mila-iqia/milabench

Repository of machine learning benchmarks

51

stars

547

commits

Python

primary language

Aug 27, 2026

updated

milabench.readthedocs.io

README

Milabench

Benchmarking framework for Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, geared toward evaluating current and future hardware in a research environment.

  • Simple / Hands-off
  • Wide selection of models on diverse applications
    • Multi GPUs
    • Multi node
    • nlp / transformer / llm / rl / rnn
    • vision / classification / convnet / resnet / transformer
    • audio
  • Docker Container
  • Works on slurm
  • Automatic batch resize
  • Focussed on training
  • Ease of use
  • Pytorch focused
  • ROCm, NVIDIA, Intel OneAPI, Habana Gaudi (Synapse)
  • Independent

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/mila-iqia/milabench.git

export MILABENCH_GPU_ARCH=cuda

pip install -e milabench[cuda]

milabench install --base workspace --config milabench/config/standard.yaml --select fp32

export MILABENCH_HF_TOKEN={your_token}
milabench prepare --base workspace --config milabench/config/standard.yaml --select fp32

milabench run --base workspace --config milabench/config/standard.yaml --select fp32

Gated Models

Some benchmark use gated models or datasets, which requires the user to request permission to huggingface

  1. Request permission

    llama
        url: https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-2-7b/tree/main
    
    llm-lora-single
    llm-lora-ddp-gpus
    llm-lora-ddp-nodes
        url: https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B
    
    llm-lora-mp-gpus
    llm-full-mp-gpus
    llm-full-mp-nodes
        url: https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-70B
    
  2. Create a new token

    https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens/new?tokenType=read
    
  3. Add your token to your environment

    export MILABENCH_HF_TOKEN={your_token}
    

Now you are ready to execute milabench prepare

Report

=================
Benchmark results
=================

System
------
cpu:      AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core Processor
n_cpu:    128
product:  NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB
n_gpu:    8
memory:   81920.0

Breakdown
---------
bench                    | fail |   n | ngpu |           perf |   sem% |   std% | peak_memory |           score | weight
brax                     |    0 |   1 |    8 |      730035.71 |   0.1% |   0.4% |        2670 |       730035.71 |   1.00
diffusion-gpus           |    0 |   1 |    8 |         117.67 |   1.5% |  11.7% |       59944 |          117.67 |   1.00
diffusion-single         |    0 |   8 |    1 |          25.02 |   0.8% |  17.9% |       53994 |          202.10 |   1.00
dimenet                  |    0 |   8 |    1 |         366.85 |   0.7% |  16.2% |        2302 |         2973.32 |   1.00
dinov2-giant-gpus        |    0 |   1 |    8 |         445.68 |   0.4% |   3.0% |       69614 |          445.68 |   1.00
dinov2-giant-single      |    0 |   8 |    1 |          53.54 |   0.4% |   9.5% |       74646 |          432.65 |   1.00
dqn                      |    0 |   8 |    1 | 23089954554.91 |   1.1% |  89.9% |       62106 | 184480810548.20 |   1.00
bf16                     |    0 |   8 |    1 |         293.43 |   0.2% |   6.3% |        1788 |         2361.16 |   0.00
fp16                     |    0 |   8 |    1 |         289.26 |   0.1% |   3.6% |        1788 |         2321.65 |   0.00
fp32                     |    0 |   8 |    1 |          19.14 |   0.0% |   0.7% |        2166 |          153.21 |   0.00
tf32                     |    0 |   8 |    1 |         146.63 |   0.1% |   3.6% |        2166 |         1177.04 |   0.00
bert-fp16                |    0 |   8 |    1 |         263.73 |   1.1% |  16.7% |         nan |         2165.37 |   0.00
bert-fp32                |    0 |   8 |    1 |          44.84 |   0.6% |   9.6% |       21170 |          364.52 |   0.00
bert-tf32                |    0 |   8 |    1 |         141.95 |   0.9% |  14.1% |        1764 |         1162.94 |   0.00
bert-tf32-fp16           |    0 |   8 |    1 |         265.04 |   1.0% |  15.6% |         nan |         2175.59 |   3.00
reformer                 |    0 |   8 |    1 |          62.29 |   0.3% |   6.0% |       25404 |          501.89 |   1.00
t5                       |    0 |   8 |    1 |          51.40 |   0.5% |   9.9% |       34390 |          416.14 |   2.00
whisper                  |    0 |   8 |    1 |         481.95 |   1.0% |  21.4% |        8520 |         3897.53 |   1.00
lightning                |    0 |   8 |    1 |         680.22 |   1.0% |  22.7% |       27360 |         5506.90 |   1.00
lightning-gpus           |    0 |   1 |    8 |        3504.74 |   7.9% |  62.9% |       28184 |         3504.74 |   1.00
llava-single             |    1 |   8 |    1 |           2.28 |   0.4% |   9.6% |       72556 |           14.12 |   1.00
llama                    |    0 |   8 |    1 |         484.86 |   4.4% |  80.0% |       27820 |         3680.86 |   1.00
llm-full-mp-gpus         |    0 |   1 |    8 |         193.92 |   3.1% |  16.2% |       48470 |          193.92 |   1.00
llm-lora-ddp-gpus        |    0 |   1 |    8 |       16738.58 |   0.4% |   2.0% |       36988 |        16738.58 |   1.00
llm-lora-mp-gpus         |    0 |   1 |    8 |        1980.63 |   2.2% |  11.8% |       55972 |         1980.63 |   1.00
llm-lora-single          |    0 |   8 |    1 |        2724.95 |   0.2% |   3.0% |       49926 |        21861.99 |   1.00
ppo                      |    0 |   8 |    1 |     3114264.32 |   1.6% |  57.2% |       62206 |     24915954.98 |   1.00
recursiongfn             |    0 |   8 |    1 |        7080.67 |   1.2% |  27.1% |       10292 |        57038.34 |   1.00
rlhf-gpus                |    0 |   1 |    8 |        6314.94 |   2.1% |  11.2% |       21730 |         6314.94 |   1.00
rlhf-single              |    0 |   8 |    1 |        1143.72 |   0.4% |   8.4% |       19566 |         9174.52 |   1.00
focalnet                 |    0 |   8 |    1 |         375.07 |   0.7% |  14.9% |       23536 |         3038.83 |   2.00
torchatari               |    0 |   8 |    1 |        5848.88 |   0.6% |  12.7% |        3834 |        46613.34 |   1.00
convnext_large-fp16      |    0 |   8 |    1 |         330.93 |   1.5% |  22.9% |       27376 |         2711.46 |   0.00
convnext_large-fp32      |    0 |   8 |    1 |          59.49 |   0.6% |   9.8% |       55950 |          483.84 |   0.00
convnext_large-tf32      |    0 |   8 |    1 |         155.41 |   0.9% |  14.3% |       49650 |         1273.31 |   0.00
convnext_large-tf32-fp16 |    0 |   8 |    1 |         322.28 |   1.6% |  24.5% |       27376 |         2637.88 |   3.00
regnet_y_128gf           |    0 |   8 |    1 |         119.46 |   0.5% |  10.0% |       29762 |          966.96 |   2.00
resnet152-ddp-gpus       |    0 |   1 |    8 |        3843.06 |   5.2% |  39.3% |       27980 |         3843.06 |   0.00
resnet50                 |    0 |   8 |    1 |         932.95 |   2.4% |  52.2% |       14848 |         7524.25 |   1.00
resnet50-noio            |    0 |   8 |    1 |        1163.88 |   0.3% |   6.7% |       27480 |         9385.35 |   0.00
vjepa-gpus               |    0 |   1 |    8 |         130.13 |   5.9% |  46.8% |       64244 |          130.13 |   1.00
vjepa-single             |    0 |   8 |    1 |          21.29 |   1.0% |  22.4% |       58552 |          172.11 |   1.00

Scores
------
Failure rate:       0.38% (PASS)
Score:            4175.57

Contributors

Delaunay

328 commits

breuleux

162 commits

satyaog

18 commits

abergeron

13 commits

mila-iqia/milabench

Repository of machine learning benchmarks

51

stars

547

commits

Python

primary language

Aug 27, 2026

updated

milabench.readthedocs.io

README

Milabench

Benchmarking framework for Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, geared toward evaluating current and future hardware in a research environment.

  • Simple / Hands-off
  • Wide selection of models on diverse applications
    • Multi GPUs
    • Multi node
    • nlp / transformer / llm / rl / rnn
    • vision / classification / convnet / resnet / transformer
    • audio
  • Docker Container
  • Works on slurm
  • Automatic batch resize
  • Focussed on training
  • Ease of use
  • Pytorch focused
  • ROCm, NVIDIA, Intel OneAPI, Habana Gaudi (Synapse)
  • Independent

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/mila-iqia/milabench.git

export MILABENCH_GPU_ARCH=cuda

pip install -e milabench[cuda]

milabench install --base workspace --config milabench/config/standard.yaml --select fp32

export MILABENCH_HF_TOKEN={your_token}
milabench prepare --base workspace --config milabench/config/standard.yaml --select fp32

milabench run --base workspace --config milabench/config/standard.yaml --select fp32

Gated Models

Some benchmark use gated models or datasets, which requires the user to request permission to huggingface

  1. Request permission

    llama
        url: https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-2-7b/tree/main
    
    llm-lora-single
    llm-lora-ddp-gpus
    llm-lora-ddp-nodes
        url: https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B
    
    llm-lora-mp-gpus
    llm-full-mp-gpus
    llm-full-mp-nodes
        url: https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-70B
    
  2. Create a new token

    https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens/new?tokenType=read
    
  3. Add your token to your environment

    export MILABENCH_HF_TOKEN={your_token}
    

Now you are ready to execute milabench prepare

Report

=================
Benchmark results
=================

System
------
cpu:      AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core Processor
n_cpu:    128
product:  NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB
n_gpu:    8
memory:   81920.0

Breakdown
---------
bench                    | fail |   n | ngpu |           perf |   sem% |   std% | peak_memory |           score | weight
brax                     |    0 |   1 |    8 |      730035.71 |   0.1% |   0.4% |        2670 |       730035.71 |   1.00
diffusion-gpus           |    0 |   1 |    8 |         117.67 |   1.5% |  11.7% |       59944 |          117.67 |   1.00
diffusion-single         |    0 |   8 |    1 |          25.02 |   0.8% |  17.9% |       53994 |          202.10 |   1.00
dimenet                  |    0 |   8 |    1 |         366.85 |   0.7% |  16.2% |        2302 |         2973.32 |   1.00
dinov2-giant-gpus        |    0 |   1 |    8 |         445.68 |   0.4% |   3.0% |       69614 |          445.68 |   1.00
dinov2-giant-single      |    0 |   8 |    1 |          53.54 |   0.4% |   9.5% |       74646 |          432.65 |   1.00
dqn                      |    0 |   8 |    1 | 23089954554.91 |   1.1% |  89.9% |       62106 | 184480810548.20 |   1.00
bf16                     |    0 |   8 |    1 |         293.43 |   0.2% |   6.3% |        1788 |         2361.16 |   0.00
fp16                     |    0 |   8 |    1 |         289.26 |   0.1% |   3.6% |        1788 |         2321.65 |   0.00
fp32                     |    0 |   8 |    1 |          19.14 |   0.0% |   0.7% |        2166 |          153.21 |   0.00
tf32                     |    0 |   8 |    1 |         146.63 |   0.1% |   3.6% |        2166 |         1177.04 |   0.00
bert-fp16                |    0 |   8 |    1 |         263.73 |   1.1% |  16.7% |         nan |         2165.37 |   0.00
bert-fp32                |    0 |   8 |    1 |          44.84 |   0.6% |   9.6% |       21170 |          364.52 |   0.00
bert-tf32                |    0 |   8 |    1 |         141.95 |   0.9% |  14.1% |        1764 |         1162.94 |   0.00
bert-tf32-fp16           |    0 |   8 |    1 |         265.04 |   1.0% |  15.6% |         nan |         2175.59 |   3.00
reformer                 |    0 |   8 |    1 |          62.29 |   0.3% |   6.0% |       25404 |          501.89 |   1.00
t5                       |    0 |   8 |    1 |          51.40 |   0.5% |   9.9% |       34390 |          416.14 |   2.00
whisper                  |    0 |   8 |    1 |         481.95 |   1.0% |  21.4% |        8520 |         3897.53 |   1.00
lightning                |    0 |   8 |    1 |         680.22 |   1.0% |  22.7% |       27360 |         5506.90 |   1.00
lightning-gpus           |    0 |   1 |    8 |        3504.74 |   7.9% |  62.9% |       28184 |         3504.74 |   1.00
llava-single             |    1 |   8 |    1 |           2.28 |   0.4% |   9.6% |       72556 |           14.12 |   1.00
llama                    |    0 |   8 |    1 |         484.86 |   4.4% |  80.0% |       27820 |         3680.86 |   1.00
llm-full-mp-gpus         |    0 |   1 |    8 |         193.92 |   3.1% |  16.2% |       48470 |          193.92 |   1.00
llm-lora-ddp-gpus        |    0 |   1 |    8 |       16738.58 |   0.4% |   2.0% |       36988 |        16738.58 |   1.00
llm-lora-mp-gpus         |    0 |   1 |    8 |        1980.63 |   2.2% |  11.8% |       55972 |         1980.63 |   1.00
llm-lora-single          |    0 |   8 |    1 |        2724.95 |   0.2% |   3.0% |       49926 |        21861.99 |   1.00
ppo                      |    0 |   8 |    1 |     3114264.32 |   1.6% |  57.2% |       62206 |     24915954.98 |   1.00
recursiongfn             |    0 |   8 |    1 |        7080.67 |   1.2% |  27.1% |       10292 |        57038.34 |   1.00
rlhf-gpus                |    0 |   1 |    8 |        6314.94 |   2.1% |  11.2% |       21730 |         6314.94 |   1.00
rlhf-single              |    0 |   8 |    1 |        1143.72 |   0.4% |   8.4% |       19566 |         9174.52 |   1.00
focalnet                 |    0 |   8 |    1 |         375.07 |   0.7% |  14.9% |       23536 |         3038.83 |   2.00
torchatari               |    0 |   8 |    1 |        5848.88 |   0.6% |  12.7% |        3834 |        46613.34 |   1.00
convnext_large-fp16      |    0 |   8 |    1 |         330.93 |   1.5% |  22.9% |       27376 |         2711.46 |   0.00
convnext_large-fp32      |    0 |   8 |    1 |          59.49 |   0.6% |   9.8% |       55950 |          483.84 |   0.00
convnext_large-tf32      |    0 |   8 |    1 |         155.41 |   0.9% |  14.3% |       49650 |         1273.31 |   0.00
convnext_large-tf32-fp16 |    0 |   8 |    1 |         322.28 |   1.6% |  24.5% |       27376 |         2637.88 |   3.00
regnet_y_128gf           |    0 |   8 |    1 |         119.46 |   0.5% |  10.0% |       29762 |          966.96 |   2.00
resnet152-ddp-gpus       |    0 |   1 |    8 |        3843.06 |   5.2% |  39.3% |       27980 |         3843.06 |   0.00
resnet50                 |    0 |   8 |    1 |         932.95 |   2.4% |  52.2% |       14848 |         7524.25 |   1.00
resnet50-noio            |    0 |   8 |    1 |        1163.88 |   0.3% |   6.7% |       27480 |         9385.35 |   0.00
vjepa-gpus               |    0 |   1 |    8 |         130.13 |   5.9% |  46.8% |       64244 |          130.13 |   1.00
vjepa-single             |    0 |   8 |    1 |          21.29 |   1.0% |  22.4% |       58552 |          172.11 |   1.00

Scores
------
Failure rate:       0.38% (PASS)
Score:            4175.57

Contributors

Delaunay

328 commits

breuleux

162 commits

satyaog

18 commits

abergeron

13 commits

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