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Softmax · rows = 2048 · hidden = 512 · bf16 · run 01a016ae-beaa…
●passedReported evidence

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Primary measurement
8.38µsmedian

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

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ms 20 0.008191999979317188 · ms 50 0.008383999578654766 · ms 80 0.009216000325977802

Identity
implementationPyTorch
projectPyTorch
revisionunknown
workloadrows = 2048 · hidden = 512 · bf16
comparison keysha256:1c583cf740b88760…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idsoftmax/forward/torch/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090/hidden512-rows2048-bf16/2025-04-30-16-11-19
sha256:60de0875b45e0cdc143afa5…

Correctness

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

Workload

rows2048
hidden512
xbf16 [2048, 512]
definition comparatornot_asserted

Measurements

latency · median8.38 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