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Testing two GPU kernels (CUTLASS vs Triton) for INT8 GEMM in LLM inference reveals that despite identical setups, the kernels produce divergent output sequences. This challenges the assumption that such kernels are interchangeable in quantized LLM inference.
Testing two GPU kernels (CUTLASS vs Triton) for INT8 GEMM in LLM inference reveals that despite identical setups, the kernels produce divergent output sequences. This challenges the assumption that such kernels are interchangeable in quantized LLM inference.
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Two GPU kernels implementing the same scaled INT8 GEMM interface are usually treated as interchangeable. We test that assumption: holding the checkpoint, prompts, hardware, inference engine, decoding, and quantization configuration fixed, we swap only the INT8 linear kernel (CUTLASS versus Triton) inside vLLM. At...
Understanding kernel-level differences is crucial for reliable and reproducible LLM inference, especially when using INT8 quantization for efficiency. This insight can impact how inference engines select and validate GPU kernels.
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