diff --git a/docs/source/en/model_doc/bamba.md b/docs/source/en/model_doc/bamba.md
index c6e1bcec56..b776a5732a 100644
--- a/docs/source/en/model_doc/bamba.md
+++ b/docs/source/en/model_doc/bamba.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Checkout all Bamba-9B model checkpoints [here](https://github.com/foundation-mod
 <!---
 ## Usage Tips
 
-Tips: 
+Tips:
 
 - The architecture is based on Mamba-2 models.
 
@@ -63,7 +63,35 @@ response = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=64)
 print(tokenizer.batch_decode(response, skip_special_tokens=True)[0])
 ```
 
+
+## Padding-Free Training
+
+Bamba supports padding-free training in which distinct training examples can be concatenated
+together while nevertheless processing the inputs as though they belonged to separate batches. When
+the examples are of varying lengths, padding-free training can provide significant speed ups and
+memory savings compared to batching the examples together and using padding, as the unnecessary
+compute and memory due to padding is avoided entirely. The performance gains depend on factors such
+as the model and the data distribution, but throughput gains up to [~2x are commonly
+seen](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/pull/35861#issue-2807873129).
+
+Using padding-free training with Bamba requires the `flash-attn`, `mamba-ssm`, and `causal-conv1d`
+packages, and the following arguments must be passed to the model in addition to `input_ids` and
+`labels`:
+* `position_ids: torch.LongTensor`: the position index of each token in each sequence.
+* `seq_idx: torch.IntTensor`: the index of each sequence in the batch.
+* Each of the [`FlashAttentionKwargs`]
+    * `cu_seq_lens_q: torch.LongTensor`: The cumulative sequence lengths of all queries.
+    * `cu_seq_lens_k: torch.LongTensor`: The cumulative sequence lengths of all keys.
+    * `max_length_q: int`: the longest query length in the batch.
+    * `max_length_k: int`: the longest key length in the batch.
+
+The `attention_mask` inputs should not be provided. The [`DataCollatorWithFlattening`] can be used
+to programmatically generate the above set of additional arguments using `return_seq_idx=True` and
+`return_flash_attn_kwargs=True`. See [this blog post](https://huggingface.co/blog/packing-with-FA2)
+for additional information.
+
+
 [[autodoc]] BambaForCausalLM
     - forward
 
-This HF implementation is contributed by [ani300](https://github.com/ani300) and [fabianlim](https://github.com/fabianlim). 
+This HF implementation is contributed by [ani300](https://github.com/ani300) and [fabianlim](https://github.com/fabianlim).
diff --git a/src/transformers/models/bamba/modeling_bamba.py b/src/transformers/models/bamba/modeling_bamba.py
index 8631688149..11742b1a32 100644
--- a/src/transformers/models/bamba/modeling_bamba.py
+++ b/src/transformers/models/bamba/modeling_bamba.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from typing import Callable, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from functools import partial
+from typing import Callable, Optional, Tuple, TypedDict, Union
 
 import torch
 from torch import nn
@@ -61,6 +62,31 @@ else:
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
+class BambaFlashAttentionKwargs(TypedDict, total=False):
+    """
+    Keyword arguments for advanced Flash Attention, causal-conv1d, and mamba_ssm kernel usage.
+    Use cases include padding-free training and fewer `torch.compile` graph breaks.
+
+    Attributes:
+        cu_seq_lens_q (`torch.LongTensor`)
+            Gets cumulative sequence length for query state.
+        cu_seq_lens_k (`torch.LongTensor`)
+            Gets cumulative sequence length for key state.
+        max_length_q (`int`):
+            Maximum sequence length for query state.
+        max_length_k (`int`):
+            Maximum sequence length for key state.
+        seq_idx (`torch.IntTensor):
+            Index of each packed sequence.
+    """
+
+    cu_seq_lens_q: torch.LongTensor
+    cu_seq_lens_k: torch.LongTensor
+    max_length_q: int
+    max_length_k: int
+    seq_idx: torch.IntTensor
+
+
 # Adapted from transformers.models.jamba.modeling_jamba.HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache for the v2 mixer
 class HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache(modeling_jamba.HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache):
     """
@@ -487,6 +513,7 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
         cache_params: Optional[HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache] = None,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        seq_idx: Optional[torch.IntTensor] = None,
     ):
         # 1. Gated MLP's linear projection
         hidden_states = apply_mask_to_padding_states(hidden_states, attention_mask)
@@ -569,7 +596,7 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
                     A,
                     D=self.D,
                     chunk_size=self.chunk_size,
-                    seq_idx=None,  # was seq_idx
+                    seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     activation=self.activation,
                     rmsnorm_weight=self.norm.weight,
                     rmsnorm_eps=self.norm.variance_epsilon,
@@ -610,6 +637,7 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
                         weight=self.conv1d.weight.squeeze(1),
                         bias=self.conv1d.bias,
                         activation=self.activation,
+                        seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     ).transpose(1, 2)
 
                 hidden_states_B_C = apply_mask_to_padding_states(hidden_states_B_C, attention_mask)
@@ -629,7 +657,7 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
                     chunk_size=self.chunk_size,
                     D=self.D,
                     z=None,
-                    seq_idx=None,
+                    seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     return_final_states=True,
                     dt_bias=self.dt_bias,
                     dt_softplus=True,
@@ -863,9 +891,15 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
         cache_params: Optional[HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache] = None,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        seq_idx: Optional[torch.IntTensor] = None,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         if is_fast_path_available and "cuda" in self.in_proj.weight.device.type:
-            return self.cuda_kernels_forward(hidden_states, cache_params, cache_position, attention_mask)
+            return self.cuda_kernels_forward(hidden_states, cache_params, cache_position, attention_mask, seq_idx)
+        if seq_idx is not None:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "`seq_idx` support requires fast path support. Please install `mamba_ssm` and `causal_conv1d`"
+            )
         dtype = hidden_states.dtype
         if attention_mask is not None and attention_mask.shape[1] > 1 and attention_mask.shape[0] > 1:
             # tune out hidden states for pad tokens, see https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba/issues/66
@@ -939,7 +973,7 @@ class BambaDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
         use_cache: Optional[bool] = False,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         position_embeddings: Optional[Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]] = None,  # necessary, but kept here for BC
-        **kwargs,
+        **kwargs: Unpack[BambaFlashAttentionKwargs],
     ) -> Tuple[torch.FloatTensor, Optional[Tuple[torch.FloatTensor, torch.FloatTensor]]]:
         """
         Args:
@@ -959,8 +993,8 @@ class BambaDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
                 Tuple containing the cosine and sine positional embeddings of shape `(batch_size, seq_len, head_dim)`,
                 with `head_dim` being the embedding dimension of each attention head.
             kwargs (`dict`, *optional*):
-                Arbitrary kwargs to be ignored, used for FSDP and other methods that injects code
-                into the model
+                Arbitrary kwargs. Can be used to provide `BambaFlashAttentionKwargs` for
+                padding-free training and/or improve torch.compile performance.
         """
 
         residual = hidden_states
@@ -974,6 +1008,7 @@ class BambaDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
                 cache_params=past_key_value,
                 cache_position=cache_position,
                 attention_mask=attention_mask,
+                **kwargs,
             )
             self_attn_weights = None
         elif self.layer_type == "attention":
@@ -1076,7 +1111,7 @@ class BambaModel(BambaPreTrainedModel):
         output_attentions: Optional[bool] = None,
         output_hidden_states: Optional[bool] = None,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
-        **kwargs,  # NOOP kwargs, for now
+        **kwargs: Unpack[BambaFlashAttentionKwargs],
     ) -> BaseModelOutputWithPast:
         output_attentions = output_attentions if output_attentions is not None else self.config.output_attentions
         output_hidden_states = (
@@ -1128,7 +1163,7 @@ class BambaModel(BambaPreTrainedModel):
 
             if self.gradient_checkpointing and self.training:
                 layer_outputs = self._gradient_checkpointing_func(
-                    decoder_layer.__call__,
+                    partial(decoder_layer.__call__, **kwargs),
                     hidden_states,
                     layer_mask,
                     position_ids,
@@ -1148,6 +1183,7 @@ class BambaModel(BambaPreTrainedModel):
                     use_cache=use_cache,
                     cache_position=cache_position,
                     position_embeddings=position_embeddings,
+                    **kwargs,
                 )
 
             hidden_states = layer_outputs[0]
diff --git a/src/transformers/models/bamba/modular_bamba.py b/src/transformers/models/bamba/modular_bamba.py
index 954dfd11ab..7e0090b394 100644
--- a/src/transformers/models/bamba/modular_bamba.py
+++ b/src/transformers/models/bamba/modular_bamba.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """PyTorch Bamba model."""
 
-from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union
+from functools import partial
+from typing import Optional, Tuple, TypedDict, Union
 
 import torch
 import torch.utils.checkpoint
@@ -46,7 +47,12 @@ from transformers.models.mamba2.modeling_mamba2 import (
 from ...modeling_attn_mask_utils import AttentionMaskConverter
 from ...modeling_outputs import BaseModelOutputWithPast, CausalLMOutputWithPast
 from ...modeling_utils import PreTrainedModel
-from ...utils import auto_docstring, can_return_tuple, logging
+from ...processing_utils import Unpack
+from ...utils import (
+    auto_docstring,
+    can_return_tuple,
+    logging,
+)
 from ...utils.import_utils import is_causal_conv1d_available, is_flash_attn_2_available, is_mamba_2_ssm_available
 from .configuration_bamba import BambaConfig
 
@@ -71,6 +77,31 @@ is_fast_path_available = all((selective_state_update, causal_conv1d_fn, causal_c
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
+class BambaFlashAttentionKwargs(TypedDict, total=False):
+    """
+    Keyword arguments for advanced Flash Attention, causal-conv1d, and mamba_ssm kernel usage.
+    Use cases include padding-free training and fewer `torch.compile` graph breaks.
+
+    Attributes:
+        cu_seq_lens_q (`torch.LongTensor`)
+            Gets cumulative sequence length for query state.
+        cu_seq_lens_k (`torch.LongTensor`)
+            Gets cumulative sequence length for key state.
+        max_length_q (`int`):
+            Maximum sequence length for query state.
+        max_length_k (`int`):
+            Maximum sequence length for key state.
+        seq_idx (`torch.IntTensor):
+            Index of each packed sequence.
+    """
+
+    cu_seq_lens_q: torch.LongTensor
+    cu_seq_lens_k: torch.LongTensor
+    max_length_q: int
+    max_length_k: int
+    seq_idx: torch.IntTensor
+
+
 # Adapted from transformers.models.jamba.modeling_jamba.HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache for the v2 mixer
 class HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache(modeling_jamba.HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache):
     """
@@ -278,6 +309,7 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
         cache_params: Optional[HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache] = None,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        seq_idx: Optional[torch.IntTensor] = None,
     ):
         # 1. Gated MLP's linear projection
         hidden_states = apply_mask_to_padding_states(hidden_states, attention_mask)
@@ -360,7 +392,7 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
                     A,
                     D=self.D,
                     chunk_size=self.chunk_size,
-                    seq_idx=None,  # was seq_idx
+                    seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     activation=self.activation,
                     rmsnorm_weight=self.norm.weight,
                     rmsnorm_eps=self.norm.variance_epsilon,
@@ -401,6 +433,7 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
                         weight=self.conv1d.weight.squeeze(1),
                         bias=self.conv1d.bias,
                         activation=self.activation,
+                        seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     ).transpose(1, 2)
 
                 hidden_states_B_C = apply_mask_to_padding_states(hidden_states_B_C, attention_mask)
@@ -420,7 +453,7 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
                     chunk_size=self.chunk_size,
                     D=self.D,
                     z=None,
-                    seq_idx=None,
+                    seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     return_final_states=True,
                     dt_bias=self.dt_bias,
                     dt_softplus=True,
@@ -654,9 +687,15 @@ class BambaMixer(nn.Module):
         cache_params: Optional[HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache] = None,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        seq_idx: Optional[torch.IntTensor] = None,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         if is_fast_path_available and "cuda" in self.in_proj.weight.device.type:
-            return self.cuda_kernels_forward(hidden_states, cache_params, cache_position, attention_mask)
+            return self.cuda_kernels_forward(hidden_states, cache_params, cache_position, attention_mask, seq_idx)
+        if seq_idx is not None:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "`seq_idx` support requires fast path support. Please install `mamba_ssm` and `causal_conv1d`"
+            )
         dtype = hidden_states.dtype
         if attention_mask is not None and attention_mask.shape[1] > 1 and attention_mask.shape[0] > 1:
             # tune out hidden states for pad tokens, see https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba/issues/66
@@ -701,7 +740,7 @@ class BambaDecoderLayer(JambaAttentionDecoderLayer):
         use_cache: Optional[bool] = False,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         position_embeddings: Optional[Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]] = None,  # necessary, but kept here for BC
-        **kwargs,
+        **kwargs: Unpack[BambaFlashAttentionKwargs],
     ) -> Tuple[torch.FloatTensor, Optional[Tuple[torch.FloatTensor, torch.FloatTensor]]]:
         """
         Args:
@@ -721,8 +760,8 @@ class BambaDecoderLayer(JambaAttentionDecoderLayer):
                 Tuple containing the cosine and sine positional embeddings of shape `(batch_size, seq_len, head_dim)`,
                 with `head_dim` being the embedding dimension of each attention head.
             kwargs (`dict`, *optional*):
-                Arbitrary kwargs to be ignored, used for FSDP and other methods that injects code
-                into the model
+                Arbitrary kwargs. Can be used to provide `BambaFlashAttentionKwargs` for
+                padding-free training and/or improve torch.compile performance.
         """
 
         residual = hidden_states
@@ -736,6 +775,7 @@ class BambaDecoderLayer(JambaAttentionDecoderLayer):
                 cache_params=past_key_value,
                 cache_position=cache_position,
                 attention_mask=attention_mask,
+                **kwargs,
             )
             self_attn_weights = None
         elif self.layer_type == "attention":
@@ -838,7 +878,7 @@ class BambaModel(BambaPreTrainedModel):
         output_attentions: Optional[bool] = None,
         output_hidden_states: Optional[bool] = None,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
-        **kwargs,  # NOOP kwargs, for now
+        **kwargs: Unpack[BambaFlashAttentionKwargs],
     ) -> BaseModelOutputWithPast:
         output_attentions = output_attentions if output_attentions is not None else self.config.output_attentions
         output_hidden_states = (
@@ -890,7 +930,7 @@ class BambaModel(BambaPreTrainedModel):
 
             if self.gradient_checkpointing and self.training:
                 layer_outputs = self._gradient_checkpointing_func(
-                    decoder_layer.__call__,
+                    partial(decoder_layer.__call__, **kwargs),
                     hidden_states,
                     layer_mask,
                     position_ids,
@@ -910,6 +950,7 @@ class BambaModel(BambaPreTrainedModel):
                     use_cache=use_cache,
                     cache_position=cache_position,
                     position_embeddings=position_embeddings,
+                    **kwargs,
                 )
 
             hidden_states = layer_outputs[0]
diff --git a/src/transformers/models/granitemoehybrid/modeling_granitemoehybrid.py b/src/transformers/models/granitemoehybrid/modeling_granitemoehybrid.py
index 603f841421..48e1dc0020 100644
--- a/src/transformers/models/granitemoehybrid/modeling_granitemoehybrid.py
+++ b/src/transformers/models/granitemoehybrid/modeling_granitemoehybrid.py
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ class GraniteMoeHybridMambaLayer(nn.Module):
         cache_params: Optional[HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache] = None,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        seq_idx: Optional[torch.IntTensor] = None,
     ):
         # 1. Gated MLP's linear projection
         hidden_states = apply_mask_to_padding_states(hidden_states, attention_mask)
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ class GraniteMoeHybridMambaLayer(nn.Module):
                     A,
                     D=self.D,
                     chunk_size=self.chunk_size,
-                    seq_idx=None,  # was seq_idx
+                    seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     activation=self.activation,
                     rmsnorm_weight=self.norm.weight,
                     rmsnorm_eps=self.norm.variance_epsilon,
@@ -562,6 +563,7 @@ class GraniteMoeHybridMambaLayer(nn.Module):
                         weight=self.conv1d.weight.squeeze(1),
                         bias=self.conv1d.bias,
                         activation=self.activation,
+                        seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     ).transpose(1, 2)
 
                 hidden_states_B_C = apply_mask_to_padding_states(hidden_states_B_C, attention_mask)
@@ -581,7 +583,7 @@ class GraniteMoeHybridMambaLayer(nn.Module):
                     chunk_size=self.chunk_size,
                     D=self.D,
                     z=None,
-                    seq_idx=None,
+                    seq_idx=seq_idx,
                     return_final_states=True,
                     dt_bias=self.dt_bias,
                     dt_softplus=True,
@@ -815,9 +817,15 @@ class GraniteMoeHybridMambaLayer(nn.Module):
         cache_params: Optional[HybridMambaAttentionDynamicCache] = None,
         cache_position: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
         attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+        seq_idx: Optional[torch.IntTensor] = None,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         if is_fast_path_available and "cuda" in self.in_proj.weight.device.type:
-            return self.cuda_kernels_forward(hidden_states, cache_params, cache_position, attention_mask)
+            return self.cuda_kernels_forward(hidden_states, cache_params, cache_position, attention_mask, seq_idx)
+        if seq_idx is not None:
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "`seq_idx` support requires fast path support. Please install `mamba_ssm` and `causal_conv1d`"
+            )
         dtype = hidden_states.dtype
         if attention_mask is not None and attention_mask.shape[1] > 1 and attention_mask.shape[0] > 1:
             # tune out hidden states for pad tokens, see https://github.com/state-spaces/mamba/issues/66
diff --git a/tests/models/bamba/test_modeling_bamba.py b/tests/models/bamba/test_modeling_bamba.py
index 76d593343f..bacbfa0aea 100644
--- a/tests/models/bamba/test_modeling_bamba.py
+++ b/tests/models/bamba/test_modeling_bamba.py
@@ -14,16 +14,25 @@
 """Testing suite for the PyTorch Bamba model."""
 
 import inspect
+import tempfile
 import unittest
 
 import pytest
+from pytest import mark
 
-from transformers import AutoTokenizer, BambaConfig, is_torch_available
+from transformers import (
+    AutoTokenizer,
+    BambaConfig,
+    DataCollatorWithFlattening,
+    is_torch_available,
+)
 from transformers.testing_utils import (
     Expectations,
     require_deterministic_for_xpu,
+    require_flash_attn,
     require_torch,
     require_torch_accelerator,
+    require_torch_gpu,
     slow,
     torch_device,
 )
@@ -489,6 +498,92 @@ class BambaModelTest(ModelTesterMixin, GenerationTesterMixin, PipelineTesterMixi
             # They should result in very similar logits
             torch.testing.assert_close(next_logits_wo_padding, next_logits_with_padding, rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-5)
 
+    @unittest.skip(
+        "Bamba requires additionally specifying position_ids, seq_idx, and FlashAttentionKwargs for padding-free training."
+    )
+    def test_flash_attention_2_padding_matches_padding_free_with_position_ids(self):
+        pass
+
+    @unittest.skip(
+        "Bamba requires additionally specifying position_ids, seq_idx, and FlashAttentionKwargs for padding-free training."
+    )
+    def test_flash_attention_2_padding_matches_padding_free_with_position_ids_and_fa_kwargs(self):
+        pass
+
+    @require_flash_attn
+    @require_torch_gpu
+    @mark.flash_attn_test
+    @slow
+    def test_flash_attention_2_padding_matches_padding_free_with_position_ids_seq_idx_and_fa_kwargs(self):
+        if not self.has_attentions:
+            self.skipTest(reason="Model architecture does not support attentions")
+
+        max_new_tokens = 30
+
+        for model_class in self.all_generative_model_classes:
+            if not model_class._supports_flash_attn_2:
+                self.skipTest(f"{model_class.__name__} does not support Flash Attention 2")
+
+            config, inputs_dict = self.model_tester.prepare_config_and_inputs_for_common()
+            if 0 not in inputs_dict.get("attention_mask", []) or "attention_mask" not in inputs_dict:
+                self.skipTest("Model dummy inputs should contain padding in their attention mask")
+
+            dummy_input = inputs_dict[model_class.main_input_name]
+            if dummy_input.dtype in [torch.float32, torch.bfloat16]:
+                dummy_input = dummy_input.to(torch.float16)
+
+            # make sure that all models have enough positions for generation
+            if hasattr(config, "max_position_embeddings"):
+                config.max_position_embeddings = max_new_tokens + dummy_input.shape[1] + 1
+
+            model = model_class(config)
+            if "position_ids" not in inspect.signature(model.forward).parameters:
+                self.skipTest("Model does not support position_ids")
+
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
+                model.save_pretrained(tmpdirname)
+
+                # ensure left padding, to adapt for some models
+                if 0 in inputs_dict["attention_mask"][:, -1]:
+                    inputs_dict["attention_mask"] = inputs_dict["attention_mask"].flip(1)
+                dummy_attention_mask = inputs_dict["attention_mask"]
+                inputs_dict["input_ids"][~dummy_attention_mask.bool()] = config.get_text_config().pad_token_id
+
+                model = (
+                    model_class.from_pretrained(
+                        tmpdirname,
+                        torch_dtype=torch.float16,
+                        attn_implementation="flash_attention_2",
+                        low_cpu_mem_usage=True,
+                    )
+                    .to(torch_device)
+                    .eval()
+                )
+
+                # flatten
+                features = [
+                    {"input_ids": i[a.bool()].tolist()}
+                    for i, a in zip(inputs_dict["input_ids"], inputs_dict["attention_mask"])
+                ]
+
+                # add position_ids + fa_kwargs + seq_idx
+                data_collator = DataCollatorWithFlattening(
+                    return_tensors="pt", return_seq_idx=True, return_flash_attn_kwargs=True
+                )
+                batch = data_collator(features)
+                batch_cuda = {k: t.cuda() if torch.is_tensor(t) else t for k, t in batch.items()}
+
+                res_padded = model(**inputs_dict)
+                res_padfree = model(**batch_cuda)
+
+                logits_padded = res_padded.logits[inputs_dict["attention_mask"].bool()]
+                logits_padfree = res_padfree.logits[0]
+
+                torch.testing.assert_close(logits_padded.argmax(-1), logits_padfree.argmax(-1), rtol=0, atol=0)
+                # acceptable numerical instability
+                tol = torch.finfo(torch.float16).eps
+                torch.testing.assert_close(logits_padded, logits_padfree, rtol=tol, atol=tol)
+
 
 @slow
 @require_torch