×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-24
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42390.8µs67% SOL1.64×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-17
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43394.6µs67% SOL1.65×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-19
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44394.9µs67% SOL1.65×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-16
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45395.7µs67% SOL1.66×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-24
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46398.1µs67% SOL1.67×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-21
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47398.7µs67% SOL1.67×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-19
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48404.2µs66% SOL1.69×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-15
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49408.5µs66% SOL1.71×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-13
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50429.3µs65% SOL1.80×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-13
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51438.4µs64% SOL1.84×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-14
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52440.0µs64% SOL1.84×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-08
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53440.1µs64% SOL1.84×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-07
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54441.2µs64% SOL1.85×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-05
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55446.3µs64% SOL1.87×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-29
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56452.9µs63% SOL1.90×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-07
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57471.1µs62% SOL1.97×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-31
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58478.6µs61% SOL2.00×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-14
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59480.9µs61% SOL2.01×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-08-05
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60484.3µs61% SOL2.03×Reported · license unknown · no source2026-07-31
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