A100 study shows high GPU utilization masks low tensor core efficiency
tokenbender · x · 2026-08-19
Relying on nvidia-smi utilization metrics is misleading; it only indicates time with at least one kernel running. A DATE 2024 paper analyzing TensorFlow workloads on an A100 found that while GPU-level utilization was high, the average instruction issue rate was below 50%, and tensor-core instructions were below 5.2%. This highlights why newer architectures like Blackwell add features like TMEM to optimize data movement.
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