diff --git a/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp b/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
index 19674dfd3..78ba9d037 100644
--- a/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     ctx_params.seed      = 1234;
     ctx_params.n_ctx     = n_kv_max;
-    ctx_params.n_batch   = 512;
+    ctx_params.n_batch   = 2048;
 
     ctx_params.n_threads       = params.n_threads;
     ctx_params.n_threads_batch = params.n_threads_batch == -1 ? params.n_threads : params.n_threads_batch;
diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index be8e33a56..31bfc43c1 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "ggml-cuda/cpy.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/diagmask.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/dmmv.cuh"
+#include "ggml-cuda/fattn.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/getrows.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/im2col.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/mmq.cuh"
@@ -2382,6 +2383,9 @@ static bool ggml_cuda_compute_forward(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, struct gg
         case GGML_OP_ARGSORT:
             ggml_cuda_op_argsort(ctx, dst);
             break;
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
+            ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext(ctx, dst);
+            break;
         default:
             return false;
     }
@@ -2656,6 +2660,7 @@ GGML_CALL static bool ggml_backend_cuda_supports_op(ggml_backend_t backend, cons
         case GGML_OP_ARANGE:
         case GGML_OP_TIMESTEP_EMBEDDING:
         case GGML_OP_LEAKY_RELU:
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
             return true;
         default:
             return false;
diff --git a/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu b/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcf27fd79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,593 @@
+#include "fattn.cuh"
+
+#include <mma.h>
+
+static __device__ __forceinline__ half2 warp_reduce_sum(half2 a) {
+#if !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL
+#pragma unroll
+   for (int mask = 16; mask > 0; mask >>= 1) {
+       a = __hadd2(a, __shfl_xor_sync(0xffffffff, a, mask, 32));
+   }
+   return a;
+#else
+   GGML_UNUSED(a);
+   NO_DEVICE_CODE;
+#endif // !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL
+}
+
+static __device__ __forceinline__ half2 warp_reduce_max(half2 x) {
+#if !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL && CUDART_VERSION >= CUDART_HMAX
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int mask = 16; mask > 0; mask >>= 1) {
+        x = __hmax2(x, __shfl_xor_sync(0xffffffff, x, mask, 32));
+    }
+    return x;
+#else
+    GGML_UNUSED(x);
+    NO_DEVICE_CODE;
+#endif // !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL && CUDART_VERSION >= CUDART_HMAX
+}
+
+#if __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_VOLTA
+typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::matrix_a,    16, 16, 16, half, nvcuda::wmma::row_major> half16x16_a;
+typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::matrix_b,    16, 16, 16, half, nvcuda::wmma::row_major> half16x16_b;
+typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::matrix_b,    16, 16, 16, half, nvcuda::wmma::col_major> half16x16_bT;
+typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::accumulator, 16, 16, 16, half>                          half16x16_acc;
+#endif
+
+// based on metal version
+template<int D, int Q, int C> // D head size, Q queries per block, C cache items per block
+static __global__ void flash_attn_ext_f16(
+        const char * __restrict__ q,
+        const char * __restrict__ k,
+        const char * __restrict__ v,
+        const char * __restrict__ mask,
+        float * __restrict__ dst,
+        float scale,
+        int ne00,
+        int ne01,
+        int ne02,
+        int ne03,
+        int ne10,
+        int ne11,
+        int ne12,
+        int ne13,
+        int ne31,
+        int nb31,
+        int nb01,
+        int nb02,
+        int nb03,
+        int nb11,
+        int nb12,
+        int nb13,
+        int ne0,
+        int ne1,
+        int ne2,
+        int ne3) {
+#if __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_VOLTA
+    const int warp_id = threadIdx.y;
+    const int lane_id = threadIdx.x;
+
+    const int num_warps = blockDim.y; // number of warps
+    const int iq3 = blockIdx.z;
+    const int iq2 = blockIdx.y;
+    const int iq1 = blockIdx.x * Q;
+
+    const int D16 = D/16;
+    const int Q16 = Q/16;
+    const int C16 = C/16;
+
+    const int NW  = WARP_SIZE;
+    const int SH  = (C + Q); // shared memory per simdgroup in (half)
+
+    const int T  = D + num_warps*SH; // shared memory size per query in (half)
+    const int T2 = T/2;              // shared memory size per query in (half2)
+    const int C2 = C/2;
+    const int D2 = D/2;
+
+    extern __shared__  half __flash_attn_f16_shmem[];
+    // pq
+    half  * sq  = (half  *) (__flash_attn_f16_shmem +              0*D); // holds the query data
+    half2 * sq2 = (half2 *) (__flash_attn_f16_shmem +              0*D); // same as above but in half2
+    half  * ss  = (half  *) (__flash_attn_f16_shmem + warp_id*SH + 1*D); // scratch buffer for attention and diagonal matrix
+    half2 * ss2 = (half2 *) (__flash_attn_f16_shmem + warp_id*SH + 1*D); // same as above but in half2
+
+    half16x16_acc zr;
+    half16x16_acc lo[Q16][D16];
+
+    // load heads from Q to shared memory
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int j0 = 0; j0 < Q; j0 += num_warps) {
+        const int j = j0 + warp_id;
+        if (j >= Q) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        const float2 * q2 = (const float2 *) (q + ((iq1 + j)*nb01 + iq2*nb02 + iq3*nb03));
+
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int i0 = 0; i0 < D2; i0 += NW) {
+            const int i = i0 + lane_id;
+            if (i >= D2) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (iq1 + j < ne01) {
+                sq2[j*T2 + i] = __float22half2_rn(q2[i]);
+            } else {
+                sq2[j*T2 + i] = make_half2(0.0, 0.0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    nvcuda::wmma::fill_fragment(zr, 0.0);
+
+    // zero out lo
+    for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+            nvcuda::wmma::fill_fragment(lo[j][i], 0.0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // zero out shared memory SH
+    for (int j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+        for (int i0 = 0; i0 < SH; i0 += NW) {
+            const int i = i0 + lane_id;
+            if (i >= SH) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            ss[j*T + i] = 0.0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    {
+        half S = __float2half(0.0f);
+        half M[Q];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < Q; ++i) {
+            M[i] = CUDART_MIN_DENORM_FP16;
+        }
+
+        // assume K and V are same shape
+        const int ne22 = ne12;
+        const int ne23 = ne13;
+
+        const int nb21 = nb11;
+        const int nb22 = nb12;
+        const int nb23 = nb13;
+
+        // broadcast
+        const int rk2 = ne02/ne12;
+        const int rk3 = ne03/ne13;
+
+        const int rv2 = ne02/ne22;
+        const int rv3 = ne03/ne23;
+
+        // k indices
+        const int ik2 = iq2 / rk2;
+        const int ik3 = iq3 / rk3;
+
+        // v indices
+        const int iv2 = iq2 / rv2;
+        const int iv3 = iq3 / rv3;
+
+        // load the queries from shared memory into local memory
+        half16x16_a mq[Q16][D16];
+        for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+                nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(mq[j][i], sq + 16*j*T + i*16, T);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // pointer to the mask
+        const half * mp = mask ? (const half *) (mask + iq1*nb31) : nullptr;
+
+        // prepare diagonal scale matrix
+        half16x16_b mscale;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+            ss[i*T + i] = __float2half(scale);
+        }
+        nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(mscale, ss, T);
+
+        // loop over the KV cache
+        // each simdgroup handles blocks of Q rows and C columns
+        for (int ic0 = 0; ic0 < ne11; ic0 += C*num_warps) {
+            const int ic = ic0 + warp_id*C;
+            if (ic >= ne11) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            // Q*K^T
+            {
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int cc = 0; cc < C16; ++cc) {
+                    half16x16_acc mqk[Q16];
+                    for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                        nvcuda::wmma::fill_fragment(mqk[j], 0);
+                    }
+
+                    const half * pk = (const half *) ((const char *) k + ((ic + 16*cc)*nb11 + ik2*nb12 + ik3*nb13));
+
+                    for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+                        half16x16_bT mk; // transposed key
+                        nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(mk, pk + i*16, nb11/sizeof(half));
+
+                        for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                            nvcuda::wmma::mma_sync(mqk[j], mq[j][i], mk, mqk[j]);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // mqk = mqk*scale + mask
+                    for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                        half16x16_a mqka;
+                        half16x16_acc mm;
+
+                        if (mp) {
+                            nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(mm, mp + 16*j*(nb31/sizeof(half)) + ic + 16*cc, nb31/sizeof(half), nvcuda::wmma::mem_row_major);
+                        }
+
+                        // convert accumulator to matrix_a
+                        nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync(      ss + 16*j*T + 16*cc, mqk[j], T, nvcuda::wmma::mem_row_major);
+                        nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync (mqka, ss + 16*j*T + 16*cc, T);
+
+                        nvcuda::wmma::mma_sync(mqk[j], mqka, mscale, mp ? mm : zr);
+                        nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync(ss + 16*j*T + 16*cc, mqk[j], T, nvcuda::wmma::mem_row_major);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // used to detect blocks full of -INF
+            half2 smax = make_half2(-INFINITY, -INFINITY);
+
+            // online softmax
+            for (int j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+                const half m = M[j];
+
+                for (int p0 = 0; p0 < C2; p0 += NW) {
+                    const int p = p0 + lane_id;
+
+                    const half2 s = ss2[j*T2 + p];
+
+                    smax = __hmax2(smax, s);
+                    M[j] = __hmax(M[j], __hmax(s.x, s.y));
+                }
+
+                M[j] = warp_reduce_max(M[j]);
+
+                // local sum
+                half2 ls = make_half2(0.0f, 0.0f);
+                half2 M2 = make_half2(M[j], M[j]);
+
+                for (int p0 = 0; p0 < C2; p0 += NW) {
+                    const int p = p0 + lane_id;
+
+                    const half2 s = ss2[j*T2 + p];
+
+                    const half2 vs = h2exp(s - M2);
+
+                    ls += vs;
+
+                    // the P matrix from the paper (Q rows, C columns)
+                    ss2[j*T2 + p] = vs;
+                }
+
+                ls = warp_reduce_sum(ls);
+
+                const half ms = hexp(m - M[j]);
+
+                // create a QxQ diagonal matrix for rescaling the output
+                if (lane_id == j) {
+                    ss[j*T + C + j] = ms;
+
+                    S = S*ms + ls.x + ls.y;
+                }
+            }
+
+            smax = warp_reduce_max(smax);
+
+            // skip -INF blocks
+            if (__hisinf(smax.x) == -1 && __hisinf(smax.y) == -1) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // O = diag(ms)*O
+            for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                half16x16_a mm;
+                half16x16_b lob;
+
+                nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(mm, ss + 16*j*T + C + 16*j, T);
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+                    // convert accumulator to matrix_b
+                    nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync(     ss + 16*j*T + C + 16*j, lo[j][i], T, nvcuda::wmma::mem_row_major);
+                    nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync (lob, ss + 16*j*T + C + 16*j, T);
+
+                    nvcuda::wmma::mma_sync(lo[j][i], mm, lob, zr);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // restore zeros
+            for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync(ss + 16*j*T + C + 16*j, zr, T, nvcuda::wmma::mem_row_major);
+            }
+
+            // O = O + (Q*K^T)*V
+            {
+                for (int cc = 0; cc < C16; ++cc) {
+                    const half * pv = (const half *) ((const char *) v + ((ic + 16*cc)*nb21 + iv2*nb22 + iv3*nb23));
+
+                    half16x16_b mv[D16];
+                    for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+                        nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(mv[i], pv + i*16, nb21/sizeof(half));
+                    }
+
+                    half16x16_a ms[Q16];
+                    for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                        nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(ms[j], ss + 16*j*T + 16*cc, T);
+                    }
+
+                    for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+                            nvcuda::wmma::mma_sync(lo[j][i], ms[j], mv[i], lo[j][i]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // these are needed for reducing the results from the simdgroups (reuse the ss buffer)
+        if (lane_id < Q) {
+            ss[lane_id*T + 0] = S;
+            ss[lane_id*T + 1] = M[lane_id];
+        }
+    }
+
+    // reduce the warps sequentially
+    for (int sg = 1; sg < num_warps; ++sg) {
+        __syncthreads();
+
+        // each simdgroup stores its output to shared memory, reusing sq
+        if (warp_id == sg) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+                    nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync(sq + 16*j*T + i*16, lo[j][i], T, nvcuda::wmma::mem_row_major);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        __syncthreads();
+
+        // the first simdgroup accumulates the results from the other simdgroups
+        if (warp_id == 0) {
+            for (int j = lane_id; j < Q; j += NW) {
+                const half S0 = ss[j*T +         0];
+                const half S1 = ss[j*T + sg*SH + 0];
+
+                const half M0 = ss[j*T +         1];
+                const half M1 = ss[j*T + sg*SH + 1];
+
+                const half M = __hmax(M0, M1);
+
+                const half ms0 = hexp(M0 - M);
+                const half ms1 = hexp(M1 - M);
+
+                const half S = S0*ms0 + S1*ms1;
+
+                ss[j*T + 0] = S;
+                ss[j*T + 1] = M;
+
+                ss[j*T + C + j        ] = ms0;
+                ss[j*T + C + j + sg*SH] = ms1;
+            }
+
+            // O_0 = diag(ms0)*O_0 + diag(ms1)*O_1
+            for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+                half16x16_a ms0;
+                half16x16_a ms1;
+                half16x16_b t;
+                half16x16_acc t2;
+
+                nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(ms0, ss + 16*j*T + C + 16*j,         T);
+                nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(ms1, ss + 16*j*T + C + 16*j + sg*SH, T);
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+                    nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(t, sq + 16*j*T + i*16, T);
+                    nvcuda::wmma::mma_sync(t2, ms1, t, zr);
+
+                    // convert accumulator to matrix_b
+                    nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync(   sq + 16*j*T + i*16, lo[j][i], T, nvcuda::wmma::mem_row_major);
+                    nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync (t, sq + 16*j*T + i*16, T);
+
+                    nvcuda::wmma::mma_sync(lo[j][i], ms0, t, t2);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // store result to shared memory (reuse sq)
+    if (warp_id == 0) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < Q16; ++j) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < D16; ++i) {
+                nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync(sq + 16*j*T + i*16, lo[j][i], T, nvcuda::wmma::mem_row_major);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // final rescale with 1/S and store to global memory
+    if (warp_id == 0) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < Q && iq1 + j < ne01; ++j) {
+            const half S = ss[j*T + 0];
+
+            for (int i0 = 0; i0 < D; i0 += NW) {
+                const int i = i0 + lane_id;
+                if (i >= D) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                dst[(iq3*ne2*ne1 + iq2 + (iq1 + j)*ne1)*D + i] = __half2float(sq[j*T + i] / S);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    NO_DEVICE_CODE;
+#endif
+}
+
+void ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    const ggml_tensor * Q = dst->src[0];
+    const ggml_tensor * K = dst->src[1];
+    const ggml_tensor * V = dst->src[2];
+
+    const ggml_tensor * mask = dst->src[3];
+
+    ggml_tensor * KQV = dst;
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(Q->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(K->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+    GGML_ASSERT(V->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+    GGML_ASSERT(KQV->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(!mask || mask->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+    GGML_ASSERT(!mask || mask->ne[1] >= GGML_PAD(Q->ne[1], 16) &&
+                                "the Flash-Attention CUDA kernel requires the mask to be padded to 16 and at least n_queries big");
+
+    ggml_cuda_set_device(ctx.device);
+
+    const cudaStream_t main_stream = ctx.stream();
+
+    float scale;
+    memcpy(&scale, KQV->op_params, sizeof(float));
+
+#define NQPB 16
+#define NCPW 128
+
+    const int nqpb = NQPB; // queries per block
+    const int ncpw = NCPW; // cache values per warp (does not work for other values)
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(NQPB <= 32);
+
+    const int nwarps_max = 8; // TODO: we don't want to launch too much warps. how much is too much?
+                              // TODO: produces wrong results for nwarps > 8 (RTX 2060) - not sure why
+    const int nwarps = Q->ne[1] <= nqpb ? std::max(2, std::min((int) K->ne[1]/ncpw, nwarps_max)) : 1;
+
+    dim3 blocks_num((Q->ne[1] + nqpb - 1) / nqpb, Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3]);
+    dim3 block_dim(32, nwarps, 1);
+
+    const size_t shmem = nqpb*(Q->ne[0] + nwarps*(ncpw + nqpb))*(sizeof(float)/2);
+
+    // increase shared memory limit to 96KB
+    //const size_t shmem_max = 96*1024;
+    //cudaFuncSetAttribute(flash_attn_ext_f16<128, NQPB, NCPW>, cudaFuncAttributeMaxDynamicSharedMemorySize, shmem_max);
+
+    switch (Q->ne[0]) {
+        case 64:
+            flash_attn_ext_f16<64, NQPB, NCPW>
+                <<<blocks_num, block_dim, shmem, main_stream>>> (
+                        (const char *) Q->data, // Query
+                        (const char *) K->data, // Key
+                        (const char *) V->data, // Value
+                        mask ? (const char *) mask->data : nullptr, // Mask
+                        (float *) KQV->data, // dst
+                        scale,
+                        Q->ne[0], Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3],
+                        K->ne[0], K->ne[1], K->ne[2], K->ne[3],
+                        mask ? mask->ne[1] : 0, mask ?  mask->nb[1] : 0,
+                        Q->nb[1], Q->nb[2], Q->nb[3],
+                        K->nb[1], K->nb[2], K->nb[3],
+                        KQV->ne[0], KQV->ne[1], KQV->ne[2], KQV->ne[3]
+                        );
+            break;
+        case 80:
+            flash_attn_ext_f16<80, NQPB, NCPW>
+                <<<blocks_num, block_dim, shmem, main_stream>>> (
+                        (const char *) Q->data, // Query
+                        (const char *) K->data, // Key
+                        (const char *) V->data, // Value
+                        mask ? (const char *) mask->data : nullptr, // Mask
+                        (float *) KQV->data, // dst
+                        scale,
+                        Q->ne[0], Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3],
+                        K->ne[0], K->ne[1], K->ne[2], K->ne[3],
+                        mask ? mask->ne[1] : 0, mask ?  mask->nb[1] : 0,
+                        Q->nb[1], Q->nb[2], Q->nb[3],
+                        K->nb[1], K->nb[2], K->nb[3],
+                        KQV->ne[0], KQV->ne[1], KQV->ne[2], KQV->ne[3]
+                        );
+            break;
+        case 96:
+            flash_attn_ext_f16<96, NQPB, NCPW>
+                <<<blocks_num, block_dim, shmem, main_stream>>> (
+                        (const char *) Q->data, // Query
+                        (const char *) K->data, // Key
+                        (const char *) V->data, // Value
+                        mask ? (const char *) mask->data : nullptr, // Mask
+                        (float *) KQV->data, // dst
+                        scale,
+                        Q->ne[0], Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3],
+                        K->ne[0], K->ne[1], K->ne[2], K->ne[3],
+                        mask ? mask->ne[1] : 0, mask ?  mask->nb[1] : 0,
+                        Q->nb[1], Q->nb[2], Q->nb[3],
+                        K->nb[1], K->nb[2], K->nb[3],
+                        KQV->ne[0], KQV->ne[1], KQV->ne[2], KQV->ne[3]
+                        );
+            break;
+        case 112:
+            flash_attn_ext_f16<112, NQPB, NCPW>
+                <<<blocks_num, block_dim, shmem, main_stream>>> (
+                        (const char *) Q->data, // Query
+                        (const char *) K->data, // Key
+                        (const char *) V->data, // Value
+                        mask ? (const char *) mask->data : nullptr, // Mask
+                        (float *) KQV->data, // dst
+                        scale,
+                        Q->ne[0], Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3],
+                        K->ne[0], K->ne[1], K->ne[2], K->ne[3],
+                        mask ? mask->ne[1] : 0, mask ?  mask->nb[1] : 0,
+                        Q->nb[1], Q->nb[2], Q->nb[3],
+                        K->nb[1], K->nb[2], K->nb[3],
+                        KQV->ne[0], KQV->ne[1], KQV->ne[2], KQV->ne[3]
+                        );
+            break;
+        case 128:
+            flash_attn_ext_f16<128, NQPB, NCPW>
+                <<<blocks_num, block_dim, shmem, main_stream>>> (
+                        (const char *) Q->data, // Query
+                        (const char *) K->data, // Key
+                        (const char *) V->data, // Value
+                        mask ? (const char *) mask->data : nullptr, // Mask
+                        (float *) KQV->data, // dst
+                        scale,
+                        Q->ne[0], Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3],
+                        K->ne[0], K->ne[1], K->ne[2], K->ne[3],
+                        mask ? mask->ne[1] : 0, mask ?  mask->nb[1] : 0,
+                        Q->nb[1], Q->nb[2], Q->nb[3],
+                        K->nb[1], K->nb[2], K->nb[3],
+                        KQV->ne[0], KQV->ne[1], KQV->ne[2], KQV->ne[3]
+                        );
+            break;
+        case 256:
+            flash_attn_ext_f16<256, NQPB, NCPW>
+                <<<blocks_num, block_dim, shmem, main_stream>>> (
+                        (const char *) Q->data, // Query
+                        (const char *) K->data, // Key
+                        (const char *) V->data, // Value
+                        mask ? (const char *) mask->data : nullptr, // Mask
+                        (float *) KQV->data, // dst
+                        scale,
+                        Q->ne[0], Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3],
+                        K->ne[0], K->ne[1], K->ne[2], K->ne[3],
+                        mask ? mask->ne[1] : 0, mask ?  mask->nb[1] : 0,
+                        Q->nb[1], Q->nb[2], Q->nb[3],
+                        K->nb[1], K->nb[2], K->nb[3],
+                        KQV->ne[0], KQV->ne[1], KQV->ne[2], KQV->ne[3]
+                        );
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+
+    CUDA_CHECK(cudaGetLastError());
+}
diff --git a/ggml-cuda/fattn.cuh b/ggml-cuda/fattn.cuh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad3ca7a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml-cuda/fattn.cuh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "common.cuh"
+
+void ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst);
diff --git a/ggml-metal.m b/ggml-metal.m
index a08abbc29..a578fb06a 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml-metal.m
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ enum ggml_metal_kernel_type {
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_ASC,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_DESC,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_LEAKY_RELU_F32,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H64,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H80,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H96,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H112,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H128,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H256,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F16,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F32,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q8_0,
@@ -449,6 +455,9 @@ static struct ggml_metal_context * ggml_metal_init(int n_cb) {
             id<MTLFunction> metal_function = [metal_library newFunctionWithName:@"kernel_"#name]; \
             kernel->pipeline = [ctx->device newComputePipelineStateWithFunction:metal_function error:&error]; \
             [metal_function release]; \
+            GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: loaded %-32s %16p | th_max = %4d | th_width = %4d\n", __func__, "kernel_"#name, (void *) kernel->pipeline, \
+                    (int) kernel->pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup, \
+                    (int) kernel->pipeline.threadExecutionWidth); \
             if (error) { \
                 GGML_METAL_LOG_ERROR("%s: error: load pipeline error: %s\n", __func__, [[error description] UTF8String]); \
                 [metal_library release]; \
@@ -604,6 +613,12 @@ static struct ggml_metal_context * ggml_metal_init(int n_cb) {
         GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_ASC,       argsort_f32_i32_asc,    true);
         GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_DESC,      argsort_f32_i32_desc,   true);
         GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_LEAKY_RELU_F32,            leaky_relu_f32,         true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H64,    flash_attn_ext_f16_h64,  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H80,    flash_attn_ext_f16_h80,  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H96,    flash_attn_ext_f16_h96,  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H112,   flash_attn_ext_f16_h112, true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H128,   flash_attn_ext_f16_h128, true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H256,   flash_attn_ext_f16_h256, true);
         GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F16,               cpy_f32_f16,            true);
         GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F32,               cpy_f32_f32,            true);
         GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q8_0,              cpy_f32_q8_0,           true);
@@ -734,6 +749,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_supports_op(const struct ggml_metal_context * ctx, const
         case GGML_OP_TIMESTEP_EMBEDDING:
         case GGML_OP_ARGSORT:
         case GGML_OP_LEAKY_RELU:
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
             return true;
         case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT:
         case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT_ID:
@@ -1277,6 +1293,8 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_metal_graph_compute(
                     } break;
                 case GGML_OP_SOFT_MAX:
                     {
+                        GGML_ASSERT(!src1 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+
                         int nth = 32; // SIMD width
 
                         id<MTLComputePipelineState> pipeline = nil;
@@ -2465,6 +2483,106 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_metal_graph_compute(
 
                         [encoder dispatchThreadgroups:MTLSizeMake(n, 1, 1) threadsPerThreadgroup:MTLSizeMake(1, 1, 1)];
                     } break;
+                case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
+                    {
+                        GGML_ASSERT(ne00 % 4 == 0);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+
+                        struct ggml_tensor * src3 = gf->nodes[i]->src[3];
+
+                        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src1, src2));
+                        GGML_ASSERT(src3);
+
+                        size_t offs_src3 = 0;
+
+                        id<MTLBuffer> id_src3 = src3 ? ggml_metal_get_buffer(src3, &offs_src3) : nil;
+
+                        GGML_ASSERT(!src3 || src3->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(!src3 || src3->ne[1] >= GGML_PAD(src0->ne[1], 8) &&
+                                "the Flash-Attention Metal kernel requires the mask to be padded to 8 and at least n_queries big");
+
+                        const int64_t  ne30 = src3 ? src3->ne[0] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(ne30);
+                        const int64_t  ne31 = src3 ? src3->ne[1] : 0;
+                        const int64_t  ne32 = src3 ? src3->ne[2] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(ne32);
+                        const int64_t  ne33 = src3 ? src3->ne[3] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(ne33);
+
+                        const uint64_t nb30 = src3 ? src3->nb[0] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(nb30);
+                        const uint64_t nb31 = src3 ? src3->nb[1] : 0;
+                        const uint64_t nb32 = src3 ? src3->nb[2] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(nb32);
+                        const uint64_t nb33 = src3 ? src3->nb[3] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(nb33);
+
+                        const enum ggml_type src2t = src2 ? src2->type : GGML_TYPE_COUNT; GGML_UNUSED(src2t);
+
+                        float scale;
+                        memcpy(&scale, dst->op_params, sizeof(float));
+
+                        id<MTLComputePipelineState> pipeline = nil;
+
+                        switch (ne00) {
+                            case 64:  pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H64 ].pipeline; break;
+                            case 80:  pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H80 ].pipeline; break;
+                            case 96:  pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H96 ].pipeline; break;
+                            case 112: pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H112].pipeline; break;
+                            case 128: pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H128].pipeline; break;
+                            case 256: pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H256].pipeline; break;
+                            default:
+                                {
+                                    GGML_METAL_LOG_ERROR("unsupported size: %lld\n", ne00);
+                                    GGML_METAL_LOG_ERROR("add template specialization for this size\n");
+                                    GGML_ASSERT(false && "add template specialization for this size");
+                                }
+                        }
+
+                        // TODO: extend if necessary
+                        [encoder setComputePipelineState:pipeline];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_src0 offset:offs_src0        atIndex:0];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_src1 offset:offs_src1        atIndex:1];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_src2 offset:offs_src2        atIndex:2];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_src3 offset:offs_src3        atIndex:3];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_dst  offset:offs_dst         atIndex:4];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne00    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:5];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne01    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:6];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne02    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:7];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne03    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:8];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb00    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:9];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb01    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:10];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb02    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:11];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb03    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:12];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne10    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:13];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne11    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:14];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne12    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:15];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne13    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:16];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb10    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:17];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb11    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:18];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb12    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:19];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb13    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:20];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne31    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:21];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb31    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:22];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne0     length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:23];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne1     length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:24];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne2     length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:25];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne3     length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:26];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&scale   length:sizeof(   float) atIndex:27];
+
+                        const int64_t nqptg = 8;  // queries per threadgroup    !! sync with kernel template arguments !!
+                        const int64_t ncpsg = 32; // cache values per simdgroup !! sync with kernel template arguments !!
+
+                        GGML_ASSERT(nqptg <= 32);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(nqptg  % 8  == 0);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(ncpsg  % 32 == 0);
+
+                        // simdgroups per threadgroup (a.k.a. warps)
+                        // for small batches use more simdgroups (needs more tests, to confirm if it's worth it)
+                        const int64_t nsg = ne01 <= nqptg ? MAX(4, MIN(ne11/ncpsg, (int64_t) pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup/32)) : 4;
+
+                        const size_t smem = nqptg*(ne00 + nsg*(ncpsg + nqptg))*(sizeof(float)/2);
+
+                        //printf("smem: %zu, max: %zu\n", smem, ctx->device.maxThreadgroupMemoryLength);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(smem <= ctx->device.maxThreadgroupMemoryLength);
+                        [encoder setThreadgroupMemoryLength:smem atIndex:0];
+
+                        [encoder dispatchThreadgroups:MTLSizeMake((ne01 + nqptg - 1)/nqptg, ne02, ne03) threadsPerThreadgroup:MTLSizeMake(32, nsg, 1)];
+                    } break;
                 case GGML_OP_DUP:
                 case GGML_OP_CPY:
                 case GGML_OP_CONT:
@@ -2668,10 +2786,13 @@ GGML_CALL static const char * ggml_backend_metal_buffer_type_get_name(ggml_backe
     UNUSED(buft);
 }
 
-static void ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(id<MTLDevice> device) {
+static void ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(id<MTLDevice> device, size_t size_aligned) {
+#ifndef GGML_METAL_NDEBUG
 #if TARGET_OS_OSX || (TARGET_OS_IOS && __clang_major__ >= 15)
     if (@available(macOS 10.12, iOS 16.0, *)) {
-        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO(", (%8.2f / %8.2f)",
+        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB, (%8.2f / %8.2f)",
+                __func__,
+                size_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
                 device.currentAllocatedSize / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
                 device.recommendedMaxWorkingSetSize / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
 
@@ -2681,10 +2802,15 @@ static void ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(id<MTLDevice> device) {
             GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("\n");
         }
     } else {
-        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO(", (%8.2f)\n", device.currentAllocatedSize / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
+        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB, (%8.2f)\n",
+                __func__,
+                size_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
+                device.currentAllocatedSize / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
     }
+#endif
 #endif
     UNUSED(device);
+    UNUSED(size_aligned);
 }
 
 GGML_CALL static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_type_alloc_buffer(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, size_t size) {
@@ -2718,8 +2844,7 @@ GGML_CALL static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_type_alloc_buff
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB", __func__, size_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
-    ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device);
+    ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device, size_aligned);
 
     return ggml_backend_buffer_init(buft, ggml_backend_metal_buffer_i, ctx, size);
 }
@@ -2806,7 +2931,7 @@ GGML_CALL ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_from_ptr(void * data,
             return false;
         }
 
-        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB", __func__, size_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
+        ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device, size_aligned);
 
         ++ctx->n_buffers;
     } else {
@@ -2829,7 +2954,8 @@ GGML_CALL ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_from_ptr(void * data,
                 return false;
             }
 
-            GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB, offs = %12ld", __func__, size_step_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0, i);
+            ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device, size_step_aligned);
+
             if (i + size_step < size) {
                 GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("\n");
             }
@@ -2838,8 +2964,6 @@ GGML_CALL ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_from_ptr(void * data,
         }
     }
 
-    ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device);
-
     return ggml_backend_buffer_init(ggml_backend_metal_buffer_type(), ggml_backend_metal_buffer_i, ctx, size);
 }
 
diff --git a/ggml-metal.metal b/ggml-metal.metal
index 744b2a8b4..dc6ad3141 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.metal
+++ b/ggml-metal.metal
@@ -318,10 +318,10 @@ kernel void kernel_sum_rows(
 }
 
 kernel void kernel_soft_max(
-        device const float * src0,
-        device const float * src1,
-        device const float * src2,
-        device       float * dst,
+        device const  char * src0,
+        device const  char * src1,
+        device const  char * src2,
+        device        char * dst,
         constant   int64_t & ne00,
         constant   int64_t & ne01,
         constant   int64_t & ne02,
@@ -340,10 +340,10 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max(
     const int64_t i02 = (tgpig - i03*ne02*ne01) / ne01;
     const int64_t i01 = (tgpig - i03*ne02*ne01 - i02*ne01);
 
-    device const float * psrc0 =         src0 + i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00;
-    device const float * pmask = src1 != src0 ? src1                               + i01*ne00 : nullptr;
-    device const float * ppos  = src2 != src0 ? src2                                          : nullptr;
-    device       float * pdst  =         dst  + i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00;
+    device const float * psrc0 = (device const float *) src0 + (i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00);
+    device const  half * pmask = src1 != src0 ? (device const half *) src1         + i01*ne00 : nullptr;
+    device const  half * ppos  = src2 != src0 ? (device const half *) src2                    : nullptr;
+    device       float * pdst  = (device       float *) dst  + (i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00);
 
     float slope = 0.0f;
 
@@ -422,10 +422,10 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max(
 }
 
 kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
-        device const float * src0,
-        device const float * src1,
-        device const float * src2,
-        device       float * dst,
+        device const  char * src0,
+        device const  char * src1,
+        device const  char * src2,
+        device        char * dst,
         constant   int64_t & ne00,
         constant   int64_t & ne01,
         constant   int64_t & ne02,
@@ -444,10 +444,10 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
     const int64_t i02 = (tgpig - i03*ne02*ne01) / ne01;
     const int64_t i01 = (tgpig - i03*ne02*ne01 - i02*ne01);
 
-    device const float4 * psrc4 =                (device const float4 *)(src0 + i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00);
-    device const float4 * pmask = src1 != src0 ? (device const float4 *)(src1 +                                      i01*ne00) : nullptr;
-    device const float4 * ppos  = src2 != src0 ? (device const float4 *)(src2)                                                 : nullptr;
-    device       float4 * pdst4 =                (device       float4 *)(dst  + i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00);
+    device const float4 * psrc4 = (device const float4 *) src0 + (i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00)/4;
+    device const  half4 * pmask = src1 != src0 ? (device const half4 *) src1         + i01*ne00/4 : nullptr;
+    device const  half4 * ppos  = src2 != src0 ? (device const half4 *) src2                      : nullptr;
+    device       float4 * pdst4 = (device       float4 *) dst  + (i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00)/4;
 
     float slope = 0.0f;
 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
     float4 lmax4 = -INFINITY;
 
     for (int i00 = tpitg; i00 < ne00/4; i00 += ntg) {
-        lmax4 = fmax(lmax4, psrc4[i00]*scale + (pmask ? pmask[i00] : 0.0f) + (ppos ? slope*ppos[i00] : 0.0f));
+        lmax4 = fmax(lmax4, psrc4[i00]*scale + (float4)((pmask ? pmask[i00] : 0.0f) + (ppos ? slope*ppos[i00] : 0.0f)));
     }
 
     const float lmax = MAX(MAX(lmax4[0], lmax4[1]), MAX(lmax4[2], lmax4[3]));
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
     // parallel sum
     float4 lsum4 = 0.0f;
     for (int i00 = tpitg; i00 < ne00/4; i00 += ntg) {
-        const float4 exp_psrc4 = exp((psrc4[i00]*scale + (pmask ? pmask[i00] : 0.0f) + (ppos ? slope*ppos[i00] : 0.0f)) - max_val);
+        const float4 exp_psrc4 = exp((psrc4[i00]*scale + (float4)((pmask ? pmask[i00] : 0.0f) + (ppos ? slope*ppos[i00] : 0.0f))) - max_val);
         lsum4 += exp_psrc4;
         pdst4[i00] = exp_psrc4;
     }
@@ -2031,6 +2031,411 @@ kernel void kernel_leaky_relu_f32(
     dst[tpig] = src0[tpig] > 0.0f ? src0[tpig] : src0[tpig] * slope;
 }
 
+typedef void (flash_attn_ext_f16_t)(
+        device const  char * q,
+        device const  char * k,
+        device const  char * v,
+        device const  char * mask,
+        device       float * dst,
+        constant   int64_t & ne00,
+        constant   int64_t & ne01,
+        constant   int64_t & ne02,
+        constant   int64_t & ne03,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb00,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb01,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb02,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb03,
+        constant   int64_t & ne10,
+        constant   int64_t & ne11,
+        constant   int64_t & ne12,
+        constant   int64_t & ne13,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb10,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb11,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb12,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb13,
+        constant   int64_t & ne31,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb31,
+        constant   int64_t & ne0,
+        constant   int64_t & ne1,
+        constant   int64_t & ne2,
+        constant   int64_t & ne3,
+        constant     float & scale,
+        threadgroup   half * shared,
+        uint3 tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
+        uint3 tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+        uint3   ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]],
+        uint  tiisg[[thread_index_in_simdgroup]],
+        uint  sgitg[[simdgroup_index_in_threadgroup]]);
+
+// ref: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.08691.pdf
+template<int64_t D, int64_t Q, int64_t C> // head size, queries per threadgroup, cache items per threadgroup
+kernel void kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16(
+        device const  char * q,
+        device const  char * k,
+        device const  char * v,
+        device const  char * mask,
+        device       float * dst,
+        constant   int64_t & ne00,
+        constant   int64_t & ne01,
+        constant   int64_t & ne02,
+        constant   int64_t & ne03,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb00,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb01,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb02,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb03,
+        constant   int64_t & ne10,
+        constant   int64_t & ne11,
+        constant   int64_t & ne12,
+        constant   int64_t & ne13,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb10,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb11,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb12,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb13,
+        constant   int64_t & ne31,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb31,
+        constant   int64_t & ne0,
+        constant   int64_t & ne1,
+        constant   int64_t & ne2,
+        constant   int64_t & ne3,
+        constant     float & scale,
+        threadgroup   half * shared [[threadgroup(0)]],
+        uint3 tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
+        uint3 tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+        uint3   ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]],
+        uint  tiisg[[thread_index_in_simdgroup]],
+        uint  sgitg[[simdgroup_index_in_threadgroup]]) {
+    const uint nsg = ntg.y; // number of simdgroups
+
+    const int64_t iq3 = tgpig[2];
+    const int64_t iq2 = tgpig[1];
+    const int64_t iq1 = tgpig[0]*Q;
+
+    const int64_t D4 = D/4;
+    const int64_t D8 = D/8;
+    const int64_t Q8 = Q/8;
+    const int64_t NW = N_SIMDWIDTH;
+    const int64_t SH = (C + Q); // shared memory per simdgroup in (half)
+
+    const int64_t T  = D + nsg*SH; // shared memory size per query in (half)
+    const int64_t T4 = T/4;        // shared memory size per query in (half4)
+
+    threadgroup half  * sq  = (threadgroup half  *) (shared +            0*D); // holds the query data
+    threadgroup half4 * sq4 = (threadgroup half4 *) (shared +            0*D); // same as above but in half4
+    threadgroup half  * ss  = (threadgroup half  *) (shared + sgitg*SH + 1*D); // scratch buffer for attention and diagonal matrix
+
+    // store the result for all queries in local memory in 8x8 matrices (the O matrix from the paper)
+    simdgroup_half8x8 lo[Q8][D8];
+
+    // load heads from Q to shared memory
+    for (int64_t j = sgitg; j < Q; j += nsg) {
+        device const float4 * q4 = (device const float4 *) ((device const char *) q + ((iq1 + j)*nb01 + iq2*nb02 + iq3*nb03));
+
+        for (int64_t i = tiisg; i < D4; i += NW) {
+            if (iq1 + j < ne01) {
+                sq4[j*T4 + i] = (half4) q4[i];
+            } else {
+                sq4[j*T4 + i] = 0.0h;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // zero out lo
+    for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+        for (int64_t i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+            lo[j][i] = make_filled_simdgroup_matrix<half, 8>(0.0h);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // zero out shared memory SH
+    for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+        for (int64_t i = tiisg; i < SH; i += NW) {
+            ss[j*T + i] = 0.0h;
+        }
+    }
+
+    threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+    {
+        half S[Q] = { [0 ... Q-1] = 0.0h };
+        half M[Q] = { [0 ... Q-1] = -INFINITY };
+
+        // assume K and V are same shape
+        const int64_t ne22 = ne12;
+        const int64_t ne23 = ne13;
+
+        const uint64_t nb21 = nb11;
+        const uint64_t nb22 = nb12;
+        const uint64_t nb23 = nb13;
+
+        // broadcast
+        const int64_t rk2 = ne02/ne12;
+        const int64_t rk3 = ne03/ne13;
+
+        const int64_t rv2 = ne02/ne22;
+        const int64_t rv3 = ne03/ne23;
+
+        // k indices
+        const int64_t ik2 = iq2 / rk2;
+        const int64_t ik3 = iq3 / rk3;
+
+        // v indices
+        const int64_t iv2 = iq2 / rv2;
+        const int64_t iv3 = iq3 / rv3;
+
+        // load the queries from shared memory into local memory
+        simdgroup_half8x8 mq[Q8][D8];
+
+        for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+            for (int64_t i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                simdgroup_load(mq[j][i], sq + 8*j*T + i*8, T);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // pointer to the mask
+        device const half * mp = (device const half *) (mask + iq1*nb31);
+
+        // prepare diagonal scale matrix
+        simdgroup_half8x8 mscale(scale);
+
+        // loop over the KV cache
+        // each simdgroup handles blocks of Q rows and C columns
+        for (int64_t ic = C*sgitg; ic < ne11; ic += C*nsg) {
+            // Q*K^T
+            {
+                for (int cc = 0; cc < C/8; ++cc) {
+                    simdgroup_half8x8 mqk[Q8];
+                    for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+                        mqk[j] = make_filled_simdgroup_matrix<half, 8>(0.h);
+                    }
+
+                    device const half * pk = (device const half *) ((device const char *) k + ((ic + 8*cc)*nb11 + ik2*nb12 + ik3*nb13));
+
+                    for (int64_t i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                        simdgroup_half8x8 mk;
+                        simdgroup_load(mk, pk + i*8, nb11/sizeof(half), 0, true); // transpose
+
+                        for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+                            simdgroup_multiply_accumulate(mqk[j], mq[j][i], mk, mqk[j]);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // mqk = mqk*scale + mask
+                    for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+                        simdgroup_half8x8 mm;
+                        simdgroup_load(mm, mp + 8*j*(nb31/sizeof(half)) + ic + 8*cc, nb31/sizeof(half), 0, false);
+                        simdgroup_multiply_accumulate(mqk[j], mqk[j], mscale, mm);
+
+                        simdgroup_store(mqk[j], ss + 8*j*T + 8*cc, T, 0, false);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // used to detect blocks full of -INF
+            half smax = -INFINITY;
+
+            // online softmax
+            if (C == 32) {
+                half ms[Q];
+
+                for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+                    const int64_t p = tiisg;
+
+                    const half m = M[j];
+                    const half s = ss[j*T + p];
+
+                    smax = simd_max(max(smax, s));
+                    M[j] = simd_max(max(M[j], s));
+
+                               ms[j] = m == -INFINITY ? 0.0h : exp(m - M[j]);
+                    const half vs    = s == -INFINITY ? 0.0h : exp(s - M[j]);
+
+                    S[j] = S[j]*ms[j] + simd_sum(vs);
+
+                    // the P matrix from the paper (Q rows, C columns)
+                    ss[j*T + p] = vs;
+                }
+
+                // create a QxQ diagonal matrix for rescaling the output
+                if (tiisg < Q) {
+                    ss[tiisg*T + C + tiisg] = ms[tiisg];
+                }
+            } else {
+                half ms[Q];
+
+                for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+                    const half m = M[j];
+
+                    for (int64_t p = tiisg; p < C; p += NW) {
+                        const half s = ss[j*T + p];
+
+                        smax = max(smax, s);
+                        M[j] = max(M[j], s);
+                    }
+
+                    smax = simd_max(smax);
+                    M[j] = simd_max(M[j]);
+
+                    ms[j] = m == -INFINITY ? 0.0h : exp(m - M[j]);
+
+                    // local sum
+                    half ls = 0.0h;
+
+                    for (int64_t p = tiisg; p < C; p += NW) {
+                        const half s = ss[j*T + p];
+
+                        const half vs = s == -INFINITY ? 0.0h : exp(s - M[j]);
+
+                        ls += vs;
+
+                        // the P matrix from the paper (Q rows, C columns)
+                        ss[j*T + p] = vs;
+                    }
+
+                    S[j] = S[j]*ms[j] + simd_sum(ls);
+                }
+
+                // create a QxQ diagonal matrix for rescaling the output
+                if (tiisg < Q) {
+                    ss[tiisg*T + C + tiisg] = ms[tiisg];
+                }
+            }
+
+            // skip -INF blocks
+            if (smax == -INFINITY) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // O = diag(ms)*O
+            for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+                simdgroup_half8x8 mm;
+                simdgroup_load(mm, ss + 8*j*T + C + 8*j, T, 0, false);
+
+                for (int64_t i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                    simdgroup_multiply(lo[j][i], mm, lo[j][i]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // O = O + (Q*K^T)*V
+            {
+                for (int cc = 0; cc < C/8; ++cc) {
+                    device const half * pv = (device const half *) ((device const char *) v + ((ic + 8*cc)*nb21 + iv2*nb22 + iv3*nb23));
+
+                    for (int64_t i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                        simdgroup_half8x8 mk;
+                        simdgroup_load(mk, pv + i*8, nb21/sizeof(half), 0, false);
+
+                        for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+                            simdgroup_half8x8 mv;
+                            simdgroup_load(mv, ss + 8*j*T + 8*cc, T, 0, false);
+
+                            simdgroup_multiply_accumulate(lo[j][i], mv, mk, lo[j][i]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // these are needed for reducing the results from the simdgroups (reuse the ss buffer)
+        for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+            if (tiisg == 0) {
+                ss[j*T + 0] = S[j];
+                ss[j*T + 1] = M[j];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // reduce the warps sequentially
+    for (int64_t sg = 1; sg < nsg; ++sg) {
+        half S = { 0.0h };
+        half M = { -INFINITY };
+
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+        // each simdgroup stores its output to shared memory, reusing sq
+        if (sgitg == sg) {
+            for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+                for (int64_t i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                    simdgroup_store(lo[j][i], sq + 8*j*T + i*8, T, 0, false);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+        // the first simdgroup accumulates the results from the other simdgroups
+        if (sgitg == 0) {
+            for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+                const half S0 = ss[j*T +         0];
+                const half S1 = ss[j*T + sg*SH + 0];
+
+                const half M0 = ss[j*T +         1];
+                const half M1 = ss[j*T + sg*SH + 1];
+
+                M = max(M0, M1);
+
+                const half ms0 = M0 == -INFINITY ? 0.0h : exp(M0 - M);
+                const half ms1 = M1 == -INFINITY ? 0.0h : exp(M1 - M);
+
+                S = S0*ms0 + S1*ms1;
+
+                if (tiisg == 0) {
+                    ss[j*T + 0] = S;
+                    ss[j*T + 1] = M;
+
+                    ss[j*T + C + j        ] = ms0;
+                    ss[j*T + C + j + sg*SH] = ms1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // O_0 = diag(ms0)*O_0 + diag(ms1)*O_1
+            for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+                simdgroup_half8x8 t;
+                simdgroup_half8x8 ms0;
+                simdgroup_half8x8 ms1;
+
+                simdgroup_load(ms0, ss + 8*j*T + C + 8*j,         T, 0, false);
+                simdgroup_load(ms1, ss + 8*j*T + C + 8*j + sg*SH, T, 0, false);
+
+                for (int64_t i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                    simdgroup_load    (t, sq + 8*j*T + i*8, T, 0, false);
+                    simdgroup_multiply(t, ms1, t);
+
+                    simdgroup_multiply_accumulate(lo[j][i], ms0, lo[j][i], t);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // store result to shared memory (reuse sq)
+    if (sgitg == 0) {
+        for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q8; ++j) {
+            for (int64_t i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                simdgroup_store(lo[j][i], sq + 8*j*T + i*8, T, 0, false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    device float4 * dst4 = (device float4 *) dst;
+
+    // final rescale with 1/S and store to global memory
+    if (sgitg == 0) {
+        for (int64_t j = 0; j < Q && iq1 + j < ne01; ++j) {
+            const half S = ss[j*T + 0];
+
+            for (int64_t i = tiisg; i < D4; i += NW) {
+                dst4[(iq3*ne2*ne1 + iq2 + (iq1 + j)*ne1)*D4 + i] = (float4) sq4[j*T4 + i]/S;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h64" )]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<64,  8, 32>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h80" )]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<80,  8, 32>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h96" )]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<96,  8, 32>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h112")]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<112, 8, 32>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h128")]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<128, 8, 32>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h256")]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<256, 8, 32>;
+
 kernel void kernel_cpy_f16_f16(
         device  const half * src0,
         device        half * dst,
diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index eb469d0f7..da67e7d75 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ inline static float vaddvq_f32(float32x4_t v) {
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_ZERO           GGML_F16x8_ZERO
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_SET1           GGML_F16x8_SET1
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(p, i)     GGML_F16x8_LOAD(p)
-    #define GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(p, r, i) GGML_F16x8_STORE(p, r[i])
+    #define GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(p, r, i) GGML_F16x8_STORE((__fp16 *)(p), r[i])
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_FMA            GGML_F16x8_FMA
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_ADD            GGML_F16x8_ADD
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_MUL            GGML_F16x8_MUL
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ inline static float vaddvq_f32(float32x4_t v) {
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_ZERO           GGML_F32Cx4_ZERO
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_SET1           GGML_F32Cx4_SET1
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(p, i)     GGML_F32Cx4_LOAD(p)
-    #define GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(p, r, i) GGML_F32Cx4_STORE(p, r[i])
+    #define GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(p, r, i) GGML_F32Cx4_STORE((__fp16 *)(p), r[i])
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_FMA            GGML_F32Cx4_FMA
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_ADD            GGML_F32Cx4_ADD
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_MUL            GGML_F32Cx4_MUL
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ do {                                                              \
 
 #if defined(__F16C__)
 // the  _mm256_cvt intrinsics require F16C
-#define GGML_F32Cx8_LOAD(x)     _mm256_cvtph_ps(_mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *)(x)))
+#define GGML_F32Cx8_LOAD(x)     _mm256_cvtph_ps(_mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(x)))
 #define GGML_F32Cx8_STORE(x, y) _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(x), _mm256_cvtps_ph(y, 0))
 #else
 static inline __m256 __avx_f32cx8_load(ggml_fp16_t *x) {
@@ -1673,6 +1673,37 @@ inline static void ggml_vec_mad_f32(const int n, float * restrict y, const float
 #endif
 }
 
+inline static void ggml_vec_mad_f16(const int n, ggml_fp16_t * restrict y, const ggml_fp16_t * restrict x, const float v) {
+#if defined(GGML_SIMD)
+    const int np = (n & ~(GGML_F16_STEP - 1));
+
+    GGML_F16_VEC vx = GGML_F16_VEC_SET1(v);
+
+    GGML_F16_VEC ax[GGML_F16_ARR];
+    GGML_F16_VEC ay[GGML_F16_ARR];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < np; i += GGML_F16_STEP) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < GGML_F16_ARR; j++) {
+            ax[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(x + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, j);
+            ay[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(y + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, j);
+            ay[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_FMA(ay[j], ax[j], vx);
+
+            GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(y + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, ay, j);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // leftovers
+    for (int i = np; i < n; ++i) {
+        y[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i]) + GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(x[i])*v);
+    }
+#else
+    // scalar
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        y[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i]) + GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(x[i])*v);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 // xs and vs are byte strides of x and v
 inline static void ggml_vec_mad_f32_unroll(const int n, const int xs, const int vs, float * restrict y, const float * restrict xv, const float * restrict vv) {
 
@@ -1757,6 +1788,35 @@ inline static void ggml_vec_scale_f32(const int n, float * y, const float   v) {
 #endif
 }
 
+inline static void ggml_vec_scale_f16(const int n, ggml_fp16_t * y, const float v) {
+#if defined(GGML_SIMD)
+    const int np = (n & ~(GGML_F16_STEP - 1));
+
+    GGML_F16_VEC vx = GGML_F16_VEC_SET1(v);
+
+    GGML_F16_VEC ay[GGML_F16_ARR];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < np; i += GGML_F16_STEP) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < GGML_F16_ARR; j++) {
+            ay[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(y + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, j);
+            ay[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_MUL(ay[j], vx);
+
+            GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(y + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, ay, j);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // leftovers
+    for (int i = np; i < n; ++i) {
+        y[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i])*v);
+    }
+#else
+    // scalar
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        y[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i])*v);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 inline static void ggml_vec_norm_f32 (const int n, float * s, const float * x) { ggml_vec_dot_f32(n, s, 0, x, 0, x, 0, 1); *s = sqrtf(*s);   }
 inline static void ggml_vec_sqr_f32  (const int n, float * y, const float * x) { for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) y[i] = x[i]*x[i];   }
 inline static void ggml_vec_sqrt_f32 (const int n, float * y, const float * x) { for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) y[i] = sqrtf(x[i]); }
@@ -2011,6 +2071,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_NAME[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "LEAKY_RELU",
 
     "FLASH_ATTN",
+    "FLASH_ATTN_EXT",
     "FLASH_FF",
     "FLASH_ATTN_BACK",
     "SSM_CONV",
@@ -2037,7 +2098,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_NAME[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "CROSS_ENTROPY_LOSS_BACK",
 };
 
-static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 76, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 76");
+static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 77, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 77");
 
 static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "none",
@@ -2101,6 +2162,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "leaky_relu(x)",
 
     "flash_attn(x)",
+    "flash_attn_ext(x)",
     "flash_ff(x)",
     "flash_attn_back(x)",
     "ssm_conv(x)",
@@ -2127,7 +2189,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "cross_entropy_loss_back(x,y)",
 };
 
-static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 76, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 76");
+static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 77, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 77");
 
 static_assert(GGML_OP_POOL_COUNT == 2, "GGML_OP_POOL_COUNT != 2");
 
@@ -4572,6 +4634,8 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_mul_mat(
 void ggml_mul_mat_set_prec(
         struct ggml_tensor * a,
         enum ggml_prec       prec) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(a->op == GGML_OP_MUL_MAT);
+
     const int32_t prec_i32 = (int32_t) prec;
 
     ggml_set_op_params_i32(a, 0, prec_i32);
@@ -5408,14 +5472,15 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * ggml_soft_max_impl(
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(a));
 
     if (mask) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
         GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(mask));
         GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_matrix(mask));
-        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_can_repeat_rows(mask, a));
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[1] >= a->ne[1]);
     }
 
     if (pos) {
         GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_vector(pos));
-        GGML_ASSERT(pos->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+        GGML_ASSERT(pos->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
         GGML_ASSERT(pos->ne[0] == a->ne[0]);
     }
 
@@ -6227,6 +6292,59 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn(
     return result;
 }
 
+// ggml_flash_attn_ext
+
+struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn_ext(
+        struct ggml_context * ctx,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * q,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * k,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * v,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * mask,
+        float                 scale) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_can_mul_mat(k, q));
+    // TODO: check if vT can be multiplied by (k*qT)
+    if (mask) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(mask));
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[2] == 1);
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[3] == 1);
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[1] >= GGML_PAD(q->ne[1], GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD) &&
+                "the Flash-Attention kernel requires the mask to be padded to GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD and at least n_queries big");
+        //GGML_ASSERT(ggml_can_repeat_rows(mask, qk));
+    }
+
+    bool is_node = false;
+
+    if (q->grad || k->grad || v->grad) {
+        is_node = true;
+    }
+
+    // permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
+    int64_t ne[4] = { q->ne[0], q->ne[2], q->ne[1], q->ne[3] };
+    struct ggml_tensor * result = ggml_new_tensor(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, GGML_MAX_DIMS, ne);
+
+    float params[] = { scale };
+    ggml_set_op_params(result, params, sizeof(params));
+
+    result->op   = GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT;
+    result->grad = is_node ? ggml_dup_tensor(ctx, result) : NULL;
+    result->src[0] = q;
+    result->src[1] = k;
+    result->src[2] = v;
+    result->src[3] = mask;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+void ggml_flash_attn_ext_set_prec(
+        struct ggml_tensor * a,
+        enum ggml_prec       prec) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(a->op == GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT);
+
+    const int32_t prec_i32 = (int32_t) prec;
+
+    ggml_set_op_params_i32(a, 1, prec_i32); // scale is on first pos
+}
+
 // ggml_flash_ff
 
 struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_ff(
@@ -12235,7 +12353,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_soft_max_f32(
 
     GGML_TENSOR_UNARY_OP_LOCALS
 
-    const int64_t ne11 = src1 ? src1->ne[1] : 1;
+    //const int64_t ne11 = src1 ? src1->ne[1] : 1;
 
     // TODO: is this supposed to be ceil instead of floor?
     //       https://huggingface.co/mosaicml/mpt-7b/blob/main/attention.py#L370
@@ -12265,12 +12383,14 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_soft_max_f32(
         float * dp = (float *)((char *)  dst->data +  i1*dst->nb[1]);
 
         // broadcast the mask across rows
-        float * mp = src1 ? (float *)((char *) src1->data + (i1%ne11)*src1->nb[1]) : NULL;
+        ggml_fp16_t * mp = src1 ? (ggml_fp16_t *)((char *) src1->data) + (i1%ne01)*ne00 : NULL;
 
         ggml_vec_cpy_f32  (nc, wp, sp);
         ggml_vec_scale_f32(nc, wp, scale);
         if (mp) {
-            ggml_vec_acc_f32(nc, wp, mp);
+            for (int i = 0; i < nc; ++i) {
+                wp[i] += GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(mp[i]);
+            }
         }
 
         // ALiBi bias
@@ -14549,6 +14669,197 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn(
     }
 }
 
+// ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext
+
+static void ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext_f16(
+        const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * q,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * k,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * v,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * mask,
+        struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    int64_t t0 = ggml_perf_time_us();
+    UNUSED(t0);
+
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(int64_t, neq, q,   ne)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(size_t,  nbq, q,   nb)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(int64_t, nek, k,   ne)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(size_t,  nbk, k,   nb)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(int64_t, nev, v,   ne)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(size_t,  nbv, v,   nb)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(int64_t, ne,  dst, ne)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(size_t,  nb,  dst, nb)
+
+    const int ith = params->ith;
+    const int nth = params->nth;
+
+    const int64_t D = neq0;
+    const int64_t N = neq1;
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(ne0 == D);
+    GGML_ASSERT(ne2 == N);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(nbq0 == sizeof(float));
+    GGML_ASSERT(nbk0 == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
+    GGML_ASSERT(nbv0 == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(neq0 == D);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nek0 == D);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nev0 == D);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(neq1 == N);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nev0 == D);
+
+    // dst cannot be transposed or permuted
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb0 == sizeof(float));
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb0 <= nb1);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb1 <= nb2);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb2 <= nb3);
+
+    // broadcast factors
+    const int64_t rk2 = neq2/nek2;
+    const int64_t rk3 = neq3/nek3;
+
+    const int64_t rv2 = neq2/nev2;
+    const int64_t rv3 = neq3/nev3;
+
+    if (params->type == GGML_TASK_TYPE_INIT) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (params->type == GGML_TASK_TYPE_FINALIZE) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // parallelize by q rows using ggml_vec_dot_f32
+
+    // total rows in q
+    const int nr = neq1*neq2*neq3;
+
+    // rows per thread
+    const int dr = (nr + nth - 1)/nth;
+
+    // row range for this thread
+    const int ir0 = dr*ith;
+    const int ir1 = MIN(ir0 + dr, nr);
+
+    float scale = 1.0f;
+    memcpy(&scale, (float *) dst->op_params + 0, sizeof(float));
+
+    // loop over n_batch and n_head
+    for (int ir = ir0; ir < ir1; ++ir) {
+        // q indices
+        const int iq3 = ir/(neq2*neq1);
+        const int iq2 = (ir - iq3*neq2*neq1)/neq1;
+        const int iq1 = (ir - iq3*neq2*neq1 - iq2*neq1);
+
+        float S = 0.0f;
+        float M = -INFINITY;
+
+        float       * V32 = (float       *) params->wdata + ith*(2*D + CACHE_LINE_SIZE_F32);
+        ggml_fp16_t * Q16 = (ggml_fp16_t *) (V32); // reuse memory
+        ggml_fp16_t * V16 = (ggml_fp16_t *) (V32 + D);
+
+        memset(V16, 0, D*sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
+
+        const ggml_fp16_t * mp = mask ? (ggml_fp16_t *)((char *) mask->data + iq1*mask->nb[1]) : NULL;
+
+        // k indices
+        const int ik3 = iq3 / rk3;
+        const int ik2 = iq2 / rk2;
+
+        // v indices
+        const int iv3 = iq3 / rv3;
+        const int iv2 = iq2 / rv2;
+
+        // online softmax / attention
+        // loop over n_kv and n_head_kv
+        // ref: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.05682.pdf
+        for (int64_t ic = 0; ic < nek1; ++ic) {
+            const float mv = mp ? GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(mp[ic]) : 0.0f;
+            if (mv == -INFINITY) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            float s;
+
+            // convert Q to F16 in V32
+            {
+                const float * pq = (const float *) ((char *) q->data + (iq1*nbq1 + iq2*nbq2 + iq3*nbq3));
+
+                for (int64_t d = 0; d < D; ++d) {
+                    Q16[d] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(pq[d]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            ggml_vec_dot_f16(D,
+                    &s, 0,
+                    (ggml_fp16_t *) ((char *) k->data + ( ic*nbk1 + ik2*nbk2 + ik3*nbk3)), 0,
+                    Q16, 0, 1);
+
+            s = s*scale + mv;
+
+            const float Mold = M;
+
+            float ms = 1.0f;
+            float vs = 1.0f;
+
+            if (s > M) {
+                M = s;
+                ms = expf(Mold - M);
+
+                // V = V*expf(Mold - M)
+                ggml_vec_scale_f16(D, V16, ms);
+            } else {
+                vs = expf(s - M);
+            }
+
+            const ggml_fp16_t * v16 = (const ggml_fp16_t *) ((char *) v->data + (ic*nbv1 + iv2*nbv2 + iv3*nbv3));
+
+            // V += v*expf(s - M)
+            ggml_vec_mad_f16(D, V16, v16, vs);
+
+            S = S*ms + vs;
+        }
+
+        // V /= S
+        for (int64_t d = 0; d < D; ++d) {
+            V32[d] = GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(V16[d])/S;
+        }
+
+        // dst indices
+        const int i1 = iq1;
+        const int i2 = iq2;
+        const int i3 = iq3;
+
+        // original
+        //memcpy((char *) dst->data + (i1*nb1 + i2*nb2 + i3*nb3), V, nev0*sizeof(float));
+
+        // permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
+        memcpy((char *) dst->data + (i3*ne2*ne1 + i2 + i1*ne1)*nb1, V32, nb1);
+    }
+}
+
+static void ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext(
+        const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * q,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * k,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * v,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * mask,
+        struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    switch (dst->op_params[1]) {
+        case GGML_PREC_DEFAULT:
+            {
+                ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext_f16(params, q, k, v, mask, dst);
+            } break;
+        default:
+            {
+                // TODO: implement F32 precision
+                GGML_ASSERT(false);
+            } break;
+    }
+}
+
 // ggml_compute_forward_flash_ff
 
 static void ggml_compute_forward_flash_ff_f16(
@@ -16370,6 +16681,10 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward(struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggm
                 const bool masked = t != 0;
                 ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn(params, masked, tensor);
             } break;
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
+            {
+                ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext(params, tensor->src[0], tensor->src[1], tensor->src[2], tensor->src[3], tensor);
+            } break;
         case GGML_OP_FLASH_FF:
             {
                 ggml_compute_forward_flash_ff(params, tensor);
@@ -17382,6 +17697,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_backward(struct ggml_context * ctx, struct ggml_tensor
                 GGML_ASSERT(false); // TODO: not implemented
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN:
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
             {
                 struct ggml_tensor * flash_grad = NULL;
                 if (src0->grad || src1->grad || tensor->src[2]->grad) {
@@ -18154,6 +18470,7 @@ static int ggml_get_n_tasks(struct ggml_tensor * node, int n_threads, int n_cur_
                 n_tasks = n_threads;
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN:
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
             {
                 n_tasks = n_threads;
             } break;
@@ -18557,6 +18874,12 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threa
                         cur += sizeof(float)*ne11*n_tasks; // this is overestimated by x2
                     }
                 } break;
+            case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
+                {
+                    const int64_t ne00 = node->src[0]->ne[0]; // D
+
+                    cur = 2*sizeof(float)*ne00*n_tasks; // 2x head size
+                } break;
             case GGML_OP_FLASH_FF:
                 {
                     if (node->src[1]->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index 5d4a4ceb6..fc32f9fa8 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ extern "C" {
         GGML_OP_LEAKY_RELU,
 
         GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN,
+        GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT,
         GGML_OP_FLASH_FF,
         GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_BACK,
         GGML_OP_SSM_CONV,
@@ -1723,6 +1724,25 @@ extern "C" {
             struct ggml_tensor  * v,
             bool                  masked);
 
+#define GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD 32
+
+    // q:    [n_embd, n_batch,     n_head,    1]
+    // k:    [n_embd, n_kv,        n_head_kv, 1]
+    // v:    [n_embd, n_kv,        n_head_kv, 1] !! not transposed !!
+    // mask: [n_kv,   n_batch_pad, 1,         1] !! n_batch_pad = GGML_PAD(n_batch, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD) !!
+    // res:  [n_embd, n_head,      n_batch,   1] !! permuted !!
+    GGML_API struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn_ext(
+            struct ggml_context * ctx,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * q,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * k,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * v,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * mask,
+            float                 scale);
+
+    GGML_API void ggml_flash_attn_ext_set_prec(
+            struct ggml_tensor * a,
+            enum ggml_prec       prec);
+
     GGML_API struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn_back(
            struct ggml_context * ctx,
            struct ggml_tensor  * q,
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index 892d46fbc..e1d12bbd5 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 #define LLAMA_MAX_NODES   8192
 #define LLAMA_MAX_EXPERTS 8
 
+#define LLAMA_FLASH_ATTN
 
 //
 // logging
@@ -5522,23 +5523,34 @@ static void llm_build_kv_store(
 
     GGML_ASSERT(kv.size == n_ctx);
 
-    // compute the transposed [n_tokens, n_embd] V matrix
-    struct ggml_tensor * v_cur_t = ggml_transpose(ctx, ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, v_cur, n_embd_v_gqa, n_tokens));
-    //struct ggml_tensor * v_cur_t = ggml_transpose(ctx, v_cur); // TODO: reshape above is likely not needed
-    cb(v_cur_t, "v_cur_t", il);
-
     struct ggml_tensor * k_cache_view = ggml_view_1d(ctx, kv.k_l[il], n_tokens*n_embd_k_gqa,
             (ggml_row_size(kv.k_l[il]->type, n_embd_k_gqa))*kv_head);
     cb(k_cache_view, "k_cache_view", il);
 
+    // important: storing RoPE-ed version of K in the KV cache!
+    ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, ggml_cpy(ctx, k_cur, k_cache_view));
+
+#if defined(LLAMA_FLASH_ATTN)
+    // NOTE: the V cache is not transposed when using FLASH attention !!
+    struct ggml_tensor * v_cache_view = ggml_view_1d(ctx, kv.v_l[il], n_tokens*n_embd_v_gqa,
+            (ggml_row_size(kv.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa))*kv_head);
+    cb(v_cache_view, "v_cache_view", il);
+
+    ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, ggml_cpy(ctx, v_cur, v_cache_view));
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(n_ctx);
+#else
+    // compute the transposed [n_tokens, n_embd] V matrix
+    //struct ggml_tensor * v_cur_t = ggml_transpose(ctx, ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, v_cur, n_embd_v_gqa, n_tokens));
+    struct ggml_tensor * v_cur_t = ggml_transpose(ctx, v_cur); // TODO: reshape above is likely not needed
+    cb(v_cur_t, "v_cur_t", il);
+
     struct ggml_tensor * v_cache_view = ggml_view_2d(ctx, kv.v_l[il], n_tokens, n_embd_v_gqa,
             (  n_ctx)*ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il]),
             (kv_head)*ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il]));
-    cb(v_cache_view, "v_cache_view", il);
 
-    // important: storing RoPE-ed version of K in the KV cache!
-    ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, ggml_cpy(ctx, k_cur,   k_cache_view));
     ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, ggml_cpy(ctx, v_cur_t, v_cache_view));
+#endif
 }
 
 static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_norm(
@@ -5699,6 +5711,33 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kqv(
                 0);
     cb(k, "k", il);
 
+    struct ggml_tensor * cur;
+
+#if defined(LLAMA_FLASH_ATTN)
+    GGML_UNUSED(model);
+    GGML_UNUSED(n_ctx);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(kq_pos == nullptr && "ALiBi is not yet supported with Flash Attention");
+
+    // split cached v into n_head heads (not transposed)
+    struct ggml_tensor * v =
+        ggml_view_3d(ctx, kv.v_l[il],
+                n_embd_head_v, n_kv, n_head_kv,
+                ggml_row_size(kv.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_k_gqa),
+                ggml_row_size(kv.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_head_k),
+                0);
+    cb(v, "v", il);
+
+    cur = ggml_flash_attn_ext(ctx, q, k, v, kq_mask, kq_scale);
+    ggml_flash_attn_ext_set_prec(cur, GGML_PREC_DEFAULT);
+    //printf("q: %4d %4d %4d %4d\n", q->ne[0], q->ne[1], q->ne[2], q->ne[3]);
+    //printf("k: %4d %4d %4d %4d\n", k->ne[0], k->ne[1], k->ne[2], k->ne[3]);
+    //printf("v: %4d %4d %4d %4d\n", v->ne[0], v->ne[1], v->ne[2], v->ne[3]);
+    //printf("m: %4d %4d %4d %4d\n", kq_mask->ne[0], kq_mask->ne[1], kq_mask->ne[2], kq_mask->ne[3]);
+    //printf("r: %4d %4d %4d %4d\n", kqv->ne[0], kqv->ne[1], kqv->ne[2], kqv->ne[3]);
+
+    cur = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, cur, n_embd_head_k*n_head, n_tokens);
+#else
     struct ggml_tensor * kq = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, k, q);
     cb(kq, "kq", il);
 
@@ -5762,8 +5801,9 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kqv(
     struct ggml_tensor * kqv_merged = ggml_permute(ctx, kqv, 0, 2, 1, 3);
     cb(kqv_merged, "kqv_merged", il);
 
-    struct ggml_tensor * cur = ggml_cont_2d(ctx, kqv_merged, n_embd_head_k*n_head, n_tokens);
+    cur = ggml_cont_2d(ctx, kqv_merged, n_embd_head_k*n_head, n_tokens);
     cb(cur, "kqv_merged_cont", il);
+#endif
 
     ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, cur);
 
@@ -6051,20 +6091,20 @@ struct llm_build_context {
 
     struct ggml_tensor * build_inp_KQ_mask(bool causal = true) {
         if (causal) {
-            lctx.inp_KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_kv, n_tokens);
+            lctx.inp_KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_kv,     GGML_PAD(n_tokens, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD));
         } else {
-            lctx.inp_KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_tokens, n_tokens);
+            lctx.inp_KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_tokens, GGML_PAD(n_tokens, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD));
         }
         cb(lctx.inp_KQ_mask, "KQ_mask", -1);
         ggml_set_input(lctx.inp_KQ_mask);
-        return lctx.inp_KQ_mask;
+        return ggml_cast(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_mask, GGML_TYPE_F16);
     }
 
     struct ggml_tensor * build_inp_KQ_pos() {
         lctx.inp_KQ_pos = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_kv);
         cb(lctx.inp_KQ_pos, "KQ_pos", -1);
         ggml_set_input(lctx.inp_KQ_pos);
-        return lctx.inp_KQ_pos;
+        return ggml_cast(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_pos, GGML_TYPE_F16);
     }
 
     struct ggml_tensor * build_inp_mean() {
@@ -9932,7 +9972,7 @@ static int llama_decode_internal(
                 // a heuristic, to avoid attending the full cache if it is not yet utilized
                 // after enough generations, the benefit from this heuristic disappears
                 // if we start defragmenting the cache, the benefit from this will be more important
-                kv_self.n = std::min(kv_self.size, std::max(32u, GGML_PAD(llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self), 32)));
+                kv_self.n = std::min(kv_self.size, std::max(128u, GGML_PAD(llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self), 128)));
                 //kv_self.n = llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self);
             }
         }
@@ -13847,6 +13887,10 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
     const auto & hparams = model->hparams;
     auto       & cparams = ctx->cparams;
 
+    // the batch has to be at least GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD because we will be padding the KQ_mask
+    // this is required by GPU kernels in order to avoid out-of-bounds accesses (e.g. ggml_flash_attn_ext)
+    cparams.n_batch          = std::max((uint32_t) GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD, params.n_batch);
+
     cparams.n_seq_max        = std::max(1u, params.n_seq_max);
     cparams.n_threads        = params.n_threads;
     cparams.n_threads_batch  = params.n_threads_batch;
diff --git a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
index 5dfea5662..89afe3b95 100644
--- a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
@@ -571,9 +571,19 @@ struct test_case {
         // duplicate the op
         size_t target_size = ggml_backend_is_cpu(backend) ? 1ULL << 33 : 1ULL << 35; // 8 GB CPU, 32 GB GPU
         int n_runs = std::min((size_t)gf->size - gf->n_nodes, target_size / op_size(out)) + 1;
+#if 0
         for (int i = 1; i < n_runs; i++) {
             gf->nodes[gf->n_nodes++] = out;
         }
+#else
+        int n_nodes = gf->n_nodes;
+        n_runs = 1000;
+        for (int i = 1; i < n_runs; i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < n_nodes; j++) {
+                gf->nodes[gf->n_nodes++] = gf->nodes[j];
+            }
+        }
+#endif
 
         // calculate memory
         size_t mem = n_runs * op_size(out);
@@ -1103,11 +1113,11 @@ struct test_soft_max : public test_case {
         ggml_tensor * a = ggml_new_tensor(ctx, type, 4, ne.data());
         ggml_tensor * mask = nullptr;
         if (this->mask) {
-            mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx, type, ne[0], ne[1]);
+            mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, ne[0], ne[1]);
         }
         ggml_tensor * pos = nullptr;
         if (max_bias > 0.0f) {
-            pos = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, ne[0]);
+            pos = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, ne[0]);
         }
         ggml_tensor * out = ggml_soft_max_ext(ctx, a, mask, pos, scale, max_bias);
         return out;
@@ -1477,6 +1487,76 @@ struct test_leaky_relu : public test_case {
     }
 };
 
+// GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT
+struct test_flash_attn_ext : public test_case {
+    const int64_t hs; // head size
+    const int64_t nh; // num heads
+    const int64_t kv; // kv size
+    const int64_t nb; // batch size
+
+    std::string vars() override {
+        return VARS_TO_STR4(hs, nh, kv, nb);
+    }
+
+    double max_nmse_err() override {
+        return 5e-4;
+    }
+
+    test_flash_attn_ext(int64_t hs = 128, int64_t nh = 32, int64_t kv = 96, int64_t nb = 8)
+        : hs(hs), nh(nh), kv(kv), nb(nb) {}
+
+    ggml_tensor * build_graph(ggml_context * ctx) override {
+        ggml_tensor * q = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, hs, nb, nh, 1);
+        ggml_tensor * k = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, hs, kv, nh, 1);
+        ggml_tensor * v = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, hs, kv, nh, 1);
+        ggml_tensor * mask = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, kv, GGML_PAD(nb, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD), 1, 1);
+        ggml_tensor * out = ggml_flash_attn_ext(ctx, q, k, v, mask, 1.0f/sqrtf(hs));
+        return out;
+    }
+};
+
+// Attention
+struct test_attn : public test_case {
+    const int64_t hs; // head size
+    const int64_t nh; // num heads
+    const int64_t kv; // kv size
+    const int64_t nb; // batch size
+
+    std::string op_desc(ggml_tensor * t) override {
+        return "ATTN";
+
+        GGML_UNUSED(t);
+    }
+
+    std::string vars() override {
+        return VARS_TO_STR4(hs, nh, kv, nb);
+    }
+
+    double max_nmse_err() override {
+        return 5e-4;
+    }
+
+    test_attn(int64_t hs = 128, int64_t nh = 32, int64_t kv = 96, int64_t nb = 8)
+        : hs(hs), nh(nh), kv(kv), nb(nb) {}
+
+    ggml_tensor * build_graph(ggml_context * ctx) override {
+        ggml_tensor * q = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, hs, nb, nh, 1);
+        ggml_tensor * k = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, hs, kv, nh, 1);
+        ggml_tensor * v = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, kv, hs, nh, 1); // transposed
+        ggml_tensor * mask = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, kv, nb, 1, 1);
+
+        struct ggml_tensor * cur;
+
+        cur = ggml_mul_mat     (ctx, k, q);
+        cur = ggml_soft_max_ext(ctx, cur, mask, nullptr, 1.0f/sqrtf(hs), 0.0f);
+        cur = ggml_mul_mat     (ctx, v, cur);
+        cur = ggml_permute     (ctx, cur, 0, 2, 1, 3);
+        cur = ggml_cont_2d     (ctx, cur, hs*nh, nb);
+
+        return cur;
+    }
+};
+
 // Mixtral MOE
 struct test_moe : public test_case {
     const int n_experts;
@@ -1749,7 +1829,7 @@ struct test_llama : public test_llm {
         struct ggml_tensor * inp_pos = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, hp.n_tokens);
 
         // KQ_mask (mask for 1 head, it will be broadcasted to all heads)
-        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_3d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, hp.n_kv, hp.n_tokens, 1);
+        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_3d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, hp.n_kv, hp.n_tokens, 1);
 
         ggml_tensor * k_l = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, 1638400);
         ggml_tensor * v_l = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, 1638400);
@@ -1871,7 +1951,7 @@ struct test_falcon : public test_llm {
         struct ggml_tensor * inp_pos = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, hp.n_tokens);
 
         // KQ_mask (mask for 1 head, it will be broadcasted to all heads)
-        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_3d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, hp.n_kv, hp.n_tokens, 1);
+        struct ggml_tensor * KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_3d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, hp.n_kv, hp.n_tokens, 1);
 
         ggml_tensor * k_l = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, 1638400);
         ggml_tensor * v_l = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F16, 1638400);
@@ -2180,6 +2260,30 @@ static bool test_backend(ggml_backend_t backend, test_mode mode, const char * op
     test_cases.emplace_back(new test_timestep_embedding());
     test_cases.emplace_back(new test_leaky_relu());
 
+#if 1
+    for (int hs : { 128, 256, 64, 80, }) {
+        for (int nh : { 32, }) {
+            for (int kv : { 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, }) {
+                for (int nb : { 1, 2, 4, 8, 512, 1024, 2048, }) {
+                    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_attn          (hs, nh, kv, nb));
+                    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_flash_attn_ext(hs, nh, kv, nb));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    for (int hs : { 128, }) {
+        for (int nh : { 32, }) {
+            for (int kv : { 512, 1024, }) {
+                for (int nb : { 1, 2, 4, 8, 512 }) {
+                    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_attn          (hs, nh, kv, nb));
+                    test_cases.emplace_back(new test_flash_attn_ext(hs, nh, kv, nb));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     // these tests are disabled to save execution time, but they can be handy for debugging
 #if 0
 #if !defined(__SANITIZE_THREAD__)