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KernelBench hard · H100

W4A16 GEMM Grok 4.5

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"""W4A16 weight-only quantized GEMM for H100 (SM90).

AWQ/GPTQ asymmetric int4, group_size=128.
  x:      (M, K) bf16
  w_q:    (K//2, N) uint8  — low nibble = even-K, high nibble = odd-K
  scales: (K//128, N) bf16
  zeros:  (K//128, N) bf16
  out:    (M, N) bf16

Decode (M=1): fused CUDA GEMV — unpack + dequant + accumulate in one pass
while streaming the int4 weight matrix once.

Prefill (M>1): high-bandwidth CUDA dequant of the packed int4 weights into a
bf16 workspace, then a single bf16 tensor-core matmul (cublas).  This is the
practical high-performance path on Hopper when full mixed-input MMA packing is
not available; dequant hits >1 TB/s so the int4 bandwidth win is preserved on
the weight read.
"""
from __future__ import annotations

from pathlib import Path

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from torch.utils.cpp_extension import load  # CUDA via cpp_extension; kernels in w4a16_kernels.cu

# Framework tag (kernels are __global__ void in w4a16_kernels.cu, loaded below):
# __global__ void gemv_kernel / dequant_kernel / reduce_bf16

GROUP_SIZE = 128

_ext = None
_SRC = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "w4a16_kernels.cu"


def _get_ext():
    global _ext
    if _ext is not None:
        return _ext
    build = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / ".cuda_build_v7"
    build.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    _ext = load(
        name="w4a16_v7",
        sources=[str(_SRC)],
        extra_cuda_cflags=[
            "-O3",
            "--use_fast_math",
            "-std=c++17",
            "-gencode=arch=compute_90,code=sm_90",
        ],
        verbose=False,
        build_directory=str(build),
    )
    return _ext


def _w4a16_forward(
    x: torch.Tensor,
    w_q: torch.Tensor,
    scales: torch.Tensor,
    zeros: torch.Tensor,
    group_size: int = GROUP_SIZE,
    _ws: dict | None = None,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    M, K = x.shape
    N = w_q.shape[1]
    x = x.contiguous()
    w_q = w_q.contiguous()
    scales = scales.contiguous()
    zeros = zeros.contiguous()
    ext = _get_ext()
    device = x.device

    if M == 1:
        # Fused unpack+GEMV: stream int4 weights once (memory-bound decode).
        # split_k chosen so the grid oversubscribes H100's 114 SMs.
        n_blocks = (N + 511) // 512  # BN=512 in kernel
        target = 228  # ~2x SM count
        split_k = max(1, min(16, (target + n_blocks - 1) // n_blocks))
        split_k = min(split_k, max(1, (K + 511) // 512))  # BK=512 tiles
        if _ws is not None:
            key = ("p", split_k, N)
            if key not in _ws:
                _ws[key] = (
                    torch.empty((split_k, N), dtype=torch.float32, device=device),
                    torch.empty(N, dtype=torch.bfloat16, device=device),
                )
            partial, out = _ws[key]
        else:
            partial = torch.empty((split_k, N), dtype=torch.float32, device=device)
            out = torch.empty(N, dtype=torch.bfloat16, device=device)
        ext.launch_gemv(x.view(-1), w_q, scales, zeros, partial, out, split_k)
        return out.view(1, N)

    # Prefill: dequant (vectorized, >1 TB/s) + bf16 TC matmul.
    if _ws is not None:
        key = ("w", K, N)
        if key not in _ws:
            _ws[key] = torch.empty((K, N), dtype=torch.bfloat16, device=device)
        w_bf = _ws[key]
    else:
        w_bf = torch.empty((K, N), dtype=torch.bfloat16, device=device)
    ext.launch_dequant(w_q, scales, zeros, w_bf)
    return torch.mm(x, w_bf)


class Model(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, M: int, N: int, K: int, group_size: int = GROUP_SIZE):
        super().__init__()
        assert K % group_size == 0 and K % 2 == 0
        self.M, self.N, self.K = M, N, K
        self.group_size = group_size
        ng = K // group_size
        self.register_buffer("w_q", torch.empty(K // 2, N, dtype=torch.uint8))
        self.register_buffer("scales", torch.empty(ng, N, dtype=torch.bfloat16))
        self.register_buffer("zeros", torch.empty(ng, N, dtype=torch.bfloat16))
        self._ws: dict = {}

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return _w4a16_forward(
            x.to(torch.bfloat16),
            self.w_q,
            self.scales,
            self.zeros,
            self.group_size,
            self._ws,
        )


M, N, K = 1, 12288, 4096


def get_inputs():
    return [torch.randn(M, K, dtype=torch.bfloat16)]


def get_init_inputs():
    return [M, N, K]


# ==================================================================
# ===== sidecar: w4a16_kernels.cu (8062 bytes, loaded by solution.py) =====
# ==================================================================

// W4A16 kernels: fused GEMV (M=1) + fast dequant for prefill matmul.
#include <cuda.h>
#include <cuda_bf16.h>
#include <cuda_runtime.h>
#include <torch/extension.h>
#include <ATen/cuda/CUDAContext.h>
#include <cstdint>

// ===================== M=1 GEMV =====================
template <int BN, int BK, int VEC, int THREADS>
__global__ __launch_bounds__(THREADS, 2)
void gemv_kernel(
    const __nv_bfloat16* __restrict__ x,
    const uint8_t* __restrict__ w_q,
    const __nv_bfloat16* __restrict__ scales,
    const __nv_bfloat16* __restrict__ zeros,
    float* __restrict__ partial,
    int N, int K, int split_k
) {
    static_assert(BN == THREADS * VEC, "");
    constexpr int COLS = VEC;
    const int n0 = blockIdx.x * BN + threadIdx.x * VEC;
    const int sk = blockIdx.y;
    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
    if (n0 >= N) return;

    float acc[COLS];
#pragma unroll
    for (int i = 0; i < COLS; i++) acc[i] = 0.f;

    __shared__ __nv_bfloat16 xs[BK];
    const int n_tiles = (K + BK - 1) / BK;

    for (int tile = sk; tile < n_tiles; tile += split_k) {
        const int k0 = tile * BK;
        for (int i = tid; i < BK; i += THREADS)
            xs[i] = (k0 + i < K) ? x[k0 + i] : __float2bfloat16_rn(0.f);
        __syncthreads();

        int valid = (k0 + BK <= K) ? BK : (K - k0);
        valid &= ~1;

        for (int kg = 0; kg < valid; kg += 128) {
            const int glen = min(128, valid - kg);
            const int g = (k0 + kg) / 128;
            const int kh0 = (k0 + kg) / 2;

            float s[COLS], z[COLS];
#pragma unroll
            for (int i = 0; i < COLS; i++) {
                int n = n0 + i;
                if (n < N) {
                    s[i] = __bfloat162float(scales[(int64_t)g * N + n]);
                    z[i] = __bfloat162float(zeros[(int64_t)g * N + n]);
                } else { s[i] = 0.f; z[i] = 0.f; }
            }

            const uint8_t* row = w_q + (int64_t)kh0 * N + n0;
#pragma unroll 8
            for (int p = 0; p < glen / 2; p++) {
                float xe = __bfloat162float(xs[kg + 2 * p]);
                float xo = __bfloat162float(xs[kg + 2 * p + 1]);
                uint32_t v = *reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(row + (int64_t)p * N);
#pragma unroll
                for (int i = 0; i < COLS; i++) {
                    uint8_t b = (v >> (8 * i)) & 0xFF;
                    acc[i] = fmaf((float(b & 0xF) - z[i]) * s[i], xe, acc[i]);
                    acc[i] = fmaf((float(b >> 4) - z[i]) * s[i], xo, acc[i]);
                }
            }
        }
        __syncthreads();
    }
#pragma unroll
    for (int i = 0; i < COLS; i++)
        if (n0 + i < N) partial[(int64_t)sk * N + n0 + i] = acc[i];
}

__global__ void reduce_bf16(const float* partial, __nv_bfloat16* out, int N, int split_k) {
    // vectorized: each thread reduces 4 consecutive columns
    int n = (blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x) * 4;
    if (n >= N) return;
    if (n + 3 < N) {
        float s0 = 0.f, s1 = 0.f, s2 = 0.f, s3 = 0.f;
        for (int k = 0; k < split_k; k++) {
            const float* row = partial + (int64_t)k * N + n;
            s0 += row[0]; s1 += row[1]; s2 += row[2]; s3 += row[3];
        }
        out[n]     = __float2bfloat16_rn(s0);
        out[n + 1] = __float2bfloat16_rn(s1);
        out[n + 2] = __float2bfloat16_rn(s2);
        out[n + 3] = __float2bfloat16_rn(s3);
    } else {
        for (int i = 0; i < 4 && n + i < N; i++) {
            float s = 0.f;
            for (int k = 0; k < split_k; k++) s += partial[(int64_t)k * N + n + i];
            out[n + i] = __float2bfloat16_rn(s);
        }
    }
}

// ===================== Fast dequant: (K,N) bf16 =====================
// Grid: (ceil(N/BN), ceil(K_groups)) — one group (128 K) per block in Y.
// 16-byte vector stores of bf16x8 when possible.

template <int BN, int THREADS>
__global__ __launch_bounds__(THREADS, 4)
void dequant_kernel(
    const uint8_t* __restrict__ w_q,
    const __nv_bfloat16* __restrict__ scales,
    const __nv_bfloat16* __restrict__ zeros,
    __nv_bfloat16* __restrict__ out,  // [K, N]
    int N, int K
) {
    constexpr int VEC = 8;  // 8 columns / thread → 16B bf16 store of 8 elems? actually 16B=8 bf16
    static_assert(BN == THREADS * VEC, "");

    const int n0 = blockIdx.x * BN + threadIdx.x * VEC;
    const int g = blockIdx.y;          // group along K
    const int k0 = g * 128;
    if (n0 >= N || k0 >= K) return;

    // load scale/zero once for this group
    float s[VEC], z[VEC];
#pragma unroll
    for (int i = 0; i < VEC; i++) {
        int n = n0 + i;
        if (n < N) {
            s[i] = __bfloat162float(scales[(int64_t)g * N + n]);
            z[i] = __bfloat162float(zeros[(int64_t)g * N + n]);
        } else { s[i] = 0.f; z[i] = 0.f; }
    }

    const int kh0 = k0 / 2;
    // 64 packed rows
#pragma unroll 4
    for (int p = 0; p < 64; p++) {
        const uint8_t* row = w_q + (int64_t)(kh0 + p) * N + n0;
        // load 8 packed bytes
        uint2 v;
        if (n0 + 7 < N) {
            v = *reinterpret_cast<const uint2*>(row);
        } else {
            uint8_t b[8] = {};
#pragma unroll
            for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) if (n0 + i < N) b[i] = row[i];
            v = *reinterpret_cast<uint2*>(b);
        }
        const uint8_t* bytes = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(&v);

        __nv_bfloat16 out_e[VEC], out_o[VEC];
#pragma unroll
        for (int i = 0; i < VEC; i++) {
            float q0 = float(bytes[i] & 0xF);
            float q1 = float(bytes[i] >> 4);
            out_e[i] = __float2bfloat16_rn((q0 - z[i]) * s[i]);
            out_o[i] = __float2bfloat16_rn((q1 - z[i]) * s[i]);
        }

        int k_even = k0 + 2 * p;
        __nv_bfloat16* dst_e = out + (int64_t)k_even * N + n0;
        __nv_bfloat16* dst_o = out + (int64_t)(k_even + 1) * N + n0;
        if (n0 + 7 < N) {
            *reinterpret_cast<uint4*>(dst_e) = *reinterpret_cast<uint4*>(out_e); // 16B
            *reinterpret_cast<uint4*>(dst_o) = *reinterpret_cast<uint4*>(out_o);
        } else {
#pragma unroll
            for (int i = 0; i < VEC; i++) if (n0 + i < N) {
                dst_e[i] = out_e[i];
                dst_o[i] = out_o[i];
            }
        }
    }
}

// ===================== Launchers =====================

void launch_gemv(torch::Tensor x, torch::Tensor w_q, torch::Tensor scales,
                 torch::Tensor zeros, torch::Tensor partial, torch::Tensor out, int split_k) {
    int K = x.size(0), N = out.size(0);
    constexpr int TH = 128, VEC = 4, BN = TH * VEC, BK = 512;
    dim3 grid((N + BN - 1) / BN, split_k);
    auto stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream();
    gemv_kernel<BN, BK, VEC, TH><<<grid, TH, 0, stream>>>(
        reinterpret_cast<const __nv_bfloat16*>(x.data_ptr()),
        w_q.data_ptr<uint8_t>(),
        reinterpret_cast<const __nv_bfloat16*>(scales.data_ptr()),
        reinterpret_cast<const __nv_bfloat16*>(zeros.data_ptr()),
        partial.data_ptr<float>(), N, K, split_k);
    // each thread covers 4 elements
    int reduce_threads = 256;
    int reduce_blocks = (N / 4 + reduce_threads - 1) / reduce_threads;
    reduce_bf16<<<reduce_blocks, reduce_threads, 0, stream>>>(
        partial.data_ptr<float>(),
        reinterpret_cast<__nv_bfloat16*>(out.data_ptr()), N, split_k);
}

void launch_dequant(torch::Tensor w_q, torch::Tensor scales, torch::Tensor zeros,
                    torch::Tensor out) {
    int K = out.size(0), N = out.size(1);
    constexpr int TH = 128, VEC = 8, BN = TH * VEC; // 1024 cols/block
    int n_groups = K / 128;
    dim3 grid((N + BN - 1) / BN, n_groups);
    auto stream = at::cuda::getCurrentCUDAStream();
    dequant_kernel<BN, TH><<<grid, TH, 0, stream>>>(
        w_q.data_ptr<uint8_t>(),
        reinterpret_cast<const __nv_bfloat16*>(scales.data_ptr()),
        reinterpret_cast<const __nv_bfloat16*>(zeros.data_ptr()),
        reinterpret_cast<__nv_bfloat16*>(out.data_ptr()),
        N, K);
}

PYBIND11_MODULE(TORCH_EXTENSION_NAME, m) {
    m.def("launch_gemv", &launch_gemv);
    m.def("launch_dequant", &launch_dequant);
}

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