Liger
RMSNorm · rows = 2048 · hidden = 16384 · bf16 · run 01a016ad-fc22…
●passedReported evidence
Not re-observed recently.
Primary measurement
320.5µsmedian
Rank 1 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2024-09-03
ms 20 0.3187839984893799 · ms 50 0.32051199674606323 · ms 80 0.32230401039123535
Identity
implementationLiger
projectLiger-Kernel
revisionunknown
workloadrows = 2048 · hidden = 16384 · bf16
comparison keysha256:423cdd7c8762e11b…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idrms_norm/backward/liger/nvidia-a100-sxm4-80gb/hidden16384-rows2048-bf16/2024-09-03-15-39-43
sha256:3efaa4a362d4a1476e092c1…
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 · median320.5 µs
latency · p20318.8 µs
latency · p80322.3 µs
Protocol
harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench
Environment
gpuNVIDIA A100 (sm_80)
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