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Speed up NAX split-K by better tuning and routing and fix NAX addmm - #3422
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## Motivation Vision models don't understand images on M5 series MacBooks. The upstream NAX addmm fix (ml-explore/mlx#3422) fixes this. ## Why It Works Same conclusion I came to when I was debugging the issue on an M5 Max. It works after this fix. ## Test Plan ### Manual Testing Works for Qwen3.5 27B
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…dLocalStream, linalg.det) Highlights: - ThreadLocalStream in C++ (ml-explore#3405) — joins StreamOrDevice variant - Segmented mm NAX kernel (ml-explore#3419) — new steel/gemm/kernels/steel_gemm_segmented{,_nax} - mlx.core.linalg additions: determinant, sign-log-determinant (ml-explore#3416) - NAX split-K tuning + addmm fix (ml-explore#3422) - gather_mm CUDA + qmm CUDA fixes (ml-explore#3414, ml-explore#3417, ml-explore#3445) - Scheduler::enqueue thread safety (ml-explore#3423) - Random kernel bytes_per_key truncation fix (ml-explore#3432) - Many smaller bug + CI fixes; nanobind 2.12.0 pin Conflict resolution (5 files; all auto-merged cleanly, no manual edits): - mlx/utils.h — `ThreadLocalStream` joins StreamOrDevice; our metal_retain_bound_buffers() helper preserved. - mlx/backend/metal/device.cpp — upstream's "no Metal device available" error message coexists with our signpost/MLX_METAL_PROFILE perf diagnostic + hazard-mode retain logic. - mlx/backend/metal/CMakeLists.txt — upstream's steel_gemm_segmented{,_nax} joins our kernel registrations. - mlx/backend/metal/kernels/CMakeLists.txt — same: upstream segmented + our fused_gate_activation kernel. - tests/scheduler_tests.cpp — upstream's "test thread local stream" joins our scheduler-test alignment for lazy command-encoder init. No disputed conflicts; the auto-merge produced a coherent result with both sides' work intact. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Well the title says it all
Here are the first measurements on the Max
the benchmark is running
(MxK @ KxM) @ MxKchained.I will probably add some numbers from other M5s before merging.