"""Score the models in a benchmark run, on each axis separately. python benchmarks/scorecard.py "MPS bench" --out SCORECARD.md **There is deliberately no single score.** A composite number would need weights — how much is a point of loss worth in steps per second? — and those weights would be this file's opinion dressed up as the models' property. What is here instead is one ranking per question, so a reader can apply their own weighting to numbers that mean something on their own: - **how well** — the loss it reached - **how fast it got there** — steps to cross 90% of its own improvement - **how steady** — spread over the last tenth of training, which is what tells a converged model from one still bouncing - **how quickly it runs** — steps per second - **what it cost** — parameters, and improvement per thousand of them Every number here is one task on one machine, and the task is a cumulative sum along an axis. That suits sequence models with a causal sweep and is close to the worst case for a permutation-invariant one, so the ranking is a ranking on *this* problem and says nothing about images or forecasting. It is reported this way rather than as "the best model" for that reason. """ from __future__ import annotations import argparse import json from pathlib import Path def convergence_step(losses: list[float], fraction: float = 0.9) -> int | None: """First step at which `fraction` of the run's total improvement is done. Measures speed of learning independently of where it ended up: a model that reaches its plateau in 40 steps and one that takes 300 can finish at the same loss and are not the same model. """ if len(losses) < 2: return None start, best = losses[0], min(losses) if start <= best: return None # never improved; the question does not apply target = start - fraction * (start - best) for i, v in enumerate(losses): if v <= target: return i return None def tail_spread(losses: list[float], portion: float = 0.1) -> float: """Standard deviation over the last `portion` of training, relative to its mean — a converged run is flat there and a bouncing one is not.""" n = max(2, int(len(losses) * portion)) tail = losses[-n:] mean = sum(tail) / len(tail) var = sum((v - mean) ** 2 for v in tail) / len(tail) return (var**0.5) / max(abs(mean), 1e-12) def rank(rows: list[dict], key: str, *, lower_is_better: bool = True) -> dict[str, int]: """Ordinal rank on one column. Rows with no value are left unranked rather than given a default, which would invent a position for them.""" have = [r for r in rows if r.get(key) is not None] have.sort(key=lambda r: r[key], reverse=not lower_is_better) return {r["name"]: i + 1 for i, r in enumerate(have)} def score(run: Path) -> list[dict]: manifest = json.loads((run / "manifest.json").read_text()) rows = [] for entry in manifest["models"]: if "error" in entry: continue losses = entry["losses"] improvement = entry["loss_first"] - min(losses) rows.append( { "name": entry["name"], "params": entry["n_params"], "loss": entry["loss_final"], "best": min(losses), "converged_at": convergence_step(losses), "spread": tail_spread(losses), "steps_per_s": entry["steps_per_second"], # Improvement bought per thousand parameters: the only column # that asks whether the capacity was worth carrying. "per_1k": improvement / max(entry["n_params"] / 1000, 1e-9), "learned": improvement > 0.05 * abs(entry["loss_first"]), } ) return rows def main() -> int: ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) ap.add_argument("run") ap.add_argument("--out", default=None) args = ap.parse_args() run = Path(args.run) manifest = json.loads((run / "manifest.json").read_text()) rows = score(run) ranks = { "loss": rank(rows, "loss"), "converged_at": rank(rows, "converged_at"), "spread": rank(rows, "spread"), "speed": rank(rows, "steps_per_s", lower_is_better=False), "per_1k": rank(rows, "per_1k", lower_is_better=False), } lines = [ f"# Scorecard — {manifest['device_name']}", "", f"{manifest['steps']} steps, batch {manifest['batch']}, seed {manifest['seed']}, " f"torch {manifest['torch']}, torch-dimensions {manifest['torch_dimensions']}.", "", "One task — a cumulative sum along an axis — on one machine. That suits a", "causal sequence model and is close to the worst case for a permutation-", "invariant one, so this ranks models *on this problem* and implies nothing", "about images or forecasting. There is no combined score on purpose: the", "weighting between a point of loss and a step per second is the reader's,", "not this file's.", "", "| model | params | final loss | best | 90% at | tail spread " "| steps/s | Δloss per 1k params |", "|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|", ] for r in sorted(rows, key=lambda r: r["loss"]): conv = "—" if r["converged_at"] is None else f"step {r['converged_at']}" flag = "" if r["learned"] else " ⚠" lines.append( f"| `{r['name']}`{flag} | {r['params']:,} | {r['loss']:.4f} | {r['best']:.4f} | " f"{conv} | {r['spread']:.3f} | {r['steps_per_s']:.1f} | {r['per_1k']:.3f} |" ) lines += ["", "⚠ marks a model whose loss never fell by 5% of where it started."] lines += ["", "## Best on each question", ""] titles = { "loss": "lowest final loss", "converged_at": "fastest to 90% of its own improvement", "spread": "steadiest at the end", "speed": "most steps per second", "per_1k": "most improvement per 1k parameters", } for key, title in titles.items(): winners = [n for n, pos in sorted(ranks[key].items(), key=lambda kv: kv[1])[:3]] lines.append(f"- **{title}** — " + ", ".join(f"`{w}`" for w in winners)) text = "\n".join(lines) + "\n" print(text) if args.out: Path(args.out).write_text(text) print(f"wrote {args.out}") return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": raise SystemExit(main())