metadata
language: en
license: mit
library_name: pytorch
tags:
- spiking-neural-network
- neuromorphic
- surrogate-gradient
- benchmark
- catalyst
- shd
datasets:
- shd
metrics:
- accuracy
model-index:
- name: Catalyst SHD SNN Benchmark
results:
- task:
type: audio-classification
name: Spoken Digit Classification
dataset:
name: Spiking Heidelberg Digits (SHD)
type: shd
metrics:
- name: Float Accuracy (N3)
type: accuracy
value: 91
- name: Float Accuracy (N2)
type: accuracy
value: 84.5
- name: Float Accuracy (N1)
type: accuracy
value: 90.6
- name: Quantised Accuracy (N3, int16)
type: accuracy
value: 90.8
Catalyst SHD SNN Benchmark
Spiking Neural Network trained on the Spiking Heidelberg Digits (SHD) dataset using surrogate gradient BPTT. Achieves 91.0% on SHD with adaptive LIF neurons (90.8% quantised int16).
Model Description
- Architecture (N3): 700 β 1536 (recurrent adLIF) β 20
- Architecture (N2): 700 β 512 (recurrent adLIF) β 20
- Architecture (N1): 700 β 1024 (recurrent LIF) β 20
- Neuron model: Adaptive Leaky Integrate-and-Fire (adLIF) with learnable per-neuron thresholds
- Training: Surrogate gradient BPTT, fast-sigmoid surrogate (scale=25), cosine LR scheduling
- Hardware target: Catalyst N1/N2/N3 neuromorphic processors
Results
| Generation | Architecture | Float Accuracy | Params | vs SOTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N3 | 700β1536β20 (rec, adLIF) | 91.0% | 3.47M | Matches Loihi 2 (90.9%) |
| N2 | 700β512β20 (rec, adLIF) | 84.5% | 759K | β |
| N1 | 700β1024β20 (rec, LIF) | 90.6% | 1.79M | Basic LIF baseline |
Reproduce
git clone https://github.com/catalyst-neuromorphic/catalyst-benchmarks.git
cd catalyst-benchmarks
pip install -e .
# N3 (91.0%)
python shd/train.py --neuron adlif --hidden 1536 --epochs 200 --device cuda:0 --amp
# N2 (84.5%)
python shd/train.py --neuron adlif --hidden 512 --epochs 200 --device cuda:0
# N1 (90.6%)
python shd/train.py --neuron lif --hidden 1024 --epochs 200 --device cuda:0
Deploy to Catalyst Hardware
python shd/deploy.py --checkpoint shd_model.pt --threshold-hw 1000
Links
- Benchmark repo: catalyst-neuromorphic/catalyst-benchmarks
- Hardware: catalyst-neuromorphic.com
- N3 paper: Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18881283
- N2 paper: Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18728256
Citation
@misc{catalyst-benchmarks-2026,
author = {Shulayev Barnes, Henry},
title = {Catalyst Neuromorphic Benchmarks},
year = {2026},
url = {https://github.com/catalyst-neuromorphic/catalyst-benchmarks}
}