Liger
Total variation distance loss · vocab = 16384 · tokens = 16384 · fp32 · run 01a0202b-2346…
●passedReported evidence
Not re-observed recently.
Primary measurement
3.51msmedian
Rank 1 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2026-03-03
ms 20 3.5084415912628173 · ms 50 3.5109760761260986 · ms 80 3.513107109069824
Identity
implementationLiger
projectLiger-Kernel
revisionunknown
workloadvocab = 16384 · tokens = 16384 · fp32
comparison keysha256:f59f5d7ae1589dbf…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idtvd/backward/liger/nvidia-h100-80gb-hbm3/tokens16384-vocab16384-fp32/2026-03-03-23-02-55
sha256:235295c03d258a18ac4ecbe…
Correctness
Marked passed by the source; the correctness policy was not published.
Workload
vocab16384
tokens16384
pfp32 [16384, 16384]
qfp32 [16384, 16384]
definition comparatornot_asserted
Measurements
latency · median3.51 ms
latency · p203.51 ms
latency · p803.51 ms
Protocol
harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench
Environment
gpuNVIDIA H100 (sm_90)
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