"""Roofline: the ceiling, and whether you are compute- or memory-bound. Measures the device rather than trusting a datasheet -- achieved bandwidth from a large stream-copy, achieved dense throughput from a big GEMM. Both are what you can actually reach, which is the number that matters when deciding where the headroom is. python3 roofline.py --flops 3.4e11 --bytes 2.5e9 --dtype bf16 """ import argparse import torch def measured_bandwidth(mb=512): n = mb * 1024 * 1024 // 2 a = torch.empty(n, device="cuda", dtype=torch.bfloat16) b = torch.empty_like(a) for _ in range(3): b.copy_(a) torch.cuda.synchronize() s, e = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True), torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True) s.record() for _ in range(10): b.copy_(a) e.record(); torch.cuda.synchronize() return 10 * 2 * a.numel() * 2 / (s.elapsed_time(e) / 1e3) # read+write def measured_flops(dtype=torch.bfloat16, n=8192): a = torch.randn(n, n, device="cuda", dtype=dtype) b = torch.randn(n, n, device="cuda", dtype=dtype) for _ in range(3): a @ b torch.cuda.synchronize() s, e = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True), torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True) s.record() for _ in range(10): a @ b e.record(); torch.cuda.synchronize() return 10 * 2 * n ** 3 / (s.elapsed_time(e) / 1e3) def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("--flops", type=float, default=0.0) ap.add_argument("--bytes", type=float, default=0.0) ap.add_argument("--dtype", default="bf16") a = ap.parse_args() p = torch.cuda.get_device_properties(0) bw, fl = measured_bandwidth(), measured_flops() print(f"device {p.name} sm_{p.major}{p.minor} SMs={p.multi_processor_count} " f"smem_optin={p.shared_memory_per_block_optin//1024}KB") print(f"measured bandwidth {bw/1e12:.3f} TB/s measured dense bf16 {fl/1e12:.1f} TFLOP/s") if not (a.flops or a.bytes): return t_mem = a.bytes / bw if a.bytes else 0.0 t_cmp = a.flops / fl if a.flops else 0.0 bound = "memory" if t_mem >= t_cmp else "compute" print(f"\nwork {a.flops:.3g} FLOP {a.bytes:.3g} B " f"intensity {(a.flops/a.bytes if a.bytes else float('inf')):.1f} FLOP/B") print(f"floor (memory) {t_mem*1e6:9.1f} us") print(f"floor (compute) {t_cmp*1e6:9.1f} us") print(f"-> {bound}-bound, floor {max(t_mem,t_cmp)*1e6:.1f} us") print("\nNote: this floor comes from an ATTRIBUTION formula, not a physical wall. A kernel that " "moves fewer bytes than counted -- cache reuse, recompute, a better layout -- can beat it. " "Orientation, not a stopping rule.") if __name__ == "__main__": main()