AMD Developer ChallEnge 2025
Introduction
In this challenge sponsored by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”), participants are invited to form up to a 3-member team to develop and optimize low-level kernels and deliver significant performance gains in large reasoning models, and to push the boundaries of inference performance on AMD InstinctTM GPUs.
The challenge is open for registration beginning
on 9th April 2025
The challenge is open for registration beginning on April 9th, 2025, with submissions accepted beginning on April 15th until June 8th, 2025, with an award ceremony to be held June 12th, 2025, in San Jose, California. Eligible participants have an opportunity to win up to $100,000 in prize,s and selected participants may be invited to travel to San Jose for a special award ceremony.
The Challenge Overview
This challenge involves optimization and performance testing of following key kernels:
key kernels
The challenge will be hosted on the GPU MODE Discord server, operating on their KernelBot automation platform to execute kernel submissions, evaluate and debug performance, and populate the results on the leaderboard. The server also provides the ability to communicate with other participants, share learning resources, and view statistics about the competition. Additional details will be available prior to the beginning of the challenge.
- Pytorch reference implementation (functional only)
- Triton/ AMD specific optimization reference (current best performance)
- Target input shapes and configurations
- Kernel level roofline performance (theoretical maximum)
Prizes
In addition to a chance to win a prize, select participants may be invited to San Jose, California, USA, to participate in the AMD Advancing AI Day on June 12, 2025. Details will be provided to select participants in a reasonable amount of time before the award ceremony, including information regarding travel, hotel accommodations, and any applicable restrictions.
Note
1. Kernels submitted outside of the scheduled timelines will not be considered for scoring.
2. Reference kernels and associated information will be provided at the start of the particular schedule.
3. Teams or individuals deemed to be winners are eligible to receive 1 prize only, to be awarded at AMD’s sole discretion.
4. Winning a prize depends on participants’ ability to meet specific performance targets. If no team meets the performance targets (to be published on 15 April 2025), AMD reserves the right to refrain from awarding a prize to any participant or team.
5. A participant or team’s place on the leaderboard is not necessarily reflective of being determined to be a winner in the challenge, nor is leaderboard placement an automatic guarantee of winning a prize. 4 winning submissions will be selected by AMD in its sole discretion after reproduction and verification of the results by AMD.
6. The challenge will be hosted on the GPU MODEDiscord server, operating on their KernelBot automation platform to execute kernel submissions, evaluate and debug performance, and populate the results on the leaderboard. The server also provides the ability to communicate with other participants, share learning resources, and view statistics about the competition. Additional details will be available before the beginning of the challenge.
Challenge Schedule
Pre-registration Open
Submission Window Opens
Submission Deadline
Award Сeremony
Eligibility
- The challenge is open to individuals and teams of up to 3 members.
- Must be at least 18 years old or of the age of majority in the participant’s country of residence, whichever is older, as of April 8, 2025.
- Participants below 18 must present a parental signed document if they win then prize.
- If you are 18 years or younger, you must receive a legal guardian's permission and have them submitted. All Participants must be registered on Discord and Github and must have a valid Discord ID and Github ID.
- For any questions reach out to prithvim@amd.com.
Registration
- Registration is mandatory to participate.
- Each participant or team must provide a unique project name at the time of registration.
- To register for the challenge, please fill out the registration form . Registration is subject to verification and approval by AMD in its sole discretion. After verification participants will receive an email from AMD with an invitation and a link to join the challenge Discord channel on GPU Mode.
Project Submission
- All projects must be original and developed specifically for this challenge and may not have been displayed publicly before being submitted in the challenge.
- Kernel code submissions shall be on Discord
- Participants shall post all source code, scripts, and other artefacts as specified in the challenge rules.
- Kernel code submissions Projects must be submitted by 8th June 2025.shall be on Discord
Winning a Prize
- Additional information will be provided on 15 April 2025, including the Performance Targets.
- You will remain eligible to win the prize even if you are unable to attend the award ceremony on June 12th. Prize eligibility is solely based on the quality of your submitted work.
Code of Conduct
- Participants must act professionally and respectfully throughout the challenge.
*Harassment, discrimination, or inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated and will result in disqualification. - AMD may elect to disqualify any individual or team for any reason in its sole discretion.