New scripts under scripts/benchmarks/:
- flash_attn_fa4_shim.py: monkey-patches that let transformers CB dispatch to
Flash Attention 4 on Blackwell (sm_100). CB's ContinuousBatchProcessor
otherwise emits a 4D paged attention mask for flash_attention_2 (which then
breaks _flash_attention_forward's _upad_input branch), and passes
max_seqlen_q instead of max_length_q. The shim skips the mask for FA and
accepts both names.
- persistent_cb.py: replaces model.generate_batch with a version that reuses
one ContinuousBatchingManager across calls, avoiding the per-step
PagedAttentionCache realloc. Wired up behind --persistent_cb on the tpaged
and standalone scripts.
- qwen3_grpo_naive.py: vanilla HF model.generate + TRL GRPOTrainer, no vLLM
and no CB. Mirrors the TRL docs example. Useful as a third column in the
comparison and also as a "will this at least converge" sanity check.
Adds --attn_impl and --persistent_cb flags to the existing generation and
training scripts. No changes to Unsloth internals.
Updated README.md with the FA install recipe (flash-attn-4==4.0.0b9, plus
a small site-packages shim that re-exports FA4's cute.* symbols under the
FA2 flash_attn namespace so transformers' is_flash_attn_2_available() and
_lazy_imports("flash_attention_2") succeed on B200).
Benchmark numbers on a single B200, Qwen3-4B-Base LoRA rank 32, bf16:
Generation microbenchmark (32 prompts, 512 new tokens):
vLLM 7224 decode tok/s (100%)
CB paged|sdpa 527 decode tok/s ( 7.3%)
CB paged|flash_attention_2 (FA4) 709 decode tok/s ( 9.8%)
CB paged|flash_attention_2 persistent 529 decode tok/s ( 7.3%)
GRPO training (max_steps=20, num_generations=2, per_device_batch=2):
vLLM colocated 136.6 s peak 157 GB
naive TRL (HF generate) 910.0 s peak 15 GB
CB SDPA 1521.5 s peak 98 GB (prior run)
CB FA4 1470.7 s peak 82 GB
CB FA4 + persistent 1562.1 s peak 87 GB
CB FA4 + ng=4 persistent 1597.0 s peak 94 GB
FA4 is a real ~1.4x improvement over SDPA for CB decode throughput but the
50% of vLLM target is still not reached. The remaining gap is driven by
CUDA graph capture (which ContinuousBatchingManager still NotImplementedErrors
on) and vLLM's scheduler being more efficient for decode-heavy GRPO rollouts.
Naive TRL generate is the honest small-rig baseline: 6.7x slower than vLLM
at 10% of the VRAM footprint, and ~1.7x faster than CB here.
233 lines
7.9 KiB
Python
233 lines
7.9 KiB
Python
"""Standalone generation microbenchmark: vLLM vs transformers continuous batching.
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Measures prompt-tokens/s, decode tokens/s, and end-to-end wall-clock on
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`N` prompts sampled from DAPO-Math-17k with the GRPO chat template applied.
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Run:
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CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=2 python scripts/cb_vs_vllm_generation.py \
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--backend vllm --stats_path logs/vllm_gen.json
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CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=2 python scripts/cb_vs_vllm_generation.py \
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--backend tpaged --stats_path logs/cb_gen.json
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One backend per process (both engines are GPU-greedy). Results are then
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combined offline.
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"""
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from __future__ import annotations
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import argparse
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import json
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import os
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import sys
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import time
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from pathlib import Path
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HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
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sys.path.insert(0, str(HERE))
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import torch # noqa: E402
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# Install the FA4 shim so transformers' continuous batching dispatches to
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# Blackwell (sm_100) kernels when `--attn_impl flash_attention_2` is selected.
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# No-op for the vLLM backend since vLLM doesn't go through transformers'
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# attention interface.
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import flash_attn_fa4_shim # noqa: E402
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flash_attn_fa4_shim.apply()
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def build_prompts(tokenizer, n_prompts):
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from unsloth_grpo_common import (
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apply_chat_template_to_tokenizer,
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SYSTEM_PROMPT,
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)
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from datasets import load_dataset
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apply_chat_template_to_tokenizer(tokenizer)
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ds = load_dataset("open-r1/DAPO-Math-17k-Processed", "en", split="train")
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ds = ds.shuffle(seed=3407).select(range(n_prompts))
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messages = [
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[
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{"role": "system", "content": SYSTEM_PROMPT},
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{"role": "user", "content": x["prompt"]},
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]
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for x in ds
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]
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prompts_text = [
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tokenizer.apply_chat_template(m, add_generation_prompt=True, tokenize=False)
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for m in messages
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]
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prompt_ids = [
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tokenizer.apply_chat_template(m, add_generation_prompt=True, tokenize=True)
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for m in messages
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]
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return prompts_text, prompt_ids
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def run_vllm(args):
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import os as _os
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_os.environ.setdefault("UNSLOTH_VLLM_STANDBY", "1")
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from unsloth import FastLanguageModel
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model, tokenizer = FastLanguageModel.from_pretrained(
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model_name=args.model_name,
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max_seq_length=args.max_seq_length,
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load_in_4bit=False,
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fast_inference=True,
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max_lora_rank=32,
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gpu_memory_utilization=args.gpu_memory_utilization,
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)
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prompts_text, prompt_ids = build_prompts(tokenizer, args.n_prompts)
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from vllm import SamplingParams
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sp = SamplingParams(
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temperature=1.0, min_p=0.1, top_p=1.0, top_k=-1,
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seed=3407,
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max_tokens=args.max_new_tokens,
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stop=[tokenizer.eos_token],
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include_stop_str_in_output=True,
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)
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# Warmup on 16 prompts then discard.
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warmup_text = prompts_text[:16]
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_ = model.fast_generate(warmup_text, sampling_params=sp, lora_request=None)
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torch.cuda.synchronize()
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# Three measured rounds on the full batch.
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n_prompt_tokens = sum(len(p) for p in prompt_ids)
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wall_times = []
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total_decoded = None
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for _ in range(args.n_rounds):
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torch.cuda.synchronize()
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t0 = time.perf_counter()
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outputs = model.fast_generate(prompts_text, sampling_params=sp, lora_request=None)
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torch.cuda.synchronize()
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wall_times.append(time.perf_counter() - t0)
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decoded = sum(len(o.outputs[0].token_ids) for o in outputs)
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total_decoded = decoded
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med = sorted(wall_times)[len(wall_times) // 2]
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return {
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"backend": "vllm",
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"n_prompts": args.n_prompts,
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"n_prompt_tokens": n_prompt_tokens,
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"n_decoded_tokens": total_decoded,
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"wall_times_s": wall_times,
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"median_wall_s": med,
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"prompt_tps": n_prompt_tokens / med,
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"decode_tps": (total_decoded or 0) / med,
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"max_new_tokens": args.max_new_tokens,
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}
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def run_tpaged(args):
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# Vanilla HF load. Unsloth's Qwen3Attention monkey-patch does not
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# compose with the `paged|<impl>` functional attention interface.
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from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer, GenerationConfig
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tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(args.model_name)
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if tokenizer.pad_token is None:
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tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token
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model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
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args.model_name,
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dtype=torch.bfloat16,
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attn_implementation=args.attn_impl,
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).to("cuda")
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model.eval()
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if args.persistent_cb:
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from persistent_cb import install_for_model # noqa: WPS433
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prompts_text, prompt_ids = build_prompts(tokenizer, args.n_prompts)
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gen_config = GenerationConfig(
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max_new_tokens=args.max_new_tokens,
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do_sample=True,
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temperature=1.0,
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top_p=1.0,
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min_p=0.1,
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pad_token_id=tokenizer.pad_token_id or tokenizer.eos_token_id,
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bos_token_id=tokenizer.bos_token_id,
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eos_token_id=tokenizer.eos_token_id,
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use_cache=True,
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)
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# Raise the paged-cache upper bounds; defaults (256 / 4096) throttle CB.
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gen_config.max_batch_tokens = args.max_batch_tokens
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gen_config.num_blocks = args.num_blocks
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if args.persistent_cb:
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install_for_model(model, gen_config)
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# Warmup on 16 prompts.
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warmup_ids = prompt_ids[:16]
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with torch.inference_mode():
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_ = model.generate_batch(warmup_ids, generation_config=gen_config, progress_bar=False)
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torch.cuda.synchronize()
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n_prompt_tokens = sum(len(p) for p in prompt_ids)
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wall_times = []
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total_decoded = None
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for _ in range(args.n_rounds):
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torch.cuda.synchronize()
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t0 = time.perf_counter()
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with torch.inference_mode():
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outputs = model.generate_batch(
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prompt_ids, generation_config=gen_config, progress_bar=False
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)
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torch.cuda.synchronize()
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wall_times.append(time.perf_counter() - t0)
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decoded = sum(len(v.generated_tokens) for v in outputs.values())
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total_decoded = decoded
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med = sorted(wall_times)[len(wall_times) // 2]
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return {
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"backend": "tpaged",
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"attn_impl": args.attn_impl,
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"persistent_cb": args.persistent_cb,
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"n_prompts": args.n_prompts,
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"n_prompt_tokens": n_prompt_tokens,
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"n_decoded_tokens": total_decoded,
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"wall_times_s": wall_times,
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"median_wall_s": med,
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"prompt_tps": n_prompt_tokens / med,
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"decode_tps": (total_decoded or 0) / med,
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"max_new_tokens": args.max_new_tokens,
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}
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def parse_args():
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p = argparse.ArgumentParser()
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p.add_argument("--backend", choices=["vllm", "tpaged"], required=True)
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p.add_argument("--model_name", default="unsloth/Qwen3-4B-Base")
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p.add_argument("--max_seq_length", type=int, default=2048)
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p.add_argument("--n_prompts", type=int, default=64)
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p.add_argument("--n_rounds", type=int, default=3)
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p.add_argument("--max_new_tokens", type=int, default=1024)
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p.add_argument("--gpu_memory_utilization", type=float, default=0.8)
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p.add_argument("--attn_impl", default="sdpa")
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p.add_argument("--max_batch_tokens", type=int, default=8192)
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p.add_argument("--num_blocks", type=int, default=16384)
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p.add_argument("--persistent_cb", action="store_true",
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help="Reuse a single ContinuousBatchingManager across warmup + measured rounds.")
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p.add_argument("--stats_path", required=True)
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return p.parse_args()
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def main():
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args = parse_args()
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os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(args.stats_path)) or ".", exist_ok=True)
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torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats()
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if args.backend == "vllm":
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out = run_vllm(args)
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else:
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out = run_tpaged(args)
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out["peak_memory_gb"] = torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated() / 1024**3
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with open(args.stats_path, "w") as f:
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json.dump(out, f, indent=2)
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print(json.dumps(out, indent=2))
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# When --persistent_cb is set the background CB worker thread keeps the
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# process alive. Exit fast; the stats file is already flushed.
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os._exit(0)
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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main()
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