Megatron fused
Vocab-parallel cross-entropy, Megatron layout · seq = 2048 · batch = 4 · vocab = 32768 · bf16 · run 01a0202b-2417…
●passedReported evidence
Primary measurement
5.41msmedian
Rank 3 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2026-06-15
ms 20 5.411957740783691 · ms 50 5.412109375 · ms 80 5.413435935974121
Identity
implementationMegatron fused
projectNVIDIA Megatron-LM
revisionunknown
workloadseq = 2048 · batch = 4 · vocab = 32768 · bf16
comparison keysha256:23fde69a3b64cb28…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idmegatron_cross_entropy/backward/megatron-unfused/nvidia-h100-80gb-hbm3/batch4-seq2048-vocab32768-bf16/2026-06-15-22-13-03
sha256:263f651d8e2edb9a5a61246…
Correctness
Marked passed by the source; the correctness policy was not published.
Workload
seq2048
batch4
vocab32768
logitsbf16 [2048, 4, 32768]
targetint64 [2048, 4]
definition comparatornot_asserted
Measurements
latency · median5.41 ms
latency · p205.41 ms
latency · p805.41 ms
Protocol
harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench
Environment
gpuNVIDIA H100 (sm_90)
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