Liger fused
Fused add + RMSNorm · rows = 2048 · hidden = 4096 · fp32 · run 01a016af-5b44…
●passedReported evidence
Primary measurement
211.7µsmedian
Rank 2 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2026-04-07
ms 20 0.2107200026512146 · ms 50 0.21167999505996704 · ms 80 0.21273599565029144
Identity
implementationLiger fused
projectLiger-Kernel
revisionunknown
workloadrows = 2048 · hidden = 4096 · fp32
comparison keysha256:437442a8c531db59…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idfused_add_rms_norm/backward/liger_rms_norm/nvidia-h100-80gb-hbm3/hidden4096-rows2048-fp32/2026-04-07-21-27-44
sha256:22cd996eb27bd51677f4564…
Correctness
Marked passed by the source; the correctness policy was not published.
Workload
rows2048
hidden4096
xfp32 [2048, 4096]
weightfp32 [4096]
residualfp32 [2048, 4096]
definition comparatornot_asserted
Measurements
latency · median211.7 µs
latency · p20210.7 µs
latency · p80212.7 µs
Protocol
harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench
Environment
gpuNVIDIA H100 (sm_90)
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Published 2026-08-18 · Liger-Kernel benchmarks · BSD-2-ClauseAll results for Fused add + RMSNorm →JSON