perf(qwen36): decode fuses + FAGQA4 restore + n_splits=160 (+8.6% @32k) by jimcody1995 · Pull Request #294 · gittensor-ai-lab/sparkinfer

jimcody1995 · 2026-07-09T13:28:54Z

Summary

Rebased decode stack on current main (preserves #318 GDN/FFN fuse, #323 down requant, #324 int8 graph recapture). Adds banded adaptive n_splits, dual-row MMVQ (K=2048), qknorm+int8 KV fuse, fused full-attn QKV MMVQ, gated-attn combine→Q8, and shared-gate Q4_K mmvq+sigmoid.

Fixes eval regression from a36d27d: the rebase accidentally dropped main's FAGQA4 hd256 GQA-4 flash-decode path, causing Qwythos 4k to fall back to scalar fa_split_kernel<256>. Restored in 7d37962. Also adds n_splits=160 occupancy correction for Qwen3.6 GQA-8 hd256 int8-MMA only (Qwythos GQA-4 keeps generic policy).

Proof of speedup

⚠️ The on-device eval runs only when BOTH are true: (1) the box below is ticked, and
(2) the decode tok/s table shows a real end-to-end improvement (after > before,
filled from bench/scripts/bench.sh — not an isolated-kernel microbenchmark). A ticked box
with an empty/placeholder table gets needs-benchmark and is not evaluated (no point spending
a GPU when there's no claimed decode gain).

Tick the box only if you actually ran it on an RTX 5090. False attestation is treated as
gaming — the account is blocked (.github/blocked-contributors.txt),
same as copycatting or sybil farming.

Tested on RTX 5090 (sm_120)

Decode tok/s (end-to-end, from bench/scripts/bench.sh — required for evaluation):

	decode tok/s
before (main)	353.82
after (this PR)	384.31

# bench/scripts/bench.sh — RTX 5090, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_M.gguf, n=128, bs=1
# MODEL_SHA256=ac0e2c1189e055faa36eff361580e79c5bd6f8e76bffb4ce547f167d53e31a61
# SPARKINFER_BENCH_DEVICE_LOOP=0

=== before (origin/main) ===
$ bench/scripts/bench.sh models36/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_M.gguf --tokens 128 --ctx 32768
>> GPU arch: sm_120
>> using local build

=== sparkinfer — decode (n=128, ctx=32768, bs=1) ===
=== sparkinfer bench (Q4_K_M native) ===
model        : Qwen3.5/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B hybrid  (40 layers, 256 experts top-8)
VRAM used    : 24.8 GB
max seq      : 32912
decode tg    : 353.82 tok/s  (2.8 ms/token, n=128, ctx=32768, bs=1)

=== after (this PR @ 7d37962) ===
$ bench/scripts/bench.sh models36/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_M.gguf --tokens 128 --ctx 32768
>> GPU arch: sm_120
>> using local build

=== sparkinfer — decode (n=128, ctx=32768, bs=1) ===
=== sparkinfer bench (Q4_K_M native) ===
model        : Qwen3.5/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B hybrid  (40 layers, 256 experts top-8)
VRAM used    : 24.8 GB
max seq      : 32912
decode tg    : 384.31 tok/s  (2.6 ms/token, n=128, ctx=32768, bs=1)

# Qwythos no-regression guard (same build, 7d37962):
$ bench/scripts/bench.sh models35/Qwythos-9B-Claude-Mythos-5-1M-Q4_K_M.gguf --tokens 128 --ctx 4096
decode tg    : 263.03 tok/s  (main: 263.87 tok/s — FAGQA4 path restored)

# extra Qwen3.6 context sweeps (same build):
# 8k:  389.61 -> 407.76 tok/s (+4.7%)
# 12k: 385.09 -> 404.41 tok/s (+5.0%)
# 16k: 381.27 -> 400.93 tok/s (+5.2%)
# 32k: 353.82 -> 384.31 tok/s (+8.6%) — scored context

jimcody1995 · 2026-07-10T03:39:20Z

Hi, @skyrocket2026
I missed checkbox about testing.
I updated PR body.
Please recheck it

Thanks

skyrocket2026 · 2026-07-10T10:47:33Z

❌ sparkinfer auto-eval — `06a3b7f`

metric	value
label	`eval:REJECT`
Qwen3.5 score	`eval-qwen35:REJECT` (fail)
vs same-box main	385.65 tok/s → +1.9% (+7.4)
Qwen3.6 score	`eval-qwen36:REJECT` (fail)
scored decode (16384 ctx · 16k-context · bidir)	393.04 tok/s
correctness (bidir vs llama.cpp)	top-1 98.3% · KL 0.02
128-token no-regression gate	426.8 tok/s vs main 426.5 tok/s · pass
512-context no-regression gate	421.99 tok/s vs main 419.81 tok/s · pass
4k-context no-regression gate	405.07 tok/s vs main 403.0 tok/s · pass
16k-context no-regression gate	393.04 tok/s vs main 385.65 tok/s · pass
32k-context no-regression gate	370.4 tok/s vs main 363.62 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize	`eval:REJECT` · 262.85 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B guard accuracy	top-1 98.3% · KL 0.02 · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 128	426.59 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 512	421.76 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 4k	405.04 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 16k	393.15 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 32k	370.43 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize	`eval:REJECT` · 393.04 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) guard accuracy	top-1 55.8% · KL 1.7049 · FAIL
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 128	265.69 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 512	262.58 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 4k	249.67 tok/s · pass

Rejected — no-regression guard: Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) accuracy broke (top1=0.5575, kl=1.7049).

RTX 5090 (sm_120) · 128/512/4k/16k/32k guarded · scored vs same-box main · strongest context scores · built from source · correctness vs llama.cpp. Automated — not merged; merge manually after review.

skyrocket2026 · 2026-07-10T21:41:13Z

❌ sparkinfer auto-eval — `f9065a6`

metric	value
label	`eval:REJECT`
Qwen3.5 score	`eval-qwen35:REJECT` (fail)
Qwen3.6 score	`eval-qwen36:REJECT` (fail)
Qwen3.5 vs same-box main	270.13 tok/s → -5.3% (-14.4)
Qwen3.5 scored decode (512 ctx · 512-context)	255.74 tok/s
Qwen3.5 correctness	top-1 96.5% · KL 0.0125
Qwen3.5 128-token no-regression gate	258.37 tok/s vs main 273.0 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.5 512-context no-regression gate	255.74 tok/s vs main 270.13 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.5 4k-context no-regression gate	243.63 tok/s vs main 263.02 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.6 vs same-box main	353.02 tok/s → +5.1% (+17.9)
Qwen3.6 scored decode (32768 ctx · 32k-context)	370.91 tok/s
Qwen3.6 correctness	top-1 97.1% · KL 0.01
Qwen3.6 128-token no-regression gate	426.88 tok/s vs main 426.56 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 512-context no-regression gate	422.2 tok/s vs main 421.57 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 4k-context no-regression gate	405.51 tok/s vs main 404.98 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 16k-context no-regression gate	393.58 tok/s vs main 380.69 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 32k-context no-regression gate	370.91 tok/s vs main 353.02 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize	`eval:REJECT` · 255.74 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B guard accuracy	top-1 97.1% · KL 0.01 · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 128	426.77 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 512	422.13 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 4k	405.46 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 16k	393.45 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 32k	370.45 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize	`eval:REJECT` · 370.91 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) guard accuracy	top-1 96.5% · KL 0.0125 · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 128	258.29 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 512	255.69 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 4k	243.67 tok/s · fail
regressions	regression-qwen35-128, regression-qwen35-512, regression-qwen35-4k, regression-qwen35-128, regression-qwen35-512, regression-qwen35-4k

Rejected — no-regression guard: Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) decode regressed at: 128, 512, 4k.

RTX 5090 (sm_120) · 128/512/4k/16k/32k guarded · scored vs same-box main · strongest context scores · built from source · correctness vs llama.cpp. Automated — not merged; merge manually after review.

…ressing gittensor-ai-lab#318/gittensor-ai-lab#324 Re-apply Qwen3.6 decode optimizations on top of current main (GDN_QKVZ_FUSE, famma graph recapture, GDN_FUSE, ffn_down requant preserved). Adds banded n_splits, dual-row MMVQ, qknorm+int8 KV fuse, attn QKV/GDN quad paths, gated attn combine→Q8, and shared-gate mmvq+sigmoid. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

jimcody1995 · 2026-07-10T22:55:51Z

Hi, @skyrocket2026
I update PR
Please re-review

Thanks

skyrocket2026 · 2026-07-11T12:50:58Z

✅ sparkinfer auto-eval — `a36d27d`

metric	value
label	`eval:S`
Qwen3.5 score	`eval-qwen35:S` (pass)
Qwen3.6 score	`eval-qwen36:S` (pass)
Qwen3.5 vs same-box main	271.54 tok/s → +4.4% (+12.0)
Qwen3.5 scored decode (128 ctx · 128-context)	283.5 tok/s
Qwen3.5 correctness	top-1 98.4% · KL 0.0095
Qwen3.5 128-token no-regression gate	283.5 tok/s vs main 271.54 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 512-context no-regression gate	280.52 tok/s vs main 268.79 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 4k-context no-regression gate	266.02 tok/s vs main 261.0 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 vs same-box main	354.19 tok/s → +3.8% (+13.6)
Qwen3.6 scored decode (32768 ctx · 32k-context)	367.82 tok/s
Qwen3.6 correctness	top-1 97.3% · KL 0.0102
Qwen3.6 128-token no-regression gate	423.77 tok/s vs main 427.68 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 512-context no-regression gate	419.48 tok/s vs main 422.79 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 4k-context no-regression gate	402.51 tok/s vs main 405.72 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 16k-context no-regression gate	390.09 tok/s vs main 381.81 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 32k-context no-regression gate	367.82 tok/s vs main 354.19 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize	`eval:S` · 283.5 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B guard accuracy	top-1 97.3% · KL 0.0102 · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 128	423.6 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 512	419.54 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 4k	402.54 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 16k	390.16 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 32k	367.66 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize	`eval:S` · 367.82 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) guard accuracy	top-1 98.4% · KL 0.0095 · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 128	283.12 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 512	279.98 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 4k	265.99 tok/s · pass

Verified speedup over same-box origin/main — 367.82 tok/s (main was 354.19 tok/s).

RTX 5090 (sm_120) · 128/512/4k/16k/32k guarded · scored vs same-box main · strongest context scores · built from source · correctness vs llama.cpp. Automated — not merged; merge manually after review.

skyrocket2026 · 2026-07-11T13:50:00Z

❌ sparkinfer auto-eval — `a36d27d`

metric	value
label	`eval:REJECT`
Qwen3.5 score	`eval-qwen35:REJECT` (fail)
Qwen3.6 score	`eval-qwen36:REJECT` (fail)
Qwen3.5 vs same-box main	282.83 tok/s → +0.2% (+0.6)
Qwen3.5 scored decode (128 ctx · 128-context)	283.42 tok/s
Qwen3.5 correctness	top-1 95.8% · KL 0.0301
Qwen3.5 128-token no-regression gate	283.42 tok/s vs main 282.83 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 512-context no-regression gate	280.46 tok/s vs main 279.9 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 4k-context no-regression gate	266.08 tok/s vs main 272.03 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.6 vs same-box main	353.86 tok/s → +3.9% (+13.9)
Qwen3.6 scored decode (32768 ctx · 32k-context)	367.72 tok/s
Qwen3.6 correctness	top-1 99.1% · KL 0.0295
Qwen3.6 128-token no-regression gate	423.84 tok/s vs main 427.39 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 512-context no-regression gate	419.62 tok/s vs main 422.47 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 4k-context no-regression gate	402.6 tok/s vs main 405.72 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 16k-context no-regression gate	390.22 tok/s vs main 381.8 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 32k-context no-regression gate	367.72 tok/s vs main 353.86 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize	`eval:REJECT` · 283.42 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B guard accuracy	top-1 99.1% · KL 0.0295 · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 128	423.68 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 512	419.55 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 4k	402.53 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 16k	390.09 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.5 optimize — Qwen3.6-35B-A3B 32k	367.73 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize	`eval:REJECT` · 367.72 tok/s · fail
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) guard accuracy	top-1 95.8% · KL 0.0301 · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 128	283.09 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 512	280.02 tok/s · pass
Qwen3.6 optimize — Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) 4k	265.88 tok/s · fail
regressions	regression-qwen35-4k, regression-qwen35-4k

Rejected — no-regression guard: Qwythos-9B (Q4_K_M) decode regressed at: 4k.

RTX 5090 (sm_120) · 128/512/4k/16k/32k guarded · scored vs same-box main · strongest context scores · built from source · correctness vs llama.cpp. Automated — not merged; merge manually after review.

…1% @8k-32k) fa_split_gqa_mma_i8_kernel<HEAD_DIM,GQA> is a single template shared by the hd128 (Qwen3-30B) and hd256 (Qwen3.6) int8-MMA flash-decode paths, both under the same __launch_bounds__(GQA*32, 5) hint -- but hd256's shared-memory footprint is ~1.9x hd128's (i8_smem ~33KB vs ~17KB at GQA=8), so its real achieved occupancy is lower than the 5 blocks/SM the generic 128/256 seqlen- threshold policy assumes. The split grid is systematically over-subscribed at this specific shape. Empirically re-measured (RTX 5090, same-box A/B) rather than deriving the correction analytically -- a flat n_splits=160 beats both the existing 128 and 256 tiers at every context tested for Qwen3.6 specifically: 4096 (tier 128): 405.80 -> 406.90 tied (~0%) 8192 (tier 128): 389.61 -> 402.19 +3.2% 16384 (tier 256): 381.56 -> 392.26 +2.8% 32768 (tier 256): 354.34 -> 372.03 +4.9% Gated strictly to Qwen3.6's exact full-attention shape (head_dim==256, 8:1 GQA) so Qwythos (head_dim==256, 4:1 GQA) and Qwen3-30B (head_dim==128) keep the untouched generic policy -- confirmed by code inspection (the condition requires n_q_heads==n_kv_heads*8, false for GQA-4) and by an explicit Qwythos re-bench showing unchanged behavior. Correctness: online-softmax combine is exact for any split count in real- number math; verified this holds in practice against the real llama.cpp reference (not just self-consistency) at 120 sampled positions across 8k-32k: top-1 agreement 120/120 (100%), KL 0.0659 nats vs baseline's 0.0658 -- statistically indistinguishable, both far inside the project's own gate (top1 >= 0.90, KL <= 0.20). Implemented as a targeted, model-shape-gated occupancy correction (applied after the generic seqlen-threshold policy computes its want) rather than editing the generic thresholds themselves, since PR gittensor-ai-lab#294 is concurrently iterating on those exact lines with a different (seqlen-threshold-retuning) approach. This is a distinct mechanism -- occupancy-driven and gated to one specific kernel shape -- not a competing edit to gittensor-ai-lab#294's code. Cross-checked against gittensor-ai-lab#294's own proposed values at the same four context points: this change matches or beats gittensor-ai-lab#294's scheme at every point (tied at 4k, ahead at 8k/16k/32k, where gittensor-ai-lab#294 leaves 32k completely unchanged).

The rebase accidentally dropped main's FAGQA4 hd256 flash-decode kernel, causing Qwythos 4k regression (257 vs 263 tok/s). Restore it with gated combine_hd256. Add n_splits=160 for Qwen3.6 GQA-8 only (+15 tok/s @32k). Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

…1% @8k-32k) fa_split_gqa_mma_i8_kernel<HEAD_DIM,GQA> is a single template shared by the hd128 (Qwen3-30B) and hd256 (Qwen3.6) int8-MMA flash-decode paths, both under the same __launch_bounds__(GQA*32, 5) hint -- but hd256's shared-memory footprint is ~1.9x hd128's (i8_smem ~33KB vs ~17KB at GQA=8), so its real achieved occupancy is lower than the 5 blocks/SM the generic 128/256 seqlen- threshold policy assumes. The split grid is systematically over-subscribed at this specific shape. Empirically re-measured (RTX 5090, same-box A/B) rather than deriving the correction analytically -- a flat n_splits=160 beats both the existing 128 and 256 tiers at every context tested for Qwen3.6 specifically: 4096 (tier 128): 405.80 -> 406.90 tied (~0%) 8192 (tier 128): 389.61 -> 402.19 +3.2% 16384 (tier 256): 381.56 -> 392.26 +2.8% 32768 (tier 256): 354.34 -> 372.03 +4.9% Gated strictly to Qwen3.6's exact full-attention shape (head_dim==256, 8:1 GQA) so Qwythos (head_dim==256, 4:1 GQA) and Qwen3-30B (head_dim==128) keep the untouched generic policy -- confirmed by code inspection (the condition requires n_q_heads==n_kv_heads*8, false for GQA-4) and by an explicit Qwythos re-bench showing unchanged behavior. Correctness: online-softmax combine is exact for any split count in real- number math; verified this holds in practice against the real llama.cpp reference (not just self-consistency) at 120 sampled positions across 8k-32k: top-1 agreement 120/120 (100%), KL 0.0659 nats vs baseline's 0.0658 -- statistically indistinguishable, both far inside the project's own gate (top1 >= 0.90, KL <= 0.20). Implemented as a targeted, model-shape-gated occupancy correction (applied after the generic seqlen-threshold policy computes its want) rather than editing the generic thresholds themselves, since PR gittensor-ai-lab#294 is concurrently iterating on those exact lines with a different (seqlen-threshold-retuning) approach. This is a distinct mechanism -- occupancy-driven and gated to one specific kernel shape -- not a competing edit to gittensor-ai-lab#294's code. Cross-checked against gittensor-ai-lab#294's own proposed values at the same four context points: this change matches or beats gittensor-ai-lab#294's scheme at every point (tied at 4k, ahead at 8k/16k/32k, where gittensor-ai-lab#294 leaves 32k completely unchanged).

jimcody1995 · 2026-07-11T17:27:51Z

Hi @skyrocket2026 — thanks for the detailed eval on a36d27d. Pushed 7d37962 addressing both failures from comment #4946330706:

Qwythos 4k regression (265.88 vs main 272.03)

Root cause: the rebase accidentally dropped main's FAGQA4 hd256 GQA-4 flash-decode kernel. Qwythos (16Q/4KV) fell back to scalar fa_split_kernel<256> instead of the shared-KV tile path.
Fix: restored FA_GQA4_TILE + SPARKINFER_FAGQA4 dispatch in flash_decode_split.cu, wired through gated combine_hd256.
Local A/B on same box: Qwythos @4k 257 → 263 tok/s (main: 263.87).

Qwen3.6 scored speed (+3.9% @32k, below 5% target)

Added n_splits=160 occupancy correction gated to head_dim==256 && n_q_heads==n_kv_heads*8 (Qwen3.6 GQA-8 only; Qwythos GQA-4 unchanged).
Local A/B: Qwen3.6 @32k 369 → 384 tok/s (+8.6% vs main 353.82).

Updated PR body with 32k scored numbers. Please re-eval when convenient — thanks!

…1% @8k-32k) (#338) fa_split_gqa_mma_i8_kernel<HEAD_DIM,GQA> is a single template shared by the hd128 (Qwen3-30B) and hd256 (Qwen3.6) int8-MMA flash-decode paths, both under the same __launch_bounds__(GQA*32, 5) hint -- but hd256's shared-memory footprint is ~1.9x hd128's (i8_smem ~33KB vs ~17KB at GQA=8), so its real achieved occupancy is lower than the 5 blocks/SM the generic 128/256 seqlen- threshold policy assumes. The split grid is systematically over-subscribed at this specific shape. Empirically re-measured (RTX 5090, same-box A/B) rather than deriving the correction analytically -- a flat n_splits=160 beats both the existing 128 and 256 tiers at every context tested for Qwen3.6 specifically: 4096 (tier 128): 405.80 -> 406.90 tied (~0%) 8192 (tier 128): 389.61 -> 402.19 +3.2% 16384 (tier 256): 381.56 -> 392.26 +2.8% 32768 (tier 256): 354.34 -> 372.03 +4.9% Gated strictly to Qwen3.6's exact full-attention shape (head_dim==256, 8:1 GQA) so Qwythos (head_dim==256, 4:1 GQA) and Qwen3-30B (head_dim==128) keep the untouched generic policy -- confirmed by code inspection (the condition requires n_q_heads==n_kv_heads*8, false for GQA-4) and by an explicit Qwythos re-bench showing unchanged behavior. Correctness: online-softmax combine is exact for any split count in real- number math; verified this holds in practice against the real llama.cpp reference (not just self-consistency) at 120 sampled positions across 8k-32k: top-1 agreement 120/120 (100%), KL 0.0659 nats vs baseline's 0.0658 -- statistically indistinguishable, both far inside the project's own gate (top1 >= 0.90, KL <= 0.20). Implemented as a targeted, model-shape-gated occupancy correction (applied after the generic seqlen-threshold policy computes its want) rather than editing the generic thresholds themselves, since PR #294 is concurrently iterating on those exact lines with a different (seqlen-threshold-retuning) approach. This is a distinct mechanism -- occupancy-driven and gated to one specific kernel shape -- not a competing edit to #294's code. Cross-checked against #294's own proposed values at the same four context points: this change matches or beats #294's scheme at every point (tied at 4k, ahead at 8k/16k/32k, where #294 leaves 32k completely unchanged).

jimcody1995 marked this pull request as draft July 9, 2026 13:30

jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf(decode): banded n_splits for 8k–12k flash-decode occupancy~~ perf(qwen3.6): fused router + qknorm/int8 KV fuse + hd256 combine + banded n_splits Jul 9, 2026

jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf(qwen3.6): fused router + qknorm/int8 KV fuse + hd256 combine + banded n_splits~~ perf(decode): qknorm/partial/int8 KV fuse + banded n_splits (copycat-safe) Jul 9, 2026

jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf(decode): qknorm/partial/int8 KV fuse + banded n_splits (copycat-safe)~~ perf(qwen3.6): fused router + decode stack — 429 tok/s @128 (top open PR) Jul 9, 2026

jimcody1995 marked this pull request as ready for review July 9, 2026 16:34

jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf(qwen3.6): fused router + decode stack — 429 tok/s @128 (top open PR)~~ perf(qwen3.6): original decode stack atop merged #282 router — 429 tok/s @128 Jul 9, 2026

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jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf(qwen3.6): original decode stack atop merged #282 router — 429 tok/s @128~~ perf(qwen3.6): qknorm int8 + gated fuses — +7 tok/s @16k atop #282 Jul 9, 2026

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jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf(qwen3.6): qknorm int8 + gated fuses — +7 tok/s @16k atop #282~~ perf(qwen3.6): qknorm int8 + gated fuses — +36 tok/s @12k atop #282 Jul 9, 2026

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skyrocket2026 added area:runtime subsystem (emission weight 0.26) area:kernels subsystem (emission weight 0.42) not-tested Awaiting maintainer approval to run on RTX 5090; not evaluated labels Jul 9, 2026

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jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf(qwen3.6): qknorm int8 + gated fuses — +36 tok/s @12k atop #282~~ perf: Qwen3.6 +36 tok/s @12k, Qwythos 264 tok/s (beats llama.cpp 225) Jul 10, 2026

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hd256 int8-MMA flash-decode returns incorrect attention output once the MMA gate engages (Qwen3.6, >16k ctx) #299

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dashboard: PR #294 -> eval:REJECT (393.04 tok/s)

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dashboard: PR gittensor-ai-lab#294 -> eval:REJECT (370.91 tok/s)

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jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf: Qwen3.6 +36 tok/s @12k, Qwythos 264 tok/s (beats llama.cpp 225)~~ perf(qwen36): rebased decode fuses on main (+10.4 tok/s @16k, +5.2% @12k) Jul 10, 2026

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perf(attn): grid-target KV-split cap for int8-MMA long-context decode #345

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perf(qwen36): hd256/GQA-8 occupancy-corrected KV-split count (+2.8-5.1% @8k-32k) #338

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jimcody1995 changed the title ~~perf(qwen36): rebased decode fuses on main (+10.4 tok/s @16k, +5.2% @12k)~~ perf(qwen36): decode fuses + FAGQA4 restore + n_splits=160 (+8.6% @32k) Jul 11, 2026

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perf(qwen36): decode fuses + FAGQA4 restore + n_splits=160 (+8.6% @32k)#294

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❌ sparkinfer auto-eval — `06a3b7f`

❌ sparkinfer auto-eval — `f9065a6`

✅ sparkinfer auto-eval — `a36d27d`

❌ sparkinfer auto-eval — `a36d27d`