BackendBench
LLMs write kernels that override PyTorch core operators. PyTorch's own OpInfo and FACTO tests check correctness, and real model tensor shapes measure speed.
156 GitHub stars. Prime Intellect hosts it as an environment.
- Made by
- Meta (PyTorch)
- Released
- June 2025
- Kind
- GPU kernels
- Level
- Expert
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Code
- Tasks
- All public
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