diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/kernel.py b/tinygrad/codegen/kernel.py
index 5cadbe969d..291c1882c6 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/kernel.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/kernel.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Kernel:
     ret = type(self).__new__(type(self))
 
     # base linearizer params
-    ret.opts, ret.ast = self.opts, self.ast
+    ret.opts, ret.ast, ret.lazyops = self.opts, self.ast, self.lazyops
 
     # things downstream of the AST
     ret.reduceop, ret.outbufs, ret.vars, ret.bufs, ret.earlybufs, ret.full_buf_index = \
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/linearizer.py b/tinygrad/codegen/linearizer.py
index 2fff91c094..140b6d0498 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/linearizer.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/linearizer.py
@@ -211,8 +211,9 @@ class Linearizer(Kernel):
       self.buf_uops.append(self.uops.add(UOps.DEFINE_LOCAL, PtrDType(temp_dtype), (), ("temp", self.sts[-1].size)))
 
     # kernel name (before late upcast)
-    self.name = ("r" if self.reduceop else "E") + (f"{len(self.outbufs)}_" if len(self.outbufs) > 1 else "_") + \
-      colored('_', 'BLACK').join([colored(str(x), c) for x,c in zip(self.full_shape, self.colors())])
+    self.name = ("r" if self.reduceop else ("C" if all(x.op in BufferOps for x in self.lazyops) else "E")) + \
+                 (f"{len(self.outbufs)}_" if len(self.outbufs) > 1 else "_") + \
+                 colored('_', 'BLACK').join([colored(str(x), c) for x,c in zip(self.full_shape, self.colors())])
 
     # name the function something unique
     Linearizer.kernel_cnt[(function_name := to_function_name(self.name))] += 1
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/realize.py b/tinygrad/engine/realize.py
index dcbc1855fb..6e7d997ec9 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/realize.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/realize.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List, Dict, Optional, cast, Generator
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from tinygrad.helpers import colored
-from tinygrad.ops import ScheduleItem, BufferOps, LoadOps
+from tinygrad.helpers import colored, getenv
+from tinygrad.ops import ScheduleItem, BufferOps, LoadOps, copy_ast
 from tinygrad.device import Runner, Device, BufferCopy, BufferXfer, update_stats
 from tinygrad.buffer import Buffer
 from tinygrad.shape.symbolic import Variable
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ def lower_schedule_item(si:ScheduleItem) -> Runner:
   assert len(si.ast) == 1 and len(si.outputs) == 1, "only ASTRunner supports multioutput"
   out, ast = si.outputs[0], si.ast[0]
   if ast.op is LoadOps.COPY:
-    if hasattr(Device[out.device].allocator, 'transfer') and out.device.split(":")[0] == si.inputs[0].device.split(":")[0]: return BufferXfer()
+    if hasattr(Device[out.device].allocator, 'transfer') and out.device.split(":")[0] == si.inputs[0].device.split(":")[0]:
+      return Device[si.outputs[0].device].get_runner(copy_ast(ast.arg)) if getenv("USE_COPY_KERNEL") else BufferXfer()
     return BufferCopy()
   if ast.op is LoadOps.CUSTOM: return CustomOp(ast.arg)
   if ast.op is LoadOps.EMPTY: return EmptyOp()
diff --git a/tinygrad/lazy.py b/tinygrad/lazy.py
index 265751a337..123f87e54f 100644
--- a/tinygrad/lazy.py
+++ b/tinygrad/lazy.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class LazyBuffer:
   def is_unrealized_unmasked_const(self): return self.is_unrealized_const() and all(v.mask is None for v in self.st.views)
 
   def _copy(self, device:str) -> LazyBuffer:
-    return create_lazybuffer(device, ShapeTracker.from_shape(self.shape), self.dtype, LoadOps.COPY, None, (self,), enable_cache=False)
+    return create_lazybuffer(device, ShapeTracker.from_shape(self.shape), self.dtype, LoadOps.COPY, self.buffer.nbytes, (self,), enable_cache=False)
 
   def copy_to_device(self, device:str, force: bool = False) -> LazyBuffer:
     # no COPY
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index b7a24ea3f0..f2c379026d 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ class LazyOp:
   def vars(self) -> List[Variable]:
     return sorted(set.union(*[x.arg.st.vars() for x in self.lazyops if x.op in BufferOps], set()), key=lambda x: str(x.expr))
 
+def copy_ast(sz) -> LazyOp:
+  rd = LazyOp(BufferOps.LOAD, (), MemBuffer(1, dtypes.uint8, st:=ShapeTracker.from_shape((sz,))))
+  return LazyOp(BufferOps.STORE, (rd,), MemBuffer(0, dtypes.uint8, st))
+
 # **************** independent FlopCounter ****************
 
 @dataclass