Megatron fused
Vocab-parallel cross-entropy, Megatron layout · seq = 2048 · batch = 4 · vocab = 8192 · bf16 · run 01a0202b-2416…
●passedReported evidence
Primary measurement
1.05msmedian
Rank 2 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2026-06-15
ms 20 1.0501985549926758 · ms 50 1.050581693649292 · ms 80 1.0508228540420532
Identity
implementationMegatron fused
projectNVIDIA Megatron-LM
revisionunknown
workloadseq = 2048 · batch = 4 · vocab = 8192 · bf16
comparison keysha256:ee176b9555dec65e…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idmegatron_cross_entropy/full/megatron-fused/nvidia-h100-80gb-hbm3/batch4-seq2048-vocab8192-bf16/2026-06-15-22-13-03
sha256:92db7cb93444f7bd3725b18…
Correctness
Marked passed by the source; the correctness policy was not published.
Workload
seq2048
batch4
vocab8192
logitsbf16 [2048, 4, 8192]
targetint64 [2048, 4]
definition comparatornot_asserted
Measurements
latency · median1.05 ms
latency · p201.05 ms
latency · p801.05 ms
Protocol
harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench
Environment
gpuNVIDIA H100 (sm_90)
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