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Softmax · rows = 2048 · hidden = 256 · fp32 · run 01a016ae-8cc9…
●passedReported evidence

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Primary measurement
8.45µsmedian

Rank 2 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2025-04-30

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ms 20 0.008191999979317188 · ms 50 0.008448000065982342 · ms 80 0.009216000325977802

Identity
implementationLiger
projectLiger-Kernel
revisionunknown
workloadrows = 2048 · hidden = 256 · fp32
comparison keysha256:36d35429035c446c…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idsoftmax/forward/liger/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090/hidden256-rows2048-fp32/2025-04-30-16-11-04
sha256:8c2b945c8e9133a4363a8be…

Correctness

Marked passed by the source; the correctness policy was not published.

Workload

rows2048
hidden256
xfp32 [2048, 256]
definition comparatornot_asserted

Measurements

latency · median8.45 µs
latency · p208.19 µs
latency · p809.22 µs

Protocol

harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench

Environment

gpuNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (sm_86)

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Published 2026-08-18 · Liger-Kernel benchmarks · BSD-2-ClauseAll results for Softmax →JSON