Testing Muon Optimizer: Smoother Gradients and Stable Residual Maxima
stochasticchasm · x · 2026-08-28
The author reports that using the Muon optimizer results in much smoother gradient norms and significantly more stable residual maxima, even without applying techniques like Sandwich Norm. This highlights Muon's impressive performance regarding training stability.
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