Liger
SwiGLU activation, Megatron layout · ffn = 1024 · seq = 2048 · batch = 4 · bf16 · run 01a0202b-241a…
●passedReported evidence
Primary measurement
98.4µsmedian
Rank 1 in its comparison group · source-native comparison · observed 2026-07-26
ms 20 0.09151999801397324 · ms 50 0.09843199700117111 · ms 80 0.10835839807987213
Identity
implementationLiger
projectLiger-Kernel
revisionunknown
workloadffn = 1024 · seq = 2048 · batch = 4 · bf16
comparison keysha256:e47726748c9c04c5…
sourceLiger-Kernel benchmarks
external idmegatron_swiglu/backward/liger_in_place/nvidia-h100-80gb-hbm3/batch4-ffn1024-seq2048-bf16/2026-07-26-00-09-50
sha256:6295df38a6f4b686287c346…
Correctness
Marked passed by the source; the correctness policy was not published.
Workload
ffn1024
seq2048
batch4
ybf16 [2048, 4, 2048]
definition comparatornot_asserted
Measurements
latency · median98.4 µs
latency · p2091.5 µs
latency · p80108.4 µs
Protocol
harnessLiger-Kernel benchmark scripts
timercuda_events
primaryStatisticmedian
comparabilityFamilyliger_kernel_bench
Environment
gpuNVIDIA H100 (sm_90)
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Published 2026-08-20 · Liger-Kernel benchmarks · BSD-2-ClauseAll results for SwiGLU activation, Megatron layout →JSON