grok-4.3 · popcorn · pop_l123_default_gpt
correct 9_AssociativeScan.py
model
grok-4.3
turns / max
4 / 12
tool calls
4
tokens (total)
12607
wall clock
707.5s
truncated
no
backend
cuda fp32
variant
popcorn
runtime
1.73 μs
ref runtime
89.90 μs
speedup
51.97x
started
2026-05-11T10:47:10Z
timingkernelbench.timing
kernel runtime
1.73 μs
ref runtime
89.90 μs
speedup
51.97x
kernel mean / median / std
1.73 / — / 0.00 μs
ref mean / median / std
89.90 / — / 5.44 μs
numerical precisioneval_kernel_against_ref
max abs error
9.54e-07
mean abs error
2.04e-08
max rel error
1.75
mean rel error
2.02e-07
gpu memoryextended_metrics.measure_memory
kernel peak
417.00 MB
ref peak
545.00 MB
kernel / ref
0.77x
kernel launches / fusiontorch.profiler
kernel launches
1
ref launches
24583
fusion ratio (ref / kernel)
24583.00x
total cuda time
30 μs
energyNVML (pynvml)
kernel mJ / run
232.42
ref mJ / run
10230.94
ratio (ref / kernel)
44.02x
avg power
134.34 W
ref avg power
116.09 W
SOL (speed-of-light)nsight_hardware_counters
SOL score (0–1)
0.067
dram util %
6.7%
compute util %
0.0%
bottleneck
unknown
dominant pipe
None
arithmetic intensity
—
ridge point
20.00
roofline / occupancynsight_hardware_counters
dram bandwidth
225.07 GB/s
dram util %
6.7%
fp32 tflops
—
fp32 util %
—
fp16 tflops
—
occupancy %
12.5%
bottleneck
unknown
dominant pipe %
—
arithmetic intensity
—
ridge point
20.00
L1 hit %
—
L2 hit %
33.5%
ld sectors / req
4.00
st sectors / req
—
regs / thread
32
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
10410.9%
short_scoreboard
0.3%
flagssubmit_kernel guard
excessive speedup
flagged
reference PyTorch source (the prompt the agent sees)
import torch
import torch.nn as nn

class Model(nn.Module):
    """
    Performs a parallel associative scan (linear recurrence) over a 1D sequence.
    Given coefficient a and input b at each timestep, computes:
        h_0 = b_0
        h_t = a_t * h_{t-1} + b_t  for t > 0
    This is the core parallelizable primitive underlying Mamba's selective scan and
    other SSM architectures. Sequential in naive PyTorch but can be parallelized
    via the associative scan algorithm in O(L log L) span.

    Args:
        d_model (int): Number of independent recurrence channels.
    """
    def __init__(self, d_model: int):
        super(Model, self).__init__()
        self.d_model = d_model

    def forward(self, a: torch.Tensor, b: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        B, L, D = a.shape
        h = torch.zeros(B, D, device=a.device, dtype=a.dtype)
        outputs = []
        for t in range(L):
            h = a[:, t] * h + b[:, t]
            outputs.append(h)
        return torch.stack(outputs, dim=1)

batch_size = 32
d_model = 256
seq_len = 4096

def get_inputs():
    a = torch.sigmoid(torch.randn(popcorn_pri.jitter_int(batch_size), popcorn_pri.jitter_int(seq_len), d_model))
    b = torch.randn(popcorn_pri.jitter_int(batch_size), popcorn_pri.jitter_int(seq_len), d_model)
    return [a, b]

def get_init_inputs():
    return [d_model]
turn 08.8s turn · 8.8s LLM · 0.0s tools · tokens in=1,562 · out=6 · total=1,948
reasoning
The task is to replace the forward computation of a PyTorch model with a custom CUDA kernel. The model performs a parallel associative scan for a linear recurrence: h_t = a_t * h_{t-1} + b_t. The task involves replacing the forward computation of a PyTorch model with a custom CUDA kernel.
call → get_gpu_specs
callget_gpu_specs {}
result ← get_gpu_specs (ok)
okget_gpu_specs GPU specs for NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3: total memory (runtime): 79.1 GB spec entry: H100 GPU Architecture: Hopper GPU Memory: 80GB Memory Bandwidth: 3.35 TB/s FP64 TFLOPS: 34 FP64 Tensor Core TFLOPS: 67 FP32 TFLOPS: 67 TF32 Tensor Core TFLOPS: 989 with sparsity BFLOAT16 Tensore Core TFLOPS: 1979 with sparsity FP16 Tensor Core TFLOPS: 1979 with sparsity FP8 Tensor Core TFLOPS: 3958 with sparsity INT8 Tensor Core TOPS: 3958 with sparsity Register File Size: 64K 32-bit registers per SM Maximum number of registers per thread: 255 Maximum number of thread blocks per SM: 32 Shared memory capacity per SM: 228 KB Maximum shared memory per thread block: 227 KB
turn 191.3s turn · 14.1s LLM · 77.2s tools · tokens in=2,181 · out=468 · total=2,997
reasoning
H100 GPU, high bandwidth. I need to replace the forward computation of a PyTorch model with a custom CUDA kernel.
call → compile_kernel
callcompile_kernel { "kernel_code": "import torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n\n__global__ void scan_kernel(const float* a, const float* b, float* out, int B, int L, int D) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;\n int total = B * D;\n if (idx >= total) return;\n \n int batch = idx / D;\n int dim = idx % D;\n \n float h = 0.0f;\n for (int t = 0; t < L; t++) {\n int offset = (batch * L + t) * D + dim;\n float at = a[offset];\n float bt = b[offset];\n h = at * h + bt;\n out[offset] = h;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor parallel_scan(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b) {\n auto B = a.size(0);\n auto L = a.size(1);\n auto D = a.size(2);\n \n auto out = torch::empty({B, L, D}, a.options());\n \n int total = B * D;\n int threads = 256;\n int blocks = (total + threads - 1) / threads;\n \n scan_kernel<<<blocks, threads>>>(\n a.data_ptr<float>(),\n b.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n B, L, D\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor parallel_scan(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name='scan_module',\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=['parallel_scan'],\n verbose=True\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, d_model: int):\n super(ModelNew, self).__init__()\n self.d_model = d_model\n self.module = module\n\n def forward(self, a: torch.Tensor, b: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n return self.module.parallel_scan(a, b)\n" }
result ← compile_kernel (ok)
okcompile_kernel compile_kernel PASSED: kernel compiled without errors.
turn 2263.5s turn · 5.7s LLM · 257.8s tools · tokens in=3,014 · out=469 · total=3,490
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\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n\n__global__ void scan_kernel(const float* a, const float* b, float* out, int B, int L, int D) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;\n int total = B * D;\n if (idx >= total) return;\n \n int batch = idx / D;\n int dim = idx % D;\n \n float h = 0.0f;\n for (int t = 0; t < L; t++) {\n int offset = (batch * L + t) * D + dim;\n float at = a[offset];\n float bt = b[offset];\n h = at * h + bt;\n out[offset] = h;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor parallel_scan(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b) {\n auto B = a.size(0);\n auto L = a.size(1);\n auto D = a.size(2);\n \n auto out = torch::empty({B, L, D}, a.options());\n \n int total = B * D;\n int threads = 256;\n int blocks = (total + threads - 1) / threads;\n \n scan_kernel<<<blocks, threads>>>(\n a.data_ptr<float>(),\n b.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n B, L, D\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor parallel_scan(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name='scan_module',\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=['parallel_scan'],\n verbose=True\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, d_model: int):\n super(ModelNew, self).__init__()\n self.d_model = d_model\n self.module = module\n\n def forward(self, a: torch.Tensor, b: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n return self.module.parallel_scan(a, b)\n" }
result ← run_correctness (ok)
okrun_correctness run_correctness PASSED: (5 / 5) trials all matched the reference. Numerical precision: max_abs_err=9.54e-07 mean_abs_err=2.04e-08 max_rel_err=1.75e+00
turn 3344.0s turn · 8.3s LLM · 335.7s tools · tokens in=3,550 · out=468 · total=4,172 · FINAL
reasoning
Correct! Now, to submit, but is it faster? The task requires faster than reference, so I need to check timing implicitly by submitting, but since it says run faster, and this sequential per thread sho...
call → submit_kernel
callsubmit_kernel { "kernel_code": "import torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nfrom torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline\n\ncuda_source = \"\"\"\n#include <torch/extension.h>\n#include <cuda.h>\n#include <cuda_runtime.h>\n\n__global__ void scan_kernel(const float* a, const float* b, float* out, int B, int L, int D) {\n int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;\n int total = B * D;\n if (idx >= total) return;\n \n int batch = idx / D;\n int dim = idx % D;\n \n float h = 0.0f;\n for (int t = 0; t < L; t++) {\n int offset = (batch * L + t) * D + dim;\n float at = a[offset];\n float bt = b[offset];\n h = at * h + bt;\n out[offset] = h;\n }\n}\n\ntorch::Tensor parallel_scan(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b) {\n auto B = a.size(0);\n auto L = a.size(1);\n auto D = a.size(2);\n \n auto out = torch::empty({B, L, D}, a.options());\n \n int total = B * D;\n int threads = 256;\n int blocks = (total + threads - 1) / threads;\n \n scan_kernel<<<blocks, threads>>>(\n a.data_ptr<float>(),\n b.data_ptr<float>(),\n out.data_ptr<float>(),\n B, L, D\n );\n \n return out;\n}\n\"\"\"\n\ncpp_source = \"\"\"\ntorch::Tensor parallel_scan(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b);\n\"\"\"\n\nmodule = load_inline(\n name='scan_module',\n cpp_sources=cpp_source,\n cuda_sources=cuda_source,\n functions=['parallel_scan'],\n verbose=True\n)\n\nclass ModelNew(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, d_model: int):\n super(ModelNew, self).__init__()\n self.d_model = d_model\n self.module = module\n\n def forward(self, a: torch.Tensor, b: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n return self.module.parallel_scan(a, b)\n" }
result ← submit_kernel (ok)
oksubmit_kernel submit_kernel PASSED: (5 / 5) correctness trials all passed. Kernel runtime: 1.73 μs Runtime stats: mean=1.73μs median=?μs std=0.00μs Numerical precision: max_abs_err=9.54e-07 mean_abs_err=2.04e-08 max_rel_err=1.75e+00 Memory: 417.0 MB peak (ref: 545.0 MB, ratio: 0.7651x) Kernel launches: 1 (ref: 24583, fusion ratio: 24583.0) Energy: 232.42 mJ/run (ref: 10230.94 mJ, ratio: 44.0192x) SOL score: 0.0672 Flagged for excessive speedup — this submission may have been rejected by automated review.
final submitted kernel (70 lines, 1,665 chars) — full source, untruncated
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load_inline

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

__global__ void scan_kernel(const float* a, const float* b, float* out, int B, int L, int D) {
    int idx = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
    int total = B * D;
    if (idx >= total) return;
    
    int batch = idx / D;
    int dim = idx % D;
    
    float h = 0.0f;
    for (int t = 0; t < L; t++) {
        int offset = (batch * L + t) * D + dim;
        float at = a[offset];
        float bt = b[offset];
        h = at * h + bt;
        out[offset] = h;
    }
}

torch::Tensor parallel_scan(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b) {
    auto B = a.size(0);
    auto L = a.size(1);
    auto D = a.size(2);
    
    auto out = torch::empty({B, L, D}, a.options());
    
    int total = B * D;
    int threads = 256;
    int blocks = (total + threads - 1) / threads;
    
    scan_kernel<<<blocks, threads>>>(
        a.data_ptr<float>(),
        b.data_ptr<float>(),
        out.data_ptr<float>(),
        B, L, D
    );
    
    return out;
}
"""

cpp_source = """
torch::Tensor parallel_scan(torch::Tensor a, torch::Tensor b);
"""

module = load_inline(
    name='scan_module',
    cpp_sources=cpp_source,
    cuda_sources=cuda_source,
    functions=['parallel_scan'],
    verbose=True
)

class ModelNew(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, d_model: int):
        super(ModelNew, self).__init__()
        self.d_model = d_model
        self.module = module

    def forward(self, a: torch.Tensor, b: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.module.parallel_scan(a, b)