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292 changes: 292 additions & 0 deletions benchmarks/benchmark_qwen3_ffn.py
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# Copyright (c) 2026 RL-Kernel Contributors

"""Compare Qwen3 FFN consistent and fast paths on SM90.

The default shape is the TP=2 rank-local Qwen3-8B FFN from the #239
architecture. ``--intermediate-size 12288`` benchmarks the unsharded FFN;
communication is intentionally outside this PR2 benchmark.

Examples:
python benchmarks/benchmark_qwen3_ffn.py
python benchmarks/benchmark_qwen3_ffn.py --backend triton --profile-stages
python benchmarks/benchmark_qwen3_ffn.py --intermediate-size 12288
python benchmarks/benchmark_qwen3_ffn.py --tokens 512
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import json
from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Callable

import torch
from tabulate import tabulate

from rl_engine.kernels.ffn import (
QWEN3_8B_HIDDEN_SIZE,
QWEN3_8B_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE,
QWEN3_8B_TP2_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE,
build_qwen3_ffn,
qwen3_ffn_fp32_reference,
)
from rl_engine.testing.reference_ops import summarize_kernel_drift


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class FFNBenchmarkResult:
path: str
gemm_backend: str
activation_backend: str
forward_ms: float
forward_backward_ms: float
max_abs_error: float
mean_abs_error: float
peak_memory_mb: float
stage_ms: dict[str, float]


def _time_ms(fn: Callable[[], object], *, warmup: int, iters: int) -> float:
for _ in range(warmup):
fn()
torch.cuda.synchronize()
start = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True)
end = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True)
start.record()
for _ in range(iters):
fn()
end.record()
torch.cuda.synchronize()
return float(start.elapsed_time(end)) / iters


def _make_case(args, path: str):
device, dtype = torch.device("cuda"), torch.bfloat16
h, i = args.hidden_size, args.intermediate_size
generator = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(args.seed)

def make(shape, scale):
value = torch.randn(shape, generator=generator, dtype=torch.float32)
value.mul_(scale)
return value.to(device=device, dtype=dtype)

gate_weight = make((h, i), args.weight_std)
up_weight = make((h, i), args.weight_std)
down_weight = make((i, h), args.weight_std)
x = make((args.tokens, h), args.input_std)
dy = make((args.tokens, h), 1.0)
backend = args.backend if path == "consistent" else "pytorch"
module = build_qwen3_ffn(
gate_weight,
up_weight,
down_weight,
path=path,
backend=backend,
)
return module, x, dy


def _stage_times(module, x, *, warmup: int, iters: int) -> dict[str, float]:
with torch.no_grad():
gate = module.gemm_op(x, module.gate_weight)
up = module.gemm_op(x, module.up_weight)
hidden = module.swiglu_op(gate, up)
closures = {
"gate_gemm": lambda: module.gemm_op(x, module.gate_weight),
"up_gemm": lambda: module.gemm_op(x, module.up_weight),
"swiglu": lambda: module.swiglu_op(gate, up),
"down_gemm": lambda: module.gemm_op(hidden, module.down_weight),
}
return {
name: _time_ms(closure, warmup=warmup, iters=iters)
for name, closure in closures.items()
}


def _run_path(args, path: str) -> FFNBenchmarkResult:
module, x, dy = _make_case(args, path)

with torch.no_grad():
candidate = module(x)
reference = qwen3_ffn_fp32_reference(
x, module.gate_weight, module.up_weight, module.down_weight
).output
drift = summarize_kernel_drift(candidate, reference)
del candidate, reference

def forward():
with torch.no_grad():
return module(x)

def forward_backward():
module.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
x.grad = None
module(x).backward(dy)
return x.grad

x.requires_grad_(True)
forward_ms = _time_ms(forward, warmup=args.warmup, iters=args.iters)
forward_backward_ms = _time_ms(forward_backward, warmup=args.warmup, iters=args.iters)

torch.cuda.synchronize()
torch.cuda.empty_cache()
torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats()
forward_backward()
torch.cuda.synchronize()
peak_memory_mb = torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated() / (1024**2)

stage_ms = (
_stage_times(module, x.detach(), warmup=args.warmup, iters=args.iters)
if args.profile_stages
else {}
)
provenance = module.provenance
return FFNBenchmarkResult(
path=provenance.path,
gemm_backend=provenance.gemm_backend,
activation_backend=provenance.activation_backend,
forward_ms=forward_ms,
forward_backward_ms=forward_backward_ms,
max_abs_error=float(drift["max_abs_error"]),
mean_abs_error=float(drift["mean_abs_error"]),
peak_memory_mb=float(peak_memory_mb),
stage_ms=stage_ms,
)


def _metadata(args) -> dict[str, object]:
capability = torch.cuda.get_device_capability()
return {
"model": "Qwen3-8B dense FFN",
"device": torch.cuda.get_device_name(),
"compute_capability": f"SM{capability[0]}{capability[1]}",
"torch_version": torch.__version__,
"cuda_version": torch.version.cuda,
"dtype": "bfloat16",
"accumulation_dtype": "float32",
"tokens": args.tokens,
"hidden_size": args.hidden_size,
"intermediate_size": args.intermediate_size,
"intermediate_scope": (
"tp2_local"
if args.intermediate_size == QWEN3_8B_TP2_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE
else "custom_or_unsharded"
),
"seed": args.seed,
"data_generator": "CPU FP32 MT19937, then quantized to CUDA BF16",
"input_std": args.input_std,
"weight_std": args.weight_std,
"warmup": args.warmup,
"iters": args.iters,
"scope": "rank-local FFN arithmetic; no collective communication",
}


def render_results(results: list[FFNBenchmarkResult]) -> str:
fast = next(result for result in results if result.path == "fast")
fast_backward_ms = fast.forward_backward_ms
rows = []
for result in results:
backward_overhead = result.forward_backward_ms / fast_backward_ms
rows.append(
[
result.path,
result.gemm_backend,
result.activation_backend,
f"{result.forward_ms:.3f}",
f"{result.forward_backward_ms:.3f}",
f"{result.forward_ms / fast.forward_ms:.2f}x",
f"{backward_overhead:.2f}x",
f"{result.max_abs_error:.6g}",
f"{result.peak_memory_mb:.0f}",
]
)
return tabulate(
rows,
headers=(
"path",
"GEMM",
"activation",
"forward ms",
"fwd+bwd ms",
"forward / fast",
"fwd+bwd / fast",
"max abs vs FP32",
"peak MB",
),
tablefmt="github",
)


def run(args) -> dict[str, object]:
if not torch.cuda.is_available():
raise RuntimeError("Qwen3 FFN benchmark requires a CUDA SM90 GPU")
capability = torch.cuda.get_device_capability()
if capability[0] != 9:
actual_sm = f"SM{capability[0]}{capability[1]}"
raise RuntimeError(f"FFN benchmark targets SM90, got {actual_sm}")
dimensions = (args.tokens, args.hidden_size, args.intermediate_size)
if any(value <= 0 for value in dimensions):
raise ValueError("tokens and FFN dimensions must be positive")
if args.warmup < 0 or args.iters <= 0:
raise ValueError("warmup must be non-negative; iters must be positive")

torch.backends.cuda.matmul.allow_tf32 = False
results = [_run_path(args, "consistent"), _run_path(args, "fast")]
payload = {
"metadata": _metadata(args),
"results": [asdict(result) for result in results],
}
print(json.dumps(payload["metadata"], indent=2))
print()
print(render_results(results))
if args.profile_stages:
print("\nStage breakdown (ms)")
stage_rows = [
[
result.path,
*[f"{result.stage_ms[name]:.3f}" for name in result.stage_ms],
]
for result in results
]
stage_names = list(results[0].stage_ms)
headers = ("path", *stage_names)
print(tabulate(stage_rows, headers=headers, tablefmt="github"))
if args.json_out is not None:
args.json_out.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
content = json.dumps(payload, indent=2) + "\n"
args.json_out.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
return payload


def parse_args(argv=None):
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
backends = ("cuda", "triton")
parser.add_argument("--backend", choices=backends, default="cuda")
parser.add_argument("--tokens", type=int, default=128)
hidden_default = QWEN3_8B_HIDDEN_SIZE
parser.add_argument("--hidden-size", type=int, default=hidden_default)
parser.add_argument(
"--intermediate-size",
type=int,
default=QWEN3_8B_TP2_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE,
help=(
"rank-local intermediate width; defaults to Qwen3-8B TP=2 "
f"({QWEN3_8B_TP2_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE}); use "
f"{QWEN3_8B_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE} for the unsharded FFN"
),
)
parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=239)
parser.add_argument("--input-std", type=float, default=1.0)
parser.add_argument("--weight-std", type=float, default=0.02)
parser.add_argument("--warmup", type=int, default=5)
parser.add_argument("--iters", type=int, default=20)
parser.add_argument("--profile-stages", action="store_true")
parser.add_argument("--json-out", type=Path)
return parser.parse_args(argv)


if __name__ == "__main__":
run(parse_args())
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# Copyright (c) 2026 RL-Kernel Contributors

from rl_engine.kernels.ffn import (
QWEN3_8B_HIDDEN_SIZE,
QWEN3_8B_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE,
QWEN3_8B_TP2_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE,
Qwen3FFN,
Qwen3FFNProvenance,
Qwen3FFNStages,
build_qwen3_ffn,
qwen3_ffn_fp32_reference,
)

__all__ = [
"QWEN3_8B_HIDDEN_SIZE",
"QWEN3_8B_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE",
"QWEN3_8B_TP2_INTERMEDIATE_SIZE",
"Qwen3FFN",
"Qwen3FFNProvenance",
"Qwen3FFNStages",
"build_qwen3_ffn",
"qwen3_ffn_fp32_reference",
]
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