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SwiGLU MLP · seq = 2048 · batch = 2 · hidden = 2048 · intermediate = 4096 · bf16 · run 01a0202b-2342…
●passedReported evidence

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Primary measurement
4.74msmedian

Rank 4 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2025-11-11

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ms 20 4.739071846008301 · ms 50 4.739071846008301 · ms 80 4.739071846008301

Identity
implementationTransformers
projectHugging Face Transformers
revisionunknown
workloadseq = 2048 · batch = 2 · hidden = 2048 · intermediate = 4096 · bf16
comparison keysha256:01da015a4fd541fe…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idtiled_swiglu/backward/deepspeed_tiled/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090/batch2-hidden2048-intermediate4096-seq2048-bf16/2025-11-11-06-23-20
sha256:80f3bdfd478c59af6d94ff9…

Correctness

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

Workload

seq2048
batch2
hidden2048
intermediate4096
xbf16 [2, 2048, 2048]
w_upbf16 [4096, 2048]
w_downbf16 [2048, 4096]
w_gatebf16 [4096, 2048]
definition comparatornot_asserted

Measurements

latency · median4.74 ms
latency · p204.74 ms
latency · p804.74 ms

Protocol

harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench

Environment

gpuNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (sm_89)

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Published 2026-08-20 · Liger-Kernel benchmarks · BSD-2-ClauseAll results for SwiGLU MLP →JSON