diff --git a/mlx/backend/cuda/rms_norm.cu b/mlx/backend/cuda/rms_norm.cu
index 7fc4022de..a9fc79f19 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cuda/rms_norm.cu
+++ b/mlx/backend/cuda/rms_norm.cu
@@ -22,26 +22,28 @@ inline __device__ float2 plus_f2(const float2& a, const float2& b) {
 }
 
 // Similar to cub::BlockReduce, but result is broadcasted to every thread.
-template <typename T, int BLOCK_DIM>
+template <typename T, int BLOCK_DIM, int GROUP_DIM = WARP_SIZE>
 struct BlockBroadcastReduce {
-  static_assert(WARP_SIZE <= BLOCK_DIM && BLOCK_DIM <= WARP_SIZE * WARP_SIZE);
-  static_assert(BLOCK_DIM % WARP_SIZE == 0);
-  using TempStorage = T[BLOCK_DIM / WARP_SIZE];
+  using TempStorage = T[std::max(BLOCK_DIM / WARP_SIZE, 1)];
 
   cg::thread_block& block;
   TempStorage& temp;
 
   template <typename Op>
   __device__ T Reduce(const T& input, const Op& op, const T& init_value) {
-    auto warp = cg::tiled_partition<WARP_SIZE>(block);
+    auto warp = cg::tiled_partition<GROUP_DIM>(block);
     T x = cg::reduce(warp, input, op);
-    if (warp.thread_rank() == 0) {
-      temp[warp.meta_group_rank()] = x;
+    if constexpr (BLOCK_DIM > GROUP_DIM) {
+      if (warp.thread_rank() == 0) {
+        temp[warp.meta_group_rank()] = x;
+      }
+      block.sync();
+      x = warp.thread_rank() < warp.meta_group_size() ? temp[warp.thread_rank()]
+                                                      : init_value;
+      return cg::reduce(warp, x, op);
+    } else {
+      return x;
     }
-    block.sync();
-    x = warp.thread_rank() < warp.meta_group_size() ? temp[warp.thread_rank()]
-                                                    : init_value;
-    return cg::reduce(warp, x, op);
   }
 
   __device__ T Sum(const T& input) {
@@ -49,6 +51,52 @@ struct BlockBroadcastReduce {
   }
 };
 
+template <typename T, int BLOCK_DIM, int REDUCE_DIM, int N_READS = 4>
+__global__ void rms_norm_small(
+    const T* x,
+    const T* w,
+    T* out,
+    float eps,
+    uint32_t axis_size,
+    uint32_t n_rows,
+    int64_t w_stride) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
+
+  using BlockReduceT = BlockBroadcastReduce<float, BLOCK_DIM, REDUCE_DIM>;
+  __shared__ typename BlockReduceT::TempStorage temp;
+
+  auto row =
+      (grid.block_rank() * block.dim_threads().y) + block.thread_index().y;
+  if (row >= n_rows) {
+    return;
+  }
+  x += row * axis_size;
+  out += row * axis_size;
+
+  // Normalizer.
+  float normalizer = 0;
+  auto index = block.thread_index().x;
+  auto xn = load_vector<N_READS>(x, index, axis_size, T(0));
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    float t = static_cast<float>(xn[i]);
+    normalizer += t * t;
+  }
+
+  normalizer = BlockReduceT{block, temp}.Sum(normalizer);
+  normalizer = rsqrt(normalizer / axis_size + eps);
+
+  // Outputs.
+  auto wn = load_vector<N_READS>(w, index, axis_size, w_stride, T(0));
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    float y = static_cast<float>(xn[i]) * normalizer;
+    xn[i] = wn[i] * static_cast<T>(y);
+  }
+  store_vector<N_READS>(out, index, xn, axis_size);
+}
+
 template <typename T, int BLOCK_DIM, int N_READS = 4>
 __global__ void rms_norm(
     const T* x,
@@ -94,6 +142,74 @@ __global__ void rms_norm(
   }
 }
 
+template <
+    typename T,
+    bool HAS_W,
+    int BLOCK_DIM,
+    int REDUCE_DIM,
+    int N_READS = 4>
+__global__ void rms_norm_vjp_small(
+    const T* x,
+    const T* w,
+    const T* g,
+    T* gx,
+    T* gw,
+    float eps,
+    int32_t axis_size,
+    int32_t n_rows,
+    int64_t w_stride) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
+
+  using BlockReduceF2 = BlockBroadcastReduce<float2, BLOCK_DIM, REDUCE_DIM>;
+  __shared__ typename BlockReduceF2::TempStorage temp;
+
+  auto row =
+      (grid.block_rank() * block.dim_threads().y) + block.thread_index().y;
+  if (row >= n_rows) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  x += row * axis_size;
+  g += row * axis_size;
+  gx += row * axis_size;
+  gw += row * axis_size;
+
+  // Normalizer.
+  float2 factors = {};
+  auto index = block.thread_index().x;
+  auto xn = load_vector<N_READS>(x, index, axis_size, T(0));
+  auto gn = load_vector<N_READS>(g, index, axis_size, T(0));
+  auto wn = load_vector<N_READS>(w, index, axis_size, w_stride, T(0));
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; i++) {
+    float t = static_cast<float>(xn[i]);
+    float wi = wn[i];
+    float gi = gn[i];
+    float wg = wi * gi;
+    factors = plus_f2(factors, {wg * t, t * t});
+  }
+
+  factors = BlockReduceF2{block, temp}.Reduce(factors, plus_f2, {});
+  float meangwx = factors.x / axis_size;
+  float normalizer = rsqrt(factors.y / axis_size + eps);
+  float normalizer3 = normalizer * normalizer * normalizer;
+
+  // Outputs.
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; i++) {
+    float xi = xn[i];
+    float wi = wn[i];
+    float gi = gn[i];
+    xn[i] = static_cast<T>(normalizer * wi * gi - xi * meangwx * normalizer3);
+    if constexpr (HAS_W) {
+      wn[i] = static_cast<T>(gi * xi * normalizer);
+    }
+  }
+  store_vector<N_READS>(gx, index, xn, axis_size);
+  if constexpr (HAS_W) {
+    store_vector<N_READS>(gw, index, wn, axis_size);
+  }
+}
+
 template <typename T, bool HAS_W, int BLOCK_DIM, int N_READS = 4>
 __global__ void rms_norm_vjp(
     const T* x,
@@ -107,12 +223,8 @@ __global__ void rms_norm_vjp(
   auto grid = cg::this_grid();
   auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
 
-  using BlockReduceF = BlockBroadcastReduce<float, BLOCK_DIM>;
   using BlockReduceF2 = BlockBroadcastReduce<float2, BLOCK_DIM>;
-  __shared__ union {
-    typename BlockReduceF::TempStorage f;
-    typename BlockReduceF2::TempStorage f2;
-  } temp;
+  __shared__ typename BlockReduceF2::TempStorage temp;
 
   x += grid.block_rank() * axis_size;
   g += grid.block_rank() * axis_size;
@@ -134,7 +246,7 @@ __global__ void rms_norm_vjp(
       factors = plus_f2(factors, {wg * t, t * t});
     }
   }
-  factors = BlockReduceF2{block, temp.f2}.Reduce(factors, plus_f2, {});
+  factors = BlockReduceF2{block, temp}.Reduce(factors, plus_f2, {});
   float meangwx = factors.x / axis_size;
   float normalizer = rsqrt(factors.y / axis_size + eps);
   float normalizer3 = normalizer * normalizer * normalizer;
@@ -169,6 +281,43 @@ bool RMSNorm::use_fallback(Stream s) {
   return s.device == Device::cpu;
 }
 
+template <int n_per_thread, typename F>
+void dispatch_group_dim(int axis_size, F&& f) {
+  if (axis_size <= n_per_thread * 8) {
+    f(std::integral_constant<int, 8>{},
+      std::integral_constant<int, 1>(),
+      std::integral_constant<int, 16>());
+  } else if (axis_size <= n_per_thread * 16) {
+    f(std::integral_constant<int, 16>{},
+      std::integral_constant<int, 1>(),
+      std::integral_constant<int, 8>());
+  } else if (axis_size <= n_per_thread * 32) {
+    f(std::integral_constant<int, 32>{},
+      std::integral_constant<int, 1>(),
+      std::integral_constant<int, 4>());
+  } else if (axis_size <= n_per_thread * 32 * 2) {
+    f(std::integral_constant<int, 32>{},
+      std::integral_constant<int, 2>(),
+      std::integral_constant<int, 2>());
+  } else if (axis_size <= n_per_thread * 32 * 4) {
+    f(std::integral_constant<int, 32>{},
+      std::integral_constant<int, 4>(),
+      std::integral_constant<int, 1>());
+  } else if (axis_size <= n_per_thread * 32 * 8) {
+    f(std::integral_constant<int, 32>{},
+      std::integral_constant<int, 8>(),
+      std::integral_constant<int, 1>());
+  } else if (axis_size <= n_per_thread * 32 * 16) {
+    f(std::integral_constant<int, 32>{},
+      std::integral_constant<int, 16>(),
+      std::integral_constant<int, 1>());
+  } else {
+    f(std::integral_constant<int, 32>{},
+      std::integral_constant<int, 32>(),
+      std::integral_constant<int, 1>());
+  }
+}
+
 // TODO: There are duplicate code with backend/metal/normalization.cpp
 void RMSNorm::eval_gpu(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
@@ -216,12 +365,33 @@ void RMSNorm::eval_gpu(
   dispatch_float_types(out.dtype(), "rms_norm", [&](auto type_tag) {
     using DataType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag)>;
     constexpr int N_READS = 16 / sizeof(DataType);
-    dispatch_block_dim(cuda::ceil_div(axis_size, N_READS), [&](auto block_dim) {
-      auto kernel = cu::rms_norm<DataType, block_dim(), N_READS>;
+    if (axis_size <= N_READS * 1024) {
+      dispatch_group_dim<N_READS>(
+          axis_size, [&](auto group_dim, auto n_groups, auto groups_per_block) {
+            constexpr int block_dim = n_groups() * group_dim();
+            auto kernel =
+                cu::rms_norm_small<DataType, block_dim, group_dim(), N_READS>;
+            auto n_blocks =
+                (n_rows + groups_per_block() - 1) / groups_per_block();
+            encoder.add_kernel_node(
+                kernel,
+                n_blocks,
+                {block_dim, groups_per_block()},
+                0,
+                gpu_ptr<DataType>(x),
+                gpu_ptr<DataType>(w),
+                gpu_ptr<DataType>(out),
+                eps_,
+                axis_size,
+                n_rows,
+                w_stride);
+          });
+    } else {
+      auto kernel = cu::rms_norm<DataType, 1024, N_READS>;
       encoder.add_kernel_node(
           kernel,
           n_rows,
-          block_dim(),
+          1024,
           0,
           gpu_ptr<DataType>(x),
           gpu_ptr<DataType>(w),
@@ -229,7 +399,7 @@ void RMSNorm::eval_gpu(
           eps_,
           axis_size,
           w_stride);
-    });
+    }
   });
 }
 
@@ -306,27 +476,51 @@ void RMSNormVJP::eval_gpu(
     dispatch_bool(has_w, [&](auto has_w_constant) {
       using DataType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag)>;
       constexpr int N_READS = 16 / sizeof(DataType);
-      dispatch_block_dim(
-          cuda::ceil_div(axis_size, N_READS), [&](auto block_dim) {
-            auto kernel = cu::rms_norm_vjp<
-                DataType,
-                has_w_constant.value,
-                block_dim(),
-                N_READS>;
-            encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                kernel,
-                n_rows,
-                block_dim(),
-                0,
-                gpu_ptr<DataType>(x),
-                gpu_ptr<DataType>(w),
-                gpu_ptr<DataType>(g),
-                gpu_ptr<DataType>(gx),
-                gpu_ptr<DataType>(gw_temp),
-                eps_,
-                axis_size,
-                w_stride);
-          });
+      if (axis_size <= N_READS * 1024) {
+        dispatch_group_dim<N_READS>(
+            axis_size,
+            [&](auto group_dim, auto n_groups, auto groups_per_block) {
+              constexpr int block_dim = group_dim() * n_groups();
+              auto kernel = cu::rms_norm_vjp_small<
+                  DataType,
+                  has_w_constant.value,
+                  block_dim,
+                  group_dim(),
+                  N_READS>;
+              auto n_blocks =
+                  (n_rows + groups_per_block() - 1) / groups_per_block();
+              encoder.add_kernel_node(
+                  kernel,
+                  n_blocks,
+                  {block_dim, groups_per_block()},
+                  0,
+                  gpu_ptr<DataType>(x),
+                  gpu_ptr<DataType>(w),
+                  gpu_ptr<DataType>(g),
+                  gpu_ptr<DataType>(gx),
+                  gpu_ptr<DataType>(gw_temp),
+                  eps_,
+                  axis_size,
+                  n_rows,
+                  w_stride);
+            });
+      } else {
+        auto kernel =
+            cu::rms_norm_vjp<DataType, has_w_constant.value, 1024, N_READS>;
+        encoder.add_kernel_node(
+            kernel,
+            n_rows,
+            1024,
+            0,
+            gpu_ptr<DataType>(x),
+            gpu_ptr<DataType>(w),
+            gpu_ptr<DataType>(g),
+            gpu_ptr<DataType>(gx),
+            gpu_ptr<DataType>(gw_temp),
+            eps_,
+            axis_size,
+            w_stride);
+      }
     });
   });