grok-4.3 · popcorn · pop_l123_all_gpt
correct 21_RadialBasisFunctionExpansion.py
model
grok-4.3
turns / max
3 / 15
tool calls
3
tokens (total)
12546
wall clock
209.5s
truncated
no
backend
cuda fp32
variant
popcorn
runtime
0.15 μs
ref runtime
0.52 μs
speedup
3.45x
started
2026-05-11T17:36:20Z
timingkernelbench.timing
kernel runtime
0.15 μs
ref runtime
0.52 μs
speedup
3.45x
kernel mean / median / std
0.15 / — / 4.42e-04 μs
ref mean / median / std
0.52 / — / 0.02 μs
numerical precisioneval_kernel_against_ref
max abs error
2.38e-07
mean abs error
1.29e-09
max rel error
0.02
mean rel error
8.44e-08
gpu memoryextended_metrics.measure_memory
kernel peak
130.00 MB
ref peak
260.00 MB
kernel / ref
0.50x
kernel launches / fusiontorch.profiler
kernel launches
2
ref launches
20
fusion ratio (ref / kernel)
10.00x
total cuda time
26 μs
SOL (speed-of-light)nsight_hardware_counters
SOL score (0–1)
0.402
dram util %
22.9%
compute util %
40.2%
bottleneck
compute-bound
dominant pipe
FP32
arithmetic intensity
—
ridge point
20.00
roofline / occupancynsight_hardware_counters
dram bandwidth
767.65 GB/s
dram util %
22.9%
fp32 tflops
—
fp32 util %
—
fp16 tflops
—
occupancy %
87.3%
bottleneck
compute-bound
dominant pipe %
40.2%
arithmetic intensity
—
ridge point
20.00
L1 hit %
—
L2 hit %
98.3%
ld sectors / req
2.50
st sectors / req
—
regs / thread
27
smem / block
1024 B
block size
256
peak bw
3350.00 GB/s
peak fp32 tflops
67.00
peak fp16 tflops
1979.00
warp stalls (top 5)nsight
long_scoreboard
343.2%
short_scoreboard
141.9%
mio_throttle
52.4%
reference PyTorch source (the prompt the agent sees)
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import math


class Model(nn.Module):
    """
    Radial Basis Function (RBF) expansion of interatomic distances.
    Standard featurization in molecular graph neural networks (SchNet,
    DimeNet, GemNet) that converts scalar distances into a feature vector
    of Gaussian-basis evaluations.
    """

    def __init__(self, num_rbf=64, cutoff=5.0):
        super().__init__()
        self.num_rbf = num_rbf
        self.cutoff = cutoff
        offsets = torch.linspace(0.0, cutoff, num_rbf)
        self.register_buffer("offsets", offsets)
        coeff = -0.5 / (offsets[1] - offsets[0]).item() ** 2
        self.coeff = coeff

    def forward(self, distances: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        """
        Args:
            distances: (B, N, N) – pairwise distance matrix (or (B, E) edge list)
        Returns:
            rbf_features: (*distances.shape, num_rbf) – expanded features
        """
        # Cosine cutoff envelope
        d_scaled = distances.unsqueeze(-1)  # (..., 1)
        envelope = 0.5 * (torch.cos(math.pi * d_scaled / self.cutoff) + 1.0)
        envelope = envelope * (d_scaled < self.cutoff).float()

        rbf = torch.exp(self.coeff * (d_scaled - self.offsets) ** 2)
        return rbf * envelope


num_atoms = 256
num_rbf = 64
cutoff = 5.0
batch_size = 8


def get_inputs():
    p = popcorn_pri
    coords = torch.randn(p.jitter_int(batch_size), p.jitter_int(num_atoms), 3)
    diff = coords.unsqueeze(2) - coords.unsqueeze(1)
    distances = torch.sqrt((diff ** 2).sum(-1) + 1e-8)
    return [distances]


def get_init_inputs():
    return [num_rbf, cutoff]
turn 094.1s turn · 19.4s LLM · 74.7s tools · tokens in=2,196 · out=686 · total=3,441
reasoning
The task is to replace the forward computation of this RBF expansion model with a custom CUDA kernel that's faster than PyTorch. I need to replace the forward computation of the PyTorch model with a custom CUDA kernel. The model computes radial basis function expansions for distances with a cosine cutoff envelope. The input is distances of shape (B, N, N) or (*, ), and it computes d_scaled = distances.
call → compile_kernel
callcompile_kernel { "kernel_code": "import torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\nimport math\n\ncuda_source = '''\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <math.h>\n\n__global__ void rbf_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ distances,\n const float* __restrict__ offsets,\n float* __restrict__ output,\n int total_elements,\n int num_rbf,\n float cutoff,\n float coeff\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;\n int total_out = total_elements * num_rbf;\n if (idx >= total_out) return;\n\n int elem_idx = idx / num_rbf;\n int rbf_idx = idx % num_rbf;\n\n float d = distances[elem_idx];\n float off = offsets[rbf_idx];\n float d_scaled = d;\n\n float envelope = 0.5f * (cosf(M_PI * d_scaled / cutoff) + 1.0f);\n envelope *= (d_scaled < cutoff) ? 1.0f : 0.0f;\n\n float rbf_val = expf(coeff * (d_scaled - off) * (d_scaled - off));\n output[idx] = rbf_val * envelope;\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor rbf_cuda(torch::Tensor distances, torch::Tensor offsets, float cutoff, float coeff) {\n int total_elements = distances.numel();\n int num_rbf = offsets.size(0);\n auto output = torch::empty({total_elements, num_rbf}, distances.options());\n \n int total_out = total_elements * num_rbf;\n int threads = 256;\n int blocks = (total_out + threads - 1) / threads;\n\n rbf_kernel<<<blocks, threads>>>(\n distances.data_ptr<float>(),\n offsets.data_ptr<float>(),\n output.data_ptr<float>(),\n total_elements,\n num_rbf,\n cutoff,\n coeff\n );\n\n // reshape to original shape + num_rbf\n std::vector<int64_t> new_shape(distances.sizes().begin(), distances.sizes().end());\n new_shape.push_back(num_rbf);\n return output.view(new_shape);\n}\n'''\n\ncpp_source = '''\ntorch::Tensor rbf_cuda(torch::Tensor distances, torch::Tensor offsets, float cutoff, float coeff);\n'''\n\nrbf_module = load_inline(\n name='rbf_module',\n cpp_sources=[cpp_source],\n cuda_sources=[cuda_source],\n functions=['rbf_cuda'],\n verbose=False\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, num_rbf=64, cutoff=5.0):\n super().__init__()\n self.num_rbf = num_rbf\n self.cutoff = cutoff\n offsets = torch.linspace(0.0, cutoff, num_rbf)\n self.register_buffer(\"offsets\", offsets)\n coeff = -0.5 / (offsets[1] - offsets[0]).item() ** 2\n self.coeff = coeff\n\n def forward(self, distances: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n return rbf_module.rbf_cuda(distances, self.offsets, self.cutoff, self.coeff)\n" }
result ← compile_kernel (ok)
okcompile_kernel compile_kernel PASSED: kernel compiled without errors.
turn 129.4s turn · 5.1s LLM · 24.3s tools · tokens in=3,458 · out=687 · total=4,152
reasoning
Compiled successfully. Now check correctness.
call → run_correctness
callrun_correctness { "kernel_code": "import torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\nimport math\n\ncuda_source = '''\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <math.h>\n\n__global__ void rbf_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ distances,\n const float* __restrict__ offsets,\n float* __restrict__ output,\n int total_elements,\n int num_rbf,\n float cutoff,\n float coeff\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;\n int total_out = total_elements * num_rbf;\n if (idx >= total_out) return;\n\n int elem_idx = idx / num_rbf;\n int rbf_idx = idx % num_rbf;\n\n float d = distances[elem_idx];\n float off = offsets[rbf_idx];\n float d_scaled = d;\n\n float envelope = 0.5f * (cosf(M_PI * d_scaled / cutoff) + 1.0f);\n envelope *= (d_scaled < cutoff) ? 1.0f : 0.0f;\n\n float rbf_val = expf(coeff * (d_scaled - off) * (d_scaled - off));\n output[idx] = rbf_val * envelope;\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor rbf_cuda(torch::Tensor distances, torch::Tensor offsets, float cutoff, float coeff) {\n int total_elements = distances.numel();\n int num_rbf = offsets.size(0);\n auto output = torch::empty({total_elements, num_rbf}, distances.options());\n \n int total_out = total_elements * num_rbf;\n int threads = 256;\n int blocks = (total_out + threads - 1) / threads;\n\n rbf_kernel<<<blocks, threads>>>(\n distances.data_ptr<float>(),\n offsets.data_ptr<float>(),\n output.data_ptr<float>(),\n total_elements,\n num_rbf,\n cutoff,\n coeff\n );\n\n // reshape to original shape + num_rbf\n std::vector<int64_t> new_shape(distances.sizes().begin(), distances.sizes().end());\n new_shape.push_back(num_rbf);\n return output.view(new_shape);\n}\n'''\n\ncpp_source = '''\ntorch::Tensor rbf_cuda(torch::Tensor distances, torch::Tensor offsets, float cutoff, float coeff);\n'''\n\nrbf_module = load_inline(\n name='rbf_module',\n cpp_sources=[cpp_source],\n cuda_sources=[cuda_source],\n functions=['rbf_cuda'],\n verbose=False\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, num_rbf=64, cutoff=5.0):\n super().__init__()\n self.num_rbf = num_rbf\n self.cutoff = cutoff\n offsets = torch.linspace(0.0, cutoff, num_rbf)\n self.register_buffer(\"offsets\", offsets)\n coeff = -0.5 / (offsets[1] - offsets[0]).item() ** 2\n self.coeff = coeff\n\n def forward(self, distances: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n return rbf_module.rbf_cuda(distances, self.offsets, self.cutoff, self.coeff)\n" }
result ← run_correctness (ok)
okrun_correctness run_correctness PASSED: (3 / 3) trials all matched the reference. Numerical precision: max_abs_err=2.38e-07 mean_abs_err=1.29e-09 max_rel_err=1.54e-02
turn 286.1s turn · 6.7s LLM · 79.4s tools · tokens in=4,212 · out=686 · total=4,953 · FINAL
reasoning
Correctness passed. Now, to check if it's faster, I should profile or just submit since it should be faster than PyTorch's multiple ops.
call → submit_kernel
callsubmit_kernel { "kernel_code": "import torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\nimport math\n\ncuda_source = '''\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n#include <math.h>\n\n__global__ void rbf_kernel(\n const float* __restrict__ distances,\n const float* __restrict__ offsets,\n float* __restrict__ output,\n int total_elements,\n int num_rbf,\n float cutoff,\n float coeff\n) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;\n int total_out = total_elements * num_rbf;\n if (idx >= total_out) return;\n\n int elem_idx = idx / num_rbf;\n int rbf_idx = idx % num_rbf;\n\n float d = distances[elem_idx];\n float off = offsets[rbf_idx];\n float d_scaled = d;\n\n float envelope = 0.5f * (cosf(M_PI * d_scaled / cutoff) + 1.0f);\n envelope *= (d_scaled < cutoff) ? 1.0f : 0.0f;\n\n float rbf_val = expf(coeff * (d_scaled - off) * (d_scaled - off));\n output[idx] = rbf_val * envelope;\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor rbf_cuda(torch::Tensor distances, torch::Tensor offsets, float cutoff, float coeff) {\n int total_elements = distances.numel();\n int num_rbf = offsets.size(0);\n auto output = torch::empty({total_elements, num_rbf}, distances.options());\n \n int total_out = total_elements * num_rbf;\n int threads = 256;\n int blocks = (total_out + threads - 1) / threads;\n\n rbf_kernel<<<blocks, threads>>>(\n distances.data_ptr<float>(),\n offsets.data_ptr<float>(),\n output.data_ptr<float>(),\n total_elements,\n num_rbf,\n cutoff,\n coeff\n );\n\n // reshape to original shape + num_rbf\n std::vector<int64_t> new_shape(distances.sizes().begin(), distances.sizes().end());\n new_shape.push_back(num_rbf);\n return output.view(new_shape);\n}\n'''\n\ncpp_source = '''\ntorch::Tensor rbf_cuda(torch::Tensor distances, torch::Tensor offsets, float cutoff, float coeff);\n'''\n\nrbf_module = load_inline(\n name='rbf_module',\n cpp_sources=[cpp_source],\n cuda_sources=[cuda_source],\n functions=['rbf_cuda'],\n verbose=False\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, num_rbf=64, cutoff=5.0):\n super().__init__()\n self.num_rbf = num_rbf\n self.cutoff = cutoff\n offsets = torch.linspace(0.0, cutoff, num_rbf)\n self.register_buffer(\"offsets\", offsets)\n coeff = -0.5 / (offsets[1] - offsets[0]).item() ** 2\n self.coeff = coeff\n\n def forward(self, distances: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n return rbf_module.rbf_cuda(distances, self.offsets, self.cutoff, self.coeff)\n" }
result ← submit_kernel (ok)
oksubmit_kernel submit_kernel PASSED: (3 / 3) correctness trials all passed. Kernel runtime: 0.15 μs Runtime stats: mean=0.15μs median=?μs std=0.00μs Numerical precision: max_abs_err=2.38e-07 mean_abs_err=1.29e-09 max_rel_err=1.54e-02 Memory: 130.0 MB peak (ref: 260.0 MB, ratio: 0.5x) Kernel launches: 2 (ref: 20, fusion ratio: 10.0) SOL score: 0.4016
final submitted kernel (89 lines, 2,558 chars) — full source, untruncated
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline
import math

cuda_source = '''
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>
#include <math.h>

__global__ void rbf_kernel(
    const float* __restrict__ distances,
    const float* __restrict__ offsets,
    float* __restrict__ output,
    int total_elements,
    int num_rbf,
    float cutoff,
    float coeff
) {
    int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
    int total_out = total_elements * num_rbf;
    if (idx >= total_out) return;

    int elem_idx = idx / num_rbf;
    int rbf_idx = idx % num_rbf;

    float d = distances[elem_idx];
    float off = offsets[rbf_idx];
    float d_scaled = d;

    float envelope = 0.5f * (cosf(M_PI * d_scaled / cutoff) + 1.0f);
    envelope *= (d_scaled < cutoff) ? 1.0f : 0.0f;

    float rbf_val = expf(coeff * (d_scaled - off) * (d_scaled - off));
    output[idx] = rbf_val * envelope;
}

torch::Tensor rbf_cuda(torch::Tensor distances, torch::Tensor offsets, float cutoff, float coeff) {
    int total_elements = distances.numel();
    int num_rbf = offsets.size(0);
    auto output = torch::empty({total_elements, num_rbf}, distances.options());
    
    int total_out = total_elements * num_rbf;
    int threads = 256;
    int blocks = (total_out + threads - 1) / threads;

    rbf_kernel<<<blocks, threads>>>(
        distances.data_ptr<float>(),
        offsets.data_ptr<float>(),
        output.data_ptr<float>(),
        total_elements,
        num_rbf,
        cutoff,
        coeff
    );

    // reshape to original shape + num_rbf
    std::vector<int64_t> new_shape(distances.sizes().begin(), distances.sizes().end());
    new_shape.push_back(num_rbf);
    return output.view(new_shape);
}
'''

cpp_source = '''
torch::Tensor rbf_cuda(torch::Tensor distances, torch::Tensor offsets, float cutoff, float coeff);
'''

rbf_module = load_inline(
    name='rbf_module',
    cpp_sources=[cpp_source],
    cuda_sources=[cuda_source],
    functions=['rbf_cuda'],
    verbose=False
)

class ModelNew(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, num_rbf=64, cutoff=5.0):
        super().__init__()
        self.num_rbf = num_rbf
        self.cutoff = cutoff
        offsets = torch.linspace(0.0, cutoff, num_rbf)
        self.register_buffer("offsets", offsets)
        coeff = -0.5 / (offsets[1] - offsets[0]).item() ** 2
        self.coeff = coeff

    def forward(self, distances: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return rbf_module.rbf_cuda(distances, self.offsets, self.cutoff, self.coeff)