Comparing generation speed with and without KV caching

with_and_without_kv_caching_comparison.py

import numpy as np
import time
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer

device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("gpt2")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("gpt2").to(device)

for use_cache in (True, False):
  times = []
  for _ in range(10):  # measuring 10 generations
    start = time.time()
    model.generate(**tokenizer("What is KV caching?", return_tensors="pt").to(device), use_cache=use_cache, max_new_tokens=1000)
    times.append(time.time() - start)
  print(f"{'with' if use_cache else 'without'} KV caching: {round(np.mean(times), 3)} +- {round(np.std(times), 3)} seconds")