Calculating MFU is the Subject of Spirited Disagreements in AI Compute
cHHillee · x · 2026-08-09
In a follow-up discussion, the author added that how you compute MFU (Model FLOPS Utilization) itself is also the subject of spirited disagreements. He mentioned he might write more someday on ways that MFU can be an ambiguous metric.
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