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EmbeddingGemma 2 on GPUs without Metal 4: simdgroup GEMM and flash attention - #5
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…p GEMM and flash) Without Metal 4 (macOS 15 and earlier) the batched stack is off: packed waves of any size ran the per-token GEMVs, g2_mm (one simdgroup per output value) and the scalar g2_attention. On an M3 Max that ingested 24 passages/s against llama.cpp b11459's 60 on the same Q8_0 file. EI_GEMMA2_METAL_SG (default on without Metal 4, off where TENSOR2/FLASH2 run; from 32 tokens, EI_GEMMA2_METAL_SG_MIN_TOKENS): - g2s_gemm: y = x W^T on simdgroup_half8x8 tiles, 64 rows x 32 tokens x 32 k per threadgroup, weights decoded to fp16 in threadgroup memory, fp32 accumulation, clamp epilogue. Every projection of a packed wave takes it. - g2s_flash_256/512: 8 queries x 32-key blocks per simdgroup, online softmax with g2_attention's window and packed-sequence masks, output in registers. M3 Max, in-process against FUSED: 300x16 5.89x, 1000x4 7.56x, 2040x4 8.70x, 32x8 2.41x (min cosine 0.99988). HTTP ingest 146-149 passages/s against llama.cpp's 60-65 (agreement 0.999999), RSS 0.75 against 2.69 GB; media 1.3-4x. test-gemma2-metal passes with SG on and off, and the routes test passes with EI_GEMMA2_ROUTE_FLAGS=FUSED,SG,AFUSED. G2P and the weight decode move to src/metal/include/gemma2_common.metal so both kernel files share them. Numbers and method in perf/optimization_status.md (2026-10-13).
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The first HTTP comparison repeated each passage about 2.5 times, so the exact cache answered the repeats. On 2,994 unique passages (1.22M tokens) the SG route serves 17,691-18,193 tok/s against llama.cpp b11459's 16,282-17,709, holding 0.77 against 4.46 GB. Records the rejected 64x64 GEMM tile.
- ei_gemma2_metal_clone copies sg/sgMin, so media slots, the media finisher, the audio batcher and extra pipeline executors run the SG route instead of the scalar kernels. - g2s_rowscale gives each GEMM row a per-token scale that is 1 unless its magnitude passes 16,384 (the model card's fp16 warning); the ordinary wave stays bit-identical and an outlier row stays finite. - The SG flash consumes the fp16 K/V g2_qkv_post already writes (kvHalfReady) instead of converting again, and skips the diagonal output rescale on blocks where no row maximum moved (bit-identical). - One sg_route()/half_kv_attention() predicate for short_route, mm_clamp and attention_c; a projection that misses the tile shape is reported once instead of silently falling to g2_mm. - SG pipelines are created only on the Apple7 family; older Mac GPUs keep the scalar kernels instead of failing to start. - The Metal 4 library depends on the shared gemma2_common.metal and its kernels include it instead of carrying their own G2P/G2Q8 copies. - test_gemma2_metal_routes picks this GPU's shipped default (FUSED,SG,AFUSED without Metal 4) via ei_gemma2_metal_has_metal4(). Validated on an M5 Max: make test-gemma2-metal-routes on the default stack and with EI_GEMMA2_ROUTE_FLAGS=FUSED,SG,AFUSED (text >= 0.99998, media >= 0.99999), the same with SG_XMAX forced to 0.5 so every row is scaled (>= 0.99996), and make test-gemma2-metal with the SG stack (text minimum 0.999720428, HTTP suite passed). Interleaved bench_gemma2_metal runs against the previous binary were within host noise with identical minimum cosines.
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Left as is: the route defaults on where Metal 4 is missing, matching how TENSOR2/FLASH2 default on where Metal 4 exists; Validated on an M5 Max (Metal 4 host, SG forced via |
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| if (!route || !*route) | ||
| route = ei_gemma2_metal_has_metal4() ? "FUSED,TENSOR2,FLASH2,FLASH64,VFUSED,AFUSED" | ||
| : "FUSED,SG,AFUSED"; | ||
| char *flags = strdup(route), *save = NULL; | ||
| for (char *f = strtok_r(flags, ",", &save); f; f = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &save)) { | ||
| snprintf(name, sizeof name, "EI_GEMMA2_METAL_%s", f); | ||
| setenv(name, "1", 1); | ||
| } | ||
| printf("fast route: %s\n", route && *route ? route : "FUSED,TENSOR2,FLASH2,FLASH64,VFUSED,AFUSED"); | ||
| printf("fast route: %s\n", route); |
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Select the scalar route on pre-Apple7 GPUs.
When Metal 4 is unavailable, this test always selects FUSED,SG,AFUSED. The route test sets EI_GEMMA2_METAL_SG=1, but ei_gemma2_metal_create rejects SG on devices without Apple7. Select FUSED,AFUSED for those devices. This fixes the test workflow without changing production defaults.
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diff --git a/src/gemma2_metal.h b/src/gemma2_metal.h
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bool ei_gemma2_metal_has_metal4(void);
+bool ei_gemma2_metal_has_apple7(void);
diff --git a/src/gemma2_metal.m b/src/gemma2_metal.m
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bool ei_gemma2_metal_has_metal4(void) {
@autoreleasepool {
if (@available(macOS 26.0, *))
return [MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice() supportsFamily:MTLGPUFamilyMetal4];
return false;
}
}
+bool ei_gemma2_metal_has_apple7(void) {
+ @autoreleasepool {
+ return [MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice() supportsFamily:MTLGPUFamilyApple7];
+ }
+}
diff --git a/src/test_gemma2_metal.c b/src/test_gemma2_metal.c
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- if (!route || !*route)
- route = ei_gemma2_metal_has_metal4() ? "FUSED,TENSOR2,FLASH2,FLASH64,VFUSED,AFUSED"
- : "FUSED,SG,AFUSED";
+ if (!route || !*route) {
+ if (ei_gemma2_metal_has_metal4())
+ route = "FUSED,TENSOR2,FLASH2,FLASH64,VFUSED,AFUSED";
+ else if (ei_gemma2_metal_has_apple7())
+ route = "FUSED,SG,AFUSED";
+ else
+ route = "FUSED,AFUSED";
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| if (!route || !*route) | |
| route = ei_gemma2_metal_has_metal4() ? "FUSED,TENSOR2,FLASH2,FLASH64,VFUSED,AFUSED" | |
| : "FUSED,SG,AFUSED"; | |
| char *flags = strdup(route), *save = NULL; | |
| for (char *f = strtok_r(flags, ",", &save); f; f = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &save)) { | |
| snprintf(name, sizeof name, "EI_GEMMA2_METAL_%s", f); | |
| setenv(name, "1", 1); | |
| } | |
| printf("fast route: %s\n", route && *route ? route : "FUSED,TENSOR2,FLASH2,FLASH64,VFUSED,AFUSED"); | |
| printf("fast route: %s\n", route); | |
| if (!route || !*route) { | |
| if (ei_gemma2_metal_has_metal4()) | |
| route = "FUSED,TENSOR2,FLASH2,FLASH64,VFUSED,AFUSED"; | |
| else if (ei_gemma2_metal_has_apple7()) | |
| route = "FUSED,SG,AFUSED"; | |
| else | |
| route = "FUSED,AFUSED"; | |
| } | |
| char *flags = strdup(route), *save = NULL; | |
| for (char *f = strtok_r(flags, ",", &save); f; f = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &save)) { | |
| snprintf(name, sizeof name, "EI_GEMMA2_METAL_%s", f); | |
| setenv(name, "1", 1); | |
| } | |
| printf("fast route: %s\n", route); |
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Update the default route selection in the test setup to distinguish GPUs without
Metal 4 by Apple7 support: retain the existing Metal 4 and Apple7 routes, and
select FUSED,AFUSED on pre-Apple7 GPUs. Use or add a device-capability query
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…), where the Metal 3 route merged (#36) QuixiAI/embeddinggemma.c#5 merged with review fixes (pipeline clones, fp16 range, K/V reuse, Apple7 gating), alongside CPU engine work. On the M3 Max its Metal tests and route tests pass, and 35 documents index in 115 s against 119 s on the previous pin.
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Without Metal 4 (macOS 15 and earlier) the batched stack never turns on. Every packed wave falls back to per-token GEMVs,
g2_mm(one simdgroup per output value) and the scalarg2_attention. On an M3 Max, HTTP ingest of ~1,200-character passages ran at 24 passages/s, against llama.cpp b11459's 60 on the same Q8_0 file.This adds
EI_GEMMA2_METAL_SG, Metal 3.1 only. It is on by default where Metal 4 is missing, so nothing changes on Metal 4 GPUs.g2s_gemmhandles every projection of a packed wave (32+ tokens). It usessimdgroup_half8x8tiles of 64 rows × 32 tokens × 32 k. Weights (Q8/BF16/F16/F32) are decoded to fp16 in threadgroup memory, and the sums accumulate in fp32.g2s_flash_256/_512run 8 queries per simdgroup over 32-key blocks with an online softmax. The output stays in registers. They useg2_attention's exact masks: the symmetric window and the packed-sequence bounds.G2Pstruct and the weight decode move tosrc/metal/include/gemma2_common.metal, so both kernel files share one definition.M3 Max (macOS 15.7.9)
bench_gemma2_metal, in-process againstFUSED:HTTP against llama.cpp b11459 on the same Q8_0, 2,994 unique 1,200-character passages (1.22M tokens), 32 per request, 4 in flight:
Throughput is at parity with llama.cpp on this GPU. The gains are 6–9x over the current path, 5.8x less memory than llama.cpp, and lower query latency. (A first comparison claimed 2.3x over llama.cpp. It repeated passages, so the exact cache answered them; that result is withdrawn, see the second commit.)
Embeddings match llama.cpp at a minimum cosine of 0.999999. Media gets faster too:
Vision attention (width 64) still runs
g2_attention, which makes it the next lever on these GPUs.Tests (M3 Max)
make test-gemma2-metalpasses with SG on and off; vision and audio cosines are unchanged to the 4th decimal.EI_GEMMA2_ROUTE_FLAGS=FUSED,SG,AFUSED make test-gemma2-metal-routespasses, covering packed text batches from 1 to 1,025 tokens, vision, audio and packed clips.Not verified: running on a Metal 4 GPU. There SG defaults off, and the only code that runs is the new pipeline creation at startup.
The full write-up is in
perf/optimization_status.md(2026-10-13), and the env vars are inCONTRIBUTING.md.Summary by CodeRabbit