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Softmax · rows = 2048 · hidden = 4096 · bf16 · run 01a016ae-d71e…
●passedReported evidence

Not re-observed recently.

Primary measurement
197.6µsmedian

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

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ms 20 0.19660800695419312 · ms 50 0.19763199985027313 · ms 80 0.19809921085834503

Identity
implementationPyTorch
projectPyTorch
revisionunknown
workloadrows = 2048 · hidden = 4096 · bf16
comparison keysha256:ee71929f31ed8635…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idsoftmax/full/torch/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090/hidden4096-rows2048-bf16/2025-04-30-16-11-25
sha256:84dd75393946f28f5b83b0d…

Correctness

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

Workload

rows2048
hidden4096
xbf16 [2048, 4096]
definition comparatornot_asserted

Measurements

latency · median197.6 µs
latency · p20196.6 µs
latency · p80198.1 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