diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index f759e2d588..82b27d2343 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ extern "C" {
         GGML_OP_GATED_LINEAR_ATTN,
         GGML_OP_RWKV_WKV7,
         GGML_OP_SOLVE_TRI,
+        GGML_OP_GATED_DELTA_NET,
 
         GGML_OP_UNARY,
 
@@ -2466,6 +2467,15 @@ extern "C" {
         bool                  lower,
         bool                  uni);
 
+    GGML_API struct ggml_tensor * ggml_gated_delta_net(
+            struct ggml_context * ctx,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * q,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * k,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * v,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * g,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * beta,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * state);
+
     // custom operators
 
     typedef void (*ggml_custom1_op_t)(struct ggml_tensor * dst , const struct ggml_tensor * a, int ith, int nth, void * userdata);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
index b003fe13fd..f11d7eab8f 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.c
@@ -2021,6 +2021,10 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward(struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggm
             {
                 ggml_compute_forward_solve_tri(params, tensor);
             } break;
+        case GGML_OP_GATED_DELTA_NET:
+            {
+                ggml_compute_forward_gated_delta_net(params, tensor);
+            } break;
         case GGML_OP_MAP_CUSTOM1:
             {
                 ggml_compute_forward_map_custom1(params, tensor);
@@ -2200,6 +2204,7 @@ static int ggml_get_n_tasks(struct ggml_tensor * node, int n_threads) {
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_COUNT_EQUAL:
         case GGML_OP_SOLVE_TRI:
+        case GGML_OP_GATED_DELTA_NET:
             {
                 n_tasks = n_threads;
             } break;
@@ -2905,6 +2910,11 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(
                     {
                         cur = ggml_type_size(node->type)*(n_tasks + node->src[0]->ne[0]*n_tasks);
                     } break;
+                case GGML_OP_GATED_DELTA_NET:
+                    {
+                        const int64_t S_v = node->src[0]->ne[0];
+                        cur = 4 * S_v * sizeof(float) * n_tasks;
+                    } break;
                 case GGML_OP_COUNT:
                     {
                         GGML_ABORT("fatal error");
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp
index ed45350207..0069d8c0f5 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp
@@ -10296,6 +10296,186 @@ void ggml_compute_forward_solve_tri(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, s
     }
 }
 
+// ggml_compute_forward_gated_delta_net
+static void ggml_compute_forward_gated_delta_net_one_chunk(
+    const ggml_compute_params * params,
+    ggml_tensor * dst,
+    int64_t ir0,
+    int64_t ir1) {
+
+    ggml_tensor * src_q     = dst->src[0];
+    ggml_tensor * src_k     = dst->src[1];
+    ggml_tensor * src_v     = dst->src[2];
+    ggml_tensor * src_g     = dst->src[3];
+    ggml_tensor * src_beta  = dst->src[4];
+    ggml_tensor * src_state = dst->src[5];
+
+    const int64_t S_v      = src_q->ne[0];
+    const int64_t H        = src_q->ne[1];
+    const int64_t n_tokens = src_q->ne[2];
+    const int64_t n_seqs   = src_q->ne[3];
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src_q));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src_k));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src_v));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src_g));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src_beta));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(src_state));
+
+    // scratch layout per thread: [q_local(S_v) | k_local(S_v) | kv_mem(S_v) | delta(S_v)]
+    const int64_t scratch_per_thread = 4 * S_v;
+    const int ith = params->ith;
+    float * scratch = (float *)params->wdata + ith * scratch_per_thread + CACHE_LINE_SIZE_F32;
+
+    float * q_local = scratch;
+    float * k_local = scratch + S_v;
+    float * kv_mem  = scratch + 2 * S_v;
+    float * delta   = scratch + 3 * S_v;
+
+    // output layout: [attn_scores | new_states]
+    // attn_scores: S_v * H * n_tokens * n_seqs floats
+    // new_states:  S_v * S_v * H * n_seqs floats
+    const int64_t attn_score_elems = S_v * H * n_tokens * n_seqs;
+    float * attn_out_base  = (float *)dst->data;
+    float * state_out_base = (float *)dst->data + attn_score_elems;
+
+    const float * state_in_base = (const float *)src_state->data;
+    const float * q_base        = (const float *)src_q->data;
+    const float * k_base        = (const float *)src_k->data;
+    const float * v_base        = (const float *)src_v->data;
+    const float * g_base        = (const float *)src_g->data;
+    const float * beta_base     = (const float *)src_beta->data;
+
+    const float eps = ggml_get_op_params_f32(dst, 0);
+
+    for (int64_t ir = ir0; ir < ir1; ++ir) {
+        const int64_t h_idx    = ir % H;
+        const int64_t sequence = ir / H;
+
+        // output state pointer for this (head, seq)
+        float * s_out = state_out_base + (sequence * H + h_idx) * S_v * S_v;
+
+        // copy input state for this (head, seq) into output
+        const float * s_in = state_in_base + (sequence * H + h_idx) * S_v * S_v;
+        memcpy(s_out, s_in, S_v * S_v * sizeof(float));
+
+        // attn output pointer for first token of this (head, seq)
+        float * attn_data = attn_out_base + (sequence * n_tokens * H + h_idx) * S_v;
+
+        for (int64_t t = 0; t < n_tokens; t++) {
+            // input pointers for this (head, seq, token)
+            // layout is contiguous [S_v, H, n_tokens, n_seqs]
+            const int64_t qkv_offset = sequence * n_tokens * H * S_v + t * H * S_v + h_idx * S_v;
+            const float * q_d = q_base + qkv_offset;
+            const float * k_d = k_base + qkv_offset;
+            const float * v_d = v_base + qkv_offset;
+
+            // g and beta layout: [H, n_tokens, n_seqs]
+            const int64_t gb_offset = sequence * n_tokens * H + t * H + h_idx;
+            const float beta_val_raw = beta_base[gb_offset];
+            const float beta_val = 1.0f / (1.0f + expf(-beta_val_raw)); // sigmoid
+            const float g_val = expf(g_base[gb_offset]);
+
+            memcpy(q_local, q_d, S_v * sizeof(float));
+            memcpy(k_local, k_d, S_v * sizeof(float));
+
+            // l2-norm q and scale by 1/sqrt(S_v)
+            float norm;
+            ggml_vec_norm_f32(S_v, &norm, q_local);
+            ggml_vec_scale_f32(S_v, q_local, 1.0f / fmaxf(norm, eps));
+            ggml_vec_scale_f32(S_v, q_local, 1.0f / sqrtf((float)S_v));
+
+            // l2-norm k
+            ggml_vec_norm_f32(S_v, &norm, k_local);
+            ggml_vec_scale_f32(S_v, k_local, 1.0f / fmaxf(norm, eps));
+
+            // state decay: S *= exp(g)
+            ggml_vec_scale_f32(S_v * S_v, s_out, g_val);
+
+            // kv_mem = S @ k
+            for (int64_t i = 0; i < S_v; ++i) {
+                ggml_vec_dot_f32(S_v, &kv_mem[i], 0, &s_out[i * S_v], 0, k_local, 0, 1);
+            }
+
+            // delta = (v - kv_mem) * beta
+            for (int64_t i = 0; i < S_v; ++i) {
+                delta[i] = (v_d[i] - kv_mem[i]) * beta_val;
+            }
+
+            // outer product update: S += k (x) delta
+            for (int64_t i = 0; i < S_v; ++i) {
+                ggml_vec_mad_f32(S_v, &s_out[i * S_v], delta, k_local[i]);
+            }
+
+            // attn output = S @ q
+            for (int64_t i = 0; i < S_v; ++i) {
+                ggml_vec_dot_f32(S_v, &attn_data[i], 0, &s_out[i * S_v], 0, q_local, 0, 1);
+            }
+
+            attn_data += S_v * H; // advance to next token
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void ggml_compute_forward_gated_delta_net_f32(
+        const ggml_compute_params * params,
+        ggml_tensor * dst) {
+
+    ggml_tensor * Q = dst->src[0];
+    int64_t nr = Q->ne[1] * Q->ne[3];
+
+    // disable for NUMA
+    const bool disable_chunking = ggml_is_numa();
+
+    int nth = params->nth;
+    int ith = params->ith;
+
+    // 4x chunks per thread
+    int nth_scaled = nth * 4;
+    int64_t chunk_size = (nr + nth_scaled - 1) / nth_scaled;
+    int64_t nchunk     = (nr + chunk_size - 1) / chunk_size;
+
+    if (nth == 1 || nchunk < nth || disable_chunking) {
+      nchunk = nth;
+    }
+
+    if (ith == 0) {
+      ggml_threadpool_chunk_set(params->threadpool, nth);
+    }
+
+    ggml_barrier(params->threadpool);
+
+    const int64_t dr = (nr + nchunk - 1) / nchunk;
+
+    int current_chunk = ith;
+
+    while (current_chunk < nchunk) {
+        const int64_t ir0 = dr * current_chunk;
+        const int64_t ir1 = MIN(ir0 + dr, nr);
+
+        ggml_compute_forward_gated_delta_net_one_chunk(params, dst, ir0, ir1);
+        current_chunk = ggml_threadpool_chunk_add(params->threadpool, 1);
+    }
+}
+
+void ggml_compute_forward_gated_delta_net(
+        const ggml_compute_params * params,
+        ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    const ggml_tensor * src0 = dst->src[0];
+
+    switch (src0->type) {
+        case GGML_TYPE_F32:
+            {
+                ggml_compute_forward_gated_delta_net_f32(params, dst);
+            } break;
+        default:
+            {
+                GGML_ABORT("fatal error");
+            }
+    }
+}
+
 // ggml_compute_forward_rwkv_wkv7
 
 static void ggml_compute_forward_rwkv_wkv7_f32(
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.h b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.h
index 0fdfee7976..3fa1443abc 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ void ggml_compute_forward_rwkv_wkv6(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, s
 void ggml_compute_forward_rwkv_wkv7(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_solve_tri(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_gla(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
+void ggml_compute_forward_gated_delta_net(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_map_custom1(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_map_custom2(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
 void ggml_compute_forward_map_custom3(const struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * dst);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index 500cb6b72f..86b7e8741a 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_NAME[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "GATED_LINEAR_ATTN",
     "RWKV_WKV7",
     "SOLVE_TRI",
+    "GATED_DELTA_NET",
 
     "UNARY",
 
@@ -1047,7 +1048,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_NAME[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "GLU",
 };
 
-static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 95, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 95");
+static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 96, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 96");
 
 static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "none",
@@ -1139,6 +1140,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "gated_linear_attn(k, v, q, gate, s)",
     "rwkv_wkv7(r, w, k, v, a, b, s)",
     "A X = B, A triangular, solve X",
+    "gated_delta_net(q, k, v, g, beta, s)",
 
     "unary(x)",
 
@@ -1156,7 +1158,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "glu(x)",
 };
 
-static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 95, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 95");
+static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 96, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 96");
 
 static_assert(GGML_OP_POOL_COUNT == 2, "GGML_OP_POOL_COUNT != 2");
 
@@ -6101,6 +6103,59 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_solve_tri(
     return result;
 }
 
+// ggml_gated_delta_net
+
+struct ggml_tensor * ggml_gated_delta_net(
+        struct ggml_context * ctx,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * q,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * k,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * v,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * g,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * beta,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * state) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(q));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(k));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(v));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(g));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(beta));
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(state));
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(q->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(k->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(v->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(g->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(beta->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(state->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+
+    const int64_t S_k      = q->ne[0];
+    const int64_t H        = q->ne[1];
+    const int64_t n_tokens = q->ne[2];
+    const int64_t n_seqs   = q->ne[3];
+
+    const int64_t S_v = v->ne[0];
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(k->ne[0] == S_k && k->ne[1] == H && k->ne[2] == n_tokens && k->ne[3] == n_seqs);
+    GGML_ASSERT(v->ne[1] == H && v->ne[2] == n_tokens && v->ne[3] == n_seqs);
+    GGML_ASSERT(g->ne[0] == H && g->ne[1] == n_tokens && g->ne[2] == n_seqs);
+    GGML_ASSERT(beta->ne[0] == H && beta->ne[1] == n_tokens && beta->ne[2] == n_seqs);
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_nelements(state) == S_v * S_v * H * n_seqs);
+
+    // concat output and new_state into a single tensor
+    // output: S_v * H * n_tokens, state: S_v * S_v * H * n_seqs
+    const int64_t ne[4] = { S_v * H, n_tokens + S_v * n_seqs, 1, 1 };
+    struct ggml_tensor * result = ggml_new_tensor(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, 4, ne);
+
+    result->op     = GGML_OP_GATED_DELTA_NET;
+    result->src[0] = q;
+    result->src[1] = k;
+    result->src[2] = v;
+    result->src[3] = g;
+    result->src[4] = beta;
+    result->src[5] = state;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 struct ggml_hash_set ggml_hash_set_new(size_t size) {