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RMSNorm · rows = 2048 · hidden = 16384 · bf16 · run 01a016ad-df37…
●passedReported evidence
Not re-observed recently.
Primary measurement
985.6µsmedian
Rank 2 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2024-09-03
ms 20 0.9835839867591858 · ms 50 0.9856320023536682 · ms 80 0.9876928329467773
Identity
implementationTransformers
projectHugging Face Transformers
revisionunknown
workloadrows = 2048 · hidden = 16384 · bf16
comparison keysha256:9d1a17a7dba50dc4…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idrms_norm/forward/huggingface/nvidia-a100-sxm4-80gb/hidden16384-rows2048-bf16/2024-09-03-15-39-33
sha256:aeed6fed57de5d96b1d11d1…
Correctness
Marked passed by the source; the correctness policy was not published.
Workload
rows2048
hidden16384
xbf16 [2048, 16384]
weightbf16 [16384]
definition comparatornot_asserted
Measurements
latency · median985.6 µs
latency · p20983.6 µs
latency · p80987.7 µs
Protocol
harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench
Environment
gpuNVIDIA A100 (sm_80)
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