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Vocab-parallel cross-entropy, Megatron layout · seq = 2048 · batch = 4 · vocab = 16384 · bf16 · run 01a0202b-2418…
●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 2.781548023223877 · ms 50 2.781857967376709 · ms 80 2.7830042839050293

Identity
implementationMegatron fused
projectNVIDIA Megatron-LM
revisionunknown
workloadseq = 2048 · batch = 4 · vocab = 16384 · bf16
comparison keysha256:8f384f23b2ee6fe4…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idmegatron_cross_entropy/full/megatron-unfused/nvidia-h100-80gb-hbm3/batch4-seq2048-vocab16384-bf16/2026-06-15-22-13-03
sha256:035bc1935cd39136deec52c…

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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