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vulkan: Use fp16 for the flash attention P*V multiplication #12783

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This is consistent with the ggml-cuda behavior and the mul_mat fallback.

cuda: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/fattn-mma-f16.cuh#L13
fallback: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/blob/master/src/llama-graph.cpp#L1170

before:

Z:\github\jeffbolznv\llama.cpp\build\bin\RelWithDebInfo>llama-bench.exe -m C:\models\meta-llama-3-8b-instruct.Q4_K_M.gguf -p 4096,8192,16384 -n 0 -fa 1 --repetitions 1
ggml_vulkan: Found 1 Vulkan devices:
ggml_vulkan: 0 = NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (NVIDIA) | uma: 0 | fp16: 1 | warp size: 32 | shared memory: 49152 | int dot: 1 | matrix cores: NV_coopmat2
| model                          |       size |     params | backend    | ngl | fa |          test |                  t/s |
| ------------------------------ | ---------: | ---------: | ---------- | --: | -: | ------------: | -------------------: |
| llama 8B Q4_K - Medium         |   4.58 GiB |     8.03 B | Vulkan     |  99 |  1 |        pp4096 |       3096.20 ± 0.00 |
| llama 8B Q4_K - Medium         |   4.58 GiB |     8.03 B | Vulkan     |  99 |  1 |        pp8192 |       2809.96 ± 0.00 |
| llama 8B Q4_K - Medium         |   4.58 GiB |     8.03 B | Vulkan     |  99 |  1 |       pp16384 |       2381.60 ± 0.00 |
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=4096,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                 47696 runs -    21.81 us/run -  33.55 MFLOP/run -   1.54 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=4096,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               32802 runs -    30.57 us/run -  67.11 MFLOP/run -   2.20 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=8192,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                 31311 runs -    33.14 us/run -  67.11 MFLOP/run -   2.02 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=8192,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               20888 runs -    47.96 us/run - 134.22 MFLOP/run -   2.80 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=16384,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                18650 runs -    55.29 us/run - 134.22 MFLOP/run -   2.43 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=16384,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               6714 runs -   152.30 us/run - 268.44 MFLOP/run -   1.76 TFLOPS

after:

Z:\github\jeffbolznv\llama.cpp\build\bin\RelWithDebInfo>llama-bench.exe -m C:\models\meta-llama-3-8b-instruct.Q4_K_M.gguf -p 4096,8192,16384 -n 0 -fa 1 --repetitions 1
ggml_vulkan: Found 1 Vulkan devices:
ggml_vulkan: 0 = NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (NVIDIA) | uma: 0 | fp16: 1 | warp size: 32 | shared memory: 49152 | int dot: 1 | matrix cores: NV_coopmat2
| model                          |       size |     params | backend    | ngl | fa |          test |                  t/s |
| ------------------------------ | ---------: | ---------: | ---------- | --: | -: | ------------: | -------------------: |
| llama 8B Q4_K - Medium         |   4.58 GiB |     8.03 B | Vulkan     |  99 |  1 |        pp4096 |       3119.81 ± 0.00 |
| llama 8B Q4_K - Medium         |   4.58 GiB |     8.03 B | Vulkan     |  99 |  1 |        pp8192 |       2877.54 ± 0.00 |
| llama 8B Q4_K - Medium         |   4.58 GiB |     8.03 B | Vulkan     |  99 |  1 |       pp16384 |       2487.28 ± 0.00 |


  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=4096,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                 47696 runs -    22.11 us/run -  33.55 MFLOP/run -   1.52 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=4096,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               37275 runs -    27.34 us/run -  67.11 MFLOP/run -   2.45 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=8192,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                 35784 runs -    29.07 us/run -  67.11 MFLOP/run -   2.31 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=8192,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               24618 runs -    41.80 us/run - 134.22 MFLOP/run -   3.21 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=16384,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                21634 runs -    47.58 us/run - 134.22 MFLOP/run -   2.82 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=16384,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               6714 runs -   151.99 us/run - 268.44 MFLOP/run -   1.77 TFLOPS

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vulkan: Use fp16 for the flash attention P*V multiplication
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This is consistent with the ggml-cuda behavior and the mul_mat fallback.
@github-actions github-actions bot added Vulkan Issues specific to the Vulkan backend ggml changes relating to the ggml tensor library for machine learning labels Apr 6, 2025
@jeffbolznv jeffbolznv requested a review from 0cc4m April 6, 2025 18:10
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0cc4m commented Apr 9, 2025

I don't see much of a difference on 3090, but no regression either:

Master:

model size params backend ngl fa test t/s
llama 8B Q4_K - Small 4.36 GiB 8.03 B Vulkan 99 1 pp4096 3397.53 ± 0.00
llama 8B Q4_K - Small 4.36 GiB 8.03 B Vulkan 99 1 pp8192 3084.63 ± 0.00
llama 8B Q4_K - Small 4.36 GiB 8.03 B Vulkan 99 1 pp16384 2503.77 ± 0.00 
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=4096,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                 23848 runs -    45.95 us/run -  33.55 MFLOP/run - 730.26 GFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=4096,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               17892 runs -    57.68 us/run -  67.11 MFLOP/run -   1.16 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=8192,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                 17892 runs -    57.70 us/run -  67.11 MFLOP/run -   1.16 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=8192,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               12682 runs -    80.59 us/run - 134.22 MFLOP/run -   1.67 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=16384,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                12682 runs -    79.57 us/run - 134.22 MFLOP/run -   1.69 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=16384,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               8579 runs -   116.59 us/run - 268.44 MFLOP/run -   2.30 TFLOPS

PR:

model size params backend ngl fa test t/s
llama 8B Q4_K - Small 4.36 GiB 8.03 B Vulkan 99 1 pp4096 3381.02 ± 0.00
llama 8B Q4_K - Small 4.36 GiB 8.03 B Vulkan 99 1 pp8192 3040.78 ± 0.00
llama 8B Q4_K - Small 4.36 GiB 8.03 B Vulkan 99 1 pp16384 2599.01 ± 0.00 
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=4096,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                 23848 runs -    45.65 us/run -  33.55 MFLOP/run - 734.96 GFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=4096,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               17892 runs -    58.06 us/run -  67.11 MFLOP/run -   1.16 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=8192,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                 17892 runs -    56.92 us/run -  67.11 MFLOP/run -   1.18 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=8192,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               12682 runs -    80.56 us/run - 134.22 MFLOP/run -   1.67 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=64,hsv=64,nh=8,nr=4,kv=16384,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):                13428 runs -    78.24 us/run - 134.22 MFLOP/run -   1.72 TFLOPS
  FLASH_ATTN_EXT(hsk=128,hsv=128,nh=8,nr=4,kv=16384,nb=1,mask=1,max_bias=0.000000,logit_softcap=0.000000,prec=f32,type_KV=f16,permute=[0,1,2,3]):               8579 runs -   119.57 us/run - 268.44 MFLOP/run -   2.25 TFLOPS

@0cc4m 0cc4m merged commit 7ecd780 into ggml-org:master Apr 9, 2025
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