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Vocab-parallel cross-entropy, Megatron layout · seq = 2048 · batch = 4 · vocab = 16384 · bf16 · run 01a0202b-2417…
●passedReported evidence
Primary measurement
2.78msmedian

Rank 3 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2026-06-15

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ms 20 2.7805025577545166 · ms 50 2.7810745239257812 · ms 80 2.7812232971191406

Identity
implementationMegatron fused
projectNVIDIA Megatron-LM
revisionunknown
workloadseq = 2048 · batch = 4 · vocab = 16384 · bf16
comparison keysha256:96ef2f6148e77a3b…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idmegatron_cross_entropy/backward/megatron-unfused/nvidia-h100-80gb-hbm3/batch4-seq2048-vocab16384-bf16/2026-06-15-22-13-03
sha256:2364cb997433c04475edcef…

Correctness

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

Workload

seq2048
batch4
vocab16384
logitsbf16 [2048, 4, 16384]
targetint64 [2048, 4]
definition comparatornot_asserted

Measurements

latency · median2.78 ms
latency · p202.78 ms
latency · p802.78 ms

Protocol

harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench

Environment

gpuNVIDIA H100 (sm_90)

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