diff --git a/examples/gpt-2/main.cpp b/examples/gpt-2/main.cpp
index 311ffee..f1d3c6f 100644
--- a/examples/gpt-2/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/gpt-2/main.cpp
@@ -158,32 +158,32 @@ bool gpt2_model_load(const std::string & fname, gpt2_model & model, gpt_vocab &
         const int n_ctx   = hparams.n_ctx;
         const int n_vocab = hparams.n_vocab;
 
-        ctx_size += n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32); // ln_f_g
-        ctx_size += n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32); // ln_f_b
+        ctx_size += n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32); // ln_f_g
+        ctx_size += n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32); // ln_f_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_vocab*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype);         // wte
-        ctx_size +=   n_ctx*n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32); // wpe
+        ctx_size += n_vocab*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype);         // wte
+        ctx_size +=   n_ctx*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32); // wpe
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_1_g
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_1_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_1_g
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_1_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_2_g
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_2_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_2_g
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_2_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(3*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype));         // c_attn_attn_w
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(       3*n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_attn_attn_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(3*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype));         // c_attn_attn_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(       3*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_attn_attn_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype));           // c_attn_proj_w
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(       n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32));   // c_attn_proj_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype));           // c_attn_proj_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(       n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32));   // c_attn_proj_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(4*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype));         // c_mlp_fc_w
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(       4*n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_mlp_fc_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(4*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype));         // c_mlp_fc_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(       4*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_mlp_fc_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(4*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype));         // c_mlp_proj_w
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(         n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_mlp_proj_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(4*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype));         // c_mlp_proj_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(         n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_mlp_proj_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_ctx*n_layer*n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F16); // memory_k
-        ctx_size += n_ctx*n_layer*n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F16); // memory_v
+        ctx_size += n_ctx*n_layer*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F16); // memory_k
+        ctx_size += n_ctx*n_layer*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F16); // memory_v
 
         ctx_size += (6 + 12*n_layer)*256; // object overhead
 
diff --git a/examples/gpt-j/main.cpp b/examples/gpt-j/main.cpp
index 544ec3a..d99b9a1 100644
--- a/examples/gpt-j/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/gpt-j/main.cpp
@@ -160,31 +160,31 @@ bool gptj_model_load(const std::string & fname, gptj_model & model, gpt_vocab &
         const int n_ctx   = hparams.n_ctx;
         const int n_vocab = hparams.n_vocab;
 
-        ctx_size += n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32); // ln_f_g
-        ctx_size += n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32); // ln_f_b
+        ctx_size += n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32); // ln_f_g
+        ctx_size += n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32); // ln_f_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_embd*n_vocab*ggml_type_size(wtype); // wte
+        ctx_size += n_embd*n_vocab*ggml_type_sizef(wtype); // wte
 
-        ctx_size += n_embd*n_vocab*ggml_type_size(wtype);         // lmh_g
-        ctx_size +=        n_vocab*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32); // lmh_b
+        ctx_size += n_embd*n_vocab*ggml_type_sizef(wtype);         // lmh_g
+        ctx_size +=        n_vocab*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32); // lmh_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_1_g
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_1_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_1_g
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // ln_1_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype)); // c_attn_q_proj_w
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype)); // c_attn_k_proj_w
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype)); // c_attn_v_proj_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype)); // c_attn_q_proj_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype)); // c_attn_k_proj_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype)); // c_attn_v_proj_w
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype)); // c_attn_proj_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype)); // c_attn_proj_w
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(4*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype));         // c_mlp_fc_w
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(       4*n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_mlp_fc_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(4*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype));         // c_mlp_fc_w
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(       4*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_mlp_fc_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(4*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_size(wtype));         // c_mlp_proj_w_trans
-        ctx_size += n_layer*(         n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_mlp_proj_b
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(4*n_embd*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(wtype));         // c_mlp_proj_w_trans
+        ctx_size += n_layer*(         n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F32)); // c_mlp_proj_b
 
-        ctx_size += n_ctx*n_layer*n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F16); // memory_k
-        ctx_size += n_ctx*n_layer*n_embd*ggml_type_size(GGML_TYPE_F16); // memory_v
+        ctx_size += n_ctx*n_layer*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F16); // memory_k
+        ctx_size += n_ctx*n_layer*n_embd*ggml_type_sizef(GGML_TYPE_F16); // memory_v
 
         ctx_size += (5 + 10*n_layer)*256; // object overhead
 
diff --git a/include/ggml/ggml.h b/include/ggml/ggml.h
index 1b8093d..cdd8553 100644
--- a/include/ggml/ggml.h
+++ b/include/ggml/ggml.h
@@ -328,8 +328,10 @@ void ggml_print_objects(const struct ggml_context * ctx);
 int    ggml_nelements(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
 size_t ggml_nbytes   (const struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
 
-int    ggml_blck_size   (enum ggml_type type);
-size_t ggml_type_size   (enum ggml_type type);
+int    ggml_blck_size (enum ggml_type type);
+size_t ggml_type_size (enum ggml_type type); // size in bytes for all elements in a block
+float  ggml_type_sizef(enum ggml_type type); // ggml_type_size()/ggml_blck_size() as float
+
 size_t ggml_element_size(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor);
 
 struct ggml_context * ggml_init(struct ggml_init_params params);
diff --git a/src/ggml.c b/src/ggml.c
index 5d5a9c9..1fc810f 100644
--- a/src/ggml.c
+++ b/src/ggml.c
@@ -1940,6 +1940,10 @@ size_t ggml_type_size(enum ggml_type type) {
     return GGML_TYPE_SIZE[type];
 }
 
+float ggml_type_sizef(enum ggml_type type) {
+    return ((float)(GGML_TYPE_SIZE[type]))/GGML_BLCK_SIZE[type];
+}
+
 size_t ggml_element_size(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
     return GGML_TYPE_SIZE[tensor->type];
 }