added get_device to do reductions on the cpu if metal

* Add gemm_conv

* Add gemm_grouped_conv

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -7,18 +7,9 @@ parameters:
   nightly_build:
     type: boolean
     default: false
-  weekly_build:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
   test_release:
     type: boolean
     default: false
-  linux_release:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  cuda_release:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
 
 jobs:
   build_documentation:
@@ -73,9 +64,9 @@ jobs:
                  git push -f origin gh-pages
 
   linux_build_and_test:
-    docker:
+    machine:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.9
+      image: ubuntu-2204:current
-
+      resource_class: large
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
@@ -87,34 +78,35 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install dependencies
           command: |
-            pip install --upgrade cmake
+            export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-            pip install nanobind==2.4.0
+            export NEEDRESTART_MODE=a
-            pip install numpy
             sudo apt-get update
-            sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
+            sudo apt-get install -y libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
             sudo apt-get install openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev
+            curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
       - run:
           name: Install Python package
           command: |
-            CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF" \
+            uv venv
-              python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace
+            uv pip install cmake
-            CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF" \
+            uv pip install -e ".[dev]" -v
-              python3 setup.py develop
       - run:
           name: Generate package stubs
           command: |
-            echo "stubs"
+            uv pip install typing_extensions
-            pip install typing_extensions
+            uv run --no-project setup.py generate_stubs
-            python setup.py generate_stubs
       - run:
           name: Run Python tests
           command: |
-            python3 -m unittest discover python/tests -v
+            source .venv/bin/activate
+            python -m unittest discover python/tests -v
             mpirun --bind-to none -host localhost:8 -np 8 python python/tests/mpi_test_distributed.py
-            mlx.launch --verbose -n 8 python/tests/ring_test_distributed.py
+            mlx.launch --verbose -n 8 python/tests/ring_test_distributed.py -v 2> >(tee -a stderr.log >&2)
+            if $(grep "\[WARN\]" stderr.log); then echo "Distributed ring test failed"; exit 1; fi
       - run:
           name: Build CPP only
           command: |
+            source .venv/bin/activate
             mkdir -p build && cd build
             cmake .. -DMLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG
             make -j `nproc`
@@ -140,50 +132,49 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install dependencies
           command: |
-            brew install python@3.9
+            HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1 \
-            brew install openmpi
+              brew install openmpi uv
-            python3.9 -m venv env
-            source env/bin/activate
-            pip install --upgrade pip
-            pip install --upgrade cmake
-            pip install nanobind==2.4.0
-            pip install numpy
-            pip install torch
-            pip install tensorflow
-            pip install unittest-xml-reporting
       - run:
           name: Install Python package
           command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
+            uv venv --python 3.9
+            uv pip install \
+              nanobind==2.4.0 \
+              cmake \
+              numpy \
+              torch \
+              tensorflow \
+              unittest-xml-reporting
             DEBUG=1 CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON" \
-              pip install -e . -v
+              uv pip install -e . -v
       - run:
           name: Generate package stubs
           command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
+            uv pip install typing_extensions
-            pip install typing_extensions
+            uv run --no-project setup.py generate_stubs
-            python setup.py generate_stubs
       - run:
           name: Run Python tests
           command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
+            source .venv/bin/activate
             LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=cpu python -m xmlrunner discover -v python/tests -o test-results/cpu
             LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=gpu METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE=1 METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE=0 python -m xmlrunner discover -v python/tests -o test-results/gpu
             mpirun --bind-to none -host localhost:8 -np 8 -x DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib/ python python/tests/mpi_test_distributed.py
-            mlx.launch --verbose -n 8 python/tests/ring_test_distributed.py
+            mlx.launch --verbose -n 8 python/tests/ring_test_distributed.py -v 2> >(tee -a stderr.log >&2)
+            if $(grep "\[WARN\]" stderr.log); then echo "Distributed ring test failed"; exit 1; fi
       - run:
           name: Build example extension
           command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
+            source .venv/bin/activate
             cd examples/extensions
-            pip install -r requirements.txt
+            uv pip install -r requirements.txt
-            python setup.py build_ext -j8
+            uv run --no-project setup.py build_ext --inplace
+            uv run --no-project python test.py
       - store_test_results:
           path: test-results
       - run:
           name: Build CPP only
           command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
+            source .venv/bin/activate
             mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. && make -j `sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
       - run:
           name: Run CPP tests
@@ -192,7 +183,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Build small binary
           command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
+            source .venv/bin/activate
             cd build/
             cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel \
               -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
@@ -204,34 +195,60 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Run Python tests with JIT
           command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
             CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_METAL_JIT=ON" \
-              pip install -e . -v
+              uv pip install -e .
             LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=gpu METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE=1 \
               METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE=0 \
-              python -m xmlrunner discover -v python/tests -o test-results/gpu_jit
+              uv run --no-project python -m xmlrunner discover \
+                -v python/tests \
+                -o test-results/gpu_jit
 
   cuda_build_and_test:
+    parameters:
+      image_date:
+        type: string
+        default: "2023.11.1"
     machine:
-      image: linux-cuda-12:default
+      image: "linux-cuda-12:<< parameters.image_date >>"
       resource_class: gpu.nvidia.small.gen2
     steps:
       - checkout
+      - restore_cache:
+          keys:
+            - cuda-<< parameters.image_date >>-{{ arch }}-
+      - run:
+          name: Install dependencies
+          command: |
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12
+            sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
+            curl -sL https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/v4.11.3/ccache-4.11.3-linux-x86_64.tar.xz | tar xJf -
+            sudo mv ccache-4.11.3-linux-x86_64/ccache /usr/bin/ccache
+            rm -rf ccache-4.11.3-linux-x86_64
+            curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
       - run:
           name: Install Python package
           command: |
-            sudo apt-get update
+            uv venv
-            sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
-            python -m venv env
-            source env/bin/activate
             CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=`which nvcc`" \
-              pip install -e ".[dev]"
+              uv pip install -e ".[dev]" -v
       - run:
           name: Run Python tests
           command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
+            source .venv/bin/activate
             LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=cpu python -m unittest discover python/tests -v
             LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=gpu python -m tests discover python/tests -v
+      - run:
+          name: CCache report
+          command: |
+            ccache --show-stats
+            ccache --zero-stats
+            ccache --max-size 400MB
+            ccache --cleanup
+      - save_cache:
+          key: cuda-<< parameters.image_date >>-{{ arch }}-{{ epoch }}
+          paths:
+            - /home/circleci/.cache/ccache
 
   build_release:
     parameters:
@@ -284,7 +301,18 @@ jobs:
           name: Build Python package
           command: |
             source env/bin/activate
-            << parameters.build_env >> python -m build -w
+            python setup.py clean --all
+            << parameters.build_env >> MLX_BUILD_STAGE=1 python -m build -w
+      - when:
+          condition:
+            equal: ["3.9", << parameters.python_version >>]
+          steps:
+            - run:
+                name: Build common package
+                command: |
+                  source env/bin/activate
+                  python setup.py clean --all
+                  << parameters.build_env >> MLX_BUILD_STAGE=2 python -m build -w
       - when:
           condition: << parameters.build_env >>
           steps:
@@ -301,88 +329,100 @@ jobs:
       python_version:
         type: string
         default: "3.9"
-      extra_env:
+      build_env:
         type: string
-        default: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+        default: ""
-    docker:
+    machine:
-      - image: ubuntu:20.04
+      image: ubuntu-2204:current
+      resource_class: large
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: Build wheel
           command: |
             PYTHON=python<< parameters.python_version >>
-            apt-get update
+            export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-            apt-get upgrade -y
+            export NEEDRESTART_MODE=a
-            DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y install tzdata
+            sudo apt-get update
-            apt-get install -y apt-utils
+            TZ=Etc/UTC sudo apt-get -y install tzdata
-            apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+            sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-            add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
+            sudo apt-get install -y $PYTHON $PYTHON-dev $PYTHON-full
-            apt-get install -y $PYTHON $PYTHON-dev $PYTHON-full
+            sudo apt-get install -y libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
-            apt-get install -y libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
-            apt-get install -y build-essential git
             $PYTHON -m venv env
             source env/bin/activate
             pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install --upgrade cmake
-            pip install nanobind==2.4.0
-            pip install --upgrade setuptools
-            pip install numpy
             pip install auditwheel
             pip install patchelf
             pip install build
             pip install twine
-            << parameters.extra_env >> pip install . -v
+            << parameters.build_env >> pip install ".[dev]" -v
             pip install typing_extensions
             python setup.py generate_stubs
-            << parameters.extra_env >> python -m build --wheel
+            python setup.py clean --all
-            auditwheel show dist/*
+            MLX_BUILD_STAGE=1 << parameters.build_env >> python -m build -w
-            auditwheel repair dist/* --plat manylinux_2_31_x86_64
+            bash python/scripts/repair_linux.sh
-      - run:
+      - when:
-          name: Upload package
+          condition:
-          command: |
+            equal: ["3.9", << parameters.python_version >>]
-            source env/bin/activate
+          steps:
-            twine upload wheelhouse/*
+            - run:
+                name: Build common package
+                command: |
+                  source env/bin/activate
+                  python setup.py clean --all
+                  << parameters.build_env >> MLX_BUILD_STAGE=2 \
+                    python -m build -w
+                  auditwheel repair dist/mlx_cpu*.whl --plat manylinux_2_35_x86_64
+      - when:
+          condition: << parameters.build_env >>
+          steps:
+            - run:
+                name: Upload packages
+                command: |
+                  source env/bin/activate
+                  twine upload wheelhouse/*.whl
       - store_artifacts:
           path: wheelhouse/
 
   build_cuda_release:
     parameters:
-      python_version:
+      build_env:
         type: string
-        default: "3.9"
+        default: ""
-      extra_env:
-        type: string
-        default: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
     machine:
-      image: linux-cuda-12:default
+      image: ubuntu-2204:current
-      resource_class: gpu.nvidia.small.gen2
+      resource_class: large
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: Build wheel
           command: |
+            export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+            export NEEDRESTART_MODE=a
+            wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2404/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
+            sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
             sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install cuda-toolkit-12-9 libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12
             sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
-            python -m venv env
+            sudo apt-get install zip
-            source env/bin/activate
             pip install auditwheel
             pip install patchelf
             pip install build
             pip install twine
-            << parameters.extra_env >> \
+            export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}
+            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda/lib64${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}
+            << parameters.build_env >> MLX_BUILD_STAGE=2 \
               CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=`which nvcc`" \
-              pip install ".[dev]" -v
+              python -m build -w
-            python setup.py generate_stubs
-            << parameters.extra_env >> \
-              CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=`which nvcc`" \
-              python -m build --wheel
             bash python/scripts/repair_cuda.sh
-      - run:
+      - when:
-          name: Upload package
+          condition: << parameters.build_env >>
-          command: |
+          steps:
-            source env/bin/activate
+            - run:
-            twine upload wheelhouse/*.whl
+                name: Upload package
+                command: |
+                  twine upload wheelhouse/*.whl
       - store_artifacts:
           path: wheelhouse/
 
@@ -394,7 +434,6 @@ workflows:
             pattern: "^(?!pull/)[-\\w]+$"
             value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
         - not: << pipeline.parameters.nightly_build >>
-        - not: << pipeline.parameters.weekly_build >>
         - not: << pipeline.parameters.test_release >>
     jobs:
       - mac_build_and_test:
@@ -402,14 +441,16 @@ workflows:
             parameters:
               macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0"]
       - linux_build_and_test
-      - cuda_build_and_test 
+      - cuda_build_and_test:
+          matrix:
+            parameters:
+              image_date: ["2023.11.1", "2025.05.1"]
       - build_documentation 
 
   build_pypi_release:
     when:
       and:
         - not: << pipeline.parameters.nightly_build >>
-        - not: << pipeline.parameters.weekly_build >>
         - not: << pipeline.parameters.test_release >>
     jobs:
       - build_release:
@@ -501,7 +542,16 @@ workflows:
           matrix:
             parameters:
               python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-              extra_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]
+              build_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]
+      - build_cuda_release:
+          filters:
+            tags:
+              only: /^v.*/
+            branches:
+              ignore: /.*/
+          matrix:
+            parameters:
+              build_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]
 
   prb:
     when:
@@ -522,6 +572,9 @@ workflows:
           requires: [ hold ]
       - cuda_build_and_test:
           requires: [ hold ]
+          matrix:
+            parameters:
+              image_date: ["2023.11.1", "2025.05.1"]
   nightly_build:
     when:
       and:
@@ -580,11 +633,17 @@ workflows:
               - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
                 xcode_version: "15.0.0"
                 python_version: "3.13"
-  weekly_build:
+      - build_linux_release:
+          matrix:
+            parameters:
+              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+      - build_cuda_release
+
+  build_dev_release:
     when:
       and:
         - equal: [ main, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-        - << pipeline.parameters.weekly_build >>
+        - << pipeline.parameters.test_release >>
     jobs:
       - build_release:
           matrix:
@@ -654,25 +713,12 @@ workflows:
                 xcode_version: "15.0.0"
                 python_version: "3.13"
                 build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-  linux_test_release:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - equal: [ main, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-        - << pipeline.parameters.linux_release >>
-    jobs:
       - build_linux_release:
           matrix:
             parameters:
               python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-              extra_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]
+              build_env: ["DEV_RELEASE=1"]
-  cuda_test_release:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - equal: [ main, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-        - << pipeline.parameters.cuda_release >>
-    jobs:
       - build_cuda_release:
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+              build_env: ["DEV_RELEASE=1"]
-              extra_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ MLX was developed with contributions from the following individuals:
 - Gleb Pobudzey: Added the `where` primitive, and groups in 1D and 2D convolutions.
 - Paul Paczuski: Improved stability of BCE loss calculation
 - Max-Heinrich Laves: Added `conv_transpose1d`, `conv_transpose2d`, and `conv_transpose3d` ops.
+- Gökdeniz Gülmez: Added the `Muon (MomentUm Orthogonalized by Newton-schulz)` optimizer.
 
 <a href="https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx/graphs/contributors">
   <img class="dark-light" src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=ml-explore/mlx&anon=0&columns=20&max=100&r=true" />

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ option(MLX_BUILD_GGUF "Include support for GGUF format" ON)
 option(MLX_BUILD_SAFETENSORS "Include support for safetensors format" ON)
 option(MLX_BUILD_BLAS_FROM_SOURCE "Build OpenBLAS from source code" OFF)
 option(MLX_METAL_JIT "Use JIT compilation for Metal kernels" OFF)
+option(MLX_USE_CCACHE "Use CCache for compilation cache when available" ON)
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build mlx as a shared library" OFF)
+option(USE_SYSTEM_FMT "Use system's provided fmt library" OFF)
 
 # --------------------- Processor tests -------------------------
 message(
@@ -64,10 +66,17 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
       message(WARNING "Building for x86_64 arch is not officially supported.")
     endif()
   endif()
-
 else()
   set(MLX_BUILD_METAL OFF)
-  message(WARNING "MLX is prioritised for Apple silicon systems using macOS.")
+endif()
+
+if(MLX_USE_CCACHE)
+  find_program(CCACHE_PROGRAM ccache)
+  if(CCACHE_PROGRAM)
+    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
+    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # ----------------------------- Lib -----------------------------
@@ -234,12 +243,16 @@ target_include_directories(
 # Do not add mlx_EXPORTS define for shared library.
 set_target_properties(mlx PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL "")
 
-FetchContent_Declare(
+if(USE_SYSTEM_FMT)
-  fmt
+  find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git
+else()
-  GIT_TAG 10.2.1
+  FetchContent_Declare(
-  EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    fmt
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt)
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git
+    GIT_TAG 10.2.1
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt)
+endif()
 target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:fmt::fmt-header-only>)
 
 if(MLX_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS)

README.md

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ brought to you by Apple machine learning research.
 
 Some key features of MLX include:
 
- - **Familiar APIs**: MLX has a Python API that closely follows NumPy.  MLX
+ - **Familiar APIs**: MLX has a Python API that closely follows NumPy. MLX
    also has fully featured C++, [C](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-c), and
    [Swift](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-swift/) APIs, which closely mirror
-   the Python API.  MLX has higher-level packages like `mlx.nn` and
+   the Python API. MLX has higher-level packages like `mlx.nn` and
    `mlx.optimizers` with APIs that closely follow PyTorch to simplify building
    more complex models.
 
@@ -68,18 +68,23 @@ in the documentation.
 
 ## Installation
 
-MLX is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mlx/). To install the Python API, run:
+MLX is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mlx/). To install MLX on
+macOS, run:
 
-**With `pip`**:
+```bash
-
-```
 pip install mlx
 ```
 
-**With `conda`**:
+To install the CUDA backend on Linux, run:
 
+```bash
+pip install mlx[cuda]
 ```
-conda install -c conda-forge mlx
+
+To install a CPU-only Linux package, run:
+
+```bash
+pip install mlx[cpu]
 ```
 
 Checkout the

benchmarks/cpp/single_ops.cpp

@@ -192,6 +192,22 @@ void time_reductions() {
 
   auto argmin_along_1 = [&a]() { return mx::argmin(a, 1, false); };
   TIME(argmin_along_1);
+
+  auto indices = mx::array({1});
+  auto updates = mx::reshape(mx::array({NAN}), {1, 1, 1});
+  std::vector<int> axes{0};
+  auto b = scatter(a, {indices}, updates, axes);
+  mx::eval(b);
+
+  auto max_along_0 = [&b]() { return mx::max(b, 0, false); };
+  TIME(max_along_0);
+  auto max_along_1 = [&b]() { return mx::max(b, 1, false); };
+  TIME(max_along_1);
+
+  auto min_along_0 = [&b]() { return mx::min(b, 0, false); };
+  TIME(min_along_0);
+  auto min_along_1 = [&b]() { return mx::min(b, 1, false); };
+  TIME(min_along_1);
 }
 
 void time_gather_scatter() {

benchmarks/python/single_ops.py

@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ def time_maximum():
     time_fn(mx.maximum, a, b)
 
 
+def time_max():
+    a = mx.random.uniform(shape=(32, 1024, 1024))
+    a[1, 1] = mx.nan
+    mx.eval(a)
+    time_fn(mx.max, a, 0)
+
+
+def time_min():
+    a = mx.random.uniform(shape=(32, 1024, 1024))
+    a[1, 1] = mx.nan
+    mx.eval(a)
+    time_fn(mx.min, a, 0)
+
+
 def time_negative():
     a = mx.random.uniform(shape=(10000, 1000))
     mx.eval(a)
@@ -108,6 +122,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     time_add()
     time_matmul()
+    time_min()
+    time_max()
     time_maximum()
     time_exp()
     time_negative()

cmake/FindNCCL.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# FindNCCL.cmake This module finds the NVIDIA NCCL library and its include
+# directories.
+
+set(NCCL_ROOT_DIR
+    $ENV{NCCL_ROOT_DIR}
+    CACHE PATH "Folder contains NVIDIA NCCL")
+
+find_path(
+  NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS
+  NAMES nccl.h
+  HINTS ${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR} ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}/include
+        ${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}/include)
+
+if($ENV{USE_STATIC_NCCL})
+  message(
+    STATUS "USE_STATIC_NCCL detected. Linking against static NCCL library")
+  set(NCCL_LIBNAME "libnccl_static.a")
+else()
+  set(NCCL_LIBNAME "nccl")
+endif()
+
+find_library(
+  NCCL_LIBRARIES
+  NAMES ${NCCL_LIBNAME}
+  HINTS ${NCCL_LIB_DIR}
+        ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}
+        ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}/lib
+        ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+        ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}/lib64
+        ${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}/lib
+        ${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}/lib64)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(NCCL DEFAULT_MSG NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS
+                                  NCCL_LIBRARIES)
+
+if(NCCL_FOUND)
+  set(NCCL_HEADER_FILE "${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}/nccl.h")
+  message(
+    STATUS "Determining NCCL version from the header file: ${NCCL_HEADER_FILE}")
+  file(
+    STRINGS ${NCCL_HEADER_FILE} NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION_DEFINED
+    REGEX "^[ \t]*#define[ \t]+NCCL_MAJOR[ \t]+[0-9]+.*$"
+    LIMIT_COUNT 1)
+  if(NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION_DEFINED)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^[ \t]*#define[ \t]+NCCL_MAJOR[ \t]+" ""
+                         NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION ${NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION_DEFINED})
+    message(STATUS "NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION: ${NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION}")
+  endif()
+  message(
+    STATUS
+      "Found NCCL (include: ${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}, library: ${NCCL_LIBRARIES})")
+  mark_as_advanced(NCCL_ROOT_DIR NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS NCCL_LIBRARIES)
+endif()

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 sphinx
 breathe
 sphinx-book-theme
+sphinx-copybutton
 mlx

docs/src/conf.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ release = version
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
 extensions = [
+    "sphinx_copybutton",
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.autosummary",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",

docs/src/dev/custom_metal_kernels.rst

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ relying on a copy from ``ensure_row_contiguous``:
       input_names=["inp"],
       output_names=["out"],
       source=source
+      ensure_row_contiguous=False,
   )
 
   def exp_elementwise(a: mx.array):
@@ -138,7 +139,6 @@ relying on a copy from ``ensure_row_contiguous``:
           threadgroup=(256, 1, 1),
           output_shapes=[a.shape],
           output_dtypes=[a.dtype],
-          ensure_row_contiguous=False,
       )
       return outputs[0]
 

docs/src/dev/extensions.rst

@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ more concrete:
         * representing the vectorized computation and the axis which
         * corresponds to the output vectorized dimension.
         */
-        virtual std::pair<std::vector<array>, std::vector<int>> vmap(
+        std::pair<std::vector<array>, std::vector<int>> vmap(
             const std::vector<array>& inputs,
             const std::vector<int>& axes) override;
 
-        /** Print the primitive. */
+        /** The name of primitive. */
-        void print(std::ostream& os) override {
+        const char* name() const override {
-            os << "Axpby";
+          return "Axpby";
         }
 
         /** Equivalence check **/
@@ -394,14 +394,14 @@ below.
         out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
 
         // Resolve name of kernel
-        std::ostringstream kname;
+        std::stream kname;
-        kname << "axpby_" << "general_" << type_to_name(out);
+        kname = "axpby_general_" + type_to_name(out);
 
         // Load the metal library
-        auto lib = d.get_library("mlx_ext");
+        auto lib = d.get_library("mlx_ext", current_binary_dir());
 
         // Make a kernel from this metal library
-        auto kernel = d.get_kernel(kname.str(), lib);
+        auto kernel = d.get_kernel(kname, lib);
 
         // Prepare to encode kernel
         auto& compute_encoder = d.get_command_encoder(s.index);

docs/src/install.rst

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ silicon computer is
 
     pip install mlx
 
-To install from PyPI you must meet the following requirements:
+To install from PyPI your system must meet the following requirements:
 
 - Using an M series chip (Apple silicon)
 - Using a native Python >= 3.9
@@ -23,22 +23,39 @@ To install from PyPI you must meet the following requirements:
     MLX is only available on devices running macOS >= 13.5
     It is highly recommended to use macOS 14 (Sonoma)
 
-
-MLX is also available on conda-forge. To install MLX with conda do:
-
-.. code-block:: shell
-
-   conda install conda-forge::mlx
-
 CUDA
 ^^^^
 
-MLX has a CUDA backend which you can use on any Linux platform with CUDA 12
+MLX has a CUDA backend which you can install with:
-and SM 7.0 (Volta) and up. To install MLX with CUDA support, run:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-    pip install mlx-cuda
+    pip install mlx[cuda]
+
+To install the CUDA package from PyPi your system must meet the following
+requirements:
+
+- Nvidia architecture >= SM 7.0 (Volta)
+- Nvidia driver >= 550.54.14
+- CUDA toolkit >= 12.0
+- Linux distribution with glibc >= 2.35
+- Python >= 3.9
+
+
+CPU-only (Linux)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For a CPU-only version of MLX that runs on Linux use:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    pip install mlx[cpu]
+
+To install the CPU-only package from PyPi your system must meet the following
+requirements:
+
+- Linux distribution with glibc >= 2.35
+- Python >= 3.9
 
 
 Troubleshooting
@@ -254,7 +271,7 @@ and the CUDA toolkit. For example on Ubuntu, run the following:
    dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
    apt-get update -y
    apt-get -y install cuda-toolkit-12-9
-   apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev -y
+   apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12 -y
 
 
 When building either the Python or C++ APIs make sure to pass the cmake flag

docs/src/python/optimizers.rst

@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ the saved state. Here's a simple example:
    optimizer.update(model, grads)
 
    # Save the state
-   state = tree_flatten(optimizer.state)
+   state = tree_flatten(optimizer.state, destination={})
-   mx.save_safetensors("optimizer.safetensors", dict(state))
+   mx.save_safetensors("optimizer.safetensors", state)
 
    # Later on, for example when loading from a checkpoint,
    # recreate the optimizer and load the state
    optimizer = optim.Adam(learning_rate=1e-2)
 
-   state = tree_unflatten(list(mx.load("optimizer.safetensors").items()))
+   state = tree_unflatten(mx.load("optimizer.safetensors"))
    optimizer.state = state
 
 Note, not every optimizer configuation parameter is saved in the state. For

docs/src/python/optimizers/common_optimizers.rst

@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Common Optimizers
    Adamax
    Lion
    MultiOptimizer
+   Muon

docs/src/usage/compile.rst

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ In some cases returning updated state can be pretty inconvenient. Hence,
   def fun(x, y):
       z = x + y
       state.append(z)
-      return mx.exp(z), state
+      return mx.exp(z)
 
   fun(mx.array(1.0), mx.array(2.0))
   # Prints [array(3, dtype=float32)]

docs/src/usage/export.rst

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ parameters, pass them as inputs to the ``call`` wrapper:
      model.update(tree_unflatten(list(params.items())))
      return model(x)
 
-   params = dict(tree_flatten(model.parameters()))
+   params = tree_flatten(model.parameters(), destination={})
    mx.export_function("model.mlxfn", call, (mx.zeros(4),), params)
 
 

examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright © 2023-2025 Apple Inc.
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -16,6 +17,19 @@
 
 namespace my_ext {
 
+// A helper function to find the location of the current binary on disk.
+// The Metal library ("mlx_ext.mtllib"), should be in the same directory.
+std::string current_binary_dir() {
+  static std::string binary_dir = []() {
+    Dl_info info;
+    if (!dladdr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(&current_binary_dir), &info)) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Unable to get current binary dir.");
+    }
+    return std::filesystem::path(info.dli_fname).parent_path().string();
+  }();
+  return binary_dir;
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Operation Implementation
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -167,16 +181,15 @@ void Axpby::eval_gpu(
   }
 
   // Resolve name of kernel (corresponds to axpby.metal)
-  std::ostringstream kname;
+  std::string kname = "axpby_";
-  kname << "axpby_";
+  kname += (contiguous_kernel ? "contiguous_" : "general_");
-  kname << (contiguous_kernel ? "contiguous_" : "general_");
+  kname += type_to_name(out);
-  kname << type_to_name(out);
 
   // Load the metal library
-  auto lib = d.get_library("mlx_ext");
+  auto lib = d.get_library("mlx_ext", current_binary_dir());
 
   // Make a kernel from this metal library
-  auto kernel = d.get_kernel(kname.str(), lib);
+  auto kernel = d.get_kernel(kname, lib);
 
   // Prepare to encode kernel
   auto& compute_encoder = d.get_command_encoder(s.index);

examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.h

@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class Axpby : public mx::Primitive {
       const std::vector<mx::array>& inputs,
       const std::vector<int>& axes) override;
 
-  /** Print the primitive. */
+  /** The name of primitive. */
-  void print(std::ostream& os) override {
+  const char* name() const override {
-    os << "Axpby";
+    return "Axpby";
   }
 
   /** Equivalence check **/

examples/extensions/requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 setuptools>=42
 cmake>=3.25
 mlx>=0.21.0
-nanobind==2.2.0
+nanobind==2.4.0

examples/extensions/test.py

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ from mlx_sample_extensions import axpby
 
 a = mx.ones((3, 4))
 b = mx.ones((3, 4))
-c = axpby(a, b, 4.0, 2.0, stream=mx.cpu)
+c_cpu = axpby(a, b, 4.0, 2.0, stream=mx.cpu)
+c_gpu = axpby(a, b, 4.0, 2.0, stream=mx.gpu)
 
-print(f"c shape: {c.shape}")
+print(f"c shape: {c_cpu.shape}")
-print(f"c dtype: {c.dtype}")
+print(f"c dtype: {c_cpu.dtype}")
-print(f"c correct: {mx.all(c == 6.0).item()}")
+print(f"c_cpu correct: {mx.all(c_cpu == 6.0).item()}")
+print(f"c_gpu correct: {mx.all(c_gpu == 6.0).item()}")

mlx/array.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "mlx/allocator.h"
 #include "mlx/dtype.h"
 #include "mlx/event.h"
+#include "mlx/small_vector.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ class Primitive;
 
 using Deleter = std::function<void(allocator::Buffer)>;
 using ShapeElem = int32_t;
-using Shape = std::vector<ShapeElem>;
+using Shape = SmallVector<ShapeElem>;
-using Strides = std::vector<int64_t>;
+using Strides = SmallVector<int64_t>;
 
 class array {
   /* An array is really a node in a graph. It contains a shared ArrayDesc

mlx/backend/common/utils.cpp

@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 // Copyright © 2023-2024 Apple Inc.
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
 #include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
-#include "mlx/primitives.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
-std::string get_primitive_string(Primitive* primitive) {
+std::filesystem::path current_binary_dir() {
-  std::ostringstream op_t;
+  static std::filesystem::path binary_dir = []() {
-  primitive->print(op_t);
+    Dl_info info;
-  return op_t.str();
+    if (!dladdr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(&current_binary_dir), &info)) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Unable to get current binary dir.");
+    }
+    return std::filesystem::path(info.dli_fname).parent_path();
+  }();
+  return binary_dir;
 }
 
 std::tuple<Shape, std::vector<Strides>> collapse_contiguous_dims(

mlx/backend/common/utils.h

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
-std::string get_primitive_string(Primitive* primitive);
+// Return the directory that contains current shared library.
+std::filesystem::path current_binary_dir();
 
 inline int64_t
 elem_to_loc(int elem, const Shape& shape, const Strides& strides) {
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ void shared_buffer_reshape(
     array& out);
 
 template <typename T>
-inline std::vector<T> remove_index(std::vector<T> vec, size_t index) {
+inline SmallVector<T> remove_index(SmallVector<T> vec, size_t index) {
   vec.erase(std::next(vec.begin(), index));
   return vec;
 }

mlx/backend/cpu/cholesky.cpp

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void cholesky_impl(const array& a, array& factor, bool upper, Stream stream) {
 
   // The decomposition is computed in place, so just copy the input to the
   // output.
-  copy(
+  copy_cpu(
       a,
       factor,
       a.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General,

mlx/backend/cpu/compiled.cpp

@@ -157,10 +157,12 @@ inline void build_kernel(
 #endif
 
   // Start the kernel
-  os << "void " << kernel_name << "(void** args) {" << std::endl;
+  os << "void " << kernel_name
+     << "(int* shape, int64_t** strides, void** args) {" << std::endl;
 
   // Add the input arguments
   int cnt = 0;
+  int strides_index = 1;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
     // Skip constants from the input list
     if (is_constant(i)) {
@@ -175,8 +177,8 @@ inline void build_kernel(
        << "];" << std::endl;
     // Scalars and contiguous need no strides
     if (!is_scalar(x) && !contiguous) {
-      os << "  const size_t* " << xname << "_strides = (size_t*)args[" << cnt++
+      os << "  const int64_t* " << xname << "_strides = strides["
-         << "];" << std::endl;
+         << strides_index++ << "];" << std::endl;
     }
   }
 
@@ -186,10 +188,8 @@ inline void build_kernel(
     os << "  " << tstr << "* " << namer.get_name(x) << " = (" << tstr
        << "*)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
   }
-  // Add output strides and shape to extract the indices.
+  // Add output size
-  if (!contiguous) {
+  if (contiguous) {
-    os << "  const int* shape = (int*)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
-  } else {
     os << "  const size_t size = (size_t)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
   }
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ inline void build_kernel(
       os << "static_cast<" << get_type_string(x.dtype()) << ">(tmp_"
          << namer.get_name(x.inputs()[0]) << ");" << std::endl;
     } else {
-      x.primitive().print(os);
+      os << x.primitive().name();
       os << "()(";
       for (int i = 0; i < x.inputs().size() - 1; i++) {
         os << "tmp_" << namer.get_name(x.inputs()[i]) << ", ";
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ void Compiled::eval_cpu(
 
   // Collect function input arguments.
   std::vector<void*> args;
-  int strides_index = 1;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
     if (is_constant_(i)) {
       continue;
@@ -298,9 +297,6 @@ void Compiled::eval_cpu(
     const auto& x = inputs[i];
     encoder.set_input_array(x);
     args.push_back((void*)x.data<void>());
-    if (!contiguous && !is_scalar(x)) {
-      args.push_back(strides[strides_index++].data());
-    }
   }
 
   // Get the kernel name from the lib
@@ -335,16 +331,20 @@ void Compiled::eval_cpu(
     args.push_back(x.data<void>());
     encoder.set_output_array(x);
   }
-  if (!contiguous) {
+  if (contiguous) {
-    args.push_back((void*)shape.data());
-  } else {
     args.push_back((void*)outputs[0].data_size());
   }
-  auto fun = (void (*)(void**))fn_ptr;
+  auto fun = reinterpret_cast<void (*)(int*, int64_t**, void**)>(fn_ptr);
   encoder.dispatch([fun,
                     args = std::move(args),
                     strides = std::move(strides),
-                    shape = std::move(shape)]() mutable { fun(args.data()); });
+                    shape = std::move(shape)]() mutable {
+    SmallVector<int64_t*> strides_ptrs;
+    for (auto& s : strides) {
+      strides_ptrs.push_back(s.data());
+    }
+    fun(shape.data(), strides_ptrs.data(), args.data());
+  });
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cpu/conv.cpp

@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_1D_cpu(
   // Fill with zeros
   std::vector<array> temps;
   temps.push_back(array(0, conv_dtype));
-  copy(temps.back(), in_padded, CopyType::Scalar, stream);
+  copy_cpu(temps.back(), in_padded, CopyType::Scalar, stream);
 
   // Pick input slice from padded
   size_t data_offset = padding_lo[0] * in_padded.strides()[1];
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_1D_cpu(
       in_padded_slice.size(),
       data_offset);
   // Copy input values into the slice
-  copy_inplace(in, in_padded_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
+  copy_cpu_inplace(in, in_padded_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
   temps.push_back(in_padded_slice);
 
   // Make strided view
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_1D_cpu(
   // Materialize strided view
   Shape strided_reshape = {N * oH, wH * C};
   array in_strided(strided_reshape, in_strided_view.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  copy(in_strided_view, in_strided, CopyType::General, stream);
+  copy_cpu(in_strided_view, in_strided, CopyType::General, stream);
   temps.push_back(in_strided);
 
   // Check wt dtype and prepare
@@ -938,13 +938,13 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_1D_cpu(
         wt.size(),
         0);
     gemm_wt = array(wt_transpose.shape(), float32, nullptr, {});
-    copy(wt_transpose, gemm_wt, CopyType::General, stream);
+    copy_cpu(wt_transpose, gemm_wt, CopyType::General, stream);
     temps.push_back(gemm_wt);
   } else if (wt.dtype() != float32 || !wt.flags().row_contiguous) {
     auto ctype =
         wt.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
     gemm_wt = array(wt.shape(), float32, nullptr, {});
-    copy(wt, gemm_wt, ctype, stream);
+    copy_cpu(wt, gemm_wt, ctype, stream);
     temps.push_back(gemm_wt);
   }
 
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_1D_cpu(
 
   // Copy results if needed
   if (out.dtype() != float32) {
-    copy_inplace(gemm_out, out, CopyType::Vector, stream);
+    copy_cpu_inplace(gemm_out, out, CopyType::Vector, stream);
   }
   encoder.add_temporaries(std::move(temps));
 }
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_2D_cpu(
   // Fill with zeros
   std::vector<array> temps;
   temps.push_back(array(0, conv_dtype));
-  copy(temps.back(), in_padded, CopyType::Scalar, stream);
+  copy_cpu(temps.back(), in_padded, CopyType::Scalar, stream);
 
   // Pick input slice from padded
   size_t data_offset = padding_lo[0] * in_padded.strides()[1] +
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_2D_cpu(
   temps.push_back(in_padded_slice);
 
   // Copy input values into the slice
-  copy_inplace(in, in_padded_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
+  copy_cpu_inplace(in, in_padded_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
 
   // Make strided view
   Shape strided_shape = {N, oH, oW, wH, wW, C};
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_2D_cpu(
   // Materialize strided view
   Shape strided_reshape = {N * oH * oW, wH * wW * C};
   array in_strided(strided_reshape, in_strided_view.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  copy(in_strided_view, in_strided, CopyType::General, stream);
+  copy_cpu(in_strided_view, in_strided, CopyType::General, stream);
   temps.push_back(in_strided);
 
   // Check wt dtype and prepare
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_2D_cpu(
     auto ctype =
         wt.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
     gemm_wt = array(wt.shape(), float32, nullptr, {});
-    copy(wt, gemm_wt, ctype, stream);
+    copy_cpu(wt, gemm_wt, ctype, stream);
     temps.push_back(gemm_wt);
   }
 
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_2D_cpu(
 
   // Copy results if needed
   if (out.dtype() != float32) {
-    copy_inplace(gemm_out, out, CopyType::Vector, stream);
+    copy_cpu_inplace(gemm_out, out, CopyType::Vector, stream);
   }
   encoder.add_temporaries(std::move(temps));
 }
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_ND_cpu(
 
   // Fill with zeros
   std::vector<array> temps = {array(0, conv_dtype)};
-  copy(temps.back(), in_padded, CopyType::Scalar, stream);
+  copy_cpu(temps.back(), in_padded, CopyType::Scalar, stream);
 
   // Pick input slice from padded
   size_t data_offset = 0;
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_ND_cpu(
       data_offset);
 
   // Copy input values into the slice
-  copy_inplace(in, in_padded_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
+  copy_cpu_inplace(in, in_padded_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
   temps.push_back(in_padded_slice);
 
   // Make strided view
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_ND_cpu(
   }
 
   array in_strided(strided_reshape, in_strided_view.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  copy(in_strided_view, in_strided, CopyType::General, stream);
+  copy_cpu(in_strided_view, in_strided, CopyType::General, stream);
   temps.push_back(in_strided);
 
   // Check wt dtype and prepare
@@ -1223,13 +1223,13 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_ND_cpu(
     auto ctype =
         wt.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
     gemm_wt = array(wt.shape(), float32, nullptr, {});
-    copy(wt, gemm_wt, ctype, stream);
+    copy_cpu(wt, gemm_wt, ctype, stream);
     temps.push_back(gemm_wt);
   }
 
   if (flip) {
     auto gemm_wt_ = array(gemm_wt.shape(), float32, nullptr, {});
-    copy(gemm_wt, gemm_wt_, CopyType::Vector, stream);
+    copy_cpu(gemm_wt, gemm_wt_, CopyType::Vector, stream);
     temps.push_back(gemm_wt_);
 
     // Calculate the total size of the spatial dimensions
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_ND_cpu(
 
   // Copy results if needed
   if (out.dtype() != float32) {
-    copy_inplace(gemm_out, out, CopyType::Vector, stream);
+    copy_cpu_inplace(gemm_out, out, CopyType::Vector, stream);
   }
   encoder.add_temporaries(std::move(temps));
 }

mlx/backend/cpu/copy.cpp

@@ -295,7 +295,11 @@ inline void copy_inplace_dispatch(
 
 } // namespace
 
-void copy_inplace(const array& src, array& dst, CopyType ctype, Stream stream) {
+void copy_cpu_inplace(
+    const array& src,
+    array& dst,
+    CopyType ctype,
+    Stream stream) {
   auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
   encoder.set_input_array(src);
   encoder.set_output_array(dst);
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ void copy_inplace(const array& src, array& dst, CopyType ctype, Stream stream) {
        ctype]() mutable { copy_inplace_dispatch(src, dst, ctype); });
 }
 
-void copy(const array& src, array& dst, CopyType ctype, Stream stream) {
+void copy_cpu(const array& src, array& dst, CopyType ctype, Stream stream) {
   bool donated = set_copy_output_data(src, dst, ctype);
   if (donated && src.dtype() == dst.dtype()) {
     // If the output has the same type as the input then there is nothing to
@@ -315,10 +319,10 @@ void copy(const array& src, array& dst, CopyType ctype, Stream stream) {
   if (ctype == CopyType::GeneralGeneral) {
     ctype = CopyType::General;
   }
-  copy_inplace(src, dst, ctype, stream);
+  copy_cpu_inplace(src, dst, ctype, stream);
 }
 
-void copy_inplace(
+void copy_cpu_inplace(
     const array& src,
     array& dst,
     const Shape& data_shape,
@@ -373,4 +377,10 @@ void copy_inplace(
       });
 }
 
+array contiguous_copy_cpu(const array& arr, Stream stream) {
+  array arr_copy(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  copy_cpu(arr, arr_copy, CopyType::General, stream);
+  return arr_copy;
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cpu/copy.h

@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
-void copy(const array& src, array& dst, CopyType ctype, Stream stream);
+void copy_cpu(const array& src, array& dst, CopyType ctype, Stream stream);
-void copy_inplace(const array& src, array& dst, CopyType ctype, Stream stream);
+void copy_cpu_inplace(
+    const array& src,
+    array& dst,
+    CopyType ctype,
+    Stream stream);
 
-void copy_inplace(
+void copy_cpu_inplace(
     const array& src,
     array& dst,
     const Shape& data_shape,
@@ -26,4 +30,7 @@ void copy_inplace(
     const std::optional<array>& dynamic_i_offset = std::nullopt,
     const std::optional<array>& dynamic_o_offset = std::nullopt);
 
+// Return a contiguous array with same shape that copies the data of |arr|.
+array contiguous_copy_cpu(const array& arr, Stream stream);
+
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cpu/distributed.cpp

@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ std::pair<array, bool> ensure_row_contiguous(const array& arr, Stream stream) {
   if (arr.flags().row_contiguous) {
     return {arr, false};
   } else {
-    array arr_copy(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+    return {contiguous_copy_cpu(arr, stream), true};
-    copy(arr, arr_copy, CopyType::General, stream);
-    return {arr_copy, true};
   }
 };
 
@@ -34,8 +32,7 @@ void AllReduce::eval_cpu(
       }
       return in;
     } else {
-      array arr_copy(in.shape(), in.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+      array arr_copy = contiguous_copy_cpu(in, s);
-      copy(in, arr_copy, CopyType::General, s);
       out.copy_shared_buffer(arr_copy);
       return arr_copy;
     }

mlx/backend/cpu/eig.cpp

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void Eig::eval_cpu(
       : array(a.shape(), complex64, nullptr, {});
 
   auto a_copy = array(a.shape(), a.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  copy(
+  copy_cpu(
       a,
       a_copy,
       a.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General,

mlx/backend/cpu/eigh.cpp

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void Eigh::eval_cpu(
 
   values.set_data(allocator::malloc(values.nbytes()));
 
-  copy(
+  copy_cpu(
       a,
       vectors,
       a.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General,

mlx/backend/cpu/hadamard.cpp

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void Hadamard::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   if (in.flags().row_contiguous && in.is_donatable()) {
     out.copy_shared_buffer(in);
   } else {
-    copy(
+    copy_cpu(
         in,
         out,
         in.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General,

mlx/backend/cpu/indexing.cpp

@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ void Scatter::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   // Copy src into out (copy allocates memory for out)
   auto ctype =
       src.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
-  copy(src, out, ctype, stream());
+  copy_cpu(src, out, ctype, stream());
 
   auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
   std::vector<array> inds;
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ void ScatterAxis::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   // Copy src into out (copy allocates memory for out)
   auto ctype =
       src.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
-  copy(src, out, ctype, stream());
+  copy_cpu(src, out, ctype, stream());
 
   auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
   encoder.set_input_array(idx);

mlx/backend/cpu/inverse.cpp

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void inverse_impl(
   //   (A⁻¹)ᵀ = (Aᵀ)⁻¹
 
   // The inverse is computed in place, so just copy the input to the output.
-  copy(
+  copy_cpu(
       a,
       inv,
       a.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General,

mlx/backend/cpu/jit_compiler.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/jit_compiler.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <vector>
 

mlx/backend/cpu/lapack.h

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(orgqr)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(syevd)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(geev)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(potrf)
-INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(gesvdx)
+INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(gesdd)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(getrf)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(getri)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(trtri)

mlx/backend/cpu/logsumexp.cpp

@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ void LogSumExp::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
     if (x.flags().contiguous && x.strides()[x.ndim() - 1] == 1) {
       return x;
     } else {
-      auto x_copy = array(x.shape(), x.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+      array x_copy = contiguous_copy_cpu(x, s);
-      copy(x, x_copy, CopyType::General, s);
       encoder.add_temporary(x_copy);
       return x_copy;
     }

mlx/backend/cpu/luf.cpp

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void luf_impl(
   strides[ndim - 1] = M;
   strides[ndim - 2] = 1;
   lu.set_data(allocator::malloc(lu.nbytes()), lu.nbytes(), strides, flags);
-  copy_inplace(
+  copy_cpu_inplace(
       a,
       lu,
       a.shape(),

mlx/backend/cpu/masked_mm.cpp

@@ -124,21 +124,20 @@ void BlockMaskedMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
         if (!expand_all && stx == arr.shape(-1) && sty == 1) {
           if (do_copy) {
             array arr_copy(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-            copy(arr, arr_copy, CopyType::Vector, s);
+            copy_cpu(arr, arr_copy, CopyType::Vector, s);
             return std::make_tuple(false, stx, arr_copy, true);
           }
           return std::make_tuple(false, stx, arr, false);
         } else if (!expand_all && stx == 1 && sty == arr.shape(-2)) {
           if (do_copy) {
             array arr_copy(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-            copy(arr, arr_copy, CopyType::Vector, s);
+            copy_cpu(arr, arr_copy, CopyType::Vector, s);
             return std::make_tuple(true, sty, arr_copy, true);
           }
           return std::make_tuple(true, sty, arr, false);
         } else {
-          array arr_copy(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-          copy(arr, arr_copy, CopyType::General, s);
           int64_t stx = arr.shape(-1);
+          array arr_copy = contiguous_copy_cpu(arr, s);
           return std::make_tuple(false, stx, arr_copy, true);
         }
       };
@@ -386,7 +385,7 @@ void GatherMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
       return std::make_tuple(true, sty, arr);
     } else {
       temps.push_back(array(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {}));
-      copy(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, s);
+      copy_cpu(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, s);
       int64_t stx = arr.shape(-1);
       return std::make_tuple(false, stx, temps.back());
     }
@@ -504,7 +503,7 @@ void SegmentedMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
       return std::make_tuple(true, sty, x);
     } else {
       array xc(x.shape(), x.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-      copy(x, xc, CopyType::General, s);
+      copy_cpu(x, xc, CopyType::General, s);
       encoder.add_temporary(xc);
       int64_t stx = x.shape(-1);
       return std::make_tuple(false, stx, xc);

mlx/backend/cpu/matmul.cpp

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void matmul_general(
       return std::make_tuple(true, sty, arr);
     } else {
       temps.push_back(array(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {}));
-      copy(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, stream);
+      copy_cpu(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, stream);
       stx = arr.shape(-1);
       return std::make_tuple(false, stx, temps.back());
     }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void AddMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   CopyType ctype = c.data_size() == 1
       ? CopyType::Scalar
       : (c.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General);
-  copy(c, out, ctype, stream());
+  copy_cpu(c, out, ctype, stream());
   if (inputs[0].shape(-1) == 0) {
     return;
   }

mlx/backend/cpu/primitives.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void reshape(const array& in, array& out) {
   auto [copy_necessary, out_strides] = prepare_reshape(in, out);
   if (copy_necessary) {
     out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
-    copy_inplace(in, out, CopyType::General, out.primitive().stream());
+    copy_cpu_inplace(in, out, CopyType::General, out.primitive().stream());
   } else {
     shared_buffer_reshape(in, out_strides, out);
   }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void AsType::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 1);
   auto& in = inputs[0];
   CopyType ctype = in.flags().contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
-  copy(in, out, ctype, stream());
+  copy_cpu(in, out, ctype, stream());
 }
 
 void Concatenate::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void Concatenate::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
     size_t data_offset = strides[axis_] * sizes[i];
     out_slice.copy_shared_buffer(
         out, strides, flags, out_slice.size(), data_offset);
-    copy_inplace(inputs[i], out_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream());
+    copy_cpu_inplace(inputs[i], out_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream());
   }
 }
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void Contiguous::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
        (allow_col_major_ && in.flags().col_contiguous))) {
     out.copy_shared_buffer(in);
   } else {
-    copy(in, out, CopyType::General, stream());
+    copy_cpu(in, out, CopyType::General, stream());
   }
 }
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void Full::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   } else {
     ctype = CopyType::General;
   }
-  copy(in, out, ctype, stream());
+  copy_cpu(in, out, ctype, stream());
 }
 
 void Pad::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ void Pad::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(val.dtype() == in.dtype() && in.dtype() == out.dtype());
 
   // Fill output with val
-  copy(val, out, CopyType::Scalar, stream());
+  copy_cpu(val, out, CopyType::Scalar, stream());
 
   // Find offset for start of input values
   size_t data_offset = 0;
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void Pad::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
       out, out.strides(), out.flags(), out_slice.size(), data_offset);
 
   // Copy input values into the slice
-  copy_inplace(in, out_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream());
+  copy_cpu_inplace(in, out_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream());
 }
 
 void RandomBits::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void DynamicSlice::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
   auto [in_offset, donated] =
       compute_dynamic_offset(inputs[1], in.strides(), axes_, stream());
-  copy_inplace(
+  copy_cpu_inplace(
       /* const array& src = */ in,
       /* array& dst = */ out,
       /* const Shape& data_shape = */ out.shape(),
@@ -372,11 +372,11 @@ void DynamicSliceUpdate::eval_cpu(
   auto ctype = in.flags().contiguous && in.size() == in.data_size()
       ? CopyType::Vector
       : CopyType::General;
-  copy(in, out, in.data_size() == 1 ? CopyType::Scalar : ctype, stream());
+  copy_cpu(in, out, in.data_size() == 1 ? CopyType::Scalar : ctype, stream());
 
   auto [out_offset, donated] =
       compute_dynamic_offset(inputs[2], out.strides(), axes_, stream());
-  copy_inplace(
+  copy_cpu_inplace(
       /* const array& src = */ upd,
       /* array& dst = */ out,
       /* const std::vector<int>& data_shape = */ upd.shape(),
@@ -412,14 +412,14 @@ void SliceUpdate::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   auto ctype = in.flags().contiguous && in.size() == in.data_size()
       ? CopyType::Vector
       : CopyType::General;
-  copy(in, out, in.data_size() == 1 ? CopyType::Scalar : ctype, stream());
+  copy_cpu(in, out, in.data_size() == 1 ? CopyType::Scalar : ctype, stream());
 
   // Calculate out strides, initial offset and if copy needs to be made
   auto [data_offset, out_strides] =
       prepare_slice(out, start_indices_, strides_);
 
   // Do copy
-  copy_inplace(
+  copy_cpu_inplace(
       /* const array& src = */ upd,
       /* array& dst = */ out,
       /* const std::vector<int>& data_shape = */ upd.shape(),
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ void View::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
     if (in.dtype() == bool_) {
       auto in_tmp = array(in.shape(), uint8, nullptr, {});
       in_tmp.copy_shared_buffer(in);
-      copy_inplace(in_tmp, tmp, CopyType::General, stream());
+      copy_cpu_inplace(in_tmp, tmp, CopyType::General, stream());
     } else {
-      copy_inplace(in, tmp, CopyType::General, stream());
+      copy_cpu_inplace(in, tmp, CopyType::General, stream());
     }
 
     auto flags = out.flags();

mlx/backend/cpu/qrf.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void qrf_impl(const array& a, array& q, array& r, Stream stream) {
   strides[in.ndim() - 2] = 1;
   strides[in.ndim() - 1] = M;
   in.set_data(allocator::malloc(in.nbytes()), in.nbytes(), strides, flags);
-  copy_inplace(a, in, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
+  copy_cpu_inplace(a, in, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
   auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
   q.set_data(allocator::malloc(q.nbytes()));
   r.set_data(allocator::malloc(r.nbytes()));

mlx/backend/cpu/quantized.cpp

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ void QuantizedMatmul::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
       return arr;
     } else {
       temps.push_back(array(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {}));
-      copy(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, s);
+      copy_cpu(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, s);
       return temps.back();
     }
   };
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ void GatherQMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
       return arr;
     } else {
       temps.push_back(array(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {}));
-      copy(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, s);
+      copy_cpu(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, s);
       return temps.back();
     }
   };
@@ -712,9 +712,7 @@ void fast::AffineQuantize::eval_cpu(
     if (arr.flags().row_contiguous) {
       return std::make_pair(arr, false);
     } else {
-      array arr_copy(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+      return std::make_pair(contiguous_copy_cpu(arr, s), true);
-      copy(arr, arr_copy, CopyType::General, s);
-      return std::make_pair(arr_copy, true);
     }
   };
 

mlx/backend/cpu/reduce.cpp

@@ -325,7 +325,15 @@ struct MaxReduce {
   };
 
   template <int N, typename T>
-  T operator()(simd::Simd<T, N> x) {
+  std::enable_if_t<std::is_integral_v<T>, T> operator()(simd::Simd<T, N> x) {
+    return simd::max(x);
+  };
+
+  template <int N, typename T>
+  std::enable_if_t<!std::is_integral_v<T>, T> operator()(simd::Simd<T, N> x) {
+    if (simd::any(x != x)) {
+      return static_cast<T>(NAN);
+    }
     return simd::max(x);
   };
 };
@@ -342,7 +350,15 @@ struct MinReduce {
   };
 
   template <int N, typename T>
-  T operator()(simd::Simd<T, N> x) {
+  std::enable_if_t<std::is_integral_v<T>, T> operator()(simd::Simd<T, N> x) {
+    return simd::min(x);
+  };
+
+  template <int N, typename T>
+  std::enable_if_t<!std::is_integral_v<T>, T> operator()(simd::Simd<T, N> x) {
+    if (simd::any(x != x)) {
+      return static_cast<T>(NAN);
+    }
     return simd::min(x);
   };
 };
@@ -475,19 +491,27 @@ void Reduce::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
         switch (in.dtype()) {
           case bool_:
           case uint8:
+            reduce_dispatch_sum_prod<uint8_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
+            break;
+          case uint16:
+            reduce_dispatch_sum_prod<uint16_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
+            break;
+          case uint32:
+            reduce_dispatch_sum_prod<uint32_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
+            break;
+          case uint64:
+            reduce_dispatch_sum_prod<uint64_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
+            break;
           case int8:
             reduce_dispatch_sum_prod<int8_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
             break;
           case int16:
-          case uint16:
             reduce_dispatch_sum_prod<int16_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
             break;
           case int32:
-          case uint32:
             reduce_dispatch_sum_prod<int32_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
             break;
           case int64:
-          case uint64:
             reduce_dispatch_sum_prod<int64_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
             break;
           case float16:
@@ -527,10 +551,10 @@ void Reduce::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
             reduce_dispatch_min_max<uint64_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
             break;
           case int8:
-            reduce_dispatch_min_max<uint8_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
+            reduce_dispatch_min_max<int8_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
             break;
           case int16:
-            reduce_dispatch_min_max<uint16_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
+            reduce_dispatch_min_max<int16_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);
             break;
           case int32:
             reduce_dispatch_min_max<int32_t>(in, out, reduce_type_, axes_);

mlx/backend/cpu/scan.cpp

@@ -250,10 +250,8 @@ void Scan::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   // Ensure contiguity
   auto in = inputs[0];
   if (!in.flags().row_contiguous) {
-    array arr_copy(in.shape(), in.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+    in = contiguous_copy_cpu(in, stream());
-    copy(in, arr_copy, CopyType::General, stream());
+    encoder.add_temporary(in);
-    in = arr_copy;
-    encoder.add_temporary(arr_copy);
   }
   out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
 

mlx/backend/cpu/softmax.cpp

@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ void Softmax::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
       }
       return x;
     } else {
-      array x_copy(x.shape(), x.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+      array x_copy = contiguous_copy_cpu(x, s);
-      copy(x, x_copy, CopyType::General, s);
       out.copy_shared_buffer(x_copy);
       return x_copy;
     }

mlx/backend/cpu/sort.cpp

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/copy.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/encoder.h"
-
+#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
@@ -333,45 +333,24 @@ void Sort::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 1);
   auto& in = inputs[0];
 
+  int axis = axis_;
+  if (axis < 0) {
+    axis += in.ndim();
+  }
+
   // Copy input to output
-  CopyType ctype = in.flags().contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
+  CopyType ctype = (in.flags().contiguous && in.strides()[axis] != 0)
-  copy(in, out, ctype, stream());
+      ? CopyType::Vector
+      : CopyType::General;
+  copy_cpu(in, out, ctype, stream());
 
   auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
   encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  encoder.dispatch(
+  encoder.dispatch([out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out), axis]() mutable {
-      [out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out), axis_ = axis_]() mutable {
+    dispatch_all_types(out.dtype(), [&](auto type_tag) {
-        switch (out.dtype()) {
+      sort<MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag)>(out, axis);
-          case bool_:
+    });
-            return sort<bool>(out, axis_);
+  });
-          case uint8:
-            return sort<uint8_t>(out, axis_);
-          case uint16:
-            return sort<uint16_t>(out, axis_);
-          case uint32:
-            return sort<uint32_t>(out, axis_);
-          case uint64:
-            return sort<uint64_t>(out, axis_);
-          case int8:
-            return sort<int8_t>(out, axis_);
-          case int16:
-            return sort<int16_t>(out, axis_);
-          case int32:
-            return sort<int32_t>(out, axis_);
-          case int64:
-            return sort<int64_t>(out, axis_);
-          case float32:
-            return sort<float>(out, axis_);
-          case float64:
-            return sort<double>(out, axis_);
-          case float16:
-            return sort<float16_t>(out, axis_);
-          case bfloat16:
-            return sort<bfloat16_t>(out, axis_);
-          case complex64:
-            return sort<complex64_t>(out, axis_);
-        }
-      });
 }
 
 void ArgPartition::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
@@ -426,8 +405,10 @@ void Partition::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   auto& in = inputs[0];
 
   // Copy input to output
-  CopyType ctype = in.flags().contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
+  CopyType ctype = (in.flags().contiguous && in.strides()[axis_] != 0)
-  copy(in, out, ctype, stream());
+      ? CopyType::Vector
+      : CopyType::General;
+  copy_cpu(in, out, ctype, stream());
 
   auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
   encoder.set_output_array(out);

mlx/backend/cpu/svd.cpp

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void svd_impl(
 
   // lapack clobbers the input, so we have to make a copy.
   array in(a.shape(), a.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  copy(
+  copy_cpu(
       a,
       in,
       a.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General,
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ void svd_impl(
     // Vᵀ of shape N x N. (M x M in lapack).
     const int ldvt = M;
 
-    auto job_u = (u_ptr) ? "V" : "N";
+    auto jobz = (u_ptr) ? "A" : "N";
-    auto job_vt = (u_ptr) ? "V" : "N";
-    static constexpr auto range = "A";
 
     // Will contain the number of singular values after the call has returned.
     int ns = 0;
@@ -91,30 +89,20 @@ void svd_impl(
 
     // Will contain the indices of eigenvectors that failed to converge (not
     // used here but required by lapack).
-    auto iwork = array::Data{allocator::malloc(sizeof(int) * 12 * K)};
+    auto iwork = array::Data{allocator::malloc(sizeof(int) * 8 * K)};
 
     static const int lwork_query = -1;
 
-    static const int ignored_int = 0;
-    static const T ignored_float = 0;
-
     int info;
 
     // Compute workspace size.
-    gesvdx<T>(
+    gesdd<T>(
-        /* jobu = */ job_u,
+        /* jobz = */ jobz,
-        /* jobvt = */ job_vt,
-        /* range = */ range,
         // M and N are swapped since lapack expects column-major.
         /* m = */ &N,
         /* n = */ &M,
         /* a = */ nullptr,
         /* lda = */ &lda,
-        /* vl = */ &ignored_float,
-        /* vu = */ &ignored_float,
-        /* il = */ &ignored_int,
-        /* iu = */ &ignored_int,
-        /* ns = */ &ns,
         /* s = */ nullptr,
         /* u = */ nullptr,
         /* ldu = */ &ldu,
@@ -136,20 +124,13 @@ void svd_impl(
 
     // Loop over matrices.
     for (int i = 0; i < num_matrices; i++) {
-      gesvdx<T>(
+      gesdd<T>(
-          /* jobu = */ job_u,
+          /* jobz = */ jobz,
-          /* jobvt = */ job_vt,
-          /* range = */ range,
           // M and N are swapped since lapack expects column-major.
           /* m = */ &N,
           /* n = */ &M,
           /* a = */ in_ptr + M * N * i,
           /* lda = */ &lda,
-          /* vl = */ &ignored_float,
-          /* vu = */ &ignored_float,
-          /* il = */ &ignored_int,
-          /* iu = */ &ignored_int,
-          /* ns = */ &ns,
           /* s = */ s_ptr + K * i,
           // According to the identity above, lapack will write Vᵀᵀ as U.
           /* u = */ vt_ptr ? vt_ptr + N * N * i : nullptr,
@@ -167,13 +148,6 @@ void svd_impl(
         ss << "svd_impl: sgesvdx_ failed with code " << info;
         throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
       }
-
-      if (ns != K) {
-        std::stringstream ss;
-        ss << "svd_impl: expected " << K << " singular values, but " << ns
-           << " were computed.";
-        throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
-      }
     }
   });
   encoder.add_temporary(in);

mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 target_sources(
   mlx
   PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/allocator.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arange.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arg_reduce.cu
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/binary.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/binary_two.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compiled.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy.cu
@@ -15,18 +15,25 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy/copy_general.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy/copy_general_dynamic.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy/copy_general_input.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conv.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conv/gemm_conv.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conv/gemm_grouped_conv.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cuda.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cudnn_utils.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/device.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/distributed.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/eval.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/event.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/fence.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gemms/gemv.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gemms/cublas_gemm.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jit_module.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/indexing.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernel_utils.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/matmul.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/layer_norm.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logsumexp.cu
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/primitives.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/primitives.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/random.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/reduce.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/reduce/all_reduce.cu
@@ -35,14 +42,28 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/reduce/row_reduce.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rms_norm.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rope.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scaled_dot_product_attention.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scan.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/slicing.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/softmax.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sort.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ternary.cu
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unary.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/quantized/affine_quantize.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/quantized/quantized.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/worker.cpp)
 
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/binary)
+add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unary)
+
+if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12.9.0)
+  target_sources(
+    mlx PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gemms/cublas_gemm_batched_12_9.cu)
+else()
+  target_sources(
+    mlx PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gemms/cublas_gemm_batched_12_0.cpp)
+endif()
+
 target_compile_definitions(mlx PRIVATE MLX_USE_CUDA)
 
 # Embed kernel sources in binary for JIT compilation.
@@ -67,6 +88,11 @@ target_include_directories(mlx PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gen")
 target_compile_options(mlx
                        PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:--extended-lambda>")
 
+# Enable calling host constexpr functions from device. This is needed because
+# the constexpr version of isnan is host only.
+target_compile_options(
+  mlx PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:--expt-relaxed-constexpr>")
+
 # CUDA 12.8 emits warning #20280-D for copy kernels which is a false positive.
 # Explicitly pass this flag to suppress the warning, it is safe to set it to
 # true but the warning wouldn't be suppressed.
@@ -80,11 +106,18 @@ endif()
 target_compile_options(
   mlx PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:--Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets>")
 
-# Compute capability 7 is required for synchronization between CPU/GPU with
+# Use stronger binaries compression. This feature was introduced in CUDA 12.8
-# managed memory. TODO: Add more architectures for potential performance gain.
+# and requires drivers released after CUDA 12.4.
-set(MLX_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES
+if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12.8.0)
-    "70;80"
+  target_compile_options(
-    CACHE STRING "CUDA architectures")
+    mlx PRIVATE "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:--compress-mode=size>")
+endif()
+
+# Compute capability >= 7.0 is required for synchronization between CPU/GPU with
+# managed memory.
+if(NOT DEFINED MLX_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES)
+  set(MLX_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES "native")
+endif()
 message(STATUS "CUDA architectures: ${MLX_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES}")
 set_target_properties(mlx PROPERTIES CUDA_ARCHITECTURES
                                      "${MLX_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES}")
@@ -116,6 +149,27 @@ target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE CUDA::cublasLt)
 # Use NVRTC and driver APIs.
 target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE CUDA::nvrtc CUDA::cuda_driver)
 
+# Use the frontend APIs of cuDNN.
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  cudnn
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend.git
+  GIT_TAG v1.14.0
+  GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+  EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+set(CUDNN_FRONTEND_SKIP_JSON_LIB ON)
+set(CUDNN_FRONTEND_BUILD_SAMPLES OFF)
+set(CUDNN_FRONTEND_BUILD_TESTS OFF)
+set(CUDNN_FRONTEND_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS OFF)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cudnn)
+target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE cudnn_frontend)
+# Link with the actual cuDNN libraries.
+include(${cudnn_frontend_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cuDNN.cmake)
+target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE CUDNN::cudnn_all)
+
 # Suppress nvcc warnings on MLX headers.
 target_compile_options(mlx PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:-Xcudafe
                                    --diag_suppress=997>)
+
+# Install CCCL headers for JIT.
+install(DIRECTORY ${cccl_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cuda
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/cccl)

mlx/backend/cuda/allocator.cpp

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/allocator.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/utils.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/worker.h"
 #include "mlx/utils.h"
 
 #include <cuda_runtime.h>
@@ -17,14 +16,66 @@ namespace cu {
 
 constexpr int page_size = 16384;
 
+// Any allocations smaller than this will try to use the small pool
+constexpr int small_block_size = 8;
+
+// The small pool size in bytes. This should be a multiple of the host page
+// size and small_block_size.
+constexpr int small_pool_size = 4 * page_size;
+
+SmallSizePool::SmallSizePool() {
+  auto num_blocks = small_pool_size / small_block_size;
+  buffer_ = new Block[num_blocks];
+
+  next_free_ = buffer_;
+
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaMallocManaged(&data_, small_pool_size));
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
+      cudaMemAdvise(data_, small_pool_size, cudaMemAdviseSetReadMostly, 0));
+
+  auto curr = next_free_;
+  for (size_t i = 1; i < num_blocks; ++i) {
+    curr->next = buffer_ + i;
+    curr = curr->next;
+  }
+  curr->next = nullptr;
+}
+
+SmallSizePool::~SmallSizePool() {
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaFree(data_));
+  delete[] buffer_;
+}
+
+CudaBuffer* SmallSizePool::malloc() {
+  if (next_free_ == nullptr) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  Block* b = next_free_;
+  uint64_t i = next_free_ - buffer_;
+  next_free_ = next_free_->next;
+  b->buf.data = static_cast<char*>(data_) + i * small_block_size;
+  b->buf.size = small_block_size;
+  return &b->buf;
+}
+
+void SmallSizePool::free(CudaBuffer* buf) {
+  auto b = reinterpret_cast<Block*>(buf);
+  b->next = next_free_;
+  next_free_ = b;
+}
+
+bool SmallSizePool::in_pool(CudaBuffer* buf) {
+  constexpr int num_blocks = (small_pool_size / small_block_size);
+  auto b = reinterpret_cast<Block*>(buf);
+  int64_t block_num = b - buffer_;
+  return block_num >= 0 && block_num < num_blocks;
+}
+
 CudaAllocator::CudaAllocator()
     : buffer_cache_(
           page_size,
           [](CudaBuffer* buf) { return buf->size; },
-          [this](CudaBuffer* buf) {
+          [this](CudaBuffer* buf) { cuda_free(buf); }) {
-            cuda_free(buf->data);
-            delete buf;
-          }) {
   // TODO: Set memory limit for multi-device.
   size_t free, total;
   CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaMemGetInfo(&free, &total));
@@ -36,7 +87,9 @@ Buffer CudaAllocator::malloc(size_t size) {
   // Find available buffer from cache.
   auto orig_size = size;
   std::unique_lock lock(mutex_);
-  if (size < page_size) {
+  if (size <= small_block_size) {
+    size = 8;
+  } else if (size < page_size) {
     size = next_power_of_2(size);
   } else {
     size = page_size * ((size + page_size - 1) / page_size);
@@ -44,19 +97,25 @@ Buffer CudaAllocator::malloc(size_t size) {
 
   CudaBuffer* buf = buffer_cache_.reuse_from_cache(size);
   if (!buf) {
-    // If we have a lot of memory pressure or are over the maximum cache size,
+    // If we have a lot of memory pressure try to reclaim memory from the cache.
-    // try to reclaim memory from the cache.
+    int64_t mem_to_free =
-    size_t mem_required = get_active_memory() + get_cache_memory() + size;
+        get_active_memory() + get_cache_memory() + size - memory_limit_;
-    if (mem_required >= memory_limit_) {
+    if (mem_to_free > 0) {
-      buffer_cache_.release_cached_buffers(mem_required - memory_limit_);
+      buffer_cache_.release_cached_buffers(mem_to_free);
     }
 
+    // Try the scalar pool first
+    if (size <= small_block_size) {
+      buf = scalar_pool_.malloc();
+    }
     lock.unlock();
-    buf = new CudaBuffer{nullptr, size};
+    if (!buf) {
-    cudaError_t err = cudaMallocManaged(&buf->data, size);
+      buf = new CudaBuffer{nullptr, size};
-    if (err != cudaSuccess && err != cudaErrorMemoryAllocation) {
+      cudaError_t err = cudaMallocManaged(&buf->data, size);
-      throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format(
+      if (err != cudaSuccess && err != cudaErrorMemoryAllocation) {
-          "cudaMallocManaged failed: {}.", cudaGetErrorString(err)));
+        throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format(
+            "cudaMallocManaged failed: {}.", cudaGetErrorString(err)));
+      }
     }
     lock.lock();
   }
@@ -67,7 +126,6 @@ Buffer CudaAllocator::malloc(size_t size) {
   if (get_cache_memory() > max_pool_size_) {
     buffer_cache_.release_cached_buffers(get_cache_memory() - max_pool_size_);
   }
-
   return Buffer{buf};
 }
 
@@ -82,9 +140,7 @@ void CudaAllocator::free(Buffer buffer) {
   if (get_cache_memory() < max_pool_size_) {
     buffer_cache_.recycle_to_cache(buf);
   } else {
-    lock.unlock();
+    cuda_free(buf);
-    cuda_free(buf->data);
-    delete buf;
   }
 }
 
@@ -96,27 +152,14 @@ size_t CudaAllocator::size(Buffer buffer) const {
   return buf->size;
 }
 
-void CudaAllocator::register_this_thread() {
+// This must be called with mutex_ aquired
-  std::lock_guard lock(worker_mutex_);
+void CudaAllocator::cuda_free(CudaBuffer* buf) {
-  allowed_threads_.insert(std::this_thread::get_id());
+  if (scalar_pool_.in_pool(buf)) {
-}
+    scalar_pool_.free(buf);
-
+  } else {
-void CudaAllocator::cuda_free(void* buf) {
+    cudaFree(buf->data);
-  // If cuda_free() is called from a unregistered thread, reschedule the call to
+    delete buf;
-  // worker.
-  {
-    std::lock_guard lock(worker_mutex_);
-    if (allowed_threads_.count(std::this_thread::get_id()) == 0) {
-      if (!worker_) {
-        worker_.reset(new Worker);
-      }
-      worker_->add_task([this, buf]() { this->cuda_free(buf); });
-      worker_->end_batch();
-      worker_->commit();
-      return;
-    }
   }
-  cudaFree(buf);
 }
 
 size_t CudaAllocator::get_active_memory() const {

mlx/backend/cuda/allocator.h

@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@
 
 #include <mutex>
 #include <set>
-#include <thread>
 #include <utility>
 
 namespace mlx::core::cu {
 
-class Worker;
-
 using allocator::Buffer;
 
 // Stores cuda-managed unified memory.
@@ -22,21 +19,35 @@ struct CudaBuffer {
   size_t size;
 };
 
+class SmallSizePool {
+ private:
+  union Block {
+    Block* next;
+    CudaBuffer buf;
+  };
+
+  Block* buffer_{nullptr};
+  void* data_{nullptr};
+  Block* next_free_{nullptr};
+
+ public:
+  SmallSizePool();
+  ~SmallSizePool();
+
+  SmallSizePool(const SmallSizePool&) = delete;
+  SmallSizePool& operator=(const SmallSizePool&) = delete;
+
+  CudaBuffer* malloc();
+  void free(CudaBuffer* buf);
+  bool in_pool(CudaBuffer* buf);
+};
+
 class CudaAllocator : public allocator::Allocator {
  public:
   Buffer malloc(size_t size) override;
   void free(Buffer buffer) override;
   size_t size(Buffer buffer) const override;
 
-  // Register current thread as safe to free buffers.
-  // In cuda freeing a buffer implicitly synchronizes stream, and for threads
-  // that may be waited by gpu stream (for example cpu stream threads), freeing
-  // buffers there would result in dead lock.
-  void register_this_thread();
-
-  // Call cudaFree in the safe thread.
-  void cuda_free(void* buf);
-
   size_t get_active_memory() const;
   size_t get_peak_memory() const;
   void reset_peak_memory();
@@ -47,19 +58,18 @@ class CudaAllocator : public allocator::Allocator {
   void clear_cache();
 
  private:
+  void cuda_free(CudaBuffer* buf);
+
   CudaAllocator();
   friend CudaAllocator& allocator();
 
-  std::mutex worker_mutex_;
-  std::unique_ptr<Worker> worker_;
-  std::set<std::thread::id> allowed_threads_;
-
   std::mutex mutex_;
   size_t memory_limit_;
   size_t max_pool_size_;
   BufferCache<CudaBuffer> buffer_cache_;
   size_t active_memory_{0};
   size_t peak_memory_{0};
+  SmallSizePool scalar_pool_;
 };
 
 CudaAllocator& allocator();

mlx/backend/cuda/arange.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/fp16_math.cuh"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
+#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
+#include "mlx/primitives.h"
+
+#include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
+#include <thrust/device_ptr.h>
+#include <thrust/transform.h>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+namespace cu {
+
+template <typename T>
+struct Arange {
+  const T start;
+  const T step;
+
+  __device__ T operator()(uint32_t i) const {
+    return start + i * step;
+  }
+};
+
+} // namespace cu
+
+void Arange::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("Arange::eval_gpu");
+  if (out.size() == 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
+
+  auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(stream());
+  encoder.set_output_array(out);
+
+  auto capture = encoder.capture_context();
+  dispatch_int_float_types(out.dtype(), "Arange", [&](auto type_tag) {
+    using CTYPE = MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag);
+    using OutType = cuda_type_t<CTYPE>;
+    CTYPE step =
+        static_cast<CTYPE>(start_ + step_) - static_cast<CTYPE>(start_);
+    thrust::transform(
+        cu::thrust_policy(encoder.stream()),
+        thrust::counting_iterator<uint32_t>(0),
+        thrust::counting_iterator<uint32_t>(out.data_size()),
+        thrust::device_pointer_cast(out.data<OutType>()),
+        cu::Arange<OutType>{
+            static_cast<OutType>(start_), static_cast<OutType>(step)});
+  });
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/arg_reduce.cu

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
 #include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/fp16_math.cuh"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/iterators/strided_iterator.cuh"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
 #include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ struct ArgMin {
   }
 
   template <int N>
-  __device__ IndexValPair<T>
+  __device__ IndexValPair<T> reduce_many(
-  reduce_many(IndexValPair<T> best, T (&vals)[N], uint32_t offset) {
+      IndexValPair<T> best,
+      const AlignedVector<T, N>& vals,
+      uint32_t offset) {
+#pragma unroll
     for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
       if (vals[i] < best.val) {
         best.val = vals[i];
@@ -74,8 +77,11 @@ struct ArgMax {
   }
 
   template <int N>
-  __device__ IndexValPair<T>
+  __device__ IndexValPair<T> reduce_many(
-  reduce_many(IndexValPair<T> best, T (&vals)[N], uint32_t offset) {
+      IndexValPair<T> best,
+      const AlignedVector<T, N>& vals,
+      uint32_t offset) {
+#pragma unroll
     for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
       if (vals[i] > best.val) {
         best.val = vals[i];
@@ -106,16 +112,15 @@ __global__ void arg_reduce_general(
 
   int64_t in_idx = elem_to_loc(index, shape.data(), in_strides.data(), ndim);
   int64_t out_idx = elem_to_loc(index, shape.data(), out_strides.data(), ndim);
+  in += in_idx;
 
   Op op;
   T init = op.init();
   IndexValPair<T> best{0, init};
 
   for (int r = 0; r < cuda::ceil_div(axis_size, BLOCK_DIM * N_READS); ++r) {
-    T vals[N_READS];
     auto tid = r * BLOCK_DIM + block.thread_index().x;
-    cub::LoadDirectBlocked(
+    auto vals = load_vector<N_READS>(in, tid, axis_size, axis_stride, init);
-        tid, strided_iterator(in + in_idx, axis_stride), vals, axis_size, init);
     best = op.reduce_many(best, vals, tid * N_READS);
   }
 
@@ -166,6 +171,7 @@ void ArgReduce::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
           kernel,
           num_blocks,
           block_dim(),
+          0,
           in.data<T>(),
           out.data<uint32_t>(),
           out.size(),

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+target_sources(
+  mlx
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/add.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arctan2.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bitwise_binary.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/divide.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/equal.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/greater.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/greater_equal.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/less.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/less_equal.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logical_and.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logical_or.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/log_add_exp.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/minimum.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/maximum.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/multiply.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/power.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/remainder.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/not_equal.cu
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/subtract.cu)

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/add.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Add)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/arctan2.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(ArcTan2)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/common/binary.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/binary_ops.cuh"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/cucomplex_math.cuh"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
 #include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
@@ -20,21 +19,16 @@ namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
 template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void binary_ss(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  int remaining = size - index * N_READS;
-  if (remaining <= 0) {
-    return;
-  }
 
-  if (remaining < N_READS) {
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < remaining; ++i) {
+    for (int i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
-      IdxT offset = index * N_READS + i;
+      out[i] = Op{}(a[0], b[0]);
-      out[offset] = Op{}(a[0], b[0]);
     }
   } else {
     AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
 #pragma unroll
     for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-      out_vec.val[i] = Op{}(a[0], b[0]);
+      out_vec[i] = Op{}(a[0], b[0]);
     }
 
     store_vector<N_READS>(out, index, out_vec);
@@ -44,15 +38,10 @@ __global__ void binary_ss(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
 template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void binary_sv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  int remaining = size - index * N_READS;
-  if (remaining <= 0) {
-    return;
-  }
 
-  if (remaining < N_READS) {
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < remaining; ++i) {
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
-      IdxT offset = index * N_READS + i;
+      out[i] = Op{}(a[0], b[i]);
-      out[offset] = Op{}(a[0], b[offset]);
     }
   } else {
     auto b_vec = load_vector<N_READS>(b, index);
@@ -60,7 +49,7 @@ __global__ void binary_sv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
     AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
 #pragma unroll
     for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-      out_vec.val[i] = Op{}(a[0], b_vec.val[i]);
+      out_vec[i] = Op{}(a[0], b_vec[i]);
     }
 
     store_vector<N_READS>(out, index, out_vec);
@@ -70,15 +59,10 @@ __global__ void binary_sv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
 template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void binary_vs(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  int remaining = size - index * N_READS;
-  if (remaining <= 0) {
-    return;
-  }
 
-  if (remaining < N_READS) {
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < remaining; ++i) {
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
-      IdxT offset = index * N_READS + i;
+      out[i] = Op{}(a[i], b[0]);
-      out[offset] = Op{}(a[offset], b[0]);
     }
   } else {
     auto a_vec = load_vector<N_READS>(a, index);
@@ -86,7 +70,7 @@ __global__ void binary_vs(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
     AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
 #pragma unroll
     for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-      out_vec.val[i] = Op{}(a_vec.val[i], b[0]);
+      out_vec[i] = Op{}(a_vec[i], b[0]);
     }
 
     store_vector<N_READS>(out, index, out_vec);
@@ -96,15 +80,10 @@ __global__ void binary_vs(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
 template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void binary_vv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  int remaining = size - index * N_READS;
-  if (remaining <= 0) {
-    return;
-  }
 
-  if (remaining < N_READS) {
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < remaining; ++i) {
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
-      IdxT offset = index * N_READS + i;
+      out[i] = Op{}(a[i], b[i]);
-      out[offset] = Op{}(a[offset], b[offset]);
     }
   } else {
     auto a_vec = load_vector<N_READS>(a, index);
@@ -113,46 +92,96 @@ __global__ void binary_vv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
     AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
 #pragma unroll
     for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-      out_vec.val[i] = Op{}(a_vec.val[i], b_vec.val[i]);
+      out_vec[i] = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
     }
 
     store_vector<N_READS>(out, index, out_vec);
   }
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM>
+template <
+    typename Op,
+    typename In,
+    typename Out,
+    typename IdxT,
+    int NDIM,
+    int N_READS>
 __global__ void binary_g_nd(
     const In* a,
     const In* b,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size,
+    IdxT size_rest,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int32_t, NDIM> shape,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> a_strides,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> b_strides) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  if (index < size) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-    auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+  IdxT index_rest =
-        index, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data());
+      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-    out[index] = Op{}(a[a_idx], b[b_idx]);
+  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
+    return;
   }
+
+  auto shape_x = shape[NDIM - 1];
+  auto a_stride_x = a_strides[NDIM - 1];
+  auto b_stride_x = b_strides[NDIM - 1];
+  IdxT index_x =
+      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
+  auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+      index_rest * shape_x, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data());
+  auto a_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(a + a_idx, index_x, shape_x, a_stride_x, In(0));
+  auto b_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(b + b_idx, index_x, shape_x, b_stride_x, In(0));
+
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    out_vec[i] = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
+  }
+  store_vector(out + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec, shape_x);
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void binary_g(
     const In* a,
     const In* b,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size,
+    IdxT size_rest,
     const __grid_constant__ Shape shape,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides a_strides,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides b_strides,
     int ndim) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  if (index < size) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-    auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_4d(
+  IdxT index_rest =
-        index, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data(), ndim);
+      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-    out[index] = Op{}(a[a_idx], b[b_idx]);
+  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
+    return;
   }
+
+  auto shape_x = shape[ndim - 1];
+  auto a_stride_x = a_strides[ndim - 1];
+  auto b_stride_x = b_strides[ndim - 1];
+  IdxT index_x =
+      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
+  auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc(
+      index_rest * shape_x,
+      shape.data(),
+      a_strides.data(),
+      b_strides.data(),
+      ndim);
+  auto a_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(a + a_idx, index_x, shape_x, a_stride_x, In(0));
+  auto b_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(b + b_idx, index_x, shape_x, b_stride_x, In(0));
+
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    out_vec[i] = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
+  }
+  store_vector(out + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec, shape_x);
 }
 
 template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out>
@@ -197,7 +226,7 @@ template <typename Op>
 void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     array& out,
-    std::string_view op,
+    const char* op,
     const Stream& s) {
   assert(inputs.size() > 1);
   const auto& a = inputs[0];
@@ -230,36 +259,61 @@ void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
                 auto& a_strides = strides[0];
                 auto& b_strides = strides[1];
                 int ndim = shape.size();
+                int work_per_thread = 1;
+                auto dim0 = ndim > 0 ? shape.back() : 1;
+                auto rest = out.size() / dim0;
+                if (dim0 >= 4) {
+                  work_per_thread = 4;
+                }
+                dim0 = (dim0 + work_per_thread - 1) / work_per_thread;
+                auto block_dims = get_block_dims(dim0, rest, 1);
+                uint32_t num_blocks_x = cuda::ceil_div(dim0, block_dims.x);
+                uint32_t num_blocks_y = cuda::ceil_div(rest, block_dims.y);
                 if (ndim <= 3) {
                   dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto dims_constant) {
-                    auto kernel = cu::
+                    auto kernel = cu::binary_g_nd<
-                        binary_g_nd<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant()>;
+                        Op,
-                    auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                        InType,
-                        get_launch_args(kernel, out, large());
+                        OutType,
+                        IdxT,
+                        dims_constant(),
+                        1>;
+                    if (work_per_thread == 4) {
+                      kernel = cu::binary_g_nd<
+                          Op,
+                          InType,
+                          OutType,
+                          IdxT,
+                          dims_constant(),
+                          4>;
+                    }
                     encoder.add_kernel_node(
                         kernel,
-                        num_blocks,
+                        {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
                         block_dims,
+                        0,
                         a.data<InType>(),
                         b.data<InType>(),
                         out.data<OutType>(),
-                        out.size(),
+                        rest,
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(shape),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(a_strides),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(b_strides));
                   });
                 } else {
-                  auto kernel = cu::binary_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+                  auto kernel = cu::binary_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, 1>;
-                  auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                  if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                      get_launch_args(kernel, out, large());
+                    kernel = cu::binary_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, 4>;
+                  }
                   encoder.add_kernel_node(
                       kernel,
-                      num_blocks,
+                      {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
                       block_dims,
+                      0,
                       a.data<InType>(),
                       b.data<InType>(),
                       out.data<OutType>(),
-                      out.size(),
+                      rest,
                       const_param(shape),
                       const_param(a_strides),
                       const_param(b_strides),
@@ -267,10 +321,9 @@ void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
                 }
               });
         } else {
-          dispatch_bool(out.data_size() > INT32_MAX, [&](auto large) {
+          dispatch_bool(out.data_size() > UINT32_MAX, [&](auto large) {
             using IdxT = std::conditional_t<large(), int64_t, uint32_t>;
-            // TODO: Choose optimized value based on type size.
+            constexpr int N_READS = 16 / sizeof(InType);
-            constexpr int N_READS = 4;
             auto kernel = cu::binary_ss<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
             if (bopt == BinaryOpType::ScalarVector) {
               kernel = cu::binary_sv<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
@@ -280,16 +333,12 @@ void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
               kernel = cu::binary_vv<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
             }
             auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(
-                kernel,
+                out.data_size(), out.shape(), out.strides(), large(), N_READS);
-                out.data_size(),
-                out.shape(),
-                out.strides(),
-                large(),
-                N_READS);
             encoder.add_kernel_node(
                 kernel,
                 num_blocks,
                 block_dims,
+                0,
                 a.data<InType>(),
                 b.data<InType>(),
                 out.data<OutType>(),
@@ -311,7 +360,7 @@ template <typename Op>
 void binary_op_gpu(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     array& out,
-    std::string_view op,
+    const char* op,
     const Stream& s) {
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
@@ -320,63 +369,11 @@ void binary_op_gpu(
   binary_op_gpu_inplace<Op>(inputs, out, op, s);
 }
 
-#define BINARY_GPU(func)                                                 \
+#define BINARY_GPU(func)                                              \
-  void func::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {    \
+  void func::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) { \
-    nvtx3::scoped_range r(#func "::eval_gpu");                           \
+    nvtx3::scoped_range r(#func "::eval_gpu");                        \
-    auto& s = out.primitive().stream();                                  \
+    auto& s = out.primitive().stream();                               \
-    binary_op_gpu<cu::func>(inputs, out, get_primitive_string(this), s); \
+    binary_op_gpu<cu::func>(inputs, out, name(), s);                  \
   }
 
-BINARY_GPU(Add)
-BINARY_GPU(ArcTan2)
-BINARY_GPU(Divide)
-BINARY_GPU(Remainder)
-BINARY_GPU(Greater)
-BINARY_GPU(GreaterEqual)
-BINARY_GPU(Less)
-BINARY_GPU(LessEqual)
-BINARY_GPU(LogicalAnd)
-BINARY_GPU(LogicalOr)
-BINARY_GPU(LogAddExp)
-BINARY_GPU(Maximum)
-BINARY_GPU(Minimum)
-BINARY_GPU(Multiply)
-BINARY_GPU(NotEqual)
-BINARY_GPU(Power)
-BINARY_GPU(Subtract)
-
-void Equal::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("Equal::eval_gpu");
-  auto& s = out.primitive().stream();
-  auto op = get_primitive_string(this);
-  if (equal_nan_) {
-    binary_op_gpu<cu::NaNEqual>(inputs, out, op, s);
-  } else {
-    binary_op_gpu<cu::Equal>(inputs, out, op, s);
-  }
-}
-
-void BitwiseBinary::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("BitwiseBinary::eval_gpu");
-  auto& s = out.primitive().stream();
-  auto op = get_primitive_string(this);
-  switch (op_) {
-    case BitwiseBinary::And:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseAnd>(inputs, out, op, s);
-      break;
-    case BitwiseBinary::Or:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseOr>(inputs, out, op, s);
-      break;
-    case BitwiseBinary::Xor:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseXor>(inputs, out, op, s);
-      break;
-    case BitwiseBinary::LeftShift:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::LeftShift>(inputs, out, op, s);
-      break;
-    case BitwiseBinary::RightShift:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::RightShift>(inputs, out, op, s);
-      break;
-  }
-}
-
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/bitwise_binary.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+void BitwiseBinary::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("BitwiseBinary::eval_gpu");
+  auto& s = out.primitive().stream();
+  switch (op_) {
+    case BitwiseBinary::And:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseAnd>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+    case BitwiseBinary::Or:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseOr>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+    case BitwiseBinary::Xor:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseXor>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+    case BitwiseBinary::LeftShift:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::LeftShift>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+    case BitwiseBinary::RightShift:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::RightShift>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/divide.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Divide)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/equal.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+void Equal::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("Equal::eval_gpu");
+  auto& s = out.primitive().stream();
+  if (equal_nan_) {
+    binary_op_gpu<cu::NaNEqual>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+  } else {
+    binary_op_gpu<cu::Equal>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+  }
+}
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/greater.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Greater)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/greater_equal.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(GreaterEqual)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/less.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Less)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/less_equal.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(LessEqual)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/log_add_exp.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(LogAddExp)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/logical_and.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(LogicalAnd)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/logical_or.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(LogicalOr)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/maximum.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Maximum)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/minimum.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Minimum)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/multiply.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Multiply)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/not_equal.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(NotEqual)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/power.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Power)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/remainder.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Remainder)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/subtract.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+BINARY_GPU(Subtract)
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary_two.cu

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/common/binary.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/binary_ops.cuh"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/cucomplex_math.cuh"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
 #include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
@@ -17,93 +16,214 @@ namespace cu {
 
 namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void
-binary_ss(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
+binary_two_ss(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  if (index < size) {
+
-    auto out = Op{}(a[0], b[0]);
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
-    out_a[0] = out[0];
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
-    out_b[0] = out[1];
+      auto out = Op{}(a[0], b[0]);
+      out_a[i] = out[0];
+      out_b[i] = out[1];
+    }
+  } else {
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_a_vec;
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_b_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+      auto out = Op{}(a[0], b[0]);
+      out_a_vec[i] = out[0];
+      out_b_vec[i] = out[1];
+    }
+
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out_a, index, out_a_vec);
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out_b, index, out_b_vec);
   }
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void
-binary_sv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
+binary_two_sv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  if (index < size) {
+
-    auto out = Op{}(a[0], b[index]);
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
-    out_a[index] = out[0];
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
-    out_b[index] = out[1];
+      auto out = Op{}(a[0], b[i]);
+      out_a[i] = out[0];
+      out_b[i] = out[1];
+    }
+  } else {
+    auto b_vec = load_vector<N_READS>(b, index);
+
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_a_vec;
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_b_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+      auto out = Op{}(a[0], b_vec[i]);
+      out_a_vec[i] = out[0];
+      out_b_vec[i] = out[1];
+    }
+
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out_a, index, out_a_vec);
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out_b, index, out_b_vec);
   }
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void
-binary_vs(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
+binary_two_vs(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  if (index < size) {
+
-    auto out = Op{}(a[index], b[0]);
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
-    out_a[index] = out[0];
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
-    out_b[index] = out[1];
+      auto out = Op{}(a[i], b[0]);
+      out_a[i] = out[0];
+      out_b[i] = out[1];
+    }
+  } else {
+    auto a_vec = load_vector<N_READS>(a, index);
+
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_a_vec;
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_b_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+      auto out = Op{}(a_vec[i], b[0]);
+      out_a_vec[i] = out[0];
+      out_b_vec[i] = out[1];
+    }
+
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out_a, index, out_a_vec);
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out_b, index, out_b_vec);
   }
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void
-binary_vv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
+binary_two_vv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  if (index < size) {
+
-    auto out = Op{}(a[index], b[index]);
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
-    out_a[index] = out[0];
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
-    out_b[index] = out[1];
+      auto out = Op{}(a[i], b[i]);
+      out_a[i] = out[0];
+      out_b[i] = out[1];
+    }
+  } else {
+    auto a_vec = load_vector<N_READS>(a, index);
+    auto b_vec = load_vector<N_READS>(b, index);
+
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_a_vec;
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_b_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+      auto out = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
+      out_a_vec[i] = out[0];
+      out_b_vec[i] = out[1];
+    }
+
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out_a, index, out_a_vec);
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out_b, index, out_b_vec);
   }
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM>
+template <
-__global__ void binary_g_nd(
+    typename Op,
+    typename In,
+    typename Out,
+    typename IdxT,
+    int NDIM,
+    int N_READS>
+__global__ void binary_two_g_nd(
     const In* a,
     const In* b,
     Out* out_a,
     Out* out_b,
-    IdxT size,
+    IdxT size_rest,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int32_t, NDIM> shape,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> a_strides,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> b_strides) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  if (index < size) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-    auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+  IdxT index_rest =
-        index, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data());
+      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-    auto out = Op{}(a[a_idx], b[b_idx]);
+  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    out_a[index] = out[0];
+    return;
-    out_b[index] = out[1];
   }
+
+  auto shape_x = shape[NDIM - 1];
+  auto a_stride_x = a_strides[NDIM - 1];
+  auto b_stride_x = b_strides[NDIM - 1];
+  IdxT index_x =
+      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
+  auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+      index_rest * shape_x, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data());
+  auto a_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(a + a_idx, index_x, shape_x, a_stride_x, In(0));
+  auto b_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(b + b_idx, index_x, shape_x, b_stride_x, In(0));
+
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec_a;
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec_b;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    auto out = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
+    out_vec_a[i] = out[0];
+    out_vec_b[i] = out[1];
+  }
+  store_vector(out_a + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec_a, shape_x);
+  store_vector(out_b + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec_b, shape_x);
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
-__global__ void binary_g(
+__global__ void binary_two_g(
     const In* a,
     const In* b,
     Out* out_a,
     Out* out_b,
-    IdxT size,
+    IdxT size_rest,
     const __grid_constant__ Shape shape,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides a_strides,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides b_strides,
     int ndim) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  if (index < size) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-    auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_4d(
+  IdxT index_rest =
-        index, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data(), ndim);
+      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-    auto out = Op{}(a[a_idx], b[b_idx]);
+  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    out_a[index] = out[0];
+    return;
-    out_b[index] = out[1];
   }
+
+  auto shape_x = shape[ndim - 1];
+  auto a_stride_x = a_strides[ndim - 1];
+  auto b_stride_x = b_strides[ndim - 1];
+  IdxT index_x =
+      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
+  auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc(
+      index_rest * shape_x,
+      shape.data(),
+      a_strides.data(),
+      b_strides.data(),
+      ndim);
+  auto a_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(a + a_idx, index_x, shape_x, a_stride_x, In(0));
+  auto b_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(b + b_idx, index_x, shape_x, b_stride_x, In(0));
+
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec_a;
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec_b;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    auto out = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
+    out_vec_a[i] = out[0];
+    out_vec_b[i] = out[1];
+  }
+  store_vector(out_a + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec_a, shape_x);
+  store_vector(out_b + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec_b, shape_x);
 }
 
 template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out>
-constexpr bool supports_binary_op() {
+constexpr bool supports_binary_two_op() {
   if (std::is_same_v<Op, DivMod>) {
     return std::is_same_v<In, Out> &&
         (std::is_integral_v<Out> || is_floating_v<Out>);
@@ -114,10 +234,10 @@ constexpr bool supports_binary_op() {
 } // namespace cu
 
 template <typename Op>
-void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
+void binary_two_op_gpu_inplace(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     std::vector<array>& outputs,
-    std::string_view op,
+    const char* op,
     const Stream& s) {
   assert(inputs.size() > 1);
   const auto& a = inputs[0];
@@ -141,7 +261,7 @@ void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
     dispatch_all_types(out_a.dtype(), [&](auto out_type_tag) {
       using CTYPE_IN = MLX_GET_TYPE(in_type_tag);
       using CTYPE_OUT = MLX_GET_TYPE(out_type_tag);
-      if constexpr (cu::supports_binary_op<Op, CTYPE_IN, CTYPE_OUT>()) {
+      if constexpr (cu::supports_binary_two_op<Op, CTYPE_IN, CTYPE_OUT>()) {
         using InType = cuda_type_t<CTYPE_IN>;
         using OutType = cuda_type_t<CTYPE_OUT>;
 
@@ -159,38 +279,64 @@ void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
                 auto& a_strides = strides[0];
                 auto& b_strides = strides[1];
                 int ndim = shape.size();
+                int work_per_thread = 1;
+                auto dim0 = ndim > 0 ? shape.back() : 1;
+                auto rest = out_a.size() / dim0;
+                if (dim0 >= 4) {
+                  work_per_thread = 4;
+                }
+                dim0 = (dim0 + work_per_thread - 1) / work_per_thread;
+                auto block_dims = get_block_dims(dim0, rest, 1);
+                uint32_t num_blocks_x = cuda::ceil_div(dim0, block_dims.x);
+                uint32_t num_blocks_y = cuda::ceil_div(rest, block_dims.y);
+
                 if (ndim <= 3) {
                   dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto dims_constant) {
-                    auto kernel = cu::
+                    auto kernel = cu::binary_two_g_nd<
-                        binary_g_nd<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant()>;
+                        Op,
-                    auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                        InType,
-                        get_launch_args(kernel, out_a, large());
+                        OutType,
+                        IdxT,
+                        dims_constant(),
+                        1>;
+                    if (work_per_thread == 4) {
+                      kernel = cu::binary_two_g_nd<
+                          Op,
+                          InType,
+                          OutType,
+                          IdxT,
+                          dims_constant(),
+                          4>;
+                    }
                     encoder.add_kernel_node(
                         kernel,
-                        num_blocks,
+                        {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
                         block_dims,
+                        0,
                         a.data<InType>(),
                         b.data<InType>(),
                         out_a.data<OutType>(),
                         out_b.data<OutType>(),
-                        out_a.size(),
+                        rest,
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(shape),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(a_strides),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(b_strides));
                   });
                 } else {
-                  auto kernel = cu::binary_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+                  auto kernel = cu::binary_two_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, 1>;
-                  auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                  if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                      get_launch_args(kernel, out_a, large());
+                    kernel = cu::binary_two_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, 4>;
+                  }
                   encoder.add_kernel_node(
                       kernel,
-                      num_blocks,
+                      {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
                       block_dims,
+                      0,
                       a.data<InType>(),
                       b.data<InType>(),
                       out_a.data<OutType>(),
                       out_b.data<OutType>(),
-                      out_a.size(),
+                      rest,
                       const_param(shape),
                       const_param(a_strides),
                       const_param(b_strides),
@@ -198,26 +344,28 @@ void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
                 }
               });
         } else {
-          dispatch_bool(out_a.data_size() > INT32_MAX, [&](auto large) {
+          dispatch_bool(out_a.data_size() > UINT32_MAX, [&](auto large) {
             using IdxT = std::conditional_t<large(), int64_t, uint32_t>;
-            auto kernel = cu::binary_ss<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+            constexpr int N_READS = 16 / sizeof(InType);
+            auto kernel = cu::binary_two_ss<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
             if (bopt == BinaryOpType::ScalarVector) {
-              kernel = cu::binary_sv<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+              kernel = cu::binary_two_sv<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
             } else if (bopt == BinaryOpType::VectorScalar) {
-              kernel = cu::binary_vs<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+              kernel = cu::binary_two_vs<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
             } else if (bopt == BinaryOpType::VectorVector) {
-              kernel = cu::binary_vv<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+              kernel = cu::binary_two_vv<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
             }
             auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(
-                kernel,
                 out_a.data_size(),
                 out_a.shape(),
                 out_a.strides(),
-                large());
+                large(),
+                N_READS);
             encoder.add_kernel_node(
                 kernel,
                 num_blocks,
                 block_dims,
+                0,
                 a.data<InType>(),
                 b.data<InType>(),
                 out_a.data<OutType>(),
@@ -237,17 +385,17 @@ void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
 }
 
 template <typename Op>
-void binary_op_gpu(
+void binary_two_op_gpu(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     std::vector<array>& outputs,
-    std::string_view op,
+    const char* op,
     const Stream& s) {
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
   auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
   set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, outputs[0], bopt);
   set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, outputs[1], bopt);
-  binary_op_gpu_inplace<Op>(inputs, outputs, op, s);
+  binary_two_op_gpu_inplace<Op>(inputs, outputs, op, s);
 }
 
 void DivMod::eval_gpu(
@@ -255,7 +403,7 @@ void DivMod::eval_gpu(
     std::vector<array>& outputs) {
   nvtx3::scoped_range r("DivMod::eval_gpu");
   auto& s = outputs[0].primitive().stream();
-  binary_op_gpu<cu::DivMod>(inputs, outputs, get_primitive_string(this), s);
+  binary_two_op_gpu<cu::DivMod>(inputs, outputs, name(), s);
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/compiled.cpp

@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ struct FusedKernelBuilder {
 
     // Build function signature.
     if (contiguous) {
-      os += "template <typename IdxT = uint32_t>\n";
+      os += "template <typename IdxT = uint32_t, int work_per_thread = 1>\n";
     } else {
-      os += "template <int NDIM, typename IdxT = uint32_t>\n";
+      os +=
+          "template <int NDIM, typename IdxT = uint32_t, int work_per_thread = 1>\n";
     }
     os += fmt::format("__global__ void {}(\n", kernel_name + name);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < params.size(); ++i) {
@@ -67,12 +68,77 @@ struct FusedKernelBuilder {
     }
     os += ") {\n";
 
-    // Index.
+    // Index. For non contiguous kernels we create a separate index
+    // variable per variable otherwise everyone uses `index`.
     os +=
-        "  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();\n"
+        "  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank() * work_per_thread;\n"
         "  if (index >= size) {\n"
         "    return;\n"
         "  }\n";
+    if (!contiguous) {
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto& x = inputs[i];
+        const std::string& xname = namer.get_name(x);
+        if (is_scalar(x) || is_constant(i)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        os += "  IdxT " + xname + "_idx = 0;\n";
+      }
+      os += "  {\n";
+      os += "    IdxT loc = index;\n";
+      os +=
+          "    #pragma unroll\n"
+          "    for (int i = NDIM - 1; i >= 0; i--) {\n";
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto& x = inputs[i];
+        const std::string& xname = namer.get_name(x);
+        if (is_scalar(x) || is_constant(i)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        os += "      " + xname + "_idx += (loc \% shape[i]) * IdxT(" + xname +
+            "_strides[i]);\n";
+      }
+      os +=
+          "      loc /= shape[i];\n"
+          "    }\n"
+          "  }\n";
+    }
+
+    // Vectorized read loop
+    if (contiguous) {
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto& x = inputs[i];
+        if (is_scalar(x) || is_constant(i)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        const std::string& xname = namer.get_name(x);
+        std::string type = dtype_to_cuda_type(x.dtype());
+        os += fmt::format(
+            "  auto vec_{0} = load_vector<work_per_thread, {1}>({0} + index, 0, size - index, 0);\n",
+            xname,
+            type);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Create some space for the outputs
+    for (const auto& x : outputs) {
+      const std::string& xname = namer.get_name(x);
+      std::string type = dtype_to_cuda_type(x.dtype());
+      os += fmt::format(
+          "  AlignedVector<{}, work_per_thread> vec_{};\n", type, xname);
+    }
+
+    // Work loop
+    if (!contiguous) {
+      os +=
+          "\n"
+          "  for (int i = 0; i < work_per_thread && index < size; i++) {\n";
+    } else {
+      os +=
+          "\n"
+          "  #pragma unroll\n"
+          "  for (int i = 0; i < work_per_thread; i++) {\n";
+    }
 
     // Read inputs.
     for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
@@ -87,14 +153,11 @@ struct FusedKernelBuilder {
       } else if (is_scalar(x)) {
         value = fmt::format("{}[0]", xname);
       } else if (contiguous) {
-        value = fmt::format("{}[index]", xname);
+        value = fmt::format("vec_{}[i]", xname);
       } else {
-        std::string index = fmt::format(
+        value = fmt::format("{}[{}_idx]", xname, xname);
-            "elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(index, shape.data(), {}_strides.data())",
-            xname);
-        value = fmt::format("{}[{}]", xname, index);
       }
-      os += fmt::format("  {} tmp_{} = {};\n", type, xname, value);
+      os += fmt::format("    {} tmp_{} = {};\n", type, xname, value);
     }
 
     // Write tape.
@@ -106,21 +169,40 @@ struct FusedKernelBuilder {
         value = fmt::format(
             "static_cast<{}>(tmp_{})", type, namer.get_name(x.inputs()[0]));
       } else {
-        std::ostringstream ss;
+        value = x.primitive().name();
-        x.primitive().print(ss);
-        value = ss.str();
         value += "{}(";
         for (size_t i = 0; i < x.inputs().size() - 1; ++i) {
           value += fmt::format("tmp_{}, ", namer.get_name(x.inputs()[i]));
         }
         value += fmt::format("tmp_{})", namer.get_name(x.inputs().back()));
       }
-      os += fmt::format("  {} tmp_{} = {};\n", type, xname, value);
+      os += fmt::format("    {} tmp_{} = {};\n", type, xname, value);
     }
 
     // Write output.
     for (const auto& x : outputs) {
-      os += fmt::format("  {0}[index] = tmp_{0};\n", namer.get_name(x));
+      os += fmt::format("    vec_{0}[i] = tmp_{0};\n", namer.get_name(x));
+    }
+
+    // End of work loop
+    if (!contiguous) {
+      os += "\n";
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto& x = inputs[i];
+        const std::string& xname = namer.get_name(x);
+        if (is_scalar(x) || is_constant(i)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        os += fmt::format("    {0}_idx += {0}_strides[NDIM - 1];\n", xname);
+      }
+    }
+    os += "  }\n";
+
+    // Store the output to global memory
+    for (const auto& x : outputs) {
+      os += fmt::format(
+          "  store_vector({0} + index, 0, vec_{0}, size - index);\n",
+          namer.get_name(x));
     }
 
     os += "}\n";
@@ -146,6 +228,15 @@ void Compiled::eval_gpu(
   nvtx3::scoped_range r("Compiled::eval_gpu");
   auto& s = stream();
 
+  // Determine the work per thread for the vectorized reads/writes. We take it
+  // as 16 over the max itemsize for the outputs. Another heuristic could be
+  // over the max itemsize of all arrays.
+  int max_size = 1;
+  for (const auto& x : outputs) {
+    max_size = (max_size > x.itemsize()) ? max_size : x.itemsize();
+  }
+  int work_per_thread = 16 / max_size;
+
   cu::JitModule& mod = cu::get_jit_module(s.device, lib_name(), [&]() {
     // Build source code.
     cu::FusedKernelBuilder builder{
@@ -158,16 +249,24 @@ void Compiled::eval_gpu(
     builder.build("_strided", false);
     builder.os += "\n} // namespace mlx::core::cu\n";
     // Build kernel names.
-    std::vector<std::string> kernel_names = {
+    std::vector<std::string> kernel_names;
-        fmt::format("mlx::core::cu::{}_contiguous<uint32_t>", lib_name()),
+    kernel_names.push_back(fmt::format(
-        fmt::format("mlx::core::cu::{}_contiguous<int64_t>", lib_name()),
+        "mlx::core::cu::{}_contiguous<uint32_t, {}>",
-    };
+        lib_name(),
-    for (int i = 1; i <= MAX_NDIM; ++i) {
+        work_per_thread));
-      kernel_names.push_back(fmt::format(
+    kernel_names.push_back(fmt::format(
-          "mlx::core::cu::{}_strided<{}, uint32_t>", lib_name(), i));
+        "mlx::core::cu::{}_contiguous<int64_t, {}>",
-      kernel_names.push_back(
+        lib_name(),
-          fmt::format("mlx::core::cu::{}_strided<{}, int64_t>", lib_name(), i));
+        work_per_thread));
+    for (auto wpt : std::array<int, 2>{1, work_per_thread}) {
+      for (int i = 1; i <= MAX_NDIM; ++i) {
+        kernel_names.push_back(fmt::format(
+            "mlx::core::cu::{}_strided<{}, uint32_t, {}>", lib_name(), i, wpt));
+        kernel_names.push_back(fmt::format(
+            "mlx::core::cu::{}_strided<{}, int64_t, {}>", lib_name(), i, wpt));
+      }
     }
+
     return std::make_pair(std::move(builder.os), std::move(kernel_names));
   });
 
@@ -209,13 +308,20 @@ void Compiled::eval_gpu(
     args.append<uint32_t>(outputs[0].data_size());
   }
 
+  // Choose work per thread
+  if (!contiguous && shape.back() % work_per_thread != 0) {
+    work_per_thread = 1;
+  }
+
   // Launch kernel.
   const char* index_type = large ? "int64_t" : "uint32_t";
   std::string kernel_name = fmt::format("mlx::core::cu::{}", lib_name());
   if (contiguous) {
-    kernel_name += fmt::format("_contiguous<{}>", index_type);
+    kernel_name +=
+        fmt::format("_contiguous<{}, {}>", index_type, work_per_thread);
   } else {
-    kernel_name += fmt::format("_strided<{}, {}>", shape.size(), index_type);
+    kernel_name += fmt::format(
+        "_strided<{}, {}, {}>", shape.size(), index_type, work_per_thread);
   }
   auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(s);
   for (const auto& in : inputs) {
@@ -226,8 +332,9 @@ void Compiled::eval_gpu(
   }
 
   auto kernel = mod.get_kernel(kernel_name);
-  auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(kernel, outputs[0], large);
+  auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
-  encoder.add_kernel_node(kernel, num_blocks, block_dims, args.args());
+      get_launch_args(outputs[0], large, work_per_thread);
+  encoder.add_kernel_node(kernel, num_blocks, block_dims, 0, args.args());
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/conv.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,418 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/conv/conv.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/cudnn_utils.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/lru_cache.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/gpu/copy.h"
+#include "mlx/primitives.h"
+
+#include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+namespace {
+
+// Alias for better readability.
+#define CONV_FORWARD CUDNN_BACKEND_OPERATION_CONVOLUTION_FORWARD_DESCRIPTOR
+#define CONV_BACKWARD_INPUT \
+  CUDNN_BACKEND_OPERATION_CONVOLUTION_BACKWARD_DATA_DESCRIPTOR
+#define CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT \
+  CUDNN_BACKEND_OPERATION_CONVOLUTION_BACKWARD_FILTER_DESCRIPTOR
+
+// Custom placeholder representing fallback kernel.
+#define CONV_FALLBACK static_cast<cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t>(-1)
+
+struct ConvCacheKey {
+  int device_id;
+  cudnnDataType_t cudnn_dtype;
+  std::array<int, MAX_NDIM> input_shape;
+  std::array<int, MAX_NDIM> weight_shape;
+  std::array<int, MAX_NDIM> stride;
+  std::array<int, MAX_NDIM> padding_lo;
+  std::array<int, MAX_NDIM> padding_hi;
+  std::array<int, MAX_NDIM> dilation;
+  int groups;
+  bool flip;
+  uint8_t input_alignment;
+  uint8_t weight_alignment;
+  uint8_t output_alignment;
+};
+
+auto& conv_cache() {
+  static LRUBytesKeyCache<
+      ConvCacheKey,
+      std::pair<
+          cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t,
+          std::optional<cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan>>>
+      cache(/* capacity */ 128);
+  return cache;
+}
+
+auto get_conv_op_settings(
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    array& x,
+    array& w,
+    array& y,
+    const std::vector<int>& kernel_strides,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding_lo_,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding_hi_,
+    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
+    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation) {
+  auto padding_lo = convert_vector<int64_t>(padding_lo_);
+  auto padding_hi = convert_vector<int64_t>(padding_hi_);
+
+  if (backend_type == CONV_BACKWARD_INPUT) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < padding_lo.size(); ++i) {
+      int wt_size = 1 + kernel_dilation[i] * (w.shape(1 + i) - 1);
+      padding_lo[i] = wt_size - padding_lo[i] - 1;
+      int in_size = 1 + kernel_strides[i] * (x.shape(1 + i) - 1);
+      int out_size = 1 + input_dilation[i] * (y.shape(1 + i) - 1);
+      padding_hi[i] = out_size - in_size + padding_hi[i];
+    }
+    return std::make_tuple(
+        convert_vector<int64_t>(input_dilation),
+        std::move(padding_lo),
+        std::move(padding_hi),
+        convert_vector<int64_t>(kernel_dilation));
+
+  } else if (backend_type == CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT) {
+    padding_hi = padding_lo;
+    return std::make_tuple(
+        convert_vector<int64_t>(kernel_dilation),
+        std::move(padding_lo),
+        std::move(padding_hi),
+        convert_vector<int64_t>(kernel_strides));
+
+  } else {
+    return std::make_tuple(
+        convert_vector<int64_t>(kernel_strides),
+        std::move(padding_lo),
+        std::move(padding_hi),
+        convert_vector<int64_t>(kernel_dilation));
+  }
+}
+
+std::optional<cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph> build_conv_op_graph(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    Dtype dtype,
+    array& x,
+    array& w,
+    array& y,
+    const SmallVector<int64_t>& stride,
+    const SmallVector<int64_t>& padding_lo,
+    const SmallVector<int64_t>& padding_hi,
+    const SmallVector<int64_t>& dilation) {
+  try {
+    auto compute_dtype = (dtype == float16 || dtype == bfloat16)
+        ? CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT
+        : dtype_to_cudnn_type(dtype);
+    auto conv_desc = cudnn_frontend::ConvDescBuilder()
+                         .setDataType(compute_dtype)
+                         .setMathMode(CUDNN_CROSS_CORRELATION)
+                         .setNDims(stride.size())
+                         .setStrides(stride.size(), stride.data())
+                         .setPrePadding(padding_lo.size(), padding_lo.data())
+                         .setPostPadding(padding_hi.size(), padding_hi.data())
+                         .setDilation(dilation.size(), dilation.data())
+                         .build();
+
+    auto op = cudnn_frontend::OperationBuilder(backend_type)
+                  .setxDesc(build_cudnn_tensor_nchw('x', x))
+                  .setwDesc(build_cudnn_tensor_nchw('w', w))
+                  .setyDesc(build_cudnn_tensor_nchw('y', y))
+                  .setcDesc(conv_desc)
+                  .build();
+
+    std::array<cudnn_frontend::Operation const*, 1> ops = {&op};
+    return cudnn_frontend::OperationGraphBuilder()
+        .setHandle(encoder.device().cudnn_handle())
+        .setOperationGraph(ops.size(), ops.data())
+        .build();
+  } catch (cudnn_frontend::cudnnException& error) {
+    if (error.getCudnnStatus() != CUDNN_STATUS_BAD_PARAM) {
+      throw;
+    }
+    return std::nullopt;
+  }
+}
+
+// Transpose from (C_out, H, W, C_in / groups) to (C_in, H, W, C_out / groups).
+array group_transpose(
+    const array& x,
+    int groups,
+    int group_dim,
+    int axis1,
+    int axis2,
+    Stream s) {
+  if (groups == 1) {
+    return swapaxes_in_eval(x, axis1, axis2);
+  }
+  int ndim = x.ndim();
+  if (group_dim < 0) {
+    group_dim += ndim;
+  }
+  if (axis1 < 0) {
+    axis1 += ndim;
+  }
+  if (axis2 < 0) {
+    axis2 += ndim;
+  }
+  if (group_dim <= axis1) {
+    axis1 += 1;
+  }
+  if (group_dim <= axis2) {
+    axis2 += 1;
+  }
+  auto shape = x.shape();
+  shape.insert(shape.begin() + group_dim, groups);
+  shape[group_dim + 1] = shape[group_dim + 1] / groups;
+  array x_trans = reshape_in_eval(x, std::move(shape), s);
+  x_trans = swapaxes_in_eval(x_trans, axis1, axis2);
+  x_trans = flatten_in_eval(x_trans, group_dim, group_dim + 1, s);
+  return x_trans;
+}
+
+// Do necessary transposes and copies to prepare the inputs and outputs for
+// building the cuDNN conv op. It is safe to be called multiple times in one
+// eval_gpu, with cost of possible redundant copies.
+std::tuple<array, array, array> prepare_args(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    array in,
+    array wt,
+    array out,
+    int groups,
+    Stream s) {
+  // Transpose the args depending on the backend type.
+  // TODO: Handle groups.
+  if (backend_type == CONV_BACKWARD_INPUT) {
+    wt = group_transpose(wt, groups, 0, 0, -1, s);
+  } else if (backend_type == CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT) {
+    in = group_transpose(in, groups, -1, 0, -1, s);
+    wt = swapaxes_in_eval(wt, 0, -1);
+    // Create a contiguous array that shares the data with |out|, but with dim
+    // C_in and C_out swapped.
+    Shape shape(out.shape());
+    std::swap(shape.front(), shape.back());
+    Strides strides(shape.size(), 1);
+    for (int i = shape.size() - 2; i >= 0; --i) {
+      strides[i] = shape[i + 1] * strides[i + 1];
+    }
+    array intermediate(std::move(shape), out.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+    intermediate.copy_shared_buffer(
+        out, std::move(strides), {true, true, false}, out.data_size());
+    out = intermediate;
+  }
+
+  // cuDNN requires contiguous input.
+  if (!in.flags().row_contiguous) {
+    in = contiguous_copy_gpu(in, s);
+    encoder.add_temporary(in);
+  }
+  if (!wt.flags().row_contiguous) {
+    wt = contiguous_copy_gpu(wt, s);
+    encoder.add_temporary(wt);
+  }
+
+  return {std::move(in), std::move(wt), std::move(out)};
+}
+
+// Get the x/w/y args from the in/wt/out args depending on backend type.
+inline std::tuple<array&, array&, array&> dispatch_args(
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    array& in,
+    array& wt,
+    array& out) {
+  switch (backend_type) {
+    case CONV_BACKWARD_INPUT:
+      return {out, wt, in};
+    case CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT:
+      return {in, out, wt};
+    default:
+      return {in, wt, out};
+  }
+}
+
+// Register inputs and outputs before actually running conv op. Can only be
+// called once per eval_gpu.
+void register_args(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    array& in,
+    array& wt,
+    array& intermediate_out,
+    array& final_out) {
+  encoder.set_input_array(in);
+  encoder.set_input_array(wt);
+  encoder.set_output_array(final_out);
+
+  if (backend_type == CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT) {
+    // Turn |out| into a strided array, which will have C_in and C_out swapped
+    // in vjp and the final |grad_weight| will then be contiguous.
+    Strides strides = intermediate_out.strides();
+    std::swap(strides.front(), strides.back());
+    final_out.copy_shared_buffer(
+        intermediate_out,
+        std::move(strides),
+        {false, false, false},
+        intermediate_out.data_size());
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+void Convolution::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out_) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("Convolution::eval_gpu");
+  if (out_.size() == 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  assert(inputs.size() == 2);
+  array in = inputs[0];
+  array wt = inputs[1];
+  array out = out_;
+  out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
+  Dtype dtype = out.dtype();
+
+  auto& s = stream();
+  auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(s);
+
+  // Search cache.
+  ConvCacheKey cache_key{
+      encoder.device().cuda_device(),
+      dtype_to_cudnn_type(dtype),
+      vector_key(in.shape()),
+      vector_key(wt.shape()),
+      vector_key(kernel_strides_),
+      vector_key(padding_lo_),
+      vector_key(padding_hi_),
+      vector_key(kernel_dilation_),
+      groups_,
+      flip_,
+      get_alignment(in),
+      get_alignment(wt),
+      get_alignment(out)};
+  if (auto it = conv_cache().find(cache_key); it != conv_cache().end()) {
+    auto& [backend_type, plan] = it->second;
+    if (plan) {
+      // Run cached plan.
+      std::tie(in, wt, out) =
+          prepare_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, groups_, s);
+      register_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, out_);
+      auto [x, w, y] = dispatch_args(backend_type, in, wt, out);
+      if (!encode_cudnn_plan(encoder, *plan, {'x', 'w', 'y'}, x, w, y)) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("[conv] Cached plan failed to execute.");
+      }
+    } else {
+      // Run fallback kernel.
+      gemm_conv(
+          encoder,
+          in,
+          wt,
+          out,
+          kernel_strides_,
+          padding_lo_,
+          kernel_dilation_,
+          input_dilation_,
+          groups_,
+          flip_,
+          s);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // There is no reliable way to deduce the proper cuDNN backend for the
+  // convolution, so we make a best guess and then try.
+  SmallVector<cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t, 2> try_backends;
+  if (flip_) {
+    // When weight is flipped, we assume it is backward input convolution.
+    try_backends.push_back(CONV_BACKWARD_INPUT);
+  } else {
+    // Otherwise it could be backward weight convolution or forward convolution,
+    // mathematically there is no difference so we have to use heuristics.
+    // Empirically backward convolutions have large kernel dimensions, and
+    // usually have |in| and |wt| transposed.
+    if (!in.flags().row_contiguous && !wt.flags().row_contiguous &&
+        wt.shape(2) > out.shape(2)) {
+      try_backends = {CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT, CONV_FORWARD};
+    } else {
+      try_backends = {CONV_FORWARD, CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT};
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Try to build op graph.
+  cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type;
+  std::optional<cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph> op_graph;
+  for (auto try_backend : try_backends) {
+    auto [in_copy, wt_copy, out_copy] =
+        prepare_args(encoder, try_backend, in, wt, out, groups_, s);
+    auto [x, w, y] = dispatch_args(try_backend, in_copy, wt_copy, out_copy);
+    auto [stride, padding_lo, padding_hi, dilation] = get_conv_op_settings(
+        try_backend,
+        x,
+        w,
+        y,
+        kernel_strides_,
+        padding_lo_,
+        padding_hi_,
+        kernel_dilation_,
+        input_dilation_);
+    op_graph = build_conv_op_graph(
+        encoder,
+        try_backend,
+        dtype,
+        x,
+        w,
+        y,
+        stride,
+        padding_lo,
+        padding_hi,
+        dilation);
+    if (op_graph) {
+      backend_type = try_backend;
+      in = std::move(in_copy);
+      wt = std::move(wt_copy);
+      out = std::move(out_copy);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (op_graph) {
+    // Setup inputs and outputs.
+    register_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, out_);
+
+    // Find a plan for the graph and execute it.
+    auto plan = find_cudnn_plan_from_op_graph(
+        encoder.device().cudnn_handle(), backend_type, dtype, *op_graph);
+    if (!plan) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("[conv] Unable to find an execution plan.");
+    }
+    auto [x, w, y] = dispatch_args(backend_type, in, wt, out);
+    if (encode_cudnn_plan(encoder, *plan, {'x', 'w', 'y'}, x, w, y)) {
+      conv_cache().emplace(
+          cache_key, std::make_pair(backend_type, std::move(*plan)));
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Use fallback kernel for settings not supported by cuDNN.
+  gemm_conv(
+      encoder,
+      in,
+      wt,
+      out,
+      kernel_strides_,
+      padding_lo_,
+      kernel_dilation_,
+      input_dilation_,
+      groups_,
+      flip_,
+      s);
+  conv_cache().emplace(cache_key, std::make_pair(CONV_FALLBACK, std::nullopt));
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/conv/conv.h

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/gpu/copy.h"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+template <int NDIM>
+struct ConvParams {
+  int N; // Batch size
+  int C; // In channels
+  int O; // Out channels
+  int strides[NDIM];
+  int padding[NDIM];
+  int kernel_dilation[NDIM];
+  int input_dilation[NDIM];
+  int groups;
+  bool flip;
+  int in_spatial_dims[NDIM];
+  int wt_spatial_dims[NDIM];
+  int out_spatial_dims[NDIM];
+  int64_t in_strides[NDIM + 2];
+
+  ConvParams(
+      const array& in,
+      const array& wt,
+      const array& out,
+      const std::vector<int>& strides,
+      const std::vector<int>& padding,
+      const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
+      const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
+      int groups,
+      bool flip)
+      : N(in.shape(0)),
+        C(in.shape(-1)),
+        O(wt.shape(0)),
+        groups(groups),
+        flip(flip) {
+    std::copy_n(strides.begin(), NDIM, this->strides);
+    std::copy_n(padding.begin(), NDIM, this->padding);
+    std::copy_n(kernel_dilation.begin(), NDIM, this->kernel_dilation);
+    std::copy_n(input_dilation.begin(), NDIM, this->input_dilation);
+    std::copy_n(in.shape().begin() + 1, NDIM, this->in_spatial_dims);
+    std::copy_n(wt.shape().begin() + 1, NDIM, this->wt_spatial_dims);
+    std::copy_n(out.shape().begin() + 1, NDIM, this->out_spatial_dims);
+    std::copy_n(in.strides().begin(), NDIM + 2, this->in_strides);
+  }
+};
+
+void gemm_grouped_conv(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& in,
+    const array& wt,
+    array& out,
+    const std::vector<int>& strides,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding,
+    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
+    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
+    int groups,
+    bool flip,
+    Stream s);
+
+void gemm_conv(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& in,
+    const array& wt,
+    array& out,
+    const std::vector<int>& strides,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding,
+    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
+    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
+    bool flip,
+    Stream s);
+
+inline void gemm_conv(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    array in,
+    array wt,
+    array& out,
+    const std::vector<int>& strides,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding,
+    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
+    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
+    int groups,
+    bool flip,
+    Stream s) {
+  if (!in.flags().row_contiguous) {
+    in = contiguous_copy_gpu(in, s);
+    encoder.add_temporary(in);
+  }
+  if (!wt.flags().row_contiguous) {
+    wt = contiguous_copy_gpu(wt, s);
+    encoder.add_temporary(wt);
+  }
+
+  if (groups == 1) {
+    gemm_conv(
+        encoder,
+        in,
+        wt,
+        out,
+        strides,
+        padding,
+        kernel_dilation,
+        input_dilation,
+        flip,
+        s);
+  } else {
+    gemm_grouped_conv(
+        encoder,
+        in,
+        wt,
+        out,
+        strides,
+        padding,
+        kernel_dilation,
+        input_dilation,
+        groups,
+        flip,
+        s);
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/conv/gemm_conv.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/conv/conv.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/cublas_gemm.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
+#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
+
+#include <cooperative_groups.h>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+namespace cu {
+
+namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
+
+template <typename T, int NDIM>
+__global__ void naive_unfold_nd(
+    const T* in,
+    T* out,
+    int filter_size,
+    int out_pixels,
+    const __grid_constant__ ConvParams<NDIM> params) {
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
+  auto tid = block.group_index();
+  auto lid = block.thread_index();
+
+  int index_batch = tid.z / out_pixels; // [0, N)
+  int index_out_spatial = tid.z % out_pixels; // [0, H_out * W_out)
+  int index_wt_spatial =
+      tid.x * block.dim_threads().x + lid.x; // [0, H_wt * W_wt)
+
+  if (index_wt_spatial >= filter_size / params.C) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  in += tid.y; // [0, C)
+  out += tid.z * filter_size + index_wt_spatial * params.C + tid.y;
+
+  bool valid = index_batch < params.N;
+
+  // Get the coordinates in input.
+  int index_in[NDIM] = {};
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = NDIM - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+    int index_out = index_out_spatial % params.out_spatial_dims[i];
+    int index_wt = index_wt_spatial % params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
+
+    if (params.flip) {
+      index_wt = params.wt_spatial_dims[i] - index_wt - 1;
+    }
+
+    int index = index_out * params.strides[i] - params.padding[i] +
+        index_wt * params.kernel_dilation[i];
+    int index_max =
+        1 + params.input_dilation[i] * (params.in_spatial_dims[i] - 1);
+
+    valid &= (index >= 0) && (index < index_max) &&
+        (index % params.input_dilation[i] == 0);
+
+    index_in[i] = index / params.input_dilation[i];
+
+    index_out_spatial /= params.out_spatial_dims[i];
+    index_wt_spatial /= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
+  }
+
+  if (valid) {
+    int in_offset = index_batch * params.in_strides[0];
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
+      in_offset += index_in[i] * params.in_strides[i + 1];
+    }
+    *out = in[in_offset];
+  } else {
+    *out = T{0};
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace cu
+
+template <int NDIM>
+array unfold_inputs_nd(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& in,
+    int mat_M,
+    int mat_K,
+    int mat_N,
+    ConvParams<NDIM>& params) {
+  array unfolded({mat_M, mat_K}, in.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  unfolded.set_data(allocator::malloc(unfolded.nbytes()));
+  encoder.add_temporary(unfolded);
+
+  int filter_size = params.C;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
+    filter_size *= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
+  }
+
+  int out_pixels = 1;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
+    out_pixels *= params.out_spatial_dims[i];
+  }
+
+  int wt_spatial_size = mat_K / params.C;
+  dim3 block_dims;
+  block_dims.x = std::min(std::max(wt_spatial_size, 32), 1024);
+  dim3 num_blocks;
+  num_blocks.x = cuda::ceil_div(wt_spatial_size, block_dims.x);
+  num_blocks.y = params.C;
+  num_blocks.z = mat_M;
+
+  encoder.set_input_array(in);
+  encoder.set_output_array(unfolded);
+  dispatch_float_types(in.dtype(), "unfold", [&](auto type_tag) {
+    using DataType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag)>;
+    encoder.add_kernel_node(
+        cu::naive_unfold_nd<DataType, NDIM>,
+        num_blocks,
+        block_dims,
+        0,
+        in.data<DataType>(),
+        unfolded.data<DataType>(),
+        filter_size,
+        out_pixels,
+        params);
+  });
+
+  return unfolded;
+}
+
+template <int NDIM>
+void gemm_conv_nd(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& in,
+    const array& wt,
+    array& out,
+    ConvParams<NDIM>& params,
+    Stream s) {
+  // Get gemm shapes.
+  int mat_M = out.size() / params.O; // N * H_out * W_out
+  int mat_K = wt.size() / params.O; // C * H_wt * W_wt
+  int mat_N = params.O; // O
+
+  // Unfold input to (N * H_out * W_out, C * H_wt * W_wt) for gemm.
+  array in_unfolded =
+      unfold_inputs_nd<NDIM>(encoder, in, mat_M, mat_K, mat_N, params);
+
+  // Reshape weight to (C * H_wt * W_wt, O) for gemm.
+  array wt_reshaped({mat_K, mat_N}, wt.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  wt_reshaped.copy_shared_buffer(
+      wt,
+      {1, mat_K},
+      {false, false, /* col_contiguous */ true},
+      wt.data_size());
+
+  // Single batch.
+  Shape batch_shape{1};
+  Strides a_batch_strides{0};
+  Strides b_batch_strides{0};
+
+  // Run matmul.
+  CublasGemm gemm(
+      encoder.device(),
+      in.dtype(),
+      false, // a_transposed
+      mat_M, // a_rows
+      mat_K, // a_cols
+      mat_K, // lda
+      true, // b_transposed
+      mat_K, // b_rows
+      mat_N, // b_cols
+      mat_K, // ldb
+      batch_shape.back(),
+      a_batch_strides.back(),
+      b_batch_strides.back());
+  gemm.run(
+      encoder,
+      out,
+      in_unfolded,
+      wt_reshaped,
+      batch_shape,
+      a_batch_strides,
+      b_batch_strides);
+}
+
+void gemm_conv(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& in,
+    const array& wt,
+    array& out,
+    const std::vector<int>& strides,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding,
+    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
+    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
+    bool flip,
+    Stream s) {
+  int conv_ndim = in.ndim() - 2;
+  if (conv_ndim < 1 || conv_ndim > 3) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        fmt::format("[conv] Unsupported gemm_conv for {}D conv.", conv_ndim));
+  }
+  dispatch_1_2_3(conv_ndim, [&](auto ndim_constant) {
+    ConvParams<ndim_constant()> params(
+        in,
+        wt,
+        out,
+        strides,
+        padding,
+        kernel_dilation,
+        input_dilation,
+        1, // groups
+        flip);
+    gemm_conv_nd<ndim_constant()>(encoder, in, wt, out, params, s);
+  });
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/conv/gemm_grouped_conv.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/conv/conv.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/cublas_gemm.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
+#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
+
+#include <cooperative_groups.h>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+namespace cu {
+
+namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
+
+template <typename T, int NDIM>
+__global__ void naive_grouped_unfold_transpose_nd(
+    const T* in,
+    T* out,
+    int filter_size,
+    int out_pixels,
+    const __grid_constant__ ConvParams<NDIM> params) {
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
+  auto tid = block.group_index();
+  auto lid = block.thread_index();
+
+  int index_batch = tid.z / out_pixels; // [0, N)
+  int index_out_spatial = tid.z % out_pixels; // [0, H_out * W_out)
+  int index_wt_spatial =
+      tid.x * block.dim_threads().x + lid.x; // [0, H_wt * W_wt)
+
+  if (index_wt_spatial >= filter_size / params.C) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  in += tid.y; // [0, C)
+  out += tid.z * filter_size + tid.y * (filter_size / params.C);
+
+  bool valid = index_batch < params.N;
+
+  // Get the coordinates in input.
+  int index_in[NDIM] = {};
+  int wt_stride = 1;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = NDIM - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+    int index_out = index_out_spatial % params.out_spatial_dims[i];
+    int index_wt = index_wt_spatial % params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
+    out += index_wt * wt_stride;
+
+    if (params.flip) {
+      index_wt = params.wt_spatial_dims[i] - index_wt - 1;
+    }
+
+    int index = index_out * params.strides[i] - params.padding[i] +
+        index_wt * params.kernel_dilation[i];
+    int index_max =
+        1 + params.input_dilation[i] * (params.in_spatial_dims[i] - 1);
+
+    valid &= (index >= 0) && (index < index_max) &&
+        (index % params.input_dilation[i] == 0);
+
+    index_in[i] = index / params.input_dilation[i];
+
+    index_out_spatial /= params.out_spatial_dims[i];
+    index_wt_spatial /= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
+    wt_stride *= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
+  }
+
+  if (valid) {
+    int in_offset = index_batch * params.in_strides[0];
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
+      in_offset += index_in[i] * params.in_strides[i + 1];
+    }
+    *out = in[in_offset];
+  } else {
+    *out = T{0};
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace cu
+
+template <int NDIM>
+array grouped_unfold_transpose_inputs_nd(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& in,
+    int mat_M,
+    int mat_K,
+    int mat_N,
+    ConvParams<NDIM>& params) {
+  array unfolded({mat_M, mat_K * params.groups}, in.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  unfolded.set_data(allocator::malloc(unfolded.nbytes()));
+  encoder.add_temporary(unfolded);
+
+  int filter_size = params.C;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
+    filter_size *= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
+  }
+
+  int out_pixels = 1;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
+    out_pixels *= params.out_spatial_dims[i];
+  }
+
+  int wt_spatial_size = (mat_K * params.groups) / params.C;
+  dim3 block_dims;
+  block_dims.x = std::min(std::max(wt_spatial_size, 32), 1024);
+  dim3 num_blocks;
+  num_blocks.x = cuda::ceil_div(wt_spatial_size, block_dims.x);
+  num_blocks.y = params.C;
+  num_blocks.z = mat_M;
+
+  encoder.set_input_array(in);
+  encoder.set_output_array(unfolded);
+  dispatch_float_types(in.dtype(), "unfold", [&](auto type_tag) {
+    using DataType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag)>;
+    encoder.add_kernel_node(
+        cu::naive_grouped_unfold_transpose_nd<DataType, NDIM>,
+        num_blocks,
+        block_dims,
+        0,
+        in.data<DataType>(),
+        unfolded.data<DataType>(),
+        filter_size,
+        out_pixels,
+        params);
+  });
+
+  return unfolded;
+}
+
+template <int NDIM>
+void gemm_grouped_conv_nd(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& in,
+    const array& wt,
+    array& out,
+    ConvParams<NDIM>& params,
+    Stream s) {
+  // Get gemm shapes.
+  int C_per_group = params.C / params.groups;
+  int O_per_group = params.O / params.groups;
+  int mat_M = out.size() / params.O; // N * H_out * W_out
+  int mat_K = wt.size() / params.O; // C_per_group * H_wt * W_wt
+  int mat_N = O_per_group; // O_per_group
+
+  // Unfold input to (N * H_out * W_out, C * H_wt * W_wt) for gemm.
+  array in_unfolded = grouped_unfold_transpose_inputs_nd<NDIM>(
+      encoder, in, mat_M, mat_K, mat_N, params);
+
+  // Reshape weight to (O, C_per_group, H_wt * W_wt) for gemm.
+  int wt_spatial_size = (wt.size() / wt.shape(0)) / wt.shape(-1);
+  array wt_view(
+      {params.O, C_per_group, wt_spatial_size}, wt.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  wt_view.copy_shared_buffer(
+      wt, {wt.strides(0), 1, C_per_group}, wt.flags(), wt.size());
+  array wt_reshaped = contiguous_copy_gpu(wt_view, s);
+
+  // Batch with size of groups.
+  Shape batch_shape{params.groups};
+  Strides a_batch_strides{mat_K};
+  Strides b_batch_strides{mat_N * mat_K};
+
+  // Run matmul.
+  CublasGemm gemm(
+      encoder.device(),
+      in.dtype(),
+      false, // a_transposed
+      mat_M, // a_rows
+      mat_K, // a_cols
+      mat_K * params.groups, // lda
+      true, // b_transposed
+      mat_K, // b_rows
+      mat_N, // b_cols
+      mat_K, // ldb
+      batch_shape.back(),
+      a_batch_strides.back(),
+      b_batch_strides.back());
+  gemm.set_out(
+      out.dtype(),
+      false, // out_transposed
+      mat_M, // out_rows
+      mat_N, // out_cols
+      mat_N * params.groups, // out_ld
+      params.groups, // batch_count
+      mat_N); // batch_stride
+  gemm.run(
+      encoder,
+      out,
+      in_unfolded,
+      wt_reshaped,
+      batch_shape,
+      a_batch_strides,
+      b_batch_strides);
+}
+
+void gemm_grouped_conv(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& in,
+    const array& wt,
+    array& out,
+    const std::vector<int>& strides,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding,
+    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
+    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
+    int groups,
+    bool flip,
+    Stream s) {
+  int conv_ndim = in.ndim() - 2;
+  if (conv_ndim < 1 || conv_ndim > 3) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        fmt::format("[conv] Unsupported gemm_conv for {}D conv.", conv_ndim));
+  }
+  dispatch_1_2_3(conv_ndim, [&](auto ndim_constant) {
+    ConvParams<ndim_constant()> params(
+        in,
+        wt,
+        out,
+        strides,
+        padding,
+        kernel_dilation,
+        input_dilation,
+        groups,
+        flip);
+    gemm_grouped_conv_nd<ndim_constant()>(encoder, in, wt, out, params, s);
+  });
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/copy/copy_contiguous.cu

@@ -10,19 +10,43 @@ namespace cu {
 
 namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void copy_s(const In* in, Out* out, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  if (index < size) {
+
-    out[index] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[0]);
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
+      out[i] = cast_to<Out>(in[0]);
+    }
+  } else {
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+      out_vec[i] = cast_to<Out>(in[0]);
+    }
+
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out, index, out_vec);
   }
 }
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void copy_v(const In* in, Out* out, IdxT size) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-  if (index < size) {
+
-    out[index] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[index]);
+  if ((index + 1) * N_READS > size) {
+    for (IdxT i = index * N_READS; i < size; ++i) {
+      out[i] = cast_to<Out>(in[i]);
+    }
+  } else {
+    auto in_vec = load_vector<N_READS>(in, index);
+
+    AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+      out_vec[i] = cast_to<Out>(in_vec[i]);
+    }
+
+    store_vector<N_READS>(out, index, out_vec);
   }
 }
 
@@ -41,16 +65,18 @@ void copy_contiguous(
         using InType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(in_type_tag)>;
         using OutType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(out_type_tag)>;
         using IdxT = std::conditional_t<large(), int64_t, uint32_t>;
-        auto kernel = cu::copy_s<InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+        constexpr int N_READS = 16 / sizeof(InType);
+        auto kernel = cu::copy_s<InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
         if (ctype == CopyType::Vector) {
-          kernel = cu::copy_v<InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+          kernel = cu::copy_v<InType, OutType, IdxT, N_READS>;
         }
         auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(
-            kernel, out.data_size(), out.shape(), out.strides(), large());
+            out.data_size(), out.shape(), out.strides(), large(), N_READS);
         encoder.add_kernel_node(
             kernel,
             num_blocks,
             block_dims,
+            0,
             in.data<InType>() + in_offset,
             out.data<OutType>() + out_offset,
             out.data_size());

mlx/backend/cuda/copy/copy_general.cu

@@ -10,37 +10,80 @@ namespace cu {
 
 namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM, int N_READS>
 __global__ void copy_gg_nd(
     const In* in,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size,
+    IdxT size_rest,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int32_t, NDIM> shape,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> strides_in,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> strides_out) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  if (index < size) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-    auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+  IdxT index_rest =
-        index, shape.data(), strides_in.data(), strides_out.data());
+      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-    out[idx_out] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in]);
+  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
+    return;
   }
+
+  auto shape_x = shape[NDIM - 1];
+  auto in_stride_x = strides_in[NDIM - 1];
+  auto out_stride_x = strides_out[NDIM - 1];
+  IdxT index_x =
+      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
+  auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+      index_rest * shape_x,
+      shape.data(),
+      strides_in.data(),
+      strides_out.data());
+
+  auto in_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(in + idx_in, index_x, shape_x, in_stride_x, In(0));
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    out_vec[i] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in_vec[i]);
+  }
+  store_vector(out + idx_out, index_x, out_vec, shape_x, out_stride_x);
 }
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void copy_gg(
     const In* in,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size,
+    IdxT size_rest,
     const __grid_constant__ Shape shape,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides strides_in,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides strides_out,
     int ndim) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  if (index < size) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-    auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc_4d(
+  IdxT index_rest =
-        index, shape.data(), strides_in.data(), strides_out.data(), ndim);
+      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-    out[idx_out] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in]);
+  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
+    return;
   }
+
+  auto shape_x = shape[ndim - 1];
+  auto in_stride_x = strides_in[ndim - 1];
+  auto out_stride_x = strides_out[ndim - 1];
+  IdxT index_x =
+      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
+  auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc(
+      index_rest * shape_x,
+      shape.data(),
+      strides_in.data(),
+      strides_out.data(),
+      ndim);
+
+  auto in_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(in + idx_in, index_x, shape_x, in_stride_x, In(0));
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    out_vec[i] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in_vec[i]);
+  }
+  store_vector(out + idx_out, index_x, out_vec, shape_x, out_stride_x);
 }
 
 } // namespace cu
@@ -69,34 +112,52 @@ void copy_general(
             size_t data_size = 1;
             for (auto& s : shape)
               data_size *= s;
+
+            int work_per_thread = 1;
+            auto dim0 = ndim > 0 ? shape.back() : 1;
+            auto rest = data_size / dim0;
+            if (dim0 >= 4) {
+              work_per_thread = 4;
+            }
+
+            dim0 = (dim0 + work_per_thread - 1) / work_per_thread;
+            auto block_dims = get_block_dims(dim0, rest, 1);
+            uint32_t num_blocks_x = cuda::ceil_div(dim0, block_dims.x);
+            uint32_t num_blocks_y = cuda::ceil_div(rest, block_dims.y);
+
             if (ndim <= 3) {
               dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto ndim_constant) {
                 auto kernel =
-                    cu::copy_gg_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, ndim_constant()>;
+                    cu::copy_gg_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, ndim_constant(), 1>;
-                auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(
+                if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                    kernel, data_size, shape, out.strides(), large());
+                  kernel =
+                      cu::copy_gg_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, ndim_constant(), 4>;
+                }
                 encoder.add_kernel_node(
                     kernel,
-                    num_blocks,
+                    {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
                     block_dims,
+                    0,
                     in_ptr,
                     out_ptr,
-                    data_size,
+                    rest,
                     const_param<ndim_constant()>(shape),
                     const_param<ndim_constant()>(strides_in),
                     const_param<ndim_constant()>(strides_out));
               });
             } else { // ndim >= 4
-              auto kernel = cu::copy_gg<InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+              auto kernel = cu::copy_gg<InType, OutType, IdxT, 1>;
-              auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(
+              if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                  kernel, data_size, shape, out.strides(), large());
+                kernel = cu::copy_gg<InType, OutType, IdxT, 4>;
+              }
               encoder.add_kernel_node(
                   kernel,
-                  num_blocks,
+                  {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
                   block_dims,
+                  0,
                   in_ptr,
                   out_ptr,
-                  data_size,
+                  rest,
                   const_param(shape),
                   const_param(strides_in),
                   const_param(strides_out),

mlx/backend/cuda/copy/copy_general_dynamic.cu

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ __global__ void copy_gg_dynamic(
     const int64_t* offset_out) {
   IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
   if (index < size) {
-    auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc_4d(
+    auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc(
         index, shape.data(), strides_in.data(), strides_out.data(), ndim);
     out[idx_out + *offset_out] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in + *offset_in]);
   }
@@ -74,14 +74,16 @@ void copy_general_dynamic(
             int ndim = shape.size();
             if (ndim <= 3) {
               dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto dims_constant) {
-                auto kernel = cu::
+                auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(out, large());
-                    copy_gg_dynamic_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant()>;
-                auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
-                    get_launch_args(kernel, out, large());
                 encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                    kernel,
+                    cu::copy_gg_dynamic_nd<
+                        InType,
+                        OutType,
+                        IdxT,
+                        dims_constant()>,
                     num_blocks,
                     block_dims,
+                    0,
                     in_ptr,
                     out_ptr,
                     out.size(),
@@ -92,13 +94,12 @@ void copy_general_dynamic(
                     dynamic_offset_out.data<int64_t>());
               });
             } else { // ndim >= 4
-              auto kernel = cu::copy_gg_dynamic<InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+              auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(out, large());
-              auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
-                  get_launch_args(kernel, out, large());
               encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                  kernel,
+                  cu::copy_gg_dynamic<InType, OutType, IdxT>,
                   num_blocks,
                   block_dims,
+                  0,
                   in_ptr,
                   out_ptr,
                   out.size(),

mlx/backend/cuda/copy/copy_general_input.cu

@@ -10,33 +10,67 @@ namespace cu {
 
 namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM, int N_READS>
 __global__ void copy_g_nd(
     const In* in,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size,
+    IdxT size_rest,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int32_t, NDIM> shape,
-    const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> strides_in) {
+    const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> strides) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  if (index < size) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-    IdxT idx_in = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(index, shape.data(), strides_in.data());
+  IdxT index_rest =
-    out[index] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in]);
+      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
+  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
+    return;
   }
+
+  auto shape_x = shape[NDIM - 1];
+  auto stride_x = strides[NDIM - 1];
+  IdxT index_x =
+      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
+  auto idx =
+      elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(index_rest * shape_x, shape.data(), strides.data());
+  auto in_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(in + idx, index_x, shape_x, stride_x, In(0));
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    out_vec[i] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in_vec[i]);
+  }
+  store_vector(out + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec, shape_x);
 }
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
 __global__ void copy_g(
     const In* in,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size,
+    IdxT size_rest,
     const __grid_constant__ Shape shape,
-    const __grid_constant__ Strides strides_in,
+    const __grid_constant__ Strides strides,
     int ndim) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  if (index < size) {
+  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-    IdxT idx_in = elem_to_loc_4d(index, shape.data(), strides_in.data(), ndim);
+  IdxT index_rest =
-    out[index] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in]);
+      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
+  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
+    return;
   }
+
+  auto shape_x = shape[ndim - 1];
+  auto stride_x = strides[ndim - 1];
+  IdxT index_x =
+      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
+  auto idx =
+      elem_to_loc(index_rest * shape_x, shape.data(), strides.data(), ndim);
+  auto in_vec =
+      load_vector<N_READS>(in + idx, index_x, shape_x, stride_x, In(0));
+  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
+#pragma unroll
+  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
+    out_vec[i] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in_vec[i]);
+  }
+  store_vector(out + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec, shape_x);
 }
 
 } // namespace cu
@@ -61,33 +95,49 @@ void copy_general_input(
             const InType* in_ptr = in.data<InType>() + offset_in;
             OutType* out_ptr = out.data<OutType>() + offset_out;
             int ndim = shape.size();
+            int work_per_thread = 1;
+            auto dim0 = ndim > 0 ? shape.back() : 1;
+            auto rest = out.size() / dim0;
+            if (dim0 >= 4) {
+              work_per_thread = 4;
+            }
+            dim0 = (dim0 + work_per_thread - 1) / work_per_thread;
+            auto block_dims = get_block_dims(dim0, rest, 1);
+            uint32_t num_blocks_x = cuda::ceil_div(dim0, block_dims.x);
+            uint32_t num_blocks_y = cuda::ceil_div(rest, block_dims.y);
+
             if (ndim <= 3) {
               dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto dims_constant) {
                 auto kernel =
-                    cu::copy_g_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant()>;
+                    cu::copy_g_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant(), 1>;
-                auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                    get_launch_args(kernel, out, large());
+                  kernel =
+                      cu::copy_g_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant(), 4>;
+                }
                 encoder.add_kernel_node(
                     kernel,
-                    num_blocks,
+                    {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
                     block_dims,
+                    0,
                     in_ptr,
                     out_ptr,
-                    out.size(),
+                    rest,
                     const_param<dims_constant()>(shape),
                     const_param<dims_constant()>(strides_in));
               });
             } else { // ndim >= 4
-              auto kernel = cu::copy_g<InType, OutType, IdxT>;
+              auto kernel = cu::copy_g<InType, OutType, IdxT, 1>;
-              auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+              if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                  get_launch_args(kernel, out, large());
+                kernel = cu::copy_g<InType, OutType, IdxT, 4>;
+              }
               encoder.add_kernel_node(
                   kernel,
-                  num_blocks,
+                  {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
                   block_dims,
+                  0,
                   in_ptr,
                   out_ptr,
-                  out.size(),
+                  rest,
                   const_param(shape),
                   const_param(strides_in),
                   ndim);

mlx/backend/cuda/cudnn_utils.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/cudnn_utils.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+namespace {
+
+// Create a cudnn tensor descriptor.
+template <typename Vec>
+inline cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor(
+    int64_t id,
+    const array& x,
+    const Vec& shape,
+    const Vec& strides) {
+  return cudnn_frontend::TensorBuilder()
+      .setDim(shape.size(), shape.data())
+      .setStrides(strides.size(), strides.data())
+      .setId(id)
+      .setAlignment(get_alignment(x))
+      .setDataType(dtype_to_cudnn_type(x.dtype()))
+      .build();
+}
+
+// Return the shape and strides after transposing from NHWC to NCHW.
+auto nhwc_to_nchw(SmallVector<int64_t> shape, SmallVector<int64_t> strides) {
+  assert(shape.size() >= 3);
+  shape.insert(shape.begin() + 1, shape.back());
+  shape.erase(shape.end() - 1);
+  strides.insert(strides.begin() + 1, strides.back());
+  strides.erase(strides.end() - 1);
+  return std::make_tuple(std::move(shape), std::move(strides));
+}
+
+auto nhwc_to_nchw(const array& x) {
+  return nhwc_to_nchw(convert_vector<int64_t>(x.shape()), x.strides());
+}
+
+// Return available engines for a |op_graph|.
+cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList get_cudnn_engine_configs(
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    Dtype dtype,
+    cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph,
+    bool use_fallback = true) {
+  SmallVector<cudnn_frontend::GeneratorSource, 2> sources;
+  sources.push_back([](auto& op_graph) {
+    auto heuristics = cudnn_frontend::EngineHeuristicsBuilder()
+                          .setOperationGraph(op_graph)
+                          .setHeurMode(CUDNN_HEUR_MODE_A)
+                          .build();
+    return heuristics.getEngineConfig(heuristics.getEngineConfigCount());
+  });
+  if (use_fallback) {
+    sources.push_back([&backend_type](auto& op_graph) {
+      auto fallback = cudnn_frontend::EngineFallbackListBuilder()
+                          .setOperationGraph(op_graph)
+                          .setOperation(backend_type)
+                          .build();
+      return fallback.getFallbackList();
+    });
+  }
+
+  auto configs =
+      cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigGenerator(sources.size(), sources.data())
+          .generate_engine_config(op_graph);
+
+  cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList filtered_configs;
+  cudnn_frontend::filter(configs, filtered_configs, [dtype](auto c) {
+    if (cudnn_frontend::hasNumericalNote<
+            CUDNN_NUMERICAL_NOTE_DOWN_CONVERT_INPUTS>(c)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (cudnn_frontend::hasNumericalNote<CUDNN_NUMERICAL_NOTE_TENSOR_CORE>(c) &&
+        dtype == float32 && !env::enable_tf32()) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  });
+  return filtered_configs;
+}
+
+// Take |engine_configs| and |op_graph| and find a working execution plans
+// from them.
+std::optional<cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan>
+find_cudnn_plan_from_engine_configs(
+    cudnnHandle_t handle,
+    const cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList& engine_configs,
+    const cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph) {
+  auto op_graph_tag = op_graph.getTag();
+  for (const auto& config : engine_configs) {
+    try {
+      return cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlanBuilder()
+          .setHandle(handle)
+          .setEngineConfig(config, op_graph_tag)
+          .build();
+    } catch (cudnn_frontend::cudnnException& error) {
+      if (error.getCudnnStatus() != CUDNN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
+        throw;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+// Prepare workspace and args to execute plan.
+template <typename F>
+bool prepare_cudnn_plan(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
+    int num_args,
+    const int64_t* uids,
+    void** data_ptrs,
+    F&& execute) {
+  int workspace_size = plan.getWorkspaceSize();
+  array workspace(
+      workspace_size > 0 ? allocator::malloc(workspace_size)
+                         : allocator::Buffer(nullptr),
+      {workspace_size},
+      uint8);
+
+  auto args = cudnn_frontend::VariantPackBuilder()
+                  .setWorkspacePointer(workspace.data<void>())
+                  .setDataPointers(num_args, data_ptrs)
+                  .setUids(num_args, uids)
+                  .build();
+
+  auto handle = encoder.device().cudnn_handle();
+  cudnnSetStream(handle, encoder.stream());
+
+  if (!execute(handle, plan.get_raw_desc(), args.get_raw_desc())) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  encoder.add_temporary(workspace);
+  return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor(int64_t id, const array& x) {
+  auto shape = convert_vector<int64_t>(x.shape());
+  return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, shape, x.strides());
+}
+
+cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor_nchw(int64_t id, const array& x) {
+  auto [shape, strides] = nhwc_to_nchw(x);
+  return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, shape, strides);
+}
+
+cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor_4d_nchw(int64_t id, const array& x) {
+  if (x.ndim() == 0) {
+    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> scalar_dims = {1, 1, 1, 1};
+    return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, scalar_dims, scalar_dims);
+  }
+  if (x.ndim() == 1) {
+    int64_t s = x.shape(0);
+    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> shape = {1, x.shape(0), 1, 1};
+    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> strides = {s, 1, s, s};
+    return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, shape, strides);
+  }
+  if (x.ndim() == 2) {
+    int64_t s = x.strides(0);
+    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> shape = {x.shape(0), x.shape(1), 1, 1};
+    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> strides = {s, x.strides(1), s, s};
+    return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, shape, strides);
+  }
+  if (x.ndim() == 3 || x.ndim() == 4) {
+    return build_cudnn_tensor_nchw(id, x);
+  }
+  throw std::runtime_error(
+      fmt::format("Unsupported array with {} dims.", x.ndim()));
+}
+
+cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_scalar_4d(int64_t id, Dtype dtype) {
+  SmallVector<int64_t, 4> scalar_dims = {1, 1, 1, 1};
+  return cudnn_frontend::TensorBuilder()
+      .setDim(scalar_dims.size(), scalar_dims.data())
+      .setStrides(scalar_dims.size(), scalar_dims.data())
+      .setId(id)
+      .setAlignment(16)
+      .setDataType(dtype_to_cudnn_type(dtype))
+      .setByValue(true)
+      .build();
+}
+
+std::optional<cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan> find_cudnn_plan_from_op_graph(
+    cudnnHandle_t handle,
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    Dtype dtype,
+    cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph) {
+  auto engine_configs = get_cudnn_engine_configs(backend_type, dtype, op_graph);
+  return find_cudnn_plan_from_engine_configs(handle, engine_configs, op_graph);
+}
+
+bool encode_cudnn_plan_with_capturing(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
+    int num_args,
+    const int64_t* uids,
+    void** data_ptrs) {
+  return prepare_cudnn_plan(
+      encoder,
+      plan,
+      num_args,
+      uids,
+      data_ptrs,
+      [&](auto handle, auto plan, auto args) {
+        auto capture = encoder.capture_context();
+        if (cudnnBackendExecute(handle, plan, args) != CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+          // Discard the captured graph when failed.
+          capture.discard = true;
+          return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+      });
+}
+
+#if CUDNN_VERSION >= 90500
+bool encode_cudnn_plan_with_graph_api(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
+    CudaGraph& graph,
+    int num_args,
+    const int64_t* uids,
+    void** data_ptrs) {
+  return prepare_cudnn_plan(
+      encoder,
+      plan,
+      num_args,
+      uids,
+      data_ptrs,
+      [&](auto handle, auto plan, auto args) {
+        if (!graph) {
+          graph = CudaGraph(encoder.device());
+          if (cudnnBackendPopulateCudaGraph(handle, plan, args, graph) !=
+              CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+            return false;
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (cudnnBackendUpdateCudaGraph(handle, plan, args, graph) !=
+              CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+        encoder.add_graph_node(graph);
+        return true;
+      });
+}
+#endif
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/cudnn_utils.h

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "mlx/array.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/config.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/utils.h"
+#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
+
+#include <cudnn_frontend.h>
+#include <cudnn_frontend_find_plan.h>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <array>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+namespace cu {
+class CommandEncoder;
+}
+
+// Return pointer alignment of |x|'s data.
+inline uint8_t get_alignment(const array& x) {
+  uint8_t alignment = 1;
+  uintptr_t address = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(x.data<void>());
+  for (; alignment < 32; alignment *= 2) {
+    if (address % (alignment * 2)) {
+      return alignment;
+    }
+  }
+  return alignment;
+}
+
+// Convert the type of elements in |vec| to |T|.
+template <typename T, typename Vec>
+inline SmallVector<T> convert_vector(const Vec& vec) {
+  return SmallVector<T>(vec.begin(), vec.end());
+}
+
+// Return an array that can be used as map key for |vec| with size <= MAX_NDIM.
+//
+// There are 2 differences from the const_param util from kernel_utils.cuh:
+// 1. The rest of array is filled with 0.
+// 2. This util can be used in .cpp files.
+template <typename T, template <typename U> class Vec>
+inline std::array<T, MAX_NDIM> vector_key(const Vec<T>& vec) {
+  if (vec.size() > MAX_NDIM) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        fmt::format("ndim can not be larger than {}.", MAX_NDIM));
+  }
+  std::array<T, MAX_NDIM> result = {};
+  std::copy_n(vec.begin(), vec.size(), result.begin());
+  return result;
+}
+
+// Helpers used by get_data_ptrs to get pointers.
+inline void* get_data_ptr(const array& arr) {
+  return const_cast<void*>(arr.data<void>());
+}
+
+template <typename T, typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_scalar_v<T>>>
+inline void* get_data_ptr(T& scalar) {
+  return &scalar;
+}
+
+// Return an array filled with data pointers of args.
+template <typename... Args>
+inline std::array<void*, sizeof...(Args)> get_data_ptrs(Args&... args) {
+  return {get_data_ptr(args)...};
+}
+
+// Map dtype to cudnn data type.
+inline cudnnDataType_t dtype_to_cudnn_type(Dtype dtype) {
+  switch (dtype) {
+    case int8:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_INT8;
+    case int32:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_INT32;
+    case uint8:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_UINT8;
+    case float16:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_HALF;
+    case bfloat16:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_BFLOAT16;
+    case float32:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT;
+    case float64:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_DOUBLE;
+    default:
+      throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format(
+          "Unsupported dtype in Convolution: {}.", dtype_to_string(dtype)));
+  }
+}
+
+// Create a tensor descriptor from |x|.
+cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor(int64_t id, const array& x);
+
+// Create a tensor descriptor from |x|, and transpose from NHWC to NCHW.
+cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor_nchw(int64_t id, const array& x);
+
+// Create a tensor descriptor from |x|, make sure it is 4D, and transpose it
+// from NHWC to NCHW.
+cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor_4d_nchw(int64_t id, const array& x);
+
+// Create a 4D scalar tensor descriptor, which is passed by value.
+cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_scalar_4d(int64_t id, Dtype dtype);
+
+// Find a working plan for |op_graph|.
+std::optional<cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan> find_cudnn_plan_from_op_graph(
+    cudnnHandle_t handle,
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    Dtype dtype,
+    cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph);
+
+// Encode the plan to command buffer by capturing.
+bool encode_cudnn_plan_with_capturing(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
+    int num_args,
+    const int64_t* uids,
+    void** data_ptrs);
+
+#if CUDNN_VERSION >= 90500
+// Encode the plan to command buffer by using native graph api of cudnn. If the
+// |graph| is empty it will be populated, otherwise it will be updated.
+bool encode_cudnn_plan_with_graph_api(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
+    CudaGraph& graph,
+    int num_args,
+    const int64_t* uids,
+    void** data_ptrs);
+#endif
+
+// Helpers to make calls like encode_cudnn_plan(..., {'x', 'y', 'z'}, x, y, z).
+template <typename... Args>
+bool encode_cudnn_plan(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
+    std::initializer_list<int64_t> uids,
+    Args&... args) {
+  assert(uids.size() == sizeof...(args));
+  auto data_ptrs = get_data_ptrs(args...);
+  return encode_cudnn_plan_with_capturing(
+      encoder, plan, uids.size(), uids.begin(), data_ptrs.data());
+}
+
+#if CUDNN_VERSION >= 90500
+template <typename... Args>
+bool encode_cudnn_plan(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
+    CudaGraph& graph,
+    std::initializer_list<int64_t> uids,
+    Args&... args) {
+  assert(uids.size() == sizeof...(args));
+  auto data_ptrs = get_data_ptrs(args...);
+  return encode_cudnn_plan_with_graph_api(
+      encoder, plan, graph, uids.size(), uids.begin(), data_ptrs.data());
+}
+#endif
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/device.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
 
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/jit_module.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/worker.h"
 #include "mlx/utils.h"
 
@@ -9,12 +10,23 @@
 #include <future>
 #include <unordered_set>
 
-namespace mlx::core {
+namespace mlx::core::cu {
+
+namespace {
 
 // Can be tuned with MLX_MAX_OPS_PER_BUFFER
 // This should be less than 255
 constexpr int default_max_nodes_per_graph = 20;
 
+#define CHECK_CUDNN_ERROR(cmd) check_cudnn_error(#cmd, (cmd))
+
+void check_cudnn_error(const char* name, cudnnStatus_t err) {
+  if (err != CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        fmt::format("{} failed: {}.", name, cudnnGetErrorString(err)));
+  }
+}
+
 int cuda_graph_cache_size() {
   static int cache_size = []() {
     return env::get_var("MLX_CUDA_GRAPH_CACHE_SIZE", 100);
@@ -22,7 +34,7 @@ int cuda_graph_cache_size() {
   return cache_size;
 }
 
-namespace cu {
+} // namespace
 
 Device::Device(int device) : device_(device) {
   CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaDeviceGetAttribute(
@@ -40,11 +52,18 @@ Device::Device(int device) : device_(device) {
   }
   // The cublasLt handle is used by matmul.
   make_current();
-  cublasLtCreate(&lt_);
+  CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtCreate(&lt_));
+  // The cudnn handle is used by Convolution.
+  CHECK_CUDNN_ERROR(cudnnCreate(&cudnn_));
+
+  // Initialize the jit module cache here ensures it is not
+  // unloaded before any evaluation is done
+  get_jit_module_cache();
 }
 
 Device::~Device() {
-  cublasLtDestroy(lt_);
+  CHECK_CUDNN_ERROR(cudnnDestroy(cudnn_));
+  CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtDestroy(lt_));
 }
 
 void Device::make_current() {
@@ -57,31 +76,26 @@ void Device::make_current() {
   }
 }
 
+CommandEncoder& Device::get_command_encoder(Stream s) {
+  auto it = encoders_.find(s.index);
+  if (it == encoders_.end()) {
+    it = encoders_.try_emplace(s.index, *this).first;
+  }
+  return it->second;
+}
+
 CommandEncoder::CaptureContext::CaptureContext(CommandEncoder& enc) : enc(enc) {
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphCreate(&graph, 0));
+  enc.device().make_current();
   CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
       cudaStreamBeginCapture(enc.stream(), cudaStreamCaptureModeGlobal));
 }
 
 CommandEncoder::CaptureContext::~CaptureContext() {
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaStreamEndCapture(enc.stream(), &graph));
+  graph.end_capture(enc.stream());
-  size_t num_nodes;
+  if (discard) {
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphGetNodes(graph, NULL, &num_nodes));
+    return;
-  if (num_nodes == 1) {
-    cudaGraphNode_t captured_node;
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphGetNodes(graph, &captured_node, &num_nodes));
-    CUDA_KERNEL_NODE_PARAMS params;
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cuGraphKernelNodeGetParams(captured_node, &params));
-    cudaGraphNode_t node;
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cuGraphAddKernelNode(&node, enc.graph_, NULL, 0, &params));
-    enc.insert_graph_dependencies(GraphNode{node, 'K'});
-  } else {
-    cudaGraphNode_t node;
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
-        cudaGraphAddChildGraphNode(&node, enc.graph_, NULL, 0, graph));
-    enc.insert_graph_dependencies(GraphNode{node, 'G'});
   }
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphDestroy(graph));
+  enc.add_graph_node(graph);
 }
 
 CommandEncoder::ConcurrentContext::ConcurrentContext(CommandEncoder& enc)
@@ -168,28 +182,11 @@ void CommandEncoder::insert_graph_dependencies(std::vector<GraphNode> nodes) {
   }
 }
 
-CommandEncoder& Device::get_command_encoder(Stream s) {
+CommandEncoder::CommandEncoder(Device& d)
-  auto it = encoders_.find(s.index);
+    : device_(d),
-  if (it == encoders_.end()) {
+      stream_(d),
-    it = encoders_.try_emplace(s.index, *this).first;
+      graph_(d),
-  }
+      graph_cache_(cuda_graph_cache_size()) {}
-  return it->second;
-}
-
-CommandEncoder::CommandEncoder(Device& d) : stream_(d) {
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphCreate(&graph_, 0));
-}
-
-void clear_graphs(std::unordered_map<std::string, cudaGraphExec_t>& graphs) {
-  for (auto& [_, graph_exec] : graphs) {
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphExecDestroy(graph_exec));
-  }
-  graphs.clear();
-}
-
-CommandEncoder::~CommandEncoder() {
-  clear_graphs(graph_cache_);
-}
 
 void CommandEncoder::add_completed_handler(std::function<void()> task) {
   worker_.add_task(std::move(task));
@@ -216,22 +213,22 @@ void CommandEncoder::add_kernel_node(
     void* func,
     dim3 grid_dim,
     dim3 block_dim,
+    uint32_t smem_bytes,
     void** params) {
   cudaKernelNodeParams kernel_params = {0};
   kernel_params.func = func;
   kernel_params.gridDim = grid_dim;
   kernel_params.blockDim = block_dim;
   kernel_params.kernelParams = params;
-  cudaGraphNode_t node;
+  kernel_params.sharedMemBytes = smem_bytes;
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
+  add_kernel_node(kernel_params);
-      cudaGraphAddKernelNode(&node, graph_, NULL, 0, &kernel_params));
-  insert_graph_dependencies(GraphNode{node, 'K'});
 }
 
 void CommandEncoder::add_kernel_node(
     CUfunction func,
     dim3 grid_dim,
     dim3 block_dim,
+    uint32_t smem_bytes,
     void** params) {
   CUDA_KERNEL_NODE_PARAMS kernel_params = {0};
   kernel_params.func = func;
@@ -242,13 +239,30 @@ void CommandEncoder::add_kernel_node(
   kernel_params.blockDimY = block_dim.y;
   kernel_params.blockDimZ = block_dim.z;
   kernel_params.kernelParams = params;
-  CUgraphNode node;
+  kernel_params.sharedMemBytes = smem_bytes;
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
+  add_kernel_node(kernel_params);
-      cuGraphAddKernelNode(&node, graph_, NULL, 0, &kernel_params));
+}
+
+void CommandEncoder::add_kernel_node(const cudaKernelNodeParams& params) {
+  cudaGraphNode_t node;
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphAddKernelNode(&node, graph_, NULL, 0, &params));
   insert_graph_dependencies(GraphNode{node, 'K'});
 }
 
+void CommandEncoder::add_kernel_node(const CUDA_KERNEL_NODE_PARAMS& params) {
+  CUgraphNode node;
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cuGraphAddKernelNode(&node, graph_, NULL, 0, &params));
+  insert_graph_dependencies(GraphNode{node, 'K'});
+}
+
+void CommandEncoder::add_graph_node(cudaGraph_t child) {
+  cudaGraphNode_t node;
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphAddChildGraphNode(&node, graph_, NULL, 0, child));
+  insert_graph_dependencies(GraphNode{node, 'G'});
+}
+
 void CommandEncoder::commit() {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("CommandEncoder::commit");
   if (!temporaries_.empty()) {
     add_completed_handler([temporaries = std::move(temporaries_)]() {});
   }
@@ -265,7 +279,7 @@ void CommandEncoder::commit() {
     graph_key_ += ".";
     graph_key_ += std::to_string(empty_node_count_);
 
-    cudaGraphExec_t& graph_exec = graph_cache_[graph_key_];
+    CudaGraphExec& graph_exec = graph_cache_[graph_key_];
 
     if (graph_exec != nullptr) {
       cudaGraphExecUpdateResult update_result;
@@ -279,34 +293,27 @@ void CommandEncoder::commit() {
 #endif // CUDART_VERSION >= 12000
       if (update_result != cudaGraphExecUpdateSuccess) {
         cudaGetLastError(); // reset error
-        CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphExecDestroy(graph_exec));
+        graph_exec.reset();
-        graph_exec = nullptr;
       }
     }
     if (graph_exec == nullptr) {
-      CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
+      graph_exec.instantiate(graph_);
-          cudaGraphInstantiate(&graph_exec, graph_, NULL, NULL, 0));
     }
+    device_.make_current();
     CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphLaunch(graph_exec, stream_));
 
-    // TODO smarter cache policy
-    if (graph_cache_.size() > cuda_graph_cache_size()) {
-      clear_graphs(graph_cache_);
-    }
-
     // Reset state
     node_count_ = 0;
     graph_node_count_ = 0;
+    empty_node_count_ = 0;
     from_nodes_.clear();
     to_nodes_.clear();
     graph_key_.clear();
     node_map_.clear();
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphDestroy(graph_));
+    graph_ = CudaGraph(device_);
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphCreate(&graph_, 0));
   }
 
   // Put completion handlers in a batch.
-  worker_.end_batch();
   worker_.commit(stream_);
 }
 
@@ -315,7 +322,6 @@ void CommandEncoder::synchronize() {
   auto p = std::make_shared<std::promise<void>>();
   std::future<void> f = p->get_future();
   add_completed_handler([p = std::move(p)]() { p->set_value(); });
-  worker_.end_batch();
   commit();
   f.wait();
 }
@@ -333,6 +339,4 @@ CommandEncoder& get_command_encoder(Stream s) {
   return device(s.device).get_command_encoder(s);
 }
 
-} // namespace cu
+} // namespace mlx::core::cu
-
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/device.h

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "mlx/array.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/lru_cache.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/worker.h"
 #include "mlx/stream.h"
 
 #include <cublasLt.h>
 #include <cuda.h>
+#include <cudnn.h>
 #include <thrust/execution_policy.h>
 
 #include <unordered_map>
@@ -19,8 +21,9 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   struct CaptureContext {
     CaptureContext(CommandEncoder& enc);
     ~CaptureContext();
-    cudaGraph_t graph;
+    CudaGraph graph;
     CommandEncoder& enc;
+    bool discard{false};
   };
   struct ConcurrentContext {
     ConcurrentContext(CommandEncoder& enc);
@@ -29,7 +32,6 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   };
 
   explicit CommandEncoder(Device& d);
-  ~CommandEncoder();
 
   CommandEncoder(const CommandEncoder&) = delete;
   CommandEncoder& operator=(const CommandEncoder&) = delete;
@@ -45,25 +47,39 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   void set_output_array(const array& arr);
 
   template <typename F, typename... Params>
-  void
+  void add_kernel_node(
-  add_kernel_node(F* func, dim3 grid_dim, dim3 block_dim, Params&&... params) {
+      F* func,
+      dim3 grid_dim,
+      dim3 block_dim,
+      uint32_t smem_bytes,
+      Params&&... params) {
     constexpr size_t num = sizeof...(Params);
     void* ptrs[num];
     size_t i = 0;
     ([&](auto&& p) { ptrs[i++] = static_cast<void*>(&p); }(
          std::forward<Params>(params)),
      ...);
-    add_kernel_node((void*)func, grid_dim, block_dim, ptrs);
+    add_kernel_node((void*)func, grid_dim, block_dim, smem_bytes, ptrs);
   }
 
   void add_kernel_node(
       CUfunction func,
       dim3 grid_dim,
       dim3 block_dim,
+      uint32_t smem_bytes,
       void** params);
 
-  void
+  void add_kernel_node(
-  add_kernel_node(void* func, dim3 grid_dim, dim3 block_dim, void** params);
+      void* func,
+      dim3 grid_dim,
+      dim3 block_dim,
+      uint32_t smem_bytes,
+      void** params);
+
+  // Low-level graph helpers.
+  void add_kernel_node(const cudaKernelNodeParams& params);
+  void add_kernel_node(const CUDA_KERNEL_NODE_PARAMS& params);
+  void add_graph_node(cudaGraph_t child);
 
   void add_temporary(const array& arr) {
     temporaries_.push_back(arr.data_shared_ptr());
@@ -73,6 +89,10 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   void maybe_commit();
   void commit();
 
+  Device& device() {
+    return device_;
+  }
+
   CudaStream& stream() {
     return stream_;
   }
@@ -93,8 +113,9 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   void insert_graph_dependencies(GraphNode node);
   void insert_graph_dependencies(std::vector<GraphNode> nodes);
 
+  Device& device_;
   CudaStream stream_;
-  cudaGraph_t graph_;
+  CudaGraph graph_;
   Worker worker_;
   char node_count_{0};
   char graph_node_count_{0};
@@ -105,7 +126,7 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   std::string graph_key_;
   std::vector<GraphNode> concurrent_nodes_;
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<array::Data>> temporaries_;
-  std::unordered_map<std::string, cudaGraphExec_t> graph_cache_;
+  LRUCache<std::string, CudaGraphExec> graph_cache_;
   std::vector<std::uintptr_t> active_deps_;
   std::vector<std::uintptr_t> active_outputs_;
   std::unordered_map<std::uintptr_t, GraphNode> node_map_;
@@ -136,12 +157,16 @@ class Device {
   cublasLtHandle_t lt_handle() const {
     return lt_;
   }
+  cudnnHandle_t cudnn_handle() const {
+    return cudnn_;
+  }
 
  private:
   int device_;
   int compute_capability_major_;
   int compute_capability_minor_;
   cublasLtHandle_t lt_;
+  cudnnHandle_t cudnn_;
   std::unordered_map<int, CommandEncoder> encoders_;
 };
 

mlx/backend/cuda/device/arange.cuh

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-namespace mlx::core::cu {
-
-template <typename T>
-struct Arange {
-  const T start;
-  const T step;
-
-  __device__ T operator()(uint32_t i) const {
-    return start + i * step;
-  }
-};
-
-} // namespace mlx::core::cu

mlx/backend/cuda/device/atomic_ops.cuh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/cucomplex_math.cuh"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/complex.cuh"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/fp16_math.cuh"
 
 #include <cuda/atomic>
@@ -48,22 +48,13 @@ inline __device__ void atomic_add(__half* out, __half val) {
   atomicAdd(out, val);
 }
 
-inline __device__ void atomic_add(cuComplex* out, cuComplex val) {
+inline __device__ void atomic_add(complex64_t* out, complex64_t val) {
-#if __CUDA_ARCH__ < 900
   atomic_add_general(out, val);
-#else
-  atomicAdd(out, val);
-#endif
 }
 
 inline __device__ void atomic_add(__nv_bfloat16* out, __nv_bfloat16 val) {
 #if __CUDA_ARCH__ < 800
-#if CCCL_VERSION >= 2008000
   atomic_add_general(out, val);
-#else
-  bool cccl_version_too_old_for_bfloat16_atomic_add = false;
-  assert(cccl_version_too_old_for_bfloat16_atomic_add);
-#endif
 #else
   atomicAdd(out, val);
 #endif

mlx/backend/cuda/device/binary_ops.cuh

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
 
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/cucomplex_math.cuh"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/unary_ops.cuh"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/fp16_math.cuh"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/utils.cuh"
 
-#include <cuComplex.h>
 #include <cuda/std/array>
 
 namespace mlx::core::cu {
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ struct Remainder {
       } else {
         return x % y;
       }
-    } else if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    } else if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
       return x % y;
     } else {
       T r = fmod(x, y);
@@ -69,14 +66,12 @@ struct Equal {
 struct NaNEqual {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ bool operator()(T x, T y) {
-    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
       return x == y ||
-          (isnan(cuCrealf(x)) && isnan(cuCrealf(y)) && isnan(cuCimagf(x)) &&
+          (isnan(x.real()) && isnan(y.real()) && isnan(x.imag()) &&
-           isnan(cuCimagf(y))) ||
+           isnan(y.imag())) ||
-          (cuCrealf(x) == cuCrealf(y) && isnan(cuCimagf(x)) &&
+          (x.real() == y.real() && isnan(x.imag()) && isnan(y.imag())) ||
-           isnan(cuCimagf(y))) ||
+          (isnan(x.real()) && isnan(y.real()) && x.imag() == y.imag());
-          (isnan(cuCrealf(x)) && isnan(cuCrealf(y)) &&
-           cuCimagf(x) == cuCimagf(y));
     } else {
       return x == y || (isnan(x) && isnan(y));
     }
@@ -114,36 +109,38 @@ struct LessEqual {
 struct LogAddExp {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x, T y) {
-    if (isnan(x) || isnan(y)) {
+    if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-      return cuda::std::numeric_limits<T>::quiet_NaN();
+      if (isnan(x.real()) || isnan(x.imag()) || isnan(y.real()) ||
+          isnan(y.imag())) {
+        return {
+            cuda::std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN(),
+            cuda::std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN()};
+      }
+      auto max = x.real() > y.real() ? x : y;
+      auto min = x.real() < y.real() ? x : y;
+      auto min_real = min.real();
+      auto max_real = max.real();
+      if (!isfinite(min_real) && (min_real == max_real)) {
+        if (min_real < 0) {
+          return min;
+        } else {
+          return Log{}(Exp{}(min) + Exp{}(max));
+        }
+      } else {
+        return Log1p{}(Exp{}(min - max)) + max;
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (isnan(x) || isnan(y)) {
+        return cuda::std::numeric_limits<T>::quiet_NaN();
+      }
+      T maxval = max(x, y);
+      T minval = min(x, y);
+      return (minval == -cuda::std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity() ||
+              maxval == cuda::std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity())
+          ? maxval
+          : T(float(maxval) + log1p(expf(minval - maxval)));
     }
-    T maxval = max(x, y);
-    T minval = min(x, y);
-    return (minval == -cuda::std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity() ||
-            maxval == cuda::std::numeric_limits<T>::infinity())
-        ? maxval
-        : T(float(maxval) + log1p(expf(minval - maxval)));
   };
-
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(cuComplex x, cuComplex y) {
-    if (isnan(cuCrealf(x)) || isnan(cuCimagf(x)) || isnan(cuCrealf(y)) ||
-        isnan(cuCimagf(y))) {
-      return {
-          cuda::std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN(),
-          cuda::std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN()};
-    }
-    float inf = cuda::std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity();
-    auto maxval = x > y ? x : y;
-    auto minval = x < y ? x : y;
-    if (cuCrealf(minval) == -inf || cuCrealf(maxval) == inf)
-      return maxval;
-    float m = exp(cuCrealf(minval) - cuCrealf(maxval));
-    cuComplex dexp{
-        m * cos(cuCimagf(minval) - cuCimagf(maxval)),
-        m * sin(cuCimagf(minval) - cuCimagf(maxval)),
-    };
-    return maxval + log1p(dexp);
-  }
 };
 
 struct Maximum {
@@ -151,8 +148,8 @@ struct Maximum {
   __device__ T operator()(T x, T y) {
     if constexpr (cuda::std::is_integral_v<T>) {
       return max(x, y);
-    } else if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    } else if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-      if (isnan(cuCrealf(x)) || isnan(cuCimagf(x))) {
+      if (isnan(x.real()) || isnan(x.imag())) {
         return x;
       }
       return x > y ? x : y;
@@ -170,8 +167,8 @@ struct Minimum {
   __device__ T operator()(T x, T y) {
     if constexpr (cuda::std::is_integral_v<T>) {
       return min(x, y);
-    } else if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    } else if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-      if (isnan(cuCrealf(x)) || isnan(cuCimagf(x))) {
+      if (isnan(x.real()) || isnan(x.imag())) {
         return x;
       }
       return x < y ? x : y;
@@ -194,8 +191,8 @@ struct Multiply {
 struct NotEqual {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ bool operator()(T x, T y) {
-    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-      return cuCrealf(x) != cuCrealf(y) || cuCimagf(x) != cuCimagf(y);
+      return x.real() != y.real() || x.imag() != y.imag();
     } else {
       return x != y;
     }
@@ -215,19 +212,8 @@ struct Power {
         base *= base;
       }
       return res;
-    } else if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    } else if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-      if (base.y == 0 && base.x == 0) {
+      return pow(base, exp);
-        if (isnan(exp.x) || isnan(exp.y)) {
-          auto nan = cuda::std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN();
-          return make_cuFloatComplex(nan, nan);
-        }
-        return make_cuFloatComplex(0.0, 0.0);
-      }
-      auto x_theta = atan2f(base.y, base.x);
-      auto x_ln_r = 0.5 * logf(base.x * base.x + base.y * base.y);
-      auto mag = expf(exp.x * x_ln_r - exp.y * x_theta);
-      auto phase = exp.y * x_ln_r + exp.x * x_theta;
-      return make_cuFloatComplex(mag * cosf(phase), mag * sinf(phase));
     } else {
       return powf(base, exp);
     }

mlx/backend/cuda/device/cast_op.cuh

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <cuComplex.h>
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/complex.cuh"
+
 #include <cuda_bf16.h>
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
 #include <thrust/iterator/transform_iterator.h>
@@ -20,50 +21,43 @@ struct CastOp {
 };
 
 // Castings between complex and boolean.
-// TODO: Should make a custom complex type.
+template <typename T>
-template <>
+struct CastOp<complex_t<T>, bool> {
-struct CastOp<cuComplex, bool> {
   static constexpr bool is_castable = true;
 
-  __device__ bool operator()(cuComplex x) {
+  __device__ bool operator()(complex_t<T> x) {
-    return x.x != 0 && x.y != 0;
+    return x.real() != 0 && x.imag() != 0;
   }
 };
 
-template <>
+template <typename T>
-struct CastOp<bool, cuComplex> {
+struct CastOp<bool, complex_t<T>> {
   static constexpr bool is_castable = true;
 
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(bool x) {
+  __device__ complex_t<T> operator()(bool x) {
-    return x ? make_cuFloatComplex(1, 1) : make_cuFloatComplex(0, 0);
+    return x ? complex_t<T>{1, 1} : complex_t<T>{0, 0};
   }
 };
 
 // Converting a complex number to real number discards the imaginary part.
-template <typename DstT>
+template <typename T, typename DstT>
-struct CastOp<
+struct CastOp<complex_t<T>, DstT, cuda::std::enable_if_t<!is_complex_v<DstT>>> {
-    cuComplex,
+  static constexpr bool is_castable = cuda::std::is_convertible_v<T, DstT>;
-    DstT,
-    cuda::std::enable_if_t<!cuda::std::is_same_v<cuComplex, DstT>>> {
-  static constexpr bool is_castable = cuda::std::is_convertible_v<float, DstT>;
 
-  __device__ DstT operator()(cuComplex x) {
+  __device__ DstT operator()(complex_t<T> x) {
-    static_assert(!cuda::std::is_same_v<cuComplex, DstT>);
+    static_assert(!is_complex_v<DstT>);
-    return static_cast<DstT>(cuCrealf(x));
+    return static_cast<DstT>(x.real());
   }
 };
 
 // Allow converting a real number to complex number.
-template <typename SrcT>
+template <typename SrcT, typename T>
-struct CastOp<
+struct CastOp<SrcT, complex_t<T>, cuda::std::enable_if_t<!is_complex_v<SrcT>>> {
-    SrcT,
+  static constexpr bool is_castable = cuda::std::is_convertible_v<SrcT, T>;
-    cuComplex,
-    cuda::std::enable_if_t<!cuda::std::is_same_v<SrcT, cuComplex>>> {
-  static constexpr bool is_castable = cuda::std::is_convertible_v<SrcT, float>;
 
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(SrcT x) {
+  __device__ complex_t<T> operator()(SrcT x) {
-    static_assert(!cuda::std::is_same_v<SrcT, cuComplex>);
+    static_assert(!is_complex_v<SrcT>);
-    return cuComplex{static_cast<float>(x), 0};
+    return complex_t<T>{static_cast<T>(x), 0};
   }
 };
 
@@ -88,8 +82,7 @@ struct CastOp<
     SrcT,
     DstT,
     cuda::std::enable_if_t<
-        !cuda::std::is_convertible_v<SrcT, DstT> &&
+        !cuda::std::is_convertible_v<SrcT, DstT> && !is_complex_v<SrcT> &&
-        !cuda::std::is_same_v<SrcT, cuComplex> &&
         (cuda::std::is_same_v<DstT, __half> ||
          cuda::std::is_same_v<DstT, __nv_bfloat16>)>> {
   static constexpr bool is_castable = true;
@@ -104,8 +97,7 @@ struct CastOp<
     SrcT,
     DstT,
     cuda::std::enable_if_t<
-        !cuda::std::is_convertible_v<SrcT, DstT> &&
+        !cuda::std::is_convertible_v<SrcT, DstT> && !is_complex_v<SrcT> &&
-        !cuda::std::is_same_v<DstT, cuComplex> &&
         !cuda::std::is_same_v<DstT, __half> &&
         !cuda::std::is_same_v<DstT, __nv_bfloat16> &&
         (cuda::std::is_same_v<SrcT, __half> ||

mlx/backend/cuda/device/complex.cuh

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#pragma once
+
+// Make multiplication and division faster.
+#define LIBCUDACXX_ENABLE_SIMPLIFIED_COMPLEX_OPERATIONS
+
+#include <cuda/std/complex>
+#include <cuda/std/type_traits>
+
+namespace mlx::core::cu {
+
+// TODO: Consider using a faster implementation as cuda::std::complex has to
+// conform to C++ standard.
+template <typename T>
+using complex_t = cuda::std::complex<T>;
+
+using complex64_t = complex_t<float>;
+using complex128_t = complex_t<double>;
+
+template <typename T>
+struct is_complex : cuda::std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename T>
+struct is_complex<cuda::std::complex<T>> : cuda::std::true_type {};
+
+template <typename T>
+inline constexpr bool is_complex_v = is_complex<T>::value;
+
+// cuda::std::complex is missing some operators.
+template <typename T>
+inline __host__ __device__ complex_t<T> operator%(
+    complex_t<T> a,
+    complex_t<T> b) {
+  T r = a.real() - floor(a.real() / b.real()) * b.real();
+  T i = a.imag() - floor(a.imag() / b.imag()) * b.imag();
+  return complex_t<T>{r, i};
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+inline __host__ __device__ bool operator>(complex_t<T> a, complex_t<T> b) {
+  return (a.real() > b.real()) || (a.real() == b.real() && a.imag() > b.imag());
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+inline __host__ __device__ bool operator<(complex_t<T> a, complex_t<T> b) {
+  return operator>(b, a);
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+inline __host__ __device__ bool operator<=(complex_t<T> a, complex_t<T> b) {
+  return !(a > b);
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+inline __host__ __device__ bool operator>=(complex_t<T> a, complex_t<T> b) {
+  return !(a < b);
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core::cu

mlx/backend/cuda/device/cucomplex_math.cuh

@@ -1,240 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-// Copyright © 2017-2024 The Simons Foundation, Inc.
-//
-// FINUFFT is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
-// License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-//
-// Forked from
-// https://github.com/flatironinstitute/finufft/blob/main/include/cufinufft/contrib/helper_math.h
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <cuComplex.h>
-
-// This header provides some helper functions for cuComplex types.
-// It mainly wraps existing CUDA implementations to provide operator overloads
-// e.g. cuAdd, cuSub, cuMul, cuDiv, cuCreal, cuCimag, cuCabs, cuCarg, cuConj are
-// all provided by CUDA
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator+(const cuDoubleComplex& a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return cuCadd(a, b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator-(const cuDoubleComplex& a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return cuCsub(a, b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator*(const cuDoubleComplex& a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return cuCmul(a, b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator/(const cuDoubleComplex& a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return cuCdiv(a, b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator%(const cuDoubleComplex& a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  double r = cuCreal(a) - (floorf(cuCreal(a) / cuCreal(b)) * cuCreal(b));
-  double i = cuCimag(a) - (floorf(cuCimag(a) / cuCimag(b)) * cuCimag(b));
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(r, i);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator==(
-    const cuDoubleComplex& a,
-    const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return cuCreal(a) == cuCreal(b) && cuCimag(a) == cuCimag(b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator!=(
-    const cuDoubleComplex& a,
-    const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return !(a == b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator>(
-    const cuDoubleComplex& a,
-    const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  double mag_a = sqrt(cuCreal(a) * cuCreal(a) + cuCimag(a) * cuCimag(a));
-  double mag_b = sqrt(cuCreal(b) * cuCreal(b) + cuCimag(b) * cuCimag(b));
-  return mag_a > mag_b;
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator>=(
-    const cuDoubleComplex& a,
-    const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return a > b || a == b;
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator<(
-    const cuDoubleComplex& a,
-    const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return b > a;
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator<=(
-    const cuDoubleComplex& a,
-    const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return b > a || a == b;
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator+(const cuDoubleComplex& a, double b) {
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(cuCreal(a) + b, cuCimag(a));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator+(double a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(a + cuCreal(b), cuCimag(b));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator-(const cuDoubleComplex& a, double b) {
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(cuCreal(a) - b, cuCimag(a));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator-(double a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(a - cuCreal(b), -cuCimag(b));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator*(const cuDoubleComplex& a, double b) {
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(cuCreal(a) * b, cuCimag(a) * b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator*(double a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(a * cuCreal(b), a * cuCimag(b));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator/(const cuDoubleComplex& a, double b) {
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(cuCreal(a) / b, cuCimag(a) / b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuDoubleComplex
-operator/(double a, const cuDoubleComplex& b) {
-  double denom = cuCreal(b) * cuCreal(b) + cuCimag(b) * cuCimag(b);
-  return make_cuDoubleComplex(
-      (a * cuCreal(b)) / denom, (-a * cuCimag(b)) / denom);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator+(const cuFloatComplex& a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return cuCaddf(a, b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator-(const cuFloatComplex& a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return cuCsubf(a, b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator*(const cuFloatComplex& a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return cuCmulf(a, b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator/(const cuFloatComplex& a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return cuCdivf(a, b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator%(const cuFloatComplex& a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  float r = cuCrealf(a) - (floorf(cuCrealf(a) / cuCrealf(b)) * cuCrealf(b));
-  float i = cuCimagf(a) - (floorf(cuCimagf(a) / cuCimagf(b)) * cuCimagf(b));
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(r, i);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator==(
-    const cuFloatComplex& a,
-    const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return cuCrealf(a) == cuCrealf(b) && cuCimagf(a) == cuCimagf(b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator!=(
-    const cuFloatComplex& a,
-    const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return !(a == b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator>(
-    const cuFloatComplex& a,
-    const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  float mag_a = sqrt(cuCrealf(a) * cuCrealf(a) + cuCimagf(a) * cuCimagf(a));
-  float mag_b = sqrt(cuCrealf(b) * cuCrealf(b) + cuCimagf(b) * cuCimagf(b));
-  return mag_a > mag_b;
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator>=(
-    const cuFloatComplex& a,
-    const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return a > b || a == b;
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator<(
-    const cuFloatComplex& a,
-    const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return b > a;
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ bool operator<=(
-    const cuFloatComplex& a,
-    const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return b > a || a == b;
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator+(const cuFloatComplex& a, float b) {
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(cuCrealf(a) + b, cuCimagf(a));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator+(float a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(a + cuCrealf(b), cuCimagf(b));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator-(const cuFloatComplex& a, float b) {
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(cuCrealf(a) - b, cuCimagf(a));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator-(float a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(a - cuCrealf(b), -cuCimagf(b));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator*(const cuFloatComplex& a, float b) {
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(cuCrealf(a) * b, cuCimagf(a) * b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator*(float a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(a * cuCrealf(b), a * cuCimagf(b));
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator/(const cuFloatComplex& a, float b) {
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(cuCrealf(a) / b, cuCimagf(a) / b);
-}
-
-__forceinline__ __host__ __device__ cuFloatComplex
-operator/(float a, const cuFloatComplex& b) {
-  float denom = cuCrealf(b) * cuCrealf(b) + cuCimagf(b) * cuCimagf(b);
-  return make_cuFloatComplex(
-      (a * cuCrealf(b)) / denom, (-a * cuCimagf(b)) / denom);
-}

mlx/backend/cuda/device/unary_ops.cuh

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ struct Abs {
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
     if constexpr (cuda::std::is_unsigned_v<T>) {
       return x;
-    } else if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
-      return {sqrt(cuCrealf(x) * cuCrealf(x) + cuCimagf(x) * cuCimagf(x)), 0};
     } else {
       return abs(x);
     }
@@ -27,8 +25,6 @@ struct ArcCos {
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
     return acos(x);
   }
-
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(cuComplex x);
 };
 
 struct ArcCosh {
@@ -43,8 +39,6 @@ struct ArcSin {
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
     return asin(x);
   }
-
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(cuComplex x);
 };
 
 struct ArcSinh {
@@ -59,8 +53,6 @@ struct ArcTan {
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
     return atan(x);
   }
-
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(cuComplex x);
 };
 
 struct ArcTanh {
@@ -82,6 +74,8 @@ struct Ceil {
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
     if constexpr (cuda::std::is_integral_v<T>) {
       return x;
+    } else if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
+      return T{ceil(x.real()), ceil(x.imag())};
     } else {
       return ceil(x);
     }
@@ -89,34 +83,23 @@ struct Ceil {
 };
 
 struct Conjugate {
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(cuComplex x) {
+  template <typename T>
-    return {cuCrealf(x), -cuCimagf(x)};
+  __device__ complex_t<T> operator()(complex_t<T> x) {
+    return conj(x);
   }
 };
 
 struct Cos {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return cos(x);
-      return {
-          cos(cuCrealf(x)) * cosh(cuCimagf(x)),
-          -sin(cuCrealf(x)) * sinh(cuCimagf(x))};
-    } else {
-      return cos(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
 struct Cosh {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return cosh(x);
-      return {
-          cosh(cuCrealf(x)) * cos(cuCimagf(x)),
-          sinh(cuCrealf(x)) * sin(cuCimagf(x))};
-    } else {
-      return cosh(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -149,12 +132,7 @@ struct ErfInv {
 struct Exp {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return exp(x);
-      auto m = exp(cuCrealf(x));
-      return {m * cos(cuCimagf(x)), m * sinh(cuCimagf(x))};
-    } else {
-      return exp(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -176,6 +154,8 @@ struct Floor {
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
     if constexpr (cuda::std::is_integral_v<T>) {
       return x;
+    } else if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
+      return T{floor(x.real()), floor(x.imag())};
     } else {
       return floor(x);
     }
@@ -183,30 +163,25 @@ struct Floor {
 };
 
 struct Imag {
-  __device__ float operator()(cuComplex x) {
+  template <typename T>
-    return cuCimagf(x);
+  __device__ auto operator()(complex_t<T> x) {
+    return x.imag();
   }
 };
 
 struct Log {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return log(x);
-      auto r = log(cuCrealf(Abs{}(x)));
-      auto i = atan2f(cuCimagf(x), cuCrealf(x));
-      return {r, i};
-    } else {
-      return log(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
 struct Log2 {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
       auto y = Log{}(x);
-      return {cuCrealf(y) / CUDART_LN2_F, cuCimagf(y) / CUDART_LN2_F};
+      return {y.real() / CUDART_LN2_F, y.imag() / CUDART_LN2_F};
     } else {
       return log2(x);
     }
@@ -216,20 +191,31 @@ struct Log2 {
 struct Log10 {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return log10(x);
-      auto y = Log{}(x);
-      return {cuCrealf(y) / CUDART_LNT_F, cuCimagf(y) / CUDART_LNT_F};
-      return y;
-    } else {
-      return log10(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
 struct Log1p {
   template <typename T>
-  __device__ T operator()(T x) {
+  __device__ T operator()(T z) {
-    return log1p(x);
+    if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
+      float x = z.real();
+      float y = z.imag();
+      float zabs = Abs{}(z).real();
+      float theta = atan2f(y, x + 1);
+      if (zabs < 0.5f) {
+        float r = x * (2 + x) + y * y;
+        if (r == 0) { // handle underflow
+          return {x, theta};
+        }
+        return {0.5f * log1pf(r), theta};
+      } else {
+        float z0 = hypotf(x + 1, y);
+        return {logf(z0), theta};
+      }
+    } else {
+      return log1p(z);
+    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -242,8 +228,8 @@ struct LogicalNot {
 struct Negative {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-      return 0 - x;
+      return T{0, 0} - x;
     } else {
       return -x;
     }
@@ -251,16 +237,17 @@ struct Negative {
 };
 
 struct Real {
-  __device__ float operator()(cuComplex x) {
+  template <typename T>
-    return cuCrealf(x);
+  __device__ auto operator()(complex_t<T> x) {
+    return x.real();
   }
 };
 
 struct Round {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-      return {rint(cuCrealf(x)), rint(cuCimagf(x))};
+      return {rint(x.real()), rint(x.imag())};
     } else {
       return rint(x);
     }
@@ -280,8 +267,8 @@ struct Sign {
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
     if constexpr (cuda::std::is_unsigned_v<T>) {
       return x != 0;
-    } else if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    } else if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-      if (cuCrealf(x) == 0 && cuCimagf(x) == 0) {
+      if (x.real() == 0 && x.imag() == 0) {
         return x;
       } else {
         return x / Abs()(x);
@@ -297,26 +284,14 @@ struct Sign {
 struct Sin {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return sin(x);
-      return {
-          sin(cuCrealf(x)) * cosh(cuCimagf(x)),
-          cos(cuCrealf(x)) * sinh(cuCimagf(x))};
-    } else {
-      return sin(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
 struct Sinh {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return sinh(x);
-      return {
-          sinh(cuCrealf(x)) * cos(cuCimagf(x)),
-          cosh(cuCrealf(x)) * sin(cuCimagf(x))};
-    } else {
-      return sinh(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -332,77 +307,31 @@ struct Sqrt {
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
     return sqrt(x);
   }
-
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(cuComplex x) {
-    auto xr = cuCrealf(x);
-    auto xi = cuCimagf(x);
-    if (xr == 0.0f && xi == 0.0f) {
-      return {0.0f, 0.0f};
-    }
-    auto r = cuCrealf(Abs{}(x));
-    auto a = sqrt((r + xr) / 2.0f);
-    auto b_abs = sqrt((r - xr) / 2.0f);
-    auto b = copysign(b_abs, xi);
-    return {a, b};
-  }
 };
 
 struct Rsqrt {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    return rsqrt(x);
+    if constexpr (is_complex_v<T>) {
-  }
+      return 1.0f / Sqrt{}(x);
-  __device__ cuComplex operator()(cuComplex x) {
+    } else {
-    return 1.0f / Sqrt{}(x);
+      return rsqrt(x);
+    }
   }
 };
 
 struct Tan {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return tan(x);
-      float tan_a = tan(cuCrealf(x));
-      float tanh_b = tanh(cuCimagf(x));
-      float t1 = tan_a * tanh_b;
-      float denom = 1. + t1 * t1;
-      return {(tan_a - tanh_b * t1) / denom, (tanh_b + tan_a * t1) / denom};
-    } else {
-      return tan(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
 struct Tanh {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, cuComplex>) {
+    return tanh(x);
-      float tanh_a = tanh(cuCrealf(x));
-      float tan_b = tan(cuCimagf(x));
-      float t1 = tanh_a * tan_b;
-      float denom = 1. + t1 * t1;
-      return {(tanh_a + tan_b * t1) / denom, (tan_b - tanh_a * t1) / denom};
-    } else {
-      return tanh(x);
-    }
   }
 };
 
-__device__ cuComplex ArcCos::operator()(cuComplex x) {
-  auto i = cuComplex{0.0, 1.0};
-  auto y = Log{}(x + i * Sqrt{}(1.0 - x * x));
-  return {cuCimagf(y), -cuCrealf(y)};
-};
-
-__device__ cuComplex ArcSin::operator()(cuComplex x) {
-  auto i = cuComplex{0.0f, 1.0f};
-  auto y = Log{}(i * x + Sqrt{}(1.0f - x * x));
-  return {cuCimagf(y), -cuCrealf(y)};
-};
-
-__device__ cuComplex ArcTan::operator()(cuComplex x) {
-  auto i = cuComplex{0.0f, 1.0f};
-  auto ix = i * x;
-  return (1.0f / cuComplex{0.0f, 2.0f}) * Log{}((1.0f + ix) / (1.0f - ix));
-};
-
 } // namespace mlx::core::cu

mlx/backend/cuda/device/utils.cuh

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/complex.cuh"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/config.h"
 
-#include <cuComplex.h>
 #include <cuda_bf16.h>
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
 #include <cuda/std/array>
@@ -32,23 +32,137 @@ using Strides = cuda::std::array<int64_t, MAX_NDIM>;
 template <typename T, int N>
 struct alignas(sizeof(T) * N) AlignedVector {
   T val[N];
+
+  __device__ T& operator[](int i) {
+    return val[i];
+  }
+
+  __device__ T operator[](int i) const {
+    return val[i];
+  }
 };
 
 template <int N, typename T>
-inline __device__ AlignedVector<T, N> load_vector(
+inline __host__ __device__ bool is_aligned(T* x) {
+  return (reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(x) % (N * sizeof(T))) == 0;
+}
+
+template <int N, typename T>
+inline __device__ AlignedVector<T, N> unsafe_load_vector(
     const T* ptr,
     uint32_t offset) {
   auto* from = reinterpret_cast<const AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
   return from[offset];
 }
 
+template <int N, typename T>
+inline __device__ AlignedVector<T, N> load_vector(
+    const T* ptr,
+    uint32_t offset) {
+  if (is_aligned<N>(ptr)) {
+    auto* from = reinterpret_cast<const AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
+    return from[offset];
+  } else {
+    AlignedVector<T, N> v;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
+      v[i] = ptr[offset * N + i];
+    }
+    return v;
+  }
+}
+
+template <int N, typename T, typename SizeT>
+inline __device__ AlignedVector<T, N>
+load_vector(const T* ptr, uint32_t offset, SizeT size, T fallback) {
+  if (is_aligned<N>(ptr) && (offset + 1) * N <= size) {
+    auto* from = reinterpret_cast<const AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
+    return from[offset];
+  } else {
+    AlignedVector<T, N> v;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
+      v[i] = (N * offset + i) < size ? ptr[offset * N + i] : fallback;
+    }
+    return v;
+  }
+}
+
+template <int N, typename T, typename SizeT>
+inline __device__ AlignedVector<T, N> load_vector(
+    const T* ptr,
+    uint32_t offset,
+    SizeT size,
+    int64_t stride,
+    T fallback) {
+  if (is_aligned<N>(ptr) && stride == 1 && (offset + 1) * N <= size) {
+    auto* from = reinterpret_cast<const AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
+    return from[offset];
+  } else {
+    AlignedVector<T, N> v;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
+      v[i] =
+          (N * offset + i) < size ? ptr[stride * (offset * N + i)] : fallback;
+    }
+    return v;
+  }
+}
+
 template <int N, typename T>
 inline __device__ void
-store_vector(T* ptr, uint32_t offset, const AlignedVector<T, N>& vec) {
+unsafe_store_vector(T* ptr, uint32_t offset, const AlignedVector<T, N>& vec) {
   auto* to = reinterpret_cast<AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
   to[offset] = vec;
 }
 
+template <int N, typename T>
+inline __device__ void
+store_vector(T* ptr, uint32_t offset, const AlignedVector<T, N>& vec) {
+  if (is_aligned<N>(ptr)) {
+    auto* to = reinterpret_cast<AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
+    to[offset] = vec;
+  } else {
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
+      ptr[offset * N + i] = vec[i];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+template <int N, typename T, typename SizeT>
+inline __device__ void store_vector(
+    T* ptr,
+    uint32_t offset,
+    const AlignedVector<T, N>& vec,
+    SizeT size) {
+  if (is_aligned<N>(ptr) && (offset + 1) * N <= size) {
+    auto* to = reinterpret_cast<AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
+    to[offset] = vec;
+  } else {
+    for (int i = 0; (offset * N + i) < size && i < N; ++i) {
+      ptr[offset * N + i] = vec[i];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+template <int N, typename T, typename SizeT>
+inline __device__ void store_vector(
+    T* ptr,
+    uint32_t offset,
+    const AlignedVector<T, N>& vec,
+    SizeT size,
+    int64_t stride) {
+  if (is_aligned<N>(ptr) && (offset + 1) * N <= size && stride == 1) {
+    auto* to = reinterpret_cast<AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
+    to[offset] = vec;
+  } else {
+    for (int i = 0; (offset * N + i) < size && i < N; ++i) {
+      ptr[stride * (offset * N + i)] = vec[i];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Type limits utils
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -127,13 +241,13 @@ struct Limits<bool> {
   }
 };
 
-template <>
+template <typename T>
-struct Limits<cuComplex> {
+struct Limits<complex_t<T>> {
-  static constexpr __host__ __device__ cuComplex max() {
+  static constexpr __host__ __device__ complex_t<T> max() {
-    return {Limits<float>::max(), Limits<float>::max()};
+    return {Limits<T>::max(), Limits<T>::max()};
   }
-  static constexpr __host__ __device__ cuComplex min() {
+  static constexpr __host__ __device__ complex_t<T> min() {
-    return {Limits<float>::min(), Limits<float>::min()};
+    return {Limits<T>::min(), Limits<T>::min()};
   }
 };
 
@@ -204,20 +318,8 @@ inline __host__ __device__ cuda::std::tuple<IdxT, IdxT, IdxT> elem_to_loc_nd(
   return cuda::std::make_tuple(a_loc, b_loc, c_loc);
 }
 
-// Optimized version when ndim is larger than 4.
 template <typename IdxT = int64_t>
-inline __host__ __device__ IdxT
+inline __host__ __device__ cuda::std::tuple<IdxT, IdxT> elem_to_loc(
-elem_to_loc_4d(IdxT elem, const int* shape, const int64_t* strides, int ndim) {
-  IdxT loc = 0;
-  for (int i = ndim - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-    loc += (elem % shape[i]) * IdxT(strides[i]);
-    elem /= shape[i];
-  }
-  return loc;
-}
-
-template <typename IdxT = int64_t>
-inline __host__ __device__ cuda::std::tuple<IdxT, IdxT> elem_to_loc_4d(
     IdxT elem,
     const int* shape,
     const int64_t* a_strides,
@@ -235,7 +337,7 @@ inline __host__ __device__ cuda::std::tuple<IdxT, IdxT> elem_to_loc_4d(
 }
 
 template <typename IdxT = int64_t>
-inline __host__ __device__ cuda::std::tuple<IdxT, IdxT, IdxT> elem_to_loc_4d(
+inline __host__ __device__ cuda::std::tuple<IdxT, IdxT, IdxT> elem_to_loc(
     IdxT elem,
     const int* shape,
     const int64_t* a_strides,
@@ -359,21 +461,4 @@ struct LoopedElemToLoc<1, false, OffsetT> {
   }
 };
 
-inline __device__ cuComplex log1p(cuComplex in) {
-  float x = cuCrealf(in);
-  float y = cuCimagf(in);
-  float zabs = sqrt(x * x + y * y);
-  float theta = atan2f(y, x + 1);
-  if (zabs < 0.5f) {
-    float r = x * (2 + x) + y * y;
-    if (r == 0) { // handle underflow
-      return {x, theta};
-    }
-    return {0.5f * log1pf(r), theta};
-  } else {
-    auto z0 = sqrt((x + 1) * (x + 1) + y * y);
-    return {log(z0), theta};
-  }
-}
-
 } // namespace mlx::core::cu

mlx/backend/cuda/distributed.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
+#include "mlx/distributed/primitives.h"
+#include "mlx/primitives.h"
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+namespace distributed {
+void AllReduce::eval_gpu(
+    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
+    std::vector<array>& outputs) {
+  assert(inputs.size() == 1);
+  assert(outputs.size() == 1);
+
+  auto& input = inputs[0];
+  auto& output = outputs[0];
+
+  auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(stream());
+
+  if (input.is_donatable()) {
+    output.copy_shared_buffer(input);
+  } else {
+    output.set_data(allocator::malloc(output.nbytes()));
+  }
+
+  encoder.set_input_array(input);
+  encoder.set_output_array(output);
+
+  auto capture = encoder.capture_context();
+  auto& s = stream();
+
+  switch (reduce_type_) {
+    case Sum:
+      distributed::detail::all_sum(group(), input, output, s);
+      break;
+    case Max:
+      distributed::detail::all_max(group(), input, output, s);
+      break;
+    case Min:
+      distributed::detail::all_min(group(), input, output, s);
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          "Only all reduce sum, max, and min are supported.");
+  }
+}
+} // namespace distributed
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/eval.cpp

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ void new_stream(Stream s) {
   cudaFree(nullptr);
   // Ensure the static stream objects get created.
   cu::get_command_encoder(s);
-  // The main thread is safe to free buffers.
-  cu::allocator().register_this_thread();
 }
 
 void eval(array& arr) {
@@ -38,18 +36,15 @@ void eval(array& arr) {
 
   auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(arr.primitive().stream());
   // Keep used buffers alive until kernel finishes running.
-  std::unordered_set<std::shared_ptr<array::Data>> buffers;
   for (auto& in : arr.inputs()) {
-    buffers.insert(in.data_shared_ptr());
+    // Except for the donated one.
+    if (in.data_shared_ptr() != arr.data_shared_ptr()) {
+      encoder.add_temporary(in);
+    }
   }
   for (auto& s : arr.siblings()) {
-    buffers.insert(s.data_shared_ptr());
+    encoder.add_temporary(s);
   }
-  // Remove the output if it was donated to by an input.
-  if (auto it = buffers.find(arr.data_shared_ptr()); it != buffers.end()) {
-    buffers.erase(it);
-  }
-  encoder.add_completed_handler([buffers = std::move(buffers)]() {});
   encoder.maybe_commit();
 }
 

mlx/backend/cuda/event.cu

@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ bool CudaEvent::completed() const {
 // SharedEvent implementations
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-namespace {
-
 __host__ __device__ void event_wait(SharedEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
   uint64_t current;
   while ((current = ac->load()) < value) {
@@ -112,26 +110,26 @@ __global__ void event_signal_kernel(SharedEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
   event_signal(ac, value);
 }
 
-} // namespace
+SharedEvent::Atomic* to_atomic(std::shared_ptr<Buffer> buf) {
+  return static_cast<SharedEvent::Atomic*>(buf->raw_ptr());
+}
 
 SharedEvent::SharedEvent() {
-  // Allocate cuda::atomic on managed memory.
+  buf_ = std::shared_ptr<Buffer>(
-  Atomic* ac;
+      new Buffer{allocator().malloc(sizeof(Atomic))}, [](Buffer* ptr) {
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaMallocManaged(&ac, sizeof(Atomic)));
+        allocator().free(*ptr);
-  new (ac) Atomic(0);
+        delete ptr;
-  ac_ = std::shared_ptr<Atomic>(ac, [](Atomic* ptr) {
+      });
-    ptr->~Atomic();
+  *static_cast<uint64_t*>(buf_->raw_ptr()) = 0;
-    allocator().cuda_free(ptr);
-  });
 }
 
 void SharedEvent::wait(uint64_t value) {
   nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::wait");
-  event_wait(ac_.get(), value);
+  event_wait(to_atomic(buf_), value);
 }
 
 void SharedEvent::wait(cudaStream_t stream, uint64_t value) {
-  event_wait_kernel<<<1, 1, 0, stream>>>(ac_.get(), value);
+  event_wait_kernel<<<1, 1, 0, stream>>>(to_atomic(buf_), value);
 }
 
 void SharedEvent::wait(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
@@ -142,17 +140,17 @@ void SharedEvent::wait(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
     auto& encoder = get_command_encoder(s);
     encoder.commit();
     wait(encoder.stream(), value);
-    encoder.add_completed_handler([ac = ac_]() {});
+    encoder.add_completed_handler([buf = buf_]() {});
   }
 }
 
 void SharedEvent::signal(uint64_t value) {
   nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::signal");
-  event_signal(ac_.get(), value);
+  event_signal(to_atomic(buf_), value);
 }
 
 void SharedEvent::signal(cudaStream_t stream, uint64_t value) {
-  event_signal_kernel<<<1, 1, 0, stream>>>(ac_.get(), value);
+  event_signal_kernel<<<1, 1, 0, stream>>>(to_atomic(buf_), value);
 }
 
 void SharedEvent::signal(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
@@ -166,18 +164,18 @@ void SharedEvent::signal(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
     auto& encoder = get_command_encoder(s);
     encoder.commit();
     signal(encoder.stream(), value);
-    encoder.add_completed_handler([ac = ac_]() {});
+    encoder.add_completed_handler([buf = buf_]() {});
   }
 }
 
 bool SharedEvent::is_signaled(uint64_t value) const {
   nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::is_signaled");
-  return ac_->load() >= value;
+  return to_atomic(buf_)->load() >= value;
 }
 
 uint64_t SharedEvent::value() const {
   nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::value");
-  return ac_->load();
+  return to_atomic(buf_)->load();
 }
 
 } // namespace cu

mlx/backend/cuda/event.h

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "mlx/allocator.h"
 #include "mlx/stream.h"
 
 #include <cuda_runtime.h>
@@ -55,12 +56,8 @@ class SharedEvent {
   bool is_signaled(uint64_t value) const;
   uint64_t value() const;
 
-  const std::shared_ptr<Atomic>& atomic() const {
-    return ac_;
-  }
-
  private:
-  std::shared_ptr<Atomic> ac_;
+  std::shared_ptr<mlx::core::allocator::Buffer> buf_;
 };
 
 } // namespace mlx::core::cu