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gfx1250 gemm: loosen restrictions on K
matthiasdiener Jun 16, 2026
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address review comments.
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28 changes: 18 additions & 10 deletions tests/cpp/operator/test_cublaslt_gemm.cu
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Expand Up @@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ void performTest(const TestParams& params) {
const bool has_fp8 = isFp8Type(atype) || isFp8Type(btype);
const bool use_mxfp8 = params.scaling_mode == NVTEScalingMode::NVTE_MXFP8_1D_SCALING;

cudaDeviceProp prop;
(void)cudaGetDeviceProperties(&prop, 0);

if (use_mxfp8)
{
if (!has_fp8) {
Expand All @@ -471,14 +474,15 @@ void performTest(const TestParams& params) {
if (params.m % 16 || params.n % 16) {
GTEST_SKIP() << "MXFP8 requires M & N to be multiples of 16";
}
if (params.k % 128) {
GTEST_SKIP() << "MXFP8 requires K to be a multiple of 128";
size_t required_k_multiple = 128;
#ifdef __HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__
required_k_multiple = (prop.major == 12 && prop.minor == 5) ? 32 : 128;
#endif
if (params.k % required_k_multiple) {
GTEST_SKIP() << "MXFP8 requires K to be a multiple of " << required_k_multiple;
}
}

cudaDeviceProp prop;
(void)cudaGetDeviceProperties(&prop, 0);

#ifdef __HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__

#if HIP_VERSION < 70200000
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -695,16 +699,20 @@ void performDqTest(const TestParams &params) {
GTEST_ASSERT_TRUE(isFp8Type(atype) && isFp8Type(btype)) << "FP8/BF8 input datatype is expected";
GTEST_ASSERT_FALSE(isFp8Type(dtype)) << "Non FP8/BF8 output datatype is expected";

cudaDeviceProp prop;
(void)cudaGetDeviceProperties(&prop, 0);

if (params.m % 16 || params.n % 16) {
GTEST_SKIP() << "MXFP8 requires M & N to be multiples of 16";
}
if (params.k % 128) {
GTEST_SKIP() << "MXFP8 requires K to be a multiple of 128";
size_t required_k_multiple = 128;
#ifdef __HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__
required_k_multiple = (prop.major == 12 && prop.minor == 5) ? 32 : 128;
#endif
if (params.k % required_k_multiple) {
GTEST_SKIP() << "MXFP8 requires K to be a multiple of " << required_k_multiple;
}

cudaDeviceProp prop;
(void)cudaGetDeviceProperties(&prop, 0);

bool mxfp8_supported = (prop.major == 9 && prop.minor >= 5) || prop.major >= 12;
if (!mxfp8_supported) {
GTEST_SKIP() << "MXFP8 is not supported in current config";
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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions transformer_engine/common/gemm/rocm_gemm.cu
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <cstring>

#include "../common.h"
#include "../util/cuda_runtime.h"
#include "../util/vectorized_pointwise.h"
#include "../util/logging.h"

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1736,10 +1737,16 @@ void cublas_gemm(const Tensor *inputA, const Tensor *inputB, Tensor *outputD,
NVTE_CHECK((is_transb ? B0 : B1) == k,
"GEMM inputs have incompatible dimensions (A is ", A0, "x", A1, ", B is ", B0, "x", B1,
")");
// Check that K is a multiple of 128, and M/N are multiples of 16 for MXFP8 GEMM
// Check that K is compatible with the MXFP8 scale layout, and M/N are multiples of 16
if (inputA->scaling_mode == NVTE_MXFP8_1D_SCALING || inputB->scaling_mode == NVTE_MXFP8_1D_SCALING) {
const bool is_gfx1250 = cuda::sm_arch() == 125;
// TODO: Also use 32 for gfx950 once hipBLASLt (and TE) support MXFP8 GEMM with
// swizzled scales on that architecture.
const int required_k_multiple = is_gfx1250 ? 32 : 128;

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Add a TODO here to change this for gfx950 after scale preswizzle is in hipblasLt.

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added in 3a7dd8f

NVTE_CHECK(inputBias->data.dptr == nullptr, "MXFP8 GEMM does not yet support bias.");
NVTE_CHECK((k % 128) == 0, "GEMM K dimension must be multiple of 128 for MXFP8 scaling (got K=", k, ")");
NVTE_CHECK((k % required_k_multiple) == 0,
"GEMM K dimension must be multiple of ", required_k_multiple,
" for MXFP8 scaling (got K=", k, ")");
NVTE_CHECK((m % 16) == 0, "GEMM M dimension must be multiple of 16 for MXFP8 scaling (got M=", m, ")");
NVTE_CHECK((n % 16) == 0, "GEMM N dimension must be multiple of 16 for MXFP8 scaling (got N=", n, ")");
}
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