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Summary

This PR enables true MPS GPU acceleration for macOS Apple Silicon users, providing a 44x speedup over CPU fallback.

Performance Benchmarks

Metric MPS (Apple Silicon GPU) CPU Improvement
Generation Time 39.9s 1771.6s (~29.5 min) 44.4x faster
Realtime Factor 0.154x 0.017x 9x better
Tokens/sec 13.2 1.5 8.8x faster

Tested on Apple Silicon with float32 precision, use_torch_compile=False

Background

PR #167 added example/simple-mac.py as a Mac support solution, but it was actually a CPU fallback workaround that avoided MPS issues rather than fixing them. This PR addresses the root causes to enable true MPS GPU acceleration.


Changes

1. Guard CUDAGraph Call (Critical)

File: dia/model.py:701-702

# Before (crashes/warns on MPS)
torch.compiler.cudagraph_mark_step_begin()

# After
if self.device.type == "cuda":
    torch.compiler.cudagraph_mark_step_begin()

Why: cudagraph_mark_step_begin() is CUDA-specific and has no MPS equivalent. Called ~860 times per generation in the autoregressive loop.


2. Add Device Check to torch.compile (Critical)

File: dia/model.py:657-667

# Before (fails on MPS with "Device mps not supported")
if use_torch_compile and not hasattr(self, "_compiled"):
    self._prepare_generation = torch.compile(...)
    self._decoder_step = torch.compile(..., mode="max-autotune")
    self._compiled = True

# After
if use_torch_compile and not hasattr(self, "_compiled"):
    if self.device.type != "cuda":
        warnings.warn(
            f"torch.compile with max-autotune is only supported on CUDA devices. "
            f"Current device: {self.device.type}. Skipping compilation."
        )
    else:
        # ... compile as before

Why: mode="max-autotune" requires Triton which is CUDA/ROCm only. MPS torch.compile is still experimental (PyTorch #150121).


3. Fix CLI Device Auto-Detection

File: cli.py:12-18, 82-83

# Before (skips MPS, falls back to CPU)
default="cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"

# After
def _get_default_device_str():
    if torch.cuda.is_available():
        return "cuda"
    elif hasattr(torch.backends, "mps") and torch.backends.mps.is_available():
        return "mps"
    return "cpu"

default=_get_default_device_str()

Why: Mac users running python cli.py "text" --output out.wav now automatically get MPS acceleration instead of slow CPU fallback.


4. Fix simple-mac.py dtype

File: example/simple-mac.py:4-6

# Before (potential precision issues)
model = Dia.from_pretrained("nari-labs/Dia-1.6B-0626", compute_dtype="float16")

# After
# Use float32 for better stability on MPS (Apple Silicon)
# float16 may have precision issues on MPS and provides minimal performance benefit
model = Dia.from_pretrained("nari-labs/Dia-1.6B-0626", compute_dtype="float32")

Why: Matches app.py recommendation. MPS float16 has documented precision bugs and provides minimal speedup on Apple Silicon (no dedicated Tensor Cores).


5. Guard Triton Config in Benchmark

File: example/benchmark.py:9-13

# Before (AttributeError on macOS)
torch._inductor.config.coordinate_descent_tuning = True
torch._inductor.config.triton.unique_kernel_names = True
torch._inductor.config.fx_graph_cache = True

# After
if sys.platform in ("linux", "win32"):
    torch._inductor.config.coordinate_descent_tuning = True
    torch._inductor.config.triton.unique_kernel_names = True
    torch._inductor.config.fx_graph_cache = True

Why: Triton is only available on Linux/Windows per pyproject.toml. These settings fail on macOS.


6. Add MPS Seed Management

Files: cli.py:30-32, app.py:66-68

# Added to set_seed()
if hasattr(torch, "mps") and torch.backends.mps.is_available():
    torch.mps.manual_seed(seed)

Why: Explicit MPS RNG seeding for reproducibility (though MPS reproducibility has known limitations).


7. Add ARM64 Linux Dockerfile

File: docker/Dockerfile.arm (new)

Adds support for ARM64 Linux servers (AWS Graviton, Ampere Altra, etc.) with CPU-only inference.

Note: Docker cannot access MPS on macOS (runs in Linux VM). macOS users must install natively for GPU acceleration.


Test Plan

  • python example/simple-mac.py runs without errors on MPS
  • python cli.py "[S1] Hello world." --output test.wav auto-detects MPS
  • Audio generation completes successfully on MPS
  • No CUDA-specific warnings/errors on MPS device
  • Benchmark confirms 44x speedup over CPU

References

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

gruckion and others added 2 commits December 11, 2025 18:31
This commit enables true MPS GPU acceleration for macOS users:

- Guard cudagraph_mark_step_begin() with CUDA device check (dia/model.py)
- Skip torch.compile on non-CUDA devices with warning (dia/model.py)
- Add MPS to CLI device auto-detection (cli.py)
- Fix simple-mac.py to use float32 for MPS stability (example/simple-mac.py)
- Guard Triton config with platform check (example/benchmark.py)
- Add MPS seed management to set_seed() functions (cli.py, app.py)
- Add ARM64 Linux Dockerfile for Graviton/ARM servers (docker/Dockerfile.arm)

Tested on Apple Silicon with ~0.16x realtime performance.

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <[email protected]>
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