diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/dataloader.py b/src/axolotl/utils/dataloader.py
index d507dace8..d8ba7f567 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/dataloader.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/dataloader.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class MultipackDistributedDataloader:
         batch_size: int = 1,
         sampler: Union[Sampler, DistributedSampler] = None,
         packing_efficiency_estimate: float = 1.0,
-        seq_len_multiple: int = 1,
+        sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier: int = 1,
     ):
         # Dataset
         self.dataset = dataset
@@ -136,10 +136,11 @@ class MultipackDistributedDataloader:
             [len(sample["input_ids"]) for sample in self.dataset]
         )
         assert isinstance(self.lengths, np.ndarray)
-        assert batch_size % seq_len_multiple == 0
+        assert batch_size % sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier == 0
+        assert batch_size >= sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier
         self.sampler = sampler
         self.batch_size = batch_size
-        self.seq_len_multiple = seq_len_multiple
+        self.sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier = sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier
         self.seq_max_length = seq_max_length
         self.batch_max_length = batch_size * seq_max_length
         self.collate_fn = collate_fn
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ class MultipackDistributedDataloader:
             lengths_cumsum=lengths_cumsum,
             rank=self.rank,
             # c=self.batch_max_length,
-            c=self.seq_max_length * self.seq_len_multiple,
+            c=self.seq_max_length * self.sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier,
             n=self.num_replicas,
         )
 
@@ -183,7 +184,9 @@ class MultipackDistributedDataloader:
         all_batches, _ = self.generate_batches(set_stats=True)
         features = self.dataset.features.keys()
         len_remaining = self._len_est()
-        for batches in chunk(all_batches, self.batch_size // self.seq_len_multiple):
+        for batches in chunk(
+            all_batches, self.batch_size // self.sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier
+        ):
             chunked_data = []
             attn_mask_cum_idx = 0
             for batch in batches:
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
index 1cc6ba57b..29b944542 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ class AxolotlTrainingArguments(TrainingArguments):
         default=2048,
         metadata={"help": "The maximum sequence length the model can handle"},
     )
+    sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier: int = field(
+        default=1,
+        metadata={"help": "the multiplier for the max len for packed sequences"},
+    )
 
 
 class AxolotlTrainer(Trainer):
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(Trainer):
                     collate_fn=self.data_collator,
                     sampler=train_sampler,
                     packing_efficiency_estimate=self.args.sample_packing_efficiency,
-                    seq_len_multiple=2,
+                    sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier=self.args.sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier,
                 )
             )
         return super().get_train_dataloader()
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(Trainer):
                     collate_fn=self.data_collator,
                     sampler=eval_sampler,
                     packing_efficiency_estimate=self.args.sample_packing_efficiency,
-                    seq_len_multiple=2,
+                    sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier=self.args.sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier,
                 )
             )
         return super().get_eval_dataloader(eval_dataset)
@@ -295,7 +299,7 @@ def setup_trainer(cfg, train_dataset, eval_dataset, model, tokenizer):
                 ),
                 sampler=sampler,
                 packing_efficiency_estimate=cfg.sample_packing_eff_est,
-                seq_len_multiple=2,
+                sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier=cfg.sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier,
             )
             data_loader_len = len(data_loader)
             LOG.info(f"data_loader_len: {data_loader_len}")
@@ -430,6 +434,7 @@ def setup_trainer(cfg, train_dataset, eval_dataset, model, tokenizer):
         else "cosine",
         weight_decay=cfg.weight_decay if cfg.weight_decay is not None else 0.0,
         sample_packing=cfg.sample_packing if cfg.sample_packing else False,
+        sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier=cfg.sample_packing_seq_len_multiplier or 1,
         **training_arguments_kwargs,
     )
 
@@ -523,7 +528,9 @@ def setup_trainer(cfg, train_dataset, eval_dataset, model, tokenizer):
     if cfg.collator_pad_to_longest:
         data_collator_kwargs["padding"] = "longest"
     else:
-        data_collator_kwargs["pad_to_multiple_of"] = 8
+        # A100 is best at 64, while others at 8. Let's use the larger so we don't have to check
+        # https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/performance/dl-performance-matrix-multiplication/index.html
+        data_collator_kwargs["pad_to_multiple_of"] = 64
 
     if cfg.is_llama_derived_model and cfg.landmark_attention:
         from axolotl.monkeypatch.llama_landmark_attn import (